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Sumo Specimens of Negro Logic. | It wus just before the war. 'Squire Johnson ha 1 been to Ntvsh.'illc; and on his return . . . .1 brought 4Ohl Mose, the favorite > slave on the plantation, a new hat. ! Mose was very proud of it. The j next Sunday the 'Squire was driv- j iny: tumie from church with his . O I family, and the carriage overtook ; Mose ami his 'old miss' trudging along afoot. It was raining slightly and the 'Squire noticed that Mose was bareheaded and was ( carefully protecting his new hat with his c >at. i t 'Why don't you wear your new bat, M ?se.'' injuired the 'squire. lYou'li got that old head of yours wet.' 'Hit's so. Mass' .Johnson,' re-j plied Mose, 'but dat ole head's yours and do hat's mine.' I Toe 's [ lire used to miss a chicken now and then, and at j length the mysterious disappear- j nnces were laid at the door of one "Zekiel, who was accused of the l.i- ..... ? /eke was a darky of exceptional wit. lie had picked up :i little 1 'arithmetic and prided himself on ! his nouteuess. When charged vith the chicken taking he asked wirily: 'Now, M irso Johnson, if 1 can show you dat I only tuk de.ni fowls for yoh good will you let ine go jus' dis time.'' The 'squire was curious to hear his defense and told him he would do s . 'Well, you say you paid $000 for me, and 1 weighs jus' 'hunt 150 pounds. Dat makes $?l a pound. Now, if I turn yoh chicken meat dat ain't wutf niohn 10 cents a pound into n'gger meat ' dat's wutt ?'j, you jus* dat much l>etter otf. Don't you see.' Of course the ,squire saw, and e used often to repeat the story ad laugh at the darkey's iugenu ty. The war came on and /eke was one day dotaile ! oil the plantation to help throw up some earthworks. , Tiie enemy ob.vrvod the defensive preparations an I began to shell thejiluA'- Tim tirst missiles wont wi*l<5 of the mirk, I? 11 after :i few rounds tlic rang was found more accurately an I t!i; shells began to burst uncomfortably close to Zekiel. He stoo i his ground as long as ho could, I>111 at last dropped his shovel and rati for his life, 'l'he otli cr in dinr r of I io operations met him a little distance down the road, and, halting hini, ordered him to explain ids flight. Zeke was trembling with fright, hut found breath to say: 4I)ey'.s sh #otiug over dcre, and Mars' .Johnson he's a poll man. He paid %' '? "> tot mo in Memphis and he can't afford to have me killed.' And with that he took to the woods. Xitf'Uir .No That ix the ?v all flruggls's *e GI,uVi;<i'.S rA-'i'LliH>S "HILL TO NdC for <'MI - ami M.ilitrut. It I j?i tti;iiy I roii < ?un. ine in a tafliei'-HS form Cli ..en love a Aduits prefer it to oit -i iiaineattn_'ionics, l'riee, ftt.'o CASTORIA For Infanta and Children. 3. We Undersell All Othes In Groceries. I. I ^ 'V 10 X s lh pound* granulated Sugar for 1 (HI 20 pounds light nrown Sugar i in) I We have the cheapest lino f ('hew ing nntl Smoking Tobacco o town. AIro we carry a nice line f Notions, such as handkerchiefs, undies' and (rents' Hose, etc., etc - S. ("hnrry &; IIro. fkOdrer Ui 1ix Pitcher* CistorV AN OPEN To MOI WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE C EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WO "PITCHER'S CASTOR! I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, was the originator of " PITCH that has borne and does now bear the facsimile signature of < This is the original "PITCHER'! used in the homes of the mothe years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the kind you have always boughi and has the signature o per. No one has authority fr cept The Centaur Company oj President. March 8, 1897. < to Loan. I II WE MA 1)15 arrangements with brokers in New York City through whom I am able to place loans, aeeur- et e<l by a first mortgage on improved w cotton farms, for six years time. t?aya? s bie in instalments at the ra e of 7 per 1 cent tier annum. The brokerage ami ei the charge lor abstract ami inspection T -<i?