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THE LEDGER ThnHow S. Carte editor ani) manager. s.vrrKD.w, jui.y 2, 1808. McQl'AKY AGAIN. The Kmpiirer has hoard frt Mr T AI Ion McQuary aga: This time it is only a few woi on a postal card that was mail at Yokohoma, Japan, on June received at Taoomn, Washingtc on June 10, and at Yorkvil last Saturday night, June 25. In his card Mr McQnary sa he expected to leave Yokohot the next day after the card w written, which would he Juno the same day it was mailed. C accourt of the war, he saib would sail for Seattle, washingto instead of San Francisco. Ju what the war has to do with t change of programme the ea does not explain, and wo are nli only to surmise. If Mr McQuary not otT fro Yokohoma according to pr gramme, then he should have a rived at Seattle before this f .lis ship sailed at the same time i the one which brought the car and the card had to travel six da after reaching Tacoma. At .Seattle, according to pr gramme, Mr McQuary is to 1 met by his dogs again, and 1 will also procure another hors then having ridden 3,000 mil i i i- _ ? . ? (nci inmi, liu ?lll IlltVU 1(1 n< some 2,000 miles more on a roun shout route to his home in M souri. In the Chicago Blade of U Saturday is a letter from M <^uary that is almost identical w the ono published in The Knquii of June 15. It is dated at Vol homa, May 19th?same date The Enquirer's letter?and only difference is that itgooara er more into details; but enough to warrant its republi tion. One point of especial int est is MoQuary's reference to trip to Cuba. lie savs ho m age ! t" get < Ien;:ral Blanco to s his h ?ok, but faded ?s to (ien* (romex. Also he visited tha t tleshiji Maine. Tho Enquirer has no spet promise ( anything further ft Mr Mc<^uary; bit* he may w again, and if so his letters certainly bo published.?Vc ville Kmjuirer. Wiir Taxes on. Tho now war tux went into feet vester-hiv. Its main feati have I eon published hcretol but there seems to he much ( fusion in tho public mind, fact many people whose busir may l?o very seriously affe< from today seem to ha/e i*i the subject no attention. It 1 no well for everybody to sti the following short list of r: which nlTeet the ordinary linoi business: Commercial brokers. licet #20. Bank checks, draft of cert cat? of deposit not drawing terost, or money order at sight cents. Conveyance deed or instruim of writing transferring reu when value exceeds $150 and d< not exceed $500, 50 cents; ] ?.?l, _ . 11: a : 1 m ~ r\ r\ a? i1 CTw ii i?<k11uoiiHi ?uvu or xracn thereof, 50 rents. Lease agreement or contn for rent not exceeding one yej '25 cents. Exceeding one year and not < ceedinj; three years, 50 cents. Exceeding three years, cents. Mortgage on pledge of lnn< estate or property, real on p< sonal, or assignment on transl on renewal of >"xc ceding f 1,000 and not o\ _____ $1,500 25 cents. On each fractional part in excess of $1,500, 25 cents. rp ? , Power of attorney or proxy for ! voting at any election of officers l of any incorporated company or -j, association, except religions, j charitable or literary, 10 cents. j Other power of attorney, 25 >m conts. c I 1 in. ! Protest of notes, etc., 25 cents. ds ! Warehouse receipt, 25 cents. ed Medicinal, proprietary articles n] 1, and preparations? j in, On every packet, bottle, box, ftr lo, pot, vial or other enclosure, on jj retail value not exceeding 5 cents ? ya one eigth of 1 cent. *( na J Exceeding 5 cents and not ex- ac as ; ceeding 10 cents two-eights of 1 1, cent. lh )n Exceeding 10 cents and not exhe ceeding 15, five-eights of 1 cent. ^ n, j Each additional 25 cents of ro- ? ist tail price or fractional part therehp of ly rd Perfumer v, cosmetics and ile other similar articles?the same tax as proprietary medicine. On m each jar, box or package of chew- p. o- ing gum of not more than one r- dollar retail value 4 cents; on or each additional dollar or part as thereof 4 cents. d, On each telegram 1 cent. D, ys wi A M V S T E lilt) US D1SAP- on o- PEAR V.NCE. ro lie th he Williamston Lady and Her Child ot e. Missing?The Peculiar and es Unusual Circumstances? wi Je The Husband. in d- th is- Special o The State. at * Williamston, Juno 2*.?J D re ist Payne, a baker by profession, re- Ci Ic ports that his wife and only child, m ith a little boy 5 years old, disap- h? :er