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-YV "OVERDOSE OF MOR I'll INK. 1 JPomiincnt Young Physician of York Accidentally Kills Himself. .^Special to The State. 'Rock Ilill, Aug 1!. ? l>r S Ulaidwell Fewell, a young physician living in Kbene/.ur, died this j Mcorning at 5 o'clock from the artfeots of an ovcrtlose of morphine redtcinisterod by himself. Dr Few. eJ! (Ate yesterday afternoon com plained of feeling very badly, <tnd spoke to his wife of it, say 5ng- that he had taken some rnedi?riBe before he left town, but tlmt vt hadn't relieved his pain, and bat he would take some mor jihine for it. Pouring out some ,jn his hand, he swallowed it. In ?!i short time he realized that he ir.ad taken too much, and sent for 'Lis father, who is also a physician. flis father gave him strong a* acoffee, and did everything that v oould bo done, as did other physicians who wore culled, but by o'c ock lie was in a stupor, from which ho was never awaken<ed, breathing his last at 5 o'clock w Jtlns morning. 3)r Fewell was a young man of rs.bout do years of age. married and having several children. For some years he has practiced Lis profession iu Fbcne/.er, where Le was liorn and reared, and at Lis death was enjoying a success ful practice. Drnnty Is llluoil Urrp. Olcan blood means a clean skin. No i^iauty without it. (.'aacarets, Candy Catharclean your blood and keep it clean, b> I -.tarring up the lazy liver and driving all ini < rwrities from the bodv. Begin to-day to pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, .i/?d that sickly bilious complexion by taking e'.tot-arets,?beauty for ten cents. All drugsatisfaction guaranteed, 10c,25c,50c. CHARKESTC)N E X C IT E D. yVoJ3ding Owned by Geo \V Wili: I 1 uniijr) v^iniuciuiiuu ii> li Nuifsance. i-jtecial to The Greenville News. .Charleston, S C Aug S>.?A was sprung at a regular /-meeting of the city council here neAaj in the shape of a report by < ftpoeial committee condemning rfc. telcek of buildings in Anson -street known locally ns "Klen SHotel." The property is owned vi-r Geo W Williams, president of ti"ke Carolina Savings bink. The report declares that the place was cffiostructel after an application 'fitr a permit to build it bad noon refused by the city assessor, and ? consequently in violation of the rrdiu mens; that is a notorious den <cj vice, iutiu>itel by the worst class of ii;^r,) worn in r?f tin city; t%at it is a rendezvous for prosfiliates and that it is a men ice to ; the health and morals of Char- , Jrston. The rep irt Was adopted -aid the p >1 ice authorities ordered ci shut Mi) the place at one? and .. ^"jc rciirate it. Are Vou Wrakt W.AknOe, manifest* itself in the loan of -Ambition and aching Honrs, The bloo<l in watery ; the tissues are wasting?thr door in <Seinf( opened for disease. A bottle of Browns' Iroc Bitters taken in liuir will restore your 'Strength, soothe your nerven, make your Arioou rich and red. Do you more good A ban an expensive special course of medicine. i Jirowua' iron Hitters is sold by all dealers. jdOBSOlTs FATHKK. Although a Democrat, He is Made rJPostm aster at Greensboro AlaWashington, Aug 11. ? The Vresident today appointed Judge J V Hobaon. father of Lieut IToWson of