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I | ' ___________ v ___ WTOBIjOW 8. CAJtTEK, | A l^unily JSrtnpexxtpcr : For the Promoti'/r. ?/ ihr. Political, Guatal, A jricroJtaral and CotnmerruU Interest*. } TL.UMS: $1.50 a *& >?. Bt>ITOB AMI) 11AJUOSB. 1 ) l AlAllLU IX A/->VAJ?U*. SEIYII-WEEKLY hUl'lUH. i.ANCASI'KK. s. (L OCT, ->J, 1M>8. ESTftBL^HfcD 1852 ^ pouto uico orus. om i 3 ~ I Th 4\t I A?AA J. Of frUvrfittn For u Member Of \ Confirms. An Flection will be held on Tues* J?y November 8tl? 1898. ;it tin* legally et tahlished polling precinct* in Luti raster County, for a Representative! from the Fifth Congressional District, in tiie 59th Congress of tlie United States. The polls will he opened at 7 a ni j and kept open without intermission until 1 o'clock p in The following named persons have . been appo nted to manage said elec ! tion, to wit: Lancastkh?N. It Coiisur, Capt., J. Foster, It. Crockett. Hkatii Sl'RlNts?J. T. I.. Mover,! A. J. Bailey, H. II. Horto . l\l iwhaw is. a. Milton, A. J. I Colt*. A. V. Cauthen. Dk. f. C. Wklshs- J. T. Kenning-I Ion, W. M. Neal. Dr. C. C. WoNh. Phimws?W.B Miller, N. B. Small, J W. Blackmou. Taxaiiaw?O. C. McMuuus, J no, I T. Ingram, Win. J. Belk. Tkaukhvim.k? Lee Bird. W. A Funderburk, Win. B. Plyler. Dwioht-J. 10, Howell, W. K. j Carnea, R. R. Kiddle. Nkw Cut?J P. Klynti, T. R.Lr ng-i ,ey, H. K. OiHVy. BKLAIK--J.J. Perry. <1. B. Collins, j It, W Doater. Van Wyck-J. M. Yoder, <1. L Vaughn, R. H. Delatiey Til iknwki.i. Pi, ace?J. Wren Till man J. W. Tiioin(mon,J. F. Williams. Cahmki,?S. (j. Hlogner. A H. ! Carter, R. J. Mcllwaln. Montoomkrv ? Wm. Howell, Wm. Barber, John Wllaon, One of the above named Managem at each box will call upon the Board of Coinmiaaion ?ra at Lancaster C. H., on Saturday, November 5th 180H, to receive ballot boxe-, poll listn and instruct ionn and to he qualified J. Wyi.ib Porter, j. thomas maksam,, J. Davis Fi.ynn. Commissioners of Federal Election. Notice Of Election For State a.ul Coun* tf/ Officer*. An Election will be held at the several precincts established by law in Lancaster County, on Tuesday, November 8th, ISbH, for the following ofllcers, to wit: Governor, LieAtenant (Governor, Hecretary of State, Attorney Geneial, Compotroller General, Adjutant slid Inspector General, Stute Superintendent of Education, one Railroad Commissioner, me Senator, ! two Representatives to the lower | branch of the Legislature, one Super- I V I visor, one Superintendent of Education, one Probate Judire. The polls will be opened at 7 a. in , j and kept open without intermissiou | until 1 o'clock p in. Tlie following named persons have! been appointed Mating a re for Htate I and County Eleclione: Lancaster?E. Hee.e*t, W. P j Coskey, D. N. Maokey, Hkath Hphino? Simon Bennett, H. ('. Gardner, A rioter Cauthen. Kkhsiiaw?Thoe. C. Btover, I). L.I Blaekwell, T. ('. Horton* T. U.Cohen. J Dk. <J. C WbIjSHS?J, W.Cuuning ham, It F. Long, J- M? Hilton. i Primus?R B Blackmon, B. F. Adame, Ernest Hinson. Taxahaw?S. I) Belk, M. N.jl Johnson. It. E. Gregory. Tkadesvii.i.k? L. //. ltowell, W. G. M<K?re.T. \V. McNeely. Dwtoiit?T. I). Games. Jno. H. Bteele, J- O. Porter. Nkw Cut?VV (J, CttHkey, Haskell t Porter, j. H. McCain. Rklaik?O. W' Potts, Jno. A. Kell, I). K. Hull. Van Wyck?K 1>. Tillman, J. M. Hlau'le, C. W. McQulrt. Tjiobnwbu, Place?J. D. Taylor, ' J. F. Lathen, W. J. Williams. 1 Carmkl?J. Ii Barton, W. T. Van litmlingham, J. M. Caskey. < moSTOomkry-W. B. Twitty, J. Af. j w 111 main, a. j. Wheeler. One of the above named Manager* , at each box will call upon the Hoard , of Corona leal onera at ljancaater, Frl- | day Nov. 4th, 1898, to receive ballot j box**, poll li*ts and iuHtructiona, and to be quail tied. J. D. Carrey, j J. K. Thompson, C. W. Jones * Commiaeloneni of Htate Elections 1 Chicago capitalists are about to J build a great hall at the cost of $ 1, ( 000,000 for the use of political aod g?th?rlog?. The city of wind evidently intends to reach out early ^Kr the national convention of 1900. J ' V * - Official Notice of the Formal Change of Owners Received at Washington and Sent to McKinley. Washington, 1). Oct. is.? | The United Slates is now formally; in possession of the island of Porto Rico and has assumed sovereignty there which Spain and the world acknowledge. The island is part of our territory. The war department has received the following: "San J nan. Pol to Rico, ()ct. Is. "Secretary of War, Washington, j "Our tlags have Ween raised on all public buildings and forts in this city and saluted with national salutes. The occupation of tliOj ishinil is mm' v..I,..