peared very mysteriously from co- his home in Williamston on last ni as Thursday night, and since that h< the time he has heard nothing whatth ever of their whereabouts. Mr not Payne sat out in the yard alone ca enjoying tho cool breeze until late ^ er that night and on returning to his his room he discovered to his great an- surprise that his wifo and child J ^ iszn were both missing. lie proceediral ed nt once to look about the I >at- premises for them, but failed to (| tind them. Kvcrytlnng about the | , i 1 :inc room was in perfect order. Tho mn Sunday apparel of herself and ^ i ite child had not been taken and | I will nothing was missing except her I >rk- hihle and photograph album. It ^ is evident that she had made no i r preparation in any way for her departure. . Her former homo was at Sliel- j j of by, N C., and tho chief of police ires of that town has been telegraphed ( fore to know if Mrs Payne is at her | ron brother's, .Fohn Owens', there. I lu llis reply was that she is not less there. rted Mr Payne suggests that she!. von may have destroyed herself and j will little son in Saluda rivor. The . 1 idy whole affair is shrouded in mys-j ites terv and there is no telling what . . Jj to f may develop within the next , ^ few days. ise, Payne removed from (ireen-j ville city to this town several j n ifi. yoars ago. He is well connected, i ^ in- He says his domestic relations I , 2 have Ikicu very pleasant, and the ^ rwtndll/d /?f liiu urifn iu inovnliou l?lo ant ?? ? -- - j i 2 catarrh ^"r was my great affliction for a nnm- * on bcr of years. Doctors did not help e me. By a friend's advice I began using . your medicines, and was perfectly i 1 i cured after taking three bottles of ( o SAjep's ; arsaparllla." 10 j J. 1IURPHT, 173MolWry8t, Newr-' ** r h ,8' ' r+TSUBSCRIBE 1 sr TO THE tar 1 LEDGER. 9 Oilldren Crv V pitr.f*r> CastoHp * MADE SIX ARRESTS. HE MEN TAKEN TO CHARLESTON. j. ho List of Those Charged With i Participation in the Murder of Postmaster Baker. pecial to The State. Lake City, Juno 28.?This lorning six UnitedStfttjes deputy larshals arrived hero from Charston and at once proceeded to rost D M Epps, II F Stokes and C Goodwin of this olace, W A 'ebster and M V Ward, who redo a few miles in the country, id R E McKnight of Scranton, j C charged with complicity in e Baker postoffice affair. The parties will be taken to harleston tonight to appear be- i re the commissioner tomorrow verything passed off very quiet- i 1 MURDERERS IN CAMP. I >ur Volunteers to he Arrested for the Lake City Lynching I fecial to Greenville News. Columbia, S. C., Juno 30.? aputy Marshall E Brook* Sligh ill explode a bomb in the Shandi volunteer camp early tomorw morning by arresting four of e volunteers there on a charge miurdoi. The deputy came hero tonight 1th warrants for the men charg g them with being implicated in e murder of Postmaster Baker Lake City. Several men have cently been arrested in Lake ity for the crime and the inforation that leads to the arrests sre comes from them. Tae names of the alleged crimiil volunteers are purposely withbid till tomorrow. LOVE, CRIME AND WAR. l Cuban, Sentenced by the Span-: iards, Escapes. Copyright 1898 by the Associated Press. On board the Associated Press lispatch boat Cynthia 11., olT In ban a, Juno 27 (H p m.) via vev West, Fin., June 2*<, 9:lo i in. ?There is a Cuban passenger >n one of the ships of the block iding squadron to whom the tlirnso "Cuba libre" has taken a lew meaning. lie is an escaped nurderer and he tells a strange nle of "love, crime ami war." lis name is Pablo Santana lie-, lites, 3o years old, a native of Jonsolncion del Stir, province >f Pinnr del Rio. Sewn years .go he killed a man, as the out- , some of a love atfair. Twenty four years was the senence. For seven of these Hollies lav in the Carcel do la Puutr, I he llabnna prison. A nimi^h and . half ago he was put in a chain ;ang and set to work on the for ideations. His duty was wheel ng sand at Sand Hattery No 1, ast of Morro. They gave him totliing to eat, but a few l>eans, to said, and he was almost starvd. Thrusday last while the uard was at lunch he and a fel - i )w convict mado their swape. 