Merrimac famo, postmauler at Greensboro. Ala. Mr JHobson is a Democrat, and the - oniination was made at the earn *>sl request of his Republican felfowtownsmen as a mark of good feeling. DIimim of lk? Blomt and !li>rvw. No one need autfer with neuralgia. Thto in quickly and permanently cured \ krj Brown*' Iron Bitter*. Every diaeaae of itSm hlixvi, nerve* and atomach, chronic 4*t otberwiae, uccnmba to Brown*' Iron flitter*. Known and uaed for nearly a t?nr1er of a centnry, it sUnd* to-day forennu*? among oar reoat valued re media*. AtaMvna' Iron Bitter* 1* aold by all dealer*. for Infants a The Kind You Ha BEARS THE S TMI CINTAUW COMMNY, TT Ml r~*i f>auv v-wr rt"k, %e Kfc?* .t n? hop she was e child, sue cried for OmtorUfc hoa she tfocjv.no Mtsn, she chins to Oiu?'ori? ben si f UnO C^i'tlron, she f a*e th .'ui Cju&XW I ifanted?An Idea S3 otect your l<lea?; they m*y hrlnn you weeitl rile jrtn.s WKUDFKUOKN * JO . P-t. nt Attoi ye. V n.innmoii, J? " r their ft - <e ofltet A $5,000 < ^ This paper announces, in c Constitutution, a new offer ii SEND IN AN THF mTTHN fLRflP i iLw \J\J 1 1V/I1 U1IV1 GONTEST BEGAN MAR< rO ENTER THIS CONTEST TOO Ml IN CONNE I_JEJID AT THE EXTREM LOW PRICE O In connection with thU Clubl fuess with the subscription pr 6IVE TOU A CHANCE AT 1 AN EXTRAORmNMfoFF llrrr It la, rraA It all very carefully Firm AwarAi To the auhacri- HerondAwa l?ror luircrUan naming tha -u 'tact uuui'?-r or nearest la (In- rtnrl number o( bain, In Ural aril tlitmltuu irru|)n( IKSI7 t? w# will glra If the ratli gWe t the mtlmatr la raorlvwl M^:. $2,500 *12? M*.""h ?rt?ri,:*.Ap.rt.^ 2,000 l,l!iirtn,Apr If I'nHni; Mayor < ran IT During May Jafii'. IfA I |3uU June, IsVs ... If (luring -Iil'v or t ftfin If During Jul] Auguat. I?? I ,UUU Auguai, lira S*>, THAT THE FIRST THREE PRI Note Specially. TIIK EXACT figures, Somebody will | Constitution by any means. Those who so crive proportionntely the highest prizes, as ; r>ir--s ami because the number of bales rece can lie known eiactly, leaving shorte r time In all three of the eases submitted it ii ine correct or equally correct estimate be i mrnril will be divided equally among the c< Their is no "missing word" m this, no pi ronect answer, but this is brain versus bri jrr> versus figures. Every man is interest rs.irs the price and the price of cotton in ji.Twpcrity. < riw. , On Such a Vital Prt THE CONTEST C The estimate is to be made upon the to :rop that has already been gathered and isi will show it from Sept. I, 1897, to Sept. 1, 1 this spring, because the figuies thereon will the crop already in and marketed, official fq \* a guide for making your estimate we gi' The conditions under which this last crop men is for you to compute from and will aid The figures given by Latham, Aleaand throughout the South as official, and we gi "Cotton Movement and Fluctuations" as f Season Acres planted Bales in crwp 1887 #8 . , . 18,961,897 7,046,833 18X8 89 . . . 19,36a, 074 6,938,290 1889-90 . . . 20,171,896 7,311,322 {89091 . . . 20,809,053 8,652,597 i*9i 9a *?.7,4.937 9.?35.379 Thilf (IrirM will ba u Their Eitimate of the Acreage for the Crop < * r in a Following Art tbo Conditions of tin KX AIT ratimeie tfw lilt DiBbtr tf Mm, the ?hr nmrMl Mllmttr, hut If the Drat pntM trt lire orr >etlp lb* f?