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The Methodist Sunday School is arranging for exercises hy the children of the school Christmas day which comes on Sunday this year. Supt. Allison has appointed the following committee to look after tho arrangements: Mesdames Lula liowell, J M Hood, J 1* Hunter, T S Carter and Misses Minnie Miller and Corrinna Klliott. VA Our 0 day S hour strike clocks, in oak or walnut, $2.50. Guaranteed 3 years. B. C. Hough & Co. <V7. The County Treasurer informs us that the people are very slow about paying their taxes this year. Only one more month remains in which to attend to this matter. Gov Ellerbe announced very positively Monday that he would not extend the time for the payment of taxes. YA Don't come to Lancaster with out seeing our 10c Department. One thousand bargains. B. C. Hough & Co. C/K Mr L It Rollings, of Oakhnrst, brought us last Saturday a sample j of his syrup made from the ribbon cane. It is vcrv line, almost equal to the l.^st New Orleans molasses. This is about the 4th year Mr K., ' has been experimenting with the ribbon cane. From a fraction of an acre, after saving a o/iantity of stalks for seed, he made ISO .,..n t - * ^mi.Mirs iii nvruji. M r. li., II:ih promised to write up for the Led. ger his mode of cultivating, fertilizing, saying seed, making syr- 1 up. etc. lie thinks our farmers should nil plant it. 'IT. IWt fail to see our $2.25 watches, guaranteed. B. C Hough ?Sc Co. Look Out l'or This Man. Our Collector, Mr. K R Riddle, [ will start out next week on his annual collecting tour. He ready ! friends. It is a great con venienco to you to have him call, j It saves you a trip to town or the expense of registering a letter. ' We hope you will load him down with silver for we need it, and we I thank you in advance for the | honest effort you will make to! pay us all you can. We have none hut honest men on our suh j script ion hook?that is our belief?and tin' subscriber who can not pay all that he is due will , mivp our sympathy, w v will feel tliat it is because of inability on account of cheap cotton ami no desire to have us work hard all the year for him for nothing. Pay! ail you chi) ami enable us to my all we can. rot; ici:nt. Two nice 4-room dwelling! bouses and one two-story 7-room dwelling, in Kast ICnd of town. ' Apply to Ilenth, Springs & Co. It. ItraiMlt Coming 1!. Brandt will ho at the Cunningham Hotel Tuesday, Decern her the llth for one day only. All those wishing to huy Christ :nas presents or make purchaso8> of any kind in his lines may write to h.iii at Chester at once and he will bring a special selection package for vou to choose from. He will have an assortment to show you, whether you write beforehand or not. You don't have to buy, hut remember, if it comes from It. Brandt, it's good. It. Brandt is ono of tho biggest jewelers in the State. Mr. Brandt wiP also liuvo liis regular outfit for adjusting 8|>ec' taelos with him, an<l guarantees every pair he fells. Give him your watch to repair. am ?mima uu d?. mum' Nwt? puimm. Flour sit ."iO Cents on the Uollai 2 Cars of 11 nlf Patent Hour i barrels bought at auction, yo can have it at $3.45 per barrel. Farmers' Banking Mercantile Company. "White Recovers Part of hi Money. Tie negro White who lost $3(1 vhile trying on a pair of pants i Clyburn & Elliott's stables recent ly has recovered $27.75 of hi moncv. ISh'ft Moore, colored was auspicioned by the policemei as the party who found it and close watcli was kept on him. 11 denied knowing anything abou it, but on Saturday, tho police men thinking they had sufficien evidence against him, arreste him and committed him to jail After remaining in jail a day o so Shift confessed to having foun< the money and told where ho ha buried in Mr Wv lie's barn wha he hadn't spent of it. $27.75 o the money was found burie where he said they would ind it He gave bond for his appearanc at court. A l.ettrr from Captain .lack. The editor received a letter froti our old friejd, C'apt. 11 (ireg ory, Monday. It was not fo publication but simply to expres his appreciation of the old Ledge in his far away west* rn home Knowing that many others a well as the editor will be glad t hear from Capt. .lack, w?