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Our esteemed friends, Mcssr .1 \Y Davidson and Potts of Plea ant Valley, made us a ploasai call Thursday. VA. Died, in Pleisant Hill townsh on Wednesday last, of fever, Mis Huford Powers, daughli r of 5 .1 A Powers, aged about 15 year She was a mem Iter of Heal Spring Baptist chureh. Her n mains were inlprroil ??* SiImi church on Thursday. FOIl KKNT. Two nice 4-room dwellin houses and one two story 7-rooi dwelling, in East End of towi Apply to 1 loath, Springs ?Sc Co. Items ol* News from The lleut Spring Gem Born to Hon. and Mrs. L. ,1 Berry, a daughter. Mrs. .J. II. Therrell returne Saturday from a vi. it to friern at Lancaster. Tho Methodist eongregatio will worship in tho l'reshyteria church until their new church completed. Rev. S. \Y. Henry prcachc at the residence of Mr. Koboi Criimuinger last Sunday for tl benefit of Mrs. (\, who has het an invalid for a numher t>f year Mr. A. l?. Cuuthen, clerk i the auditor's otlice of the S. C. (?. K. K., has resigned and a< cepted a position with Mr. 11. . Bruce a* Shelby, N. C. Messrs. \V. 1*. and T. K. Macl ey went out gunning last Saturdn and returned with two wild turl f?VK TIlOV W'lO'fl onn 'loo [ ? week and killed four of the feat I cry trilte. Trutlcsvillo Dots. This place is on a boom. Thei are eornshuckings about evei day. Corn is in bad conditii this year, an unusual amount ( rotten corn on bottom lands. Hampton Massev and Burre Knight, members of the 2d S. C Kegt., are at homo on furlough. Ilf 1 A g 1 1 i* *?? ? * >? .i iAMimt'ni, oi >> H.xnaw, r C., paid a visit t,> l?is oh! frictv uroutul hero tho other duy. I> T Ij Dostor was also down lookir after some old friends, and \V Brnce of (ireenville, is in toil for a few days. We are glad to note that M ? .1 1> Fnnderhtirk's family have ti recovered except his yonnge daughter, and she is improvii fast. .Mr Lee Hud's wife? is very si? hut we hope not seriouslv. Tl health of our community is no very good. Will some one pleuse solve th riddle for Mr 1* M I'lvler : Soiik thing that never has been, neve will he and yet is. KIWI. .fust Arrived J Horses, Mule hikI Wagons l?y (lie Cai^Loatl. A ear load of I lorses, Mar and Muled, selected especially f< tliis market and bought to sell priees in keeping with the In price of cotton, have just been r eeived at our stables. Al.-o, another car load of ll celebrated Tennessee and () 11: .1 it' ?i i hh'mu \ iig'injs, mi! oniy run hie. This is our second shipme this season. Call early. We will treat y< right. Respectfully, Farmers' 15. & M. Company, .1. M. Hood, Manage Htoekliolders* Meeting. A meeting of the stockholde of The Lancaster Tonsorial Coi pany is hereby called to meet the office of T Y Williams, Ksq at 5 o'clock p. m., Monday, no Nov. 14th. All stockholders a requested to Iks present. .J. T. Stevens, Pres. Dr. MU?'Bairn WO< mrM*M<l to jnlriMfiia slaatw. "Omcm! a 4om s. A Sigtd \V(irlli Seciii(;~A Wagoi ^ on a Uodl'- Look Over C'lyburi ?X i:ilio(t's Stables. Have you seen our highly elc vuteri M'tchell & Lewis wagon Well, of trourse you have if yoi ''' have heen in ten miles of Lancas ** ter within the past week. It i> Ir not jjnite as high as Mitchell'; l'eak in North t'aiolina ? II fett, hut it is far enough up it the air to he seen for miles around ' located as it is upon the pinnaeh III | of our stately stahles, gracefully I holding 0:1 the tip end of its tongut our neat Intsiness sign. It is higl in everything except price -higl ir in <|uaiilv, durability, workmanship and style. The price is s< low that we arc almost ushumec to tell it?in fact, it is so far he low me wagon's 111li s?:indr.rd ol excellence that wc liuve to keep i1 on the ground floor, where yoi '? arc cordially invited to call and see it. Cotton is low, it is true, hut il you need a good wagon one that d you will not he a ways taking tt Is the shop for repairs, and are will ing t<? pay anything at all for il, n come right along to our stable? n and pick \<>u out a Mitchell?tin