'hoy ran into the woods and were ! oon safely away. For three days they made their ray through thicket and brush, j luding the Spanish soldiers, nn il they reachVd the water front I n Sunday. Hut at the last molent, the other man became panic tricken and ran back . to tho roods. Hanites knew little of the war, ut when asked if he was a pariot., he replied: 1 T'U fight for America." There re between 300 and 400 men rorking on the sand battery from hich he escaped he said, and fw UASTORIA For Infants and Children. Tit Kind You Han Always Bought B?n th. /^? Signature of big forces Hie at work on all the fortifications around Iiabanu. Some information had reached liiin as to the conditions prevailing in the Cuban capital. "The poor are starving in tho streets," , ho asserted. "The Spanish soldiers are on half rations. Bread brings fiO cents per pound, beef costs 40 cents and pork is sold at 60 cents a pound." Benites has a brother at Palma, Island of Magorca. The prisoner will bo turned over to Commodore Watsou. Tho German warship (leler has not yet come out of Hnbann hatbor. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.] Lillie Edwards Shoots Julius Tobe and Then Turns the Pistol on llor Own Body With Fatal Results. Newberry llerrld and News. On Saturday, the 25th, in the puohc highway, near Broad river, Lillie Edwards, alias Williams, committed suicide by shooting herself with a pistol, after having dangerously, if not fatally, wounded Julius Tolas. Lillie Edwards was a widow between twenty tivo and thirty years old and tho former mistress of Tobe, On returning home from a negro barbecue at Walton when a short instance ix'low .Mr .1 I. llughey s Lillie accosted To be, asking if he was goiug homo with her or ?f he ever intended visiting her again in their former relation. Tol?e replied in the negative. She whipped out a Smith & Wesson and shot him, the hall entering in the eve ami before any interference could be made the woman turned the pistol to her head and blew her brains out. 'lobe was carried home in a critical condition while an inquest was held over the body of the woman by Trial justice Sutler. Both parties to the above were negroes. uk>1 \itk tin.t<: ui:srt:k Mrs Michael Cur'ain, Plaintield, III., makes the statement, that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs: .sin; was treated a month l?y her family physician, hut grew worse. He told her sho wa? a hopeless victim ofconstimption and that no incdicinn eould euro her 1 lor druggist suggest. ed I)r King's New Discovery for ('oiisiiuiption; she bought a bottle atid to her delight found hcr-elf henetitted from first dose. Sho eoutinued its use and after taking six bottles, found herself sound niul well: now does herown housework, and is as well us she ever was. l-'reo trial bottles of this Great Discovery at Crawford Pros* 1). tux Stoie. Largo Wottlcs .'><) cents and *. 100. FIRST IN FORTY YEARS. That is What This Execution Will be, if It Takes Place. Cheraw, Juno i1^. -The court at Chesterfield this past week was unusual in one respect, namely, that a man was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to lie hanged. The man referred to is n negro named John Harper who about a month ago shot and killed Sandy Campbell, a respectable whito mar. Tho sentence is to Imj executed on August 20 unlesa postponed on account of an appeal to the au. promo court. If exocuted, it will he the first case of capital puniah. ment in this county for over 40 years. The Htnalleat oowh in the world are to ta found lo the Hanaoau ialands. Don't Tobarro S|>lt anil Smoke Tour IJI> Away. To quit tobacco easily ami forever. be magnetic. lull of life, ncrvo anil u^or, take No To- 'I Bac, the wontlcr worker, that makes weak men pl^ strong. All druggists, 60c or 91. Curegunran- 0,)( teed Booklet and sr.mplc free. Address . 8t -rling Ifemedy Co, Chicago or New Yorlfr ^ An old lady who is very uiucb me of u boro paid it visit to tt family JjJJ' of her aequaintanco. She prolong t'u # IV ed her stay, and tinally said to one r"H, of the children: ''Tin going a- b?J way directly. Tommy, and I want up yon to go part of the way with p{.'