_> tak the liberty of publishing a par of his letter. He hhvs: t4\Ve ar all having very good health ate <loing nicely. Wo sire hoardim ?*n<i tht; children ure in school This is the greatest country ii the world: Of course it is ver dull here now. We have mules in our barn, most of ther very select. Remember me to all my oh Lancaster friends." Captain .lack U the senio member of the Gregory Thomp son .Mule Co., at East St. Louis Illinois, one of the largest whole sulo mule concerns in tho west, He is prepared to sell all of hi' Southern friends at reasonably low prices. Married a Woman With a Past. Piedmont I leadhght. M. O. Gentry this week married .1. II. Link to Miss Luis Hudson; the latter from Chestei ami Mr. Link, a hand in PacoU-1 mill, and Mr. Link hired her as n domestic in his family. He did not know her before that time. After the ceremony, Mr. Link carried his bride hack home te her father. Jim Hudson, from Chester, came and demanded tin woman, the wife of Walker Simpson. She then acknowledge! that she had married Simpson about a vcar ago, but only lived A I 1 ' * wixn mi,i iwcmy Tour hours, when Simpson s brothers cum< ami threatened to kill him if lu did not,leave the woman he n nr ried. Since that time she ha? had no home, ami was roaming from one cotton mill to another, Mr. Link is at a loss to know what to do, but he is told thai the marriage is not legal, ho i; free to marrv any one he see? proper. The father of the wo man has taken her away and Mr. Link says he does not know .,i.? TT1IUI17 r,JU 1J> Confessed and Then Died. Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 26? John Brooks, negro, convicted ol raping n white woman j.t Ihe lasl term of court in Brunswick conn ty, was hanged in tho jfiilyard to day. Ho denied tho crimo up t< last Thursday when ho mudo .1 confession and again confessed hit guilt on the gallows today. i* Race War Among Troops. n u Auniston, Ala., Nov. 25.?Two (loud negro soldiers and two fatally wounded and eight wounded i whites aro the result of last night's open battle in the camp here bes twoen the soldiers of the two races. 1. Two Choerful Liars. n .j Patrick O'Mars, a private in s the Ninth regulars, went to the colonel of his regiment and asked n 1 for a two weeks' leavo-of absence. i The colonel was a sevore (lis0, ciplinarian, who did not believe t in extending too many privileges _ j to h:s man,and did not hesitate in t' using a subterfuge in evading the ,] granting of one. "Well," said the colonel, ,.| "what do you want a two weeks' j furlough for?" [j i Patrick answered: "Me woife j i is very sick, and the children are | not well and if ye didn't mind, ,j | she would like to have nie Dome for a few weeks to give her a bit e of assistance." The colonel eyed him for a few minutes and said: "Patrick, I might giant your request, but 1 got a letter from 11 jyour wife this morning saying " she didn't want you home, that i you were a nuisance, and raised s the devil whenever you were ' there. She hopes I won't let you ' have any more furloughs." "That settles it. I suppose 1 " can't get the furlough, then?" e j said Pat. "No; I'm afraid not, Patrick. (> It wouldn't, he well for me t<> do! ' . so under the circumstances." ^ It was Patrick's turn now to 1 ley the colonel, as liv started for " the door. Stopping suddcntlv, v i he said: ' * "Colonel, can I say something 11 to Vez?" I "Certainly, Patrick. What is ' i it?" 'You won't get mad, colonel, r (if 1 miv it?" "('prlftin! v mil PiOriolr- .rli.a ... t uu ivr? . II 11(11 ? is it?" "I want to Hay there are two ' I splendid liars in this room, and 1 s I'm one of them. I was never r I married in me loif.Exchange. Itim't Tnliarro Spit and Snnikp lour l.lfr Army. [ To noil toba.-io ens 11 y mul forever. be mag | ncllc. (till of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To* ' H:?c. the wonder-worker. tiiut makes w<-ak men I strong. Ail (IriiRgiKta. 60e or #1. Cure guaran* ! tee<i ltooklct ami sr'iiple free. Address J 8t?rllng Keinruly l"* 'kiuago or New YorlP" A negro soldier, named Lindsay, who killed one of hi< 'nessmates at 11untersvilie, Ala , has i . heen tried hy court martial and j ' sentenectl to l?o shot. i 1 I y-tT* Lay your subscripilou to I I liKlMlKK. 