The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, September 24, 1898, Image 3
?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? ;
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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?
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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.
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