*(1 flfum, tnrn tb? earond artaae I'fi prime* for the third tMrrai Hiitmu -<K<nMt> If Kimtsnt iktalt inbmlt t wrrth ' n nr.nt boil 111 ?i?nit correct mUb?u la tunt li til ing the arcond prtzeo. brraoaa too IrM b*4 I iwutnt cor recti r la tbo former palil t?Ub-TH eoadlUea prom4?t fcr eaadlitf atlnutte mum btmaaptoM bp b roar*a eubecrli p*t?T puhtlahlnc tbla ad rarttoeiiuBt la aaorptaaoa rill ba forwarded. Tbla muai b? ami la tba Moat iitwortptton. Yoa flutaot abacrtbe tow ud aaad It out bp a< eldest or ofherwiee, or aat kaowlae af r.-i?aoa-af'ji antllia oaa to aaad aa aat I auto after w* or notttoll la aaodlaf TOO* aatimala by aa afaa np* xrmVe fararardloc poor oMaat*. both m ta tl iba eei-utntr af tba forwarding ot tba aatiraata. I 111 ba rati tied to a abort or tba pdre load aadar ? eat Nneti mop aatar tba eaalaat aa air rtao aar paraofl map raarlra a prtaa with aaab ar tba I Poira-ni?ta maktoa poor tataa. )aal ami will ba _ " Utka poor Hforoe rerp pl*J want to repeat tba aoMaiabti pea bare aata, aaad lar pauraalf or par Menftb wtll aatitla poo ta aa a _ipne ran ill CL LED LA NCAA' nd Children. ye Always Bought IGNATURE OF jmm btncit. m*?em orrv. So.i" i .mi*|p? sent by mull. 26o., 6O0., j -r ' .00 per r Kutuple* free. . < d% N f. Favorite TOOTH FOWSK ^ V# * J Vj -thoTiwtli and lir-jetii.Jj# Sash Offer! % ^ ^ ^ ^ 9 nnnection with The Atlanta We^.y n which everyone may have a chance. ESTIMATE SEASON OF 1897-98 Stt 1?ENDS SEPT. I,'98. UST SUBSCRIBE FOR HHeii CTION WITH Q-E1F^ ely rr?n n? P iPl.UU >inf Rate, we will. If yon send your ice, forward all for you and thus HE SPLEMDID MSN PRIZES erTtooursubcribersi and ba aara Ml lUinlaid tha tarinai rdi To tba tub- Third Award i To th? aubbacrtbar* ntmlif Krlbrr mini ttia arraad I lairaal naa will aaxt ararrni we will <l?a If naata a raaalrad tba auaau laoalmd 1,500 D??? $ I ,930 1,250 ",?ir,n,.Apr".: 750 ". .. i.ooo 510 r or 7 Cf> If During Jul* or <irfl I mU AnguU. 1K9M iJ J ZES AMOUNT TO S5.000 IN CAS!!, ACT figures are not given during this ion. oney will be paid out to the NKAKKS I I O get the money, it does not go back to tlie I lie itve the problem at the longest range aid ra rou notice the figures gTow less a.\ the time r?. ived up to certain dates, as the tirae advances, and probabilities to figure against. distinctly understood that, should more than led in the contest, the amount of the prizes to >rreet answers. The prise* are offered in sasu. obability for some one to know at?*oluiely tha sin, skill versus skill, pencil versus pencil, liged in the cotton crop, the amount of the crop our territory is the barometer of the peopie'a >blem You Ought to flake Figure*. CLOSES SEPT? lit tal United States Cotton Crop for 1897-98. iha now in the country as official figures of receipts 898 This is not the crop that is to be planted not be obtainable until Sept. I, 1899. It i> tor ;ures of which will be announced in Septemlwr. re official figures for each of tha last tea crops, was grown and Its probable output are e>nI in the correctness of vour present estimate er & Co., of New York, are generally received ven an asact copy from their latest edition 4 ollowst Season Acres pi anted Bales in crop 89a 93 . . . 