1 ?f ^ ^ fi : ibifJlll? ii 1 I h Li u wi Ski Stomach trouble is the common name applied to a derangement of i the system which is keenly felt but vaguely understood, it may mean i ; inability to retain food or to digest i it. It may mean nauaea, pain after eating, fullness, inordinate craving for food, or entire lack of appetite, t' Whatever it moans there's trouble, / and it's with the stomach. If you have stomach trouble, you will be * i interested in this letter from a man who had it and was cured by >\ ! Sarsaparitia f "For nin* m.l I suffered from stomach trouble. I tried the aid of the bewt doctors ' of Philadelphia and Pitteburg, and spent large sums of monef, all in vain. One day while waiting a train in Pellaire, O., I 1 picked up a paper with a notioe of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I got one bottle to try it. It ' did mo so mnch good that I purchased five L more bottle*. I took four of them and gained in my appetite improved, and lj now I can eat anything. My atomAch is all I right, thanks to the nse of Avar's Keraaperills.'Cu.VK M.8T?vgwa>Unioatewa,P^ Money Trad in AUCTION Ti W. Sanson, S you can handle ""JSIaber's Aucti lap. Thayp ** It mean? 140 S dollar yon save to putting so in: know we sell & petitors. Our i makes our stor< -frail ! At IJ2 cents, 42 inch Black 1 suiting, pretty mixtures, worth fi 7 cents, pretty C'heviott pluids tli At 7 cents, that heavy hest 10 ce - SPECIAL All of our hla lust at net cost, he ?iped out at SPLENDII Splendid eliai sure, hut not co lor nothing. M [juality to make a 50 per cent sj A ii GOODS CO I Ikalikll Only !>, l'?o yard III | 11*1 yard wide Blend } ' ") cents, anothei V Bargains. If, s SELDOMS One whole >ide of cmr store roin :i Boston johher who ?fot int vhv. At cents, Men's host C intton Shoe, cheap for Si no. / Another Stock of Douglas* > -Miscell ri('KKI) IT 1:1:1; J00 1 )o/.en Clark's host -MX) ::o Balls host Sewing thread 'Jo Dozen Mioses and ChiM s t?oo Men's heavy Work Suit To Men's Overcoats, tine ma W" FIICj (>00 Men's an i 11 Ini v. H e 1 fibroin now in will go Law am Yours for ^ IN. IS. ./not iS'old |he others In Your it* with G < j ? I ! ?i ! 1?? ELECRAM : Lancaster. S. C. 140 Glen's all > on Sale" at 4>S cen S. I). Straille ^vsxBHraBBnaHOBnDcnMft 411 be here this we uits at half price f< on your purchnst uiv dollars in yom 0 per cent clieapei ihility to keen (low w ps so popular. lirilliantine Novelties, .">0 cents value. >0 cents. At 0 cents, lovely Scotch < h< int sold readily at 1*' cents At 4A con nts Outing. All the host Fancy Print ck and fancy silk ./I! of our dress i a sacrifice. ) MILLINER ace for vou Low W rnmon. Trashy h W "*l?at you want is i it correct, all of tving. iLAPSK. You must Imy vour D< me> s of that 1 1 4 yard wide homespun at l, at 4 4 cents : this is not stamped, hut r tM?o vards of that "Jo cents Wool dean loeond nature for us to i?ive them. iUCH SHOE hulirin*; with Shoe liar^ains. Tor.iorn o a tiirht money pinch, trade wasn't et reeduiore Tie, sells at Si '1~> overvwhon Vt 04 cents, Ladies' line Ifuttnn Siioes, dishes Shoes, hest wearers on this earth Ft , AINtUUb Dl :K. rni;i;i: AND kvi:i;v w 11I:Ki-:: yards Spool Cotton at d cents a spool, for 1 'J treats. Mack rihhed hose at f? cents a pair, s, worth .")<> cents each, yours for ec terial, slightly damaged, only s I. i\M nupti i\l A U l IJ td Iloy's Caps. w < sold 75 last Natuni its! Christmas the I I lie low ynoilss *ti - - n Values, N. GAN liei* I ;"(> Laiies in 5 days* Pockets ianson. Wire answer it vool suits from its on the DolV. 1\TPW Vni*i/ ? JL I 1? ek.enough said. >r you. 10 very is is equivalent pocket. Vou r than our comii prices is what At *2'? cent*, J'S inch heavy wool viott?, that sell til 15 cents. At ts.that same ti<????1 0 cents Outing. < v<ni want at .'{and 1 cents. SILKS. s to l e closed trimmings will Y. in price, to-helillinery is good the style, with illicit is here at ?tie hero, if you buy Bargains. cents. Il,0o0 yards Barkers' I the genuine nrtiele, sure. Fur s. We show you the way to get SELLING. )\v, we open a big stock of Shoes lining his way. It conies our At To tents, Ladies' Solid inaile to sell at ? 1 t'?o. i for the money. inr n tmo _ -l ram iino VT A SACK!KICK. lit-. 116 LU11 e c Iheni an<S von J hn * Rl(<t<Ik /?* J . ^"V . I r< II Lower, SON. Capes today. w. G.