- .-iiiim i nuu ni in? cx|ieilMH <>I lll?j . borrower. U K WYLIE. 1 Atty. at Luw. Nov. 23, 4m. f / jprj} rsrp ^ 1 s A life , c. - 50 I I 9 \ - Til h - 50 ct FTTP"? Fi I"vT" By paying your subscription tho above popular papers at prices \\ ' : . ?d J |? A ItK YOU I N A It It B A US f If so, you can give us your note , > to bo duo Decemlxjr 1st, next, for ji your indebtedness to date, and pay j p V'nllP til 11 ?\t ion onn ??.! I j ? ?? if'tMMi wnxj *\ ill III 1114vanco and get the benefit of above J\ prices. } 0 1 t I Address all^rd T.SJCA j.; *4 LETTER rHERS. 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The ledger (Semi-weekly), The Atlanta Constitution (Weekly) and lome and Farm, all three papers no r.u St .1 or Ill' JCHI 1111 V ? - The Ledger (Semi weekly) am! lomcand Farm one year for $1.60 Or, all four paper* one year or $3.00. lers and make i kRTER, v LANCASTER AND CHESIER RAILWAY. BETWEEN CHESTER AND LANCASTER. .Schedule in effect Daily except Huuda^ on and after July 26, 1896. WESTBOUND I EA8TBOUND. No's. 9 and 11. ; No's. 10 aud 12. A M. P M. A M. P M 9 05 3 So Ar Chester Ly 1105 6 16 8 50 5 15 Orr 8 11 20 6 30 8 43 5 0-5 Knox's 11 30 6 38 3 3-5 4 55 McDan lei's 11 49 6 46 8 25 4 46 liiehburg 11 60 6 55 8 15 4 3-5 Basooinbville 12 06 7 05 8 0.5 4 25 Cedar Shial 12 15 7 16 7 55 4 15 Fort Law u 12 25 7 25 7 38 4 00 Hydes 12 40 7 40 7 28 3 50 Miller's Crossing 12 20 7 50 P M 7 20 3 40 Ly Lancaster Ar 00 8 50 Train leaving Lancaster at 7 20 a in. connects at Chester with Southern golug south. C & L going north and (1 CAN Vestibule and local trains going west. Train leaving Lancaster at 3 40 p tn. connects at Laucaster with O R A C from Camden, and C tester with Houthern going north and south and with C A L north. Train leaving Choster at 11 05 a tn connects at Chester with Houthern mm Charlotte, at Lancaster with O D L L.. /L?wl...? rr..??4?.. IIH. 1 /i ? v> un v aiuucu i urn my, I uumilM) and (Saturday; alao C & L from north. Train leaving (Chester i.\ 6 15 p m fonnecta with Southern t.om Columbia, U C A. N from Atlanta and 1'A L from k) ear 1A (LJ A I* flip m k) year. w, r. ineo wo will bomlyou any one^o BPI HUBSCIUHE SNOWJ If you are uot already a nub scriber to The Ledger Bubtfcrilx now and get the benefit of oui clubbing ratcH. t remittances to T ^culgor, ^ancaMter, H. C. / f 0 % / - - E3K*=-5**?3fc=3* Ms^at Tckled because 1 extracted his tooth without R pain. I can do the same for you. Neither * Spain nor after effects result from uiy ox- u trading. My methods suggest pleasant- ty * ness and satisfaction instead. W I've tfco experience, the "knowhow" and U J .uj facilities for doing all branches of scien ulic dentistry at tho least cost. n Special attention given to Gold g Crown and Bridge Work. No charge for m examinations and estimates. a 3. I c Rutledge, dentist, | LANCASTER, S. C. -**? -g?