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?The Lancaster cotton market It started in.the lead and L keeping in the lead. The price paid here K is bringing tho fleecy staple in al from far and near Some days K the receipts run up to nearly 2001 hales. It is not an unus.ial sight c< to see wagons from Chesterfield r< county and from across the North hi Carolina line driven in loaded with " cotton, ami to sec them going out ir loaded with goods. Lancaster has n the host cotton market and is the} cheapest place to buy goods in j? the State. js ?In response to a telegram Mr N Henry .1 Thompson of the Plyler w section, went down to Columbia 111 last week to see his sister, Mrs. i M I> Illnckiiion, who was ?juite ill. ' ,n Ho found her some better and after consulting 1 he attending phy-1 f, sician, concluded to bring her1(,| homo with him as he was advised s( tho change might bo beneficial. They reached here safely and Mrs 11., seemed to be improving uptoj yesterday when she was not doing c< so well. w ?Col. and Mrs. Leroy .Springs: n were called to Concord, N. ('., I ni Ibursdnv by a telegram announ ... . in cmg the death of 11 \\ Allison, Ks<p, Mrs Springs's grand-futher. . Mr Allison was Concord's oldest : CJl ami one of her most honored eiti-1 . i. , I la /.ens. He SO years of age. Ill ?The little ten year old son of w Mr K TThompson, of Dry Creek, at picked 235 pounds of cotton one t pi day this week. His twelve year j lit old daughter picked 325 pounds m the same day and three other chil- h: dren, older than these two, pick-) m< <-d 230, 240 and 250 pounds re- in spictively. They are certainly at good cotton pickers. ti ?The attention of the proper ol authority is called to the very had condition of the public highway 111 at orr nea Bennett's ford on the 01 Coylo Road. It needs immediate 11 attention. ,l< ?Contractor Lingley has thej\ contract to erect Pr Calloway's . , I V! residence. . 11? Ku<dish huiirnairo and customs I f f UikOOl ?\ 1 o? ArtulK* **" ? ' 1 .r^, ... ... *TII^||> I|(|<>|>lt'W l?Y l(|C women of Japan. Masa Takaha shi, the wife of the proprietor of , ul t!i? Hawaii Shinpo, litis heen away i c< from Japan only a year, hut I learned English well enough in u that short time to render very -v< material assistance in the eon- j1,1 ducting of the paper. j<n "Do you know McShifter pret-' ty well t" "Know him? Every? time ho expresses nn opinion I i can t<-*?I whether it is his own or whether he got it from his wife." h tli i ? Tie ' cr or tiie DroBDer? ; " - ? There are cough medicines that so are taken as freely as a drink of T| water from a dipper. They are rc cheap medicines. C^uantity does not \ u make up for quality. It's the qual- 1 ity that cures. There's one medi2ine that's dropped, not dipped ? Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. There's >'< more power in drops of thm remedy lit than in dipparsful of cheap cough In yrups and elixirs. It cures Bron- ! th chitis. Asthma, Croup, Whooping m Cough, and all Colds, Coughs, and ^ aifections of the Throat and Lungs. t Ager's Cherri) Pectoral * is now half price for the half-eixe bottles?50 cents. m ems From tlio ICnek llill Herald HlT Married, on Sunday last, by ev. A S Rogers, Mr \V B Iluek>ee and Miss S Z Trueadale of Wh Lershaw county, S. C. ( ?The young lady who sent 25 ants to a foreign advertiser for a Sp? jceipt to whiten and keep the ands sol't received this reply : tlioi soak them well three times a day thai i dish water while your mother for ists.'' ? Willie, son of the late W 1? was obinsoti, formerly ;f Hock llill, 'uai loealljeditor of the (iiiytou, On., c've| ews. Willie