18,067.914 6,700.*05 893 94. . . 19.684.000 T.549.817 894-95 . . .454.000 *901.151 89569. . ?8,881,000 7.157.346 896-97 . . * 34'.000 8,757.964 sad In 4adding thin content. >f the Season of 1897-98 is 23,320,000 Acne. . Oaalaah Finer? If tba fiiao t(*w4 an4?r tba I wWnmill drat prapoa tl',* ara a.irV J upas prizes offered a alar tha aeoowd pronoettlea will (a ta a for the ft fUR KMT seUaMtte, so on* ha-ta, wooM aanta la fer the aaaoad nwl aaUmata and tba I rati ma la la aoa dtvtslaa af tba tlma shows above sad star dl vtatea, this laat eeUmate weuld Ukt rank anb mm pravtauat/ awarded ta aamaaaa who aeaead ma an nMna? a* ma Oattaa Crew la IM each and wan Mtoa ta Tba Waakly OoiwUtulkm. If sent Uirooeb lbs af aar atobbtng ?Obv. tba aatlaaata af tha en Won rwrm leal envelope that brings tba eaoaey Ik at payi tor tba yaor aaUmata afWrwtrda ao forfaiting ft or laavtm this aoa laat at tba Una fN aabsariba. at aar at bar irda. Tba aatlaaata meat eonaa wath tba aubarrlpttaa. lafTba Uaoatttattaa yea maka Mia yatrtratad a eerreadneea af tba Ifirw ae yaa tasandad than and IbeaM a party sand aara tbaa ana aaUmata, ba of aba rbteh M may eeeara a prise for aaeb aorraai aHa^. mm mmr MM miimm, u4 mim u? rata* Ik* tk*?* pn>p??tu*a*. i Umflr 'I nN?H Ik* loahw M k*M* *f hum In. (I roo mil M anfe* IfH* l*Mt.wlf|M ?b*r DmI fcqM ???; Man** --.3 CBRIHO >KD?M TO ' G3-H3F2, TER. 5. C * TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby i.oti fled not to trespass by walking, riding, fishing swimming or in any otlier way,on my plantation, situate a mile or twoSou'h ' nf Lancaster court house. Any per- , son or persons disregarding this notice will he prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. K Z Wkl?H. ( June li. 1898. THE MUTUAL LIFE IN3U RANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. o ( RICHARD A McCURDY, President 1 ( Assets over $ 258,001,000 00 I .Surplus over 86,(MH) Out) 00 I Insurance in force, over 936.000,000 (X) INCOME 1897. j . Total Income 1897 $ 54.162 608 00 Income per week, over 1 ,000.000 00 \ Income > ach working day 180,000 00 Income j?er hour ( Rank- I lug hours) 36,108 00 , Insurance in force inS I ! ( Dec. 31st,'97 $ 8,875,816 00 j Insurance written ami paid for In 8 C in '79 1,205,493 00 < Premiums received in 8 C I , in *97 214,057 84 Deatli losses paid in 8 0 in '97. 116,477 The largest and best Company the world. Paid Policy Hold . 28 in 1897, *26,992,055. H. a. McILWAIN, S 1' K C 1 A L A G E NT, 1 Lancaster, S. C. - s ( : -50 I - THI AT - 50 c< - T21 F By paying your aubscriptio the above |K)j ular papers at prices 1 MB IWM ARE YOU IN ARREARS! If so, you can give us your note to l?e due December 1st, next, for your indebtedness to date, and pay your subscription one year in advanco and get the benetit of above prices. Address all on T. S. C> y IMPORTANT Notice by Board of llegistratic The board of Supervisors Registration for Lancaster eoun net this the 7th day of Mart 1898, and organized by re clecti if W G A Porter, chiirman a 1 Montgomery Caskey secretar According to notice alrea tven, the board will not ' lop t " loks open for the registration doctors between the consccuti lays in each mouth