- -a*- -a A $5,000 Cash Offer! This paper announces, in connection with The Atlanta Weekly Constitution, a new offer in which everyone may have a chance, ^ SEND IN AN ESTIMATE. THE COTTON CROP SEASON OF 1897-98 CONTEST BEGAN MARCH 1-ENDS SEPT. 1.'98. TO ENTER THIS CONTEST YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE FOR IN CONNECTION WITH LEDGER, AT THE EXTREMELY (PO flfl < LOW PRICE OP 0)&iUU In connection with this Clubbing Rate, we will. If you send your guess with the subscription price, forward all for you and thus <^GIVE Y0U A CHANCE AT THE SPLENDID CASH PHIZES AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFERTmOUR SUBCRIBERS! Here It la, read it all very carefully and ba aara yoa aadtralaaS Ika larmat Klrm Awardi To the ant-ecrl- HecondAmnrdi To iba tub- Third Awards To the tabl?r or autmerlbera namlnx the acrltier or aubecrtbera nainta, ecrtber aamlac tba aeroad eiact numla-r ?r nrarral lo _ ... ~ She riarl number < ! bale* In "'? Ural next neareat we will aeat arareat w? will (Ira If tbecotton rMp of law?we will girc If the esllinata la recelvtd iba rail mete to raoelrrd glre lf lb* cellmate la rvcrlvwl D??K.u? $2,500 'W M"rch: S1,500 _ % | ,000 nam ? 2,000 I,.5iir,n,Apr": 1,260 f i lu?r,B.'.A pr.n. L_. _ 750 If During Mayor I rnn If During May or I AAA If Durtn* Mayor KAA June. istm. I , JUU June. IMh. I ,UUU June. 1M*. OUU ,fi? 1,000 1,^yo,..._ 750 "ESZiS&.Z.-. 250 SO, THAT THE FIRST THREE PRIZES AMOUNT TO S5,000 IN CASH. NotC Sneciallv " ,'le P^'^'T figures are not given during this con- V ^ irsi, me money win oe paid out to tne IX I*. A KJ'.M TO THE EXACT figures. Somebody will get the money, it does not go back to the The Constitution by any means. Those who solve the problem at the longest range will receive proportionately the highest prizes, as you notice the figures grow less as the time expires and because the number ol bales received up to certain dates, as the time advances, can l>e 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 prizes so earned will be divided equally among the correct answers. The prizes are offered in cash. There is no "missing word" in this, no probability for some one to know absolutely the correct answer, but this is brain versus brain, skill versus skill, pencil versus pencil, figures versus figures. Every man is interested in the cotton crop, the amount of the crop varies the price and the price of cutton in our territory is the barometer of tlie people's prosperity, i m i On Such a Vital Problem You Ought to Hake Figures. THE CONTEST CLOSES "SEPTV 1st The estimate is to be made upon the total United States Cotton Crop for 1897-98, the crop that lias already been gathered and is now in the country as official figures of receipts will show it from Sept. I, 1897, to Sept. I, 1898 This is not the crop that is to be planted this spring, because the nguies thereon will not be obtainable until Sept. I, 1899. It is for the crop already in and marketed, official figures of which will be announced in September. t As a guide for making your estimate we give official figures for each of the last tea crops. The conditions under winch this last crop was grown and Us probable output are elements for you to compute fiom and will aid in the correctness of your present estimate. Tlie figures given by l.atham, Alexnnder & Co., of New York, are generally received throughout the bouth as official, and we given an exact copy from their latest edition of "Cotton Movement and Fluctuations" as follows: Season Acres p'anied lialesincrop Season Acres planted Bales in crop 1887 88 . . . 18,961,897 7.046.833 1S92-93 . . , 18,067,924 6,700,365 1888 89 . . . 19.362,073 6,938,290 1893-94 . . , 19,684,000 7.549,817 1889-90. . . 20,171,896 7.311,322 1894 95. . , 21,454,000 9.901,251 189091 . . , 20,809,053 8.652,597 1895-69. , 18,882,000 7.'57.34<? I89I-9J. . . 20.714,937 9.?35.379 1896-97 . . . 