is a bright boy and i'1 e wish for him much success and Pn,"1 inny honors in his profession. l?n ?Gov Kllcrbe has appointed id commissioned Dr.J K Masscv, r., from the Fifth District to the ^1H' eo scholarship in the South Car- on lina Medical ('ollege given to one ket. udent in each congressional dis-i^1"' id. | Whi | won Now when cotton is 4A to 4 4 , whii >nts \vc hear less complaint than 011 ] lien it was d and 7 cents, lint all j li^Vl le same it is a ruinous policy to i nddi iisc ?otton at such prices by any I chat cthod heretofore in vogue l?v | will rerage farmers. It will he nee. narl isary to make two or three hales ! low > the acre and hoy nothing that i in he raised on the farm. Mo-; sses is cheap hut you can't buy i acre's product of molasses J ith the cotton raised on the same! '1 re, after deducting the cost of ' mpr roduction. There would he but fata ttle money in hay it all the far- j m0!, ers turned their attention to cnri ly making, but they will not do tarn >, besides you can turn your hay ?rrai 10 mines, ("line, sheep, or goats, H,,. id you will lie dead old and re- cam red Ixiforo your neighbors catch life, i. Corn, wheat, oats, rye, t?ar- '1 V, peas, pindars, potatoes, tur- 2o , ips, boots, and other products ing in be converted into livestock or loss lined to other use*, and every ban ;ie planted in any of these Vat< owds out an acre of cotton, re- aer< iicos the supply and tends to {he lise the price. There is not a the irtune perhaps in raising hogs, :i?*e lit it takes the gross receipts .\ mil a whole aero of cotton to tirm iiy a single good sized porker, thet id when yon talk about net re- iJOO >ipts you aie out of a subject, age hen you must have the hog any- beir ay, while in the ease of cotton, erty mi find the only value is the loss iirgin between the cost of pro- surti iction and proceeds of sale, ing aisc hogs.?Chester Lantern. jejf? r? . ? Items of Interest. cent At all dinner parties given by Bear le Prince and Princc*s of Wales ie menu i-> invariably vouched in ic French language, no matter ?. hat the nati nudity of their rov- wjfc highnesses1 guefts may be. ovei Fx (iov. Koswell P Flower, of ed4 cw York, has heen defeated as buy delegate to the Stat" democratic ed, . i >n* eution at Watertown, where man > lives, the district convention e>ta iting for Hryan ntcti as dele* com ites. There has been discovered in idm a strange plant which pos. |n ssos wonderful magnetic power, -mel he hand touching it immediately uho eeives a strong magnetic shock, 1 1 hi le at a distance of twenty feet S1.r|, inagncti" neodle is alTected by it. ?- d It has been decided to give a airly 'Humphrey Prize1 for man ;erature at the Kingston (Kng-j Tole ndi grammar school in honor of j e Rev. W. J. Humphrey, w ho thi, t et his death in Africa last Curt larch. Ho was formerly a mas- j" ^ r at the school. Around the sin of dtunkenness 4L?i u -t I bottl I III WWII II1U ( IIIHIV HI MHJ ItllllllV. ho devil never he sit A to* to civ? Tli n nn attractive name,no ai to mis llAlu nd the ?nwary. ' m what H?-To Hw tor Firty Coat*. Iron QumiM4 labtoeo bebH cure, weak ' **? M KIWI, knod pure. Me ? All 6ru?flM* i'ro? .. -V *<1 -ik ^ vi iJMRSH IIBARD'S COTTON LETTER. % ut is Said of the Status of the Jotton Market and the crop. scial to The State. New York, Sept. 22.?Alugh Liverpool was steadier 9 i expected under large buying merchants in Alexandria, pt tho. opening improvement slowly lost und the trade roil is as depressed condition as r. There is a slight increase the investment demand by ties who beleivc in buying cotat the lowest price of the r, with