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Local Manors, Mr Charley Griffin spent tlx holidays with relatives in Monroe *7? Mr and Mrs T B C'yburn o Columbia, spent christmas witl relatives in this county. */K Miss Marie Hammond of Lib erty Hill, is visiting Misses Carrj and Mart Hnninmnil X Roads. W II Crenshaw of Rock Ilill was over on his wheol (hiring tlx christmas. XV 11 Taylor of Yorkville, wai over during the Christmas to sei his parents and other relatives. cos Miss Ella .Tones of Kershaw it the guest of Miss Emmie Hassol tine. V73 Mr. and Mrs. C W Pcrter o] Chesterfield, visited the editor o; The Ledger's family this week. r/T* The total eclipse of the moor on the evening of tho 27th w* warmed with interest by many, 'V73 The dispensary at this plac< took in over *4'?0. on Christma> eve A Mrs (i MP nyseur and chihirer have returned home from n visil to relatives at Rook Hill. Mioses Minnie and Mauirie Pardue and Iiuiah Flynn spent Iho holidays with friends at Yorkvilh Christinas passed olT verx quietly here. Nothing occurred to mar the peace and everybody seemed to have a pleasant time, VA) The zinging c?f ths church belli at midnight Saturday night was i reminder of the death of the ole ami the birth of the new year. C/7D f~Mr. .Ian. Haire and family o1 Wills Point, Texas, are risitint relatives in the Tabernacle section. em List of letter* advertised foi the week ending January It, ISJtS. MissJano Evans, Louise Johnson, Mollie JoiiHor, Win. Heath. J. F. (irejjorv, P. M W. Mrs J L Pat ton of (bitaw ha. a sister of Mr .1 \Y Crai?; of (.Taiirvillo, is seriously ill. Her l>roth pi' Iims jjfoiu! to hor !?edsi<!e. v. S< r important notieo to Kxeetitors, Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees l?y Prot>ate .lud?j< Jones Cadets J H PluUoney, KdGreg ory and H F Knight, of Clem so i College, came homo ami spent th< christmas holidays. Messrs. m .1 Hough, J C., am C A Poster, stuilenta of the S ( College, spent the holidays a home. / Mi^s Hell Parks, formerly <> this place, spent christuia lien with her friend, Miss Hcssi< Mackey. Sam \V Massey, col., of Var Wyck, has l?een adjudged insane and was taken to the asylum by Mr. .mints r> L'askoy last Monday Mr J \V Jennings of the Craig ville neighborhood niado 23 bait! of cotton and 500 bushels of corr on a turo-hors? farm the pastyeni while bin cropper only made fiv< bales of cotton and 150 bushels o1 coin on a one-horse farm. He ii holding (ifteon bales of cotton ant the riao in price has made him oi the lot $07. Ilo says it has paii to hold thia year. C T Knight, who went to Tex a* soveral year* ago from this county,is hack on a visit to his fa 8 ther, ,1ns It Knight of Primus,anil * other relatives. * Will 1). Upshaw, "Earnest 1 Willie," lectured here, in the Baptist church, Inst Wednesday night. The church wa,? crowded to everllowing and his lecture was ' much enjoyed. sr. The Supreme court of North Carolina has dismissed the appeal ? i in the case of Hinson, the white man convicted of murder in Charlotte last Spring and sentenced to be hangod. ? UK * Mr. T B Meacham and Mi*s Lois Drentian were married, by Itev. ,J II Wilson, in the Presby