until thir lays lief ore tho general electi this year. Electors who registration I89t> and 1897 and still remain their respective poling procim ire not required to register. Tlu who have moved from one pi jinct to another will have to coi forward and have their certifies' changed to conform to their \ jnt precinct. W G A Porter, Chairman. J M Caskey, Secretary. ancaster, 8 C., March 7, 189 :^7" Pay L' p. Tickled ,>ccuu pain. I can do the same f effects result from ray e: pleasant ness anil satisfacti I've the experience, the ? doing all branches of scicnt; Special attention g Work. No chargo for ex Or J. E. Rutl LANCA IW ISM 1 Three Times Koch We cents for one a FJLHTA COS? Sixteen Pages Every IP Kilts for 4?iie mm km i ree for one ve W n to The Ledger one year ic a wo quote ahove. Cheap Enough. The Ledger (Semi-weekly), 1 New York World (Tri-woek and Home and Farm, all three j per?, one year for $2.15. The I>edger (Semi-weekly),'I Atlanta \Jonntitution (Weekly) a Homo and Farm, all three pa[x one year for $2.25. The Ledger (Semi weekly) a Home ami Farm one year for $1. Or. all four ntnpm r?n? for $3.00. tiers and make VRTER pQb T It resta with yon whether yen eon tin a nerra-kUling tobacco habit. NO-TO-UAC^l BMPi rcmoro* the desire for tobao?, with M Hal ootaervouidlstrws. >-ipfiipiro- ^ 1 >n tine, purities the Uiood, re>^n Ilk -V^i .? . " etoree lost manhood. B^iiet.ot^ makes you stronir^f* I W 1 i>^solil. 400.0.W f '"5??lln,n?rT^^^J "I Ap'ritMKiirrdBur OI *l,d1Pock,WlW W I U^MaTaBACIrou 211 1 " mSl w L^yoor owo drturtfti-t. who I f v Si vouch for u*. Take tt with J V I HWa will,patiently. p.rslst.ntly Din b->?. II antllj cures, I boxes. M M, WSl^ Suarunteed to cure, or we refund money. Sfrftag lewsdyOa.. CM?aa. estreat. I?w lark. on nl LANCASTER AND CHESTER y RAILWAY. , BETWKEN CHKSTKR AMD LANCASTER. dy ho Schedule in effect Daily except Suuday 0? on ami after May 11, 1898. ;Vft WESTBOUND I EA8TBOUND. ' No'b. 14 and 18. j No's. 15 aud 17. y A M. P M. A At. P M Q j; ft Oft A e I'll ..In. r .. 1111= * ? ? . - \T <? / 4&I v/UVOiVI M-J V MM W I 8 55 5 26 Rich bur* 1141 8 10 8 42 5 16 Bascombvllle 11 50 8 20 )n P M in 8 20 5 00 Fort Lawn 12 05 8 40 uts 7 45 4 30 Ly Lancaster Arl2 35 9 20 >86 Train No 19, Hunday Only. :o A. M. P. M. ?Q ft 00 Lv. Lancaster A r. 8 55 ft 30 Fort I aw n 8 26 9 46 Has^omvllle 8 10 >n ft 55 KIchburK 8 01 10 30 Ar. Cheater Lv. 7 25 I Connect* at Cheater with Southern I j Roil way, Seaooard Air Line and Carolina and North-Western Railway. Connects at ' ancaater with the Ohio j River A Charleston. ? ' Leroy Spring*, Pres., Lancaster, 8. C. ' J M Heath, O. P. A., W H Hardin. V P and And., Cheater HBBMMMMMBPMMBMUI se I extracted his tooth without or you. Neither pain nor after ttracting. My methods suggest on instead. know how" and .nc facilities for fie dentistry at the least cost, ivcn to Gold Crown and Hridge animations unci estimates. ledge, Dentist. STEU, S. C. mm,ek) pear mmim9 * meek ) year. - Ill, ar. dvance we will send'you any?one of ,h SUBSCRIBE NOW? ly^ If you are not already a aubr)a. acriljor to The Ledger aubacrilw now and get the bonetit of our 'l,e clubbing ratea. i nsl >aiv? era ind 50 jar m remittances to I^ed?er, Lanoaater, H. CJ,