the idea of buying n as tho market declines, culative buying as a specula, does not appear in any mariloavy rains are reported n Georgia und Mississippi, eh, under other condition, ihl stimulate buying, but v eh are now without influence irices. It is thoroughly lie- 5 ed by the spinners that rain s to the yield, and that the ices are oven. The winter lie an open one without an y frost and they will wait for er prices. Iiubbard Ilros. & Co. Sixteen Head and Dying. ['oledo, ()., Sept 20. ? Eight i cremated and eight more ,1 ly burned is the result of the t disastrous fire that ever oc -o?l in Toledo. The spon-1 o?is combustion of dust in the | in olovator owned hv Paddock, | lire Company at 1' o'clock ? >cd this terrible destruction of !i lie heat became so intense that . nrs on sidings near the burn- ? building were added to the; The (ire department had a ^ 1 struggle to save other ele-1 >rs and property. The bridge ' ? ?ss tho Maumee river was on j several time*, but outside of | loss of tho elevator, the dainI* slight. lr Paddock, a mem be:* of tho i owning the plant, said that c was between .'?on,ono and ,000 hitshelr of grain in storat the time, the most of it ig winter wheat. The prop-' and the grain is an entire i and will reach #450,000. In- ' inre is ?1."..*>,<>?)<) on the build- ] and the grain is covered with 8,000 insurance. At 1*2:201 nek the flames were under trol. tL? A ^ KM Y?u Haw Always Bought r % Can you tell me," a*ked his scornfully, after looking * the property he bad purchas<4what ever induced you to this place' 4,1 can" he answer* promptly. "Whatt" she do-' iled. One of tho smartest real to agents in this part of the i it I V. i ?j iarc of Ointments for Catarrh 'hat Contain .M'-rciirv, erniry will de-troy the wiikp of I' and completely dcranue the '.e system w hen entering It' hmuch I m union* "iir'n e?. Huch article* it?l never he lined except on pn dlons from reputable physician*, le <1 image they w||t do is t? n fold .e good you can possibly derive i them Hall'* Cttnrth Cure, uAictured by FJ Cheney Attn., do, O , contain* no mercury, and ken Internally, noting directly ?u> fie blood and muctioufl ?urfnceH of lyntein In buying Hall'* t'atarrli i be Mile you get the genuine. I: ken Internally and in in tide In To^ , Ohio, by F J Cheney A Co, J inioniitl* free Sold by f^uyglftta, price 7">o per e. tnrMWtol.lNMe. A ion* it n<? ?iiM*an? more uncertain In it* ^ n it.an dyspepsia. Physicians say that ^ra^7?,rs;?rr^r; nosi*. No ro alter how severe, or under <lit<piise dyspepsia attack* you Brown*' Bitters wilhmre it. Invaluable in all iaaa of the stomach, blood and nerves.. raa' Iron Bittara la solid by all dealers^ , ^WIMS* i mm m FALL 1898. Dpening Of - Our Mew Stores Takes Place Today, SEPTEMBER 21st We render YOU and YOUR FR1EXD ?a err cordial invitation. We hid good bve to a *> i..' % successful Summer business. Pf'*e face the fal/ | ind winter with a calm conviction ol - A BANNER SEASON. He are ready for Business,--ready to reeeivf. ?ur new and old Patrons. LANCASTER AND PROGRESSION ire now synonymous terms. Our progression vill he hased on your patronage. Pf *e shall not A!*Qof IOAT f4411/1 O il l."4? ??t Ik.' i ?? <?? -- O . i* ri <?viiv>v ?UT^I 1 l^B 11^^ IF111 M lilt H1C letermiiiatioii to keep tilings moving with v HONEST GOODS, HONEST VALUES, LOWEST PRICES ! TLo /krriF j nin ii i/t n r i^tiires Will Lose Money. geil Your Cotton to the Highest Buyer and J Buy Your Goods From Tlie lowest Seller is ill We Ask. Very Respectfully9 I W. GAN SON. N- B. In next advertise-1 me lit we will quote Pri ?es no one can touch. W. (j. ,, ., 1 ifp