22.34I.OOO 8,757,964 The r flirtirA* will ha in /i?isi<linw ^ Their Estimate of the Acreage for the Crop of the Season of 1897-98 is 23,320,000 Acres, f Following Are tho Conditions of tho Contest; I'A.U'T ??t mats np'ir. lb* IiOiuIkt <d ? ?! ?, Ihe prt/ca oflered under the second proposition will go to tb<< notrwt ctliii-tl", Iiut il tlie lirxt priM-n art- given fur Ihe \ KA K KHT estimate, no ono having Da,nod rorr.-otly the ex*< I ligur a, lru-n Die ^'onJ prixta would com* in tor tba around nearest estimate and the third prlxc* lor rhr third nr-nrcsi estimate. hmtwii 1 r I> I ll -Il l" aho-ild i. iin-1It a correct estimate in ono division af tho time shown above and ?om - no ah-i ii<1 ? n-l a correct i-.lim lie In a-iuio la tor division, this laat aumate would lake rank oolp am lit tin->. .. id I'll ia.lv suae tlio first ka J t-esa previously award id te Seattle ?ke lamsl IM amount cor re. t|y in the lormer peri.al. TillIIn I'll* condition precedent for sending an eillntle at tba Gotten Crop Is that sack and every eetimut- must be nr,<.iii|a.iile<l by a your i suMcrlpUon to Ths Weekly ConatltuUon. II sen! through tba p-ti-r |?it>l * ling to-* ndvi-rtiwinciit in mi* plan-* of oof clubbing oflbr. Um estimate of the ootton cmp w ill be for*ant--l I la* moat be wnt In the Idrutlcal envelops that brings ?bs money tbst pays for Uts euie-'riptton A no i-annot subscribe now and essd your estlmsis artei war la. as forgetting It or leaving It ut by s -d-'i- r otlierwlwe. or a?t knowing *f this so a last at the time you aobserihe. sr any scbar reason vii int..!toi to een-1 an snt-msu alter wants. Ths aatl mala asast coma with the subscription, e? s"t stall In aen.ling your estunsta by an agent sf The i v.nstuuHoa, yoa make him your agent sen not oure In lor .nni.ng vuuf eSiiais'.e b?>h - "> ths eorrs. tsaas # tba Aguraa aa yaa tntendad them and , the oeitilnty or the lorwsrdlng o( the estimate. tthould a party sand livrs one estimate, ha or aha 3 will be nt ?le,1 v. a share ol the pnre lund under which It may saaura a prlas far each correal sailrr its sent Persons nay eut-r Ilia conical aa maar lia * aa ibsy send subscriptions and nndsT Uta r?laa tba 1 a im? per. >n mar rec- ra a prlxe with each of the tbn-s propoalttoaa KouarM ?la making your answer. |uel stats el imply -| estimate tbaauaaberaf balsa af so I Ion will be ..." Make your (Igurea evry plain. If von want to make estimates' later, ar U yoa want to repeat the est I m nice roe have mads, send other a ii>?crtpiiooa Don't forgat avsry eubecrlpttoa for yourself or yoar frlenda will aolitla y-iu to aa eat tin ate illDRKM A I.I. f M'llHllil nRDKKM TO " ft LEDGER, LANCA ATKW. s||^ult|l]tJ) ?JLJiiJ? V , Registration Books Open. , ? ies,>a-s Notice J N \ ' OKI) \ N< I. v i' t act i.| - - _ , r?-r-' i>p nr nvifuf inmn?*n moi M " ?!" * f?r t - r.-K? " ? , ?*y l.v oft-lHMon (IihIkmh s i' ' -i' . i iv i, v .Aitnir i?r n-l.l. K i?p?in of K~irl?ir?if?n ?? I- "< ? " ' 'J1*, uiHl?r?i*.-ad. f i w<* ft I it' iax'tr *..n coun hmi-f .11 ii.tlrxi .. v . ||H hx Mller. I,*neach in-. f-.i 4 fc n fj./i^? Mill- H?ml? A Wtlilnmn tOIH Mlltf'ClJ II I'lTlH > , H .1 lll'fH. op-n for ?.r I " , . ?K..n*t 1 ?? i?h v If ?lh I K ' I' I" lifiiu ?. ..... , rz x J WYIilE, 1S9H W II ? . I< l WYI.IK. K. 7 m?? Notice to the Poblic. N??v It Itiw ?' ... ?j?~z "r: _ ~ | T > 'i 11 u h'i) ! It t ?> ?? u nt*?: Wanted-fin Idaa * m * ** ??. i^ <>i ?- > n. k?-u. VVQIIIOU HII ?uca lbhl#u>IMM.K d.v ..I ?imI ?iil MOID Ibc fin Tr>l+r< yotir M*?- lh?T Bi?y brln* ynm. wmltt ?. _ . -.L Wrl>? jr ,%'t.onyi nn I ?' olu. ?' IfJ III ?? ' l> BIB. L. J. PERRY. C* univ Auprmaot