* ;n . 4'Brooks, Chairman." A copy of General Brook's dis-j patch was sent to the president at Chicago immediately upon its receipt. WAULIKK PRKPA RATIONS. ! Frenchmen Seem to lie Expecting a Large Scrap. Paris, Oct. lb.?Despite the! otlicial denial, Echo do Paris sava it is in a position to reassert that: Frenchmen of war are being fitted out and provisioned at Toulon, i and that various cruisers havoj been ordered to prepare for sailing. Officers have also buen1 ordered to prepare for sailing, j Men at the arsenals are workingI over time. An Official Statement in Regard | to Colonel Bryan. Washington, Oct. lb. ? The War department today gave out the following: "The Secretary of War, on being asked about the) report that Colonel William .J. ! Bryan, of the Third Nebraska, j had been refused leave of absence and kept with his regiment, au- | thorized the statement that Col. i Bryan lias naked no indulgence J whatever of the War Department, so that none has been refused I him. Any reports to the contrary are without foundation in ( fact." J Pardoning Process Goes on. !' Special to The Daily News. Columbia, S. ('., Oct. 10.? I GoTornor Fllerbo has commuted j' the life sentence of doe Prince to three years. This makes fifty-eight pardons for the year and 1'24 since February, 1S97. A NAKItOW KSCAP'KThankful words written by i Mrs. Ada K. llart, of Gronton, L S. I). "Was taken with a bad L cold which settled on my lungs; tough set in and finally termi- i nated in Consumption. Four ' Doctors gave me up, saying Iji could live but a short time. I ! i ajavo myself up to my Savior, i le tor mined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, 1 would , meet mv absent ones above Mv I1 Husband was advised to gel I)r. I King's Now Discovery for Conjumption, Coughs an<l Colds. I ^ave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God J am saved and now ? well and healthy woman." Trial tx)ttles free at Crawford Bros' Drug Store. Regular size 50c u*d fl .00. Guaranteed or price I refund ud. 1 t ./? f i f. j-i i t.' y?> ...-I <1 f>. ' ; >7? *4 UUL. ALb'iUN UtAU. BRIGHT AND POPULAR M \N AND SOLDI KK. Dird sit I lis Dome in YorKvill", Where lie llml P.ecn III. Special to The Daily News. (olnmhia, S. C., Oct. 1*.? Col. .Joseph Alston, of the First regiment, is <piite ill at Yorkville with malarial fever and jaundice. Special to tlio State. Yorkville, Oct. 21.?Col Alston died at 2 o'clock this morning. W. B. McCaw. .losepli Kirkland Alston was horn November C, 1*00, in Fair Held county, S. C., near Montis cello. He was the only child of William F. Alston and Susannah Cook, daughter of (Jen. Philip Cook, C. S. V. Ilis nearest kinsman is a half-brother, now living in Greenville. S. C., William F. Alston. His fathc* died in iMi'.t, his mother in 1 ^To, leaving him with his half brother, who became a father to him and has always been his truest friend. Col. Thomas Woodward of ltockton was his guardian and many of his younger days were spent with him. On both sides ho is descended of revolutionary ancestors, celebrated on the tield of battle for gallantry, valor and discretion. In every conflict in which his State and nation have been engaged his forefathers bore a distinguished part. After attending Porter's school in Charleston, the Kings Mountain Military school at Yorkville, the Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte, he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1 sS-> 11.. ? i ' . . iiu ^KIUIUII i;nv illld ?IT the time of his appointment as Colonel of 1 lie 1st Kegt. S. C. V., in the I'. S. Army, was a memhe r of the law linn of Alston vSc Button in Columbia, enjoying lucrative practice. In 1 sSS lie was happily married to Miss Belle MeCaw of Yorkville, a great-granddaughter of William and Martha Brattcm of Revolutionary fame. She has been the guiding star of his user"? n fill life, that priceless pearl, a worthy wife, and a worthy descendant of the noble womanhood tf South Carolina. The news of his untimely death will be a shock to his many friends throughout the State. Masons Draw the Color Line. Louisville, Oct. 10*?The grand I.OiIl'O of Kent iif-lf?- - * n - ?j iiiniHiilB, ill its stssion today, unanimously idopted the resolution adopted !>v its special committee, which rccom mends non-intercourse between the (inind Lodge of this State and tho (irand Lodge of Washington, because of tho action of tho latter n recognizing nogro lodges. The notion to adopt was seconded by SO master Masons. It was also locidod to build a home for aged ind intirtn Masons. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind Yen Han Always Bought Boars tha /if, ' Signature of "I feel a little dul1 today/1 said :he carving knife.'1 "And I'm tired of this perpetjal grind my Keif," responded the grindetQne.-Cincinnatti Enquirer. > '* Jb i% - 4 K if.4 *:i i hj ' WOMAN MFKDKUKl). , Mrs. Atkinson killed in Edge field (ioing from Augusta? Shot From Ain.nish. i , Hy Telegraph t > The Daily News Anjjustu, Da., Oft. 20. ?Mrs .John \tkinson, of Edgefield, win ] shot t?y an assassin hist night an< {killed. She was returning to hei home from Augusta in a huggi , with her husband. When the> I were near tlie Republican distrie church, on the Martinsburg road ! thirteen miles from this city someone fired upon them fron I aniinish. Two loads were fired from i i sliotgnn, hotli taking effect 01 I Mrs. Atkinson. She was sho I iimiu^ii iiit! neart and died with j out a wold or a struggle. NVho the assnvsin is is nol ! known. Mrs. Atkinson was the daughlci of A. 10. Blulock, of this city. JL'STFI ABLK IIO.M1C1DH. The Verdict in the Case of Deputy Sheriff Unison of Marlboro. Special to The State. Bennettsville,Oct. 18? The cor oner went down yesterday after noon to hold an impiest upon tin dead hody of Zeko Townsend, killed !?y Deputy Sheriff Ilinsoi in attempting to arrest him. Then | was only one oyo witness win tostitied that lie heard Townsem say he would not he arrested am saw the scuffling and shooting J Tot. r..^nd was shot four times ono ball piercing the heart The jury returned the followinj I verdict: "We find tl?<it tki> .t<. I ceased, K/.ekiol Townsend, on in to his death from gunshot wound j inHicted hy ,1. E. Ilinson, sai< Ilinson then acting in his oflieia capacity as deputy sheriff in th execution of a legal warrant fo the arrest of the said Townsem ' who resisted such arrest, and tha said ilinson was justifiable in com | 11 itting such homicide." Th warrant of arrest was for violatioi ] of labor contract. Town sent I seems to have been rather a I mi I character, and even the colore* people who knew him exprcssei no sorrow at his untimely death Late yesterday afternoon tin j gin house of Mr. John 11 Town send near Blenheim was discover ed on lire, and in a short time it i with contents of machinery an< (iihoiit 1 *? hales of cotton, wen entiroly consumed. Several time I his dewcllinj; caught from tin ginnery, but the tlames were ex tinpiishcd and the house saved S Mr. Townsend is one of the lur<;< merchants and planters of on sister town, Blenheim, and w? regret to hear of Ins misfortune His loss is about $2,000 with ih insurance. TIIKUUKK I-A <*RIPCURi There is no use suffering fron ! this dreadful malady, if you wil only get the right remedy. Vol are having pain all through y?ui body, your liver is out of order, havo no appotite, no life or am bitioD, have a had cold, in fac are completely used up. Klectru Hitters is the only remody tha will give you prompt and sun relief. They act directly on youi Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, torn up the whole system and mak< you feel like a new being. The) are guaranteed to cure or prie< refunded. For sale at Crawford Broe' Drug Store, only 50 centi i per bottle. ? hy i " * * > \ i 1 WILL M IS ILK OCT NOV. 10. Capt. Fuller (lives Orders to Have the Men Paid Oil and 1 lischarged. I . Spec iul to The I )*ily News Columbia, S. C., Oct. 10.? ; j Captain Fuller lias issued orders I j that the First regiment shall !>e rj mustered out and paid in full on ;, November 10th. The regiment ; will he finally discharged Noveni t l?er 10th. All the men must here , ! with their uniforms on October , ; 28th. A FKHIT AT MANILA. l| , i 1 Lngagement lletwoen American t and Rebel Ships?lasses on Both Sides ?The Rebel Ships Captured. Loudon, Oct. '20.?The Madrid I * : correspondent of The Times says: j "Captain Aunon, the Minister of j Marine, i.as received a dispatch ; from Manila, announcing a naval engagement between the Ainerir j cans and the rebels, in consequence of Admiral Dewev's forbidding the latter to tly the rebel tlag from their ships. The dispatch adds that there were losses on both sides but that the Americans captured the rebels' ships. The scene of the engagement is not 1 stated, but it is supposed to have been in Minila Bay." u j A Soldier Ki'led and his Comrades Burn a Bar Room. d Newport News, Va.,Oct.IS. ? A riot occurred at a saloon in Phoebus, late tonight. Five rogulars {r from Fort Monroe wore shot, one being killed and another mortally wounded. No civilians were hurt. The names of the soldiers and . other details are unobtainable j to-night. It is understood the men were shot by the proprietor or employes of the saloon, which is j owned by P. T. Lagan. After the . shooting, soldiers set tire to the saloon. At midnight the town was , in a turmoil, the civil authorities o (11 being powerless to preserve order, j After continuing their threatenj ing demonstration for some time, j the riotous soldiers wore taken in ?I custody by a detail from Fort Monroe. B?ar? tLo /) Ihs Kind You Ha?9 Always Bought , *??:r ji "Some Pumpkins." o s T. N. Garrett reports the mens 0 urement of the boss of all the . j pumpkin vines. It was grown on I the place of his uncle, John (i. q Garrett, in the Cripplo Creek r section of Fair view township. 1 The vine was 75 feet long and . I bore over forty pumpkins, ag> gregating in weight about 1,200 ! pounds. Fourteen of the largest averaged forty-five pounds each, j the smallest of them weighing , miny-iwo pounds,and tlie largest, I which took the blue ribbon at tho l Fairview stock show, sixty-six : pounds. The others avoraged 1 about twenty pounds each. The t vine grew from common seed, ^ planted lust May by Mrs. Garrett t on clay upland, comparatively * new ground.?Greenville News. s Husband?You're not econo5 mical. Wife?Well, if you don't r call a woman economical who saves ' her wedding dress for a possible , second marriage, I'd like to know what you think economy is." # V i tr' r ' '< * ', J 4 I A Sheep in1 Two on l.ach l'unil. York?*i11 e Kmpiircr. "Here is !i little pointer on the ! sheep raising cpiostion," said l>r. Miles Walker to a reporter yesterday. ''It came under my ohser ' vation a few days ago, and atI though it looks like a very small matter, I was considerably interested. _ ''Mr. and Mrs. M. Temple ton, of Zaook have a single ewe, which they keep for the purpose of raising wool with which to make mits and hose for their children. Mrs. Templeton told ! me that her father nave hi r a ewe when she was married, and they have kept one ever since. From the one they have now, they *ot *111 n \ or.nm * 1 1 .... u.vum 111 ^i.\ ji minis or wool :i year, which is a pretty good I yield, tho general average in this j action being Imt a little over three pounds. j "Now, tho cost of wool for the j children's hose," continued Dr. Walker, "may he a very small matter, hut Mrs. Templcton tells me that if the keeping of their sheep is any expense, she is not i aware of the fact, and the yield of wool is just that much made. "But if you will think ahout it a little, you will he impressed | with tho idea that this proposition is not so small as it appears. | For instance, in York county there are ahout 0,000 families, and of these, say 4,000, live in i the country. Then suppose each country family should keep a sheep, or say a pair, and now let ! us figure. "Four thousand pairs of sheep would give us 8,000 single sheep. I At a low estimate each sheep snouiu yield say tniee pounds of i wool annually. The 8,000 sheep would give 24,000 pounds of I wool which, at 20 cents a pound, would he worth $4, *00. Then j during tho year there ought to he 4,000 lumhs, which o.ight to average not less than $1.50 and j aggregate $0,000, making the i total yield from the 8,000 sheep about #12,400 annually. "Now I saw in the Kmjuircr nut long ago that tho total State, county and special taxe- in thi* county for this year will amount j to about $s2.000. That is a largo sum of money; but as I have just | shown,tho two sheep to the family, which we have just seen, can bo | maintained almost without cost, will pay one-sixth of the ?vholo bill." Dr. Walker's estimate is a very liberal one all around. It makes no allowance for loss or accident; I but at the same time it discounts other values which wilt more than counterbalance these considerations. And wl ile each family in I tho country can raise at least two sheep without cost, there are many families which can raise iscores of sheep at hut small exI ponse. Yonr lfowale With CitioiirfU. | Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. | 10c. lf>c. If C. C. O. fail, d^'urcists refund money. Seven Mussulmans Handed in Crete. Candia, Island of Crete, Oc* 18.?Seven Mussulmans, who worn tririfl unil convinlml of fKn murder of British soldiers during the recent outbreak here, were hanged today. Subscribe to The Ledger. WkM mtmpm !* . HUm' P?la fUb. >UH>' ??v . *.v it..' .