| me." ''Can't do it. We are go- ,iv dn ling to have dinner as soon as you to leave," replied Tommy. To Bahyl?fline! f t Every mother fr< feels an inde- . i scribable dread " of the pain and danger attendant upon the * most critical pe- , . riotl of her life. vu Becoming a mother should be a source of joy wc to all, but the to suffering and I danger of the ordeal make ! its anticipation one of misery. MOTHER'S FRIEND / is the remedy which relieves I women of the great pain and suf- I ~~" fcring incident to maternity; this hour which is dreaded as woman's I severest trial is not only made j painless, but all the danger is re- | I moved by its use. Those who use ? this renicdv are no 1 fin<r#-r ! in. spondcnt or gloomy; nervousness hi* nausea and other distressing con- I ditions are avoided, the system is I rep made ready for the coming event, I and the serious accidents so com- j A mon to the critical hour are am obviated by the use of Mother's Friend. It is a blessing to woman, j ? ?1.00 PER BOTTLE at all Drugstores, or aent by expreaa on receipt of price. BOOKS Containing Invaluable Information of CUCC Interest to all women, will be sent rntt to any address, upon application, by The BBADFIEI.D BECCLATOB CO.. Ailaata. da. ?jgr*Vuy Up. H( Bargains! "R I Pf*e are si ill recei every train anil ed to make roc In order to do so we nre going t< HIGH PR1CL8. Our buyer. Mr has iu>t ?"e1 urned from the Northern la: :<-r iortion of his time taere, with pick up stulT at almost his own price, on a few things : MEN'S'. YOUTH'! AlgfilO I * l'he CHEAPEST ever l?r Men'? Suits at *1 85. Men's al suits s.'i 25. All wool Clay Worsted Hoy's Suits from 2it cents npto ! * For #2 t55 suit ??f clothes, i Standard the ? * cents kind. I)crss Cliallies *2 Viiril I tiliil j *? * ff Double-width Dress Novelties at SHOES, ! Men's good Sunday shoes {*3 cen cents. Ladies tine luce shoes 40 cent 88 cents, Children's shoes from 10 < Overall quota at 23 cents. Kai Iloys knee pants 13 cents per pair. We also have a nice line of DRESS ROODS, SILKS, SATINS, i THAN 1 IITST RECEIVED ! 2 ?oli<I n from 3H cents to $3. Another nice li on the $1.00, among them a nice lot < manufacfurers cost. |h?T~ We have many other Iturga forhid mentioning. Come to see us a the counter. Respectfully ^ ours, Shannon-Fun IOO Reward $100. Phe readers of this paper wtl) im? aaed to learn that there in at Irani b dreaded disease th it science mi able to cure in aW its stages. ??Q it ia Catarrh. Hall'a Ca arrh t'?w :he only poaitlve cure i?**< wn to >!?? sdleal fraternity. Catarrh hehi# m tHiitudorml disease, requires a tut? Iiittonal treatment. HhII'h Cat*rrt? re la taken intemail, acting dira?-upon the .blond and inuooua sir !e* of the a* atem, thereby d?atr?\j; the foundation of the diaeaae. wd dug the patient atrength bv bwilAiivg: ttie constitution and assisting ??e in doing ita work. The >w~ etnra have so much faith in ita eume powers, that they otter One H?w~ sd Dollaja for any case that it fact w cure Send for Mat of teatio.nirttlsAddma. F J CHENEY Jb ?V. ledo, O. rSoid by Druggists. 7/>c. EWS OF ViCTORK. >tii every side makes all u* <e greater pride than in THE AMERICAN EAGLE. st so have R Brandt's ware* en put to the test and have won 'tory everywhere. During the Summer ' have reduced urines in nr/h-r suit the times. Our wares ware and Our pri ccs pic iue. R BRANDT, chkstkr, SO ider Town Clock. NSOMNIA 11 have been using CAM'ABimMr omnia, with which 1 have been afiHowSh tar ir twenty years, and I ran say that (Jmmnmmrnm re slven me more relief than any other imaaI have ever tried. I shall rertainly 111 w nd them to my friends aa belnir all they an* .resented ' Thus. Uillasu, ?i(io,BL tram mass isihi au 'Isaaant. Palatable. Potent. Taate Oootft ta xl. Never Hlrken. Weaken, or Ort|>e. Ike. S<LUS* ... CURE CONSTIPATIOR, _ M?* rnp?>r. I awlrul. Am task. SSA LTD.Rlfi Hnl<1 an<1 ana ran teed by a* *!** iMU-DRb glauto RK Tobaoeo HeMka I > argains ! iving tliem on arte compell1111 for thom^ i> knock the ROCK bottom ,T .1 Shannon, of Monroe, N.. C., markets, and, spending Ik* the s|K)t cash enables him to We quote yon prices beknr s YS! CLOTHING ought to Lancaster, I woo! Suits #2 75 Men's pfnui niI 0 *7.00. lice |?iir ?>f shoes and 'oaf. prints 3 cents, All styles of 3-4 cents pe* e it lasts. 9 cents, worth 15 cent*. SHOE ts. Ladies fine button shoes k. ()l?l Ladies common Smhdc [ ents per pair up. n Overall suits only 45- cent*. ETC., CHEAPER rou CAN BUY ElSEfctflF. iHos ITubrellns at pries* nmpaajr ine of Sample lints at 50 n?t? of Stan*. Yours at leas tibou ins that time and printers- uai ml let us quote yon peine*nmmr derburk Co.