js best and cheapest wagon on tin n a kel. 1(, CLYIU'UN & KLLIOTT. ^ Catlli' ttcciivrnvl and Ttiiei le Caught. Mr. .latnes Clark traced hi? ,s- cattle near ('aindcn and found thai in j two negroes had sold them t< | Messrs. Spears Itro. The\ iv gave a description of the negn L who sold them and su>oic:or al once rested upon Hob Crocket! v- and Henry Clinton. I?oh w:i. iv arrested, confessed the crime am i- was carried before Magistral! t !!i!!!ard r.r.d r-cr.t h. j-.H. ; 'mho. \- made his escape.? Heath Spring ' (i e m. | For The Ledger re i A l*n|til Tells of the Fine Schoo v I 1 " sit Pleasant Vsillcy ? Also of , the Sail Death of a Pupi1. Mr. Kditor : ?Please allow nn space for a few lines conecrnin; our progressive school at Pleasan j Valley?the host in Indian Lan< s- ! township. It is taught hy Prof 's L. Shurlev, a nohle man and nios r* successful teacher. He tauydit ii North Carolina ahout twelve year: , and has taught herq_ aljout ihre* 11 I Ic is decidedly the host teache we have ever had and has raisc< r. . our school from the ground to In ill , a very high one. A few years agi st the people of Pleasant \ allc; ig thought the:r children could no j learn any more than to read in tin U first reader or spell in ttie hlin i(. hack speller to haker, hut thm w have found out better. They eai see that their children nreloarnin? every day that they go to school ? and how we, who couldn't rca< Br or write well, are now study in? Latin and (ireek, reading Ciesni and Cicero, and la-fore lonjjr wi w ill enter college. We have about I ... s ; t>5 scholars enrolled but abou . half of them are now picking thi ( s ! J ? 4 4 .... j T till I UUI UMI. The Pleasant Valley school lei ,l j ahout 30 pupils studying Kn^lisl vv Giummar, 10 studying Greek an< ( j Latin ?*nd others ready to start j Search the whole country arourw u and where can you find a countr; ' school that has as many hoys nn< girls studying Greek, Latin am (iramnuir as the Pleasant Valle; .schoolIt is a shame to see fron the reports of some of the rchool that only three or four puplis an studying Grammar. Prof. Shurley takes a decide* interest in his pupils and is deter mined to send some of them t( college. We all love him and ohe; jn him and 1 hope that those of u I who get to college will find tench ers who will treat us as kind a ro our dear old teacher, Mr. Shurley Our school has recently beci fitted up with new desks. Tin patrons met August 1st and con |* eluded the) would do away witl ' stools and one legged benches and 1 give us nice, comfortable, seated desks and 1 tell you wo can nil , study better now. 1 think the ( Pleasant Valley school is in the .'lead and hope the other country - schools will pattern after it. " | .Ve have had a very sad and 1 unexpected death in our school ' recently. Not more than 12 days . ago Charley W Culp, one of our brightest and most ambitious boys, i'departed this life. He took sick 1 ' last May and had to stop school land was never able to return.? I | lie was loved by all the pupils and I by bis good old teacher. He died from the effects of a congestive ^ chill. lie was fond of school and " during his illness looked forI ward to rejoining the happy boys < Jtl M'llUUI illlll IRllllf; <M1 Will l?\ 111 pi nastie pole where, in my imagination, I can see him swinging and , l jumping. Charley was a pood, christian hoy and had heen a member of the Baptist clnir?h since he i .'was 12 years old. The good Lord j . has taken him to His home above , where his old school mates can 1 never see him again until we meet I him in Ilenvon, and 1 hope we all will be able to face him there, f He was buried by his school mates | Oct. 28th. J. W. P. - Pleasant Valley, Nov. J), ISPS. Don't Toliarro S|iit anil Smoke Tour l.ll'o Ann;, ' To quit li lim-ro easily iiiol lorrirr, be mnR , ) neiic. lull of life, nervo uml vijfor, take No lolliii'. tlio wnniler ivorlier, Hint makes iveali men . sti'oiiK. AH ilrinjirisis, SOc <>' t,. Cure Kiiarnnt.* tsl Itiinklil null 8;' "ii|mc free. Aii'lrr"3 | , K; Keiueiiy i'' 'tnuoifu ?>r Now Yorlfr I! Bolted For Liberty. 1' ,. T Ike Sims, the Negro who was sentenced to the penitentiary for life for the murder ot Steve Car - j ter, tlied to make a break fori ; liberty last Saturday night. Chief of police Love went into the jail j for the purpose of committing a ' ' Negro named Sly for selling Ii?|Uor. As he opened the door, Ike bolted for it and tried to run over Mr. I jove. Mr. Lovo drew 1 I his revolver and Isaac, though up"iparently very wild, deemed it I prudent to stop.?Yorkville HnII I (purer. , | An appeal for help has Ween! ^ made to Gov Kllerhe for the in-| i habitants of the sea islands near I i Beaufort. The appeal states I there is much sickness and suffer- J L. in?? and that starvation is imini ,t nent on less relief is obtained. The ' recent tidal wave destroyed the j I rice and jirain crops and the rotL,! tintr ??f the vegetation has occa-| ' sioned a ?*reat deal of fever. I ! Subscribe to ''"lie Ledger. I . i iTevention is always better than 1 cure, even when cure is possible. I s Hut so many times pneumonia is not I cured that prevention becomes the { natural act of that 'nstinct of self- j s j preservation which is "the first law I II of nature." Pneumonia can be prej vented and is often cured by the use | of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. , I "Some yearn apo I had a severe cold and I I .1 . J > ?> uircavfneu wmi vik i cuuia ; i? ; neither eat nor sleep, and was in a wretched j condition. I procured a bottle of Ayer'a I 1 Cherry Pectoral and took it according to the directions, and at the end of fifteen dayswas as well and sound as before the attack. I V have recommended it in many cases of pneumonia since, and have never known it to fail n in elfecting a cure." JOHN HENRY, St. Josep i, La. "I was attacked with a cold that settled '* on my lung", and defied the skill of my physicians so that they considered me incurable. ! At last 1 began to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral 1 1 and was entirely cured after having taken ' two bottles." FRANCISCO A. SEVERIANO, D1 Taunton, Mass. ! Auer's ! Cherry Pectoral r> q in put up in half-size bottles at half price?60 cents. ^ 4U druccUU Mil Dr. MUm' N?rr? PlMter*. WITS at G THE IRON IS I OUR BARCAIP WE CAN' r.TTt; "Keep on Our second sto< charming and caji genius of ij our in bought to sell at $ bought to sell at JS : LOW PB Search the towi snetSium, and sma viiieing shoe nary Sale on Broariwa ? Umbrellas, will ii ot ? 1.1(H) worth ii O 1 A new line of S and most popular prices you ever Patterns,?no tw of that I '2[ ccs so fast at 7 cents, on tins. 8,5(10 ys at 3 cents. We're Mai Rooo The <;ay has mi come to our store any other store. W Bargains More Clothing 15 cents to nearly as lift?e t< Jackets, Capes ai Manufacturers. IT IT] <it G 3 AYS TO A N S 0 N HOT ICATCI m R ds cos^sc QUI T ACCO^IVSOE rjrr.: ^aaccsJ A-comiMg'. ;k of Millinery refl divating conceits illiner. Miss VI i til. will l>e sold i j i will be sold at f ICES OUR THOUI lERIFFr r r53 Bl tn>- im m n i I u si y c & m ra y * a over, ?o into eve I!, and you can not jams here. The y, 3?ew Vork. of SI i a few days put u> d 49 cents on the For I'M >i*css floods and f goods chained I saw. 1/andsome o alike. Onh Js!. I its Dress Uniting i VI e coiili ol llie iirds I 1-4 yard ^ W king A Net rd For L?o^ it vet lieen when and huv for less i Arriving ALL THI ; Bargains. 7(1(1 Nl. We charge > bin. Our lian< +> nd Skirts arc J"! 3AYS TO ANSON TRAD, 'S-- ^ I / ' THEY FLY. V1 CK, 1 " )A1 E ALL.. 99 lecls the nKtsy made by tli?T' 1 I I R x - mams, seats at Hats if'ty cents. W SHT. i IA JNT I !i*y store. big. tind such coisbig Mic rill's tats, and s in possession dollar. *ilks. the best to the lowest lot of Dress 100 \ ards lell e >ve are selling R ft I I I I^ iilit s ? if 8?ii i sn vide ??hcetin? N 7 Prices* vou coiihhi't W money than ;?t 7 TTMF 1 11T1 L-Jr > pairs Pants milling to look Isoine Jinc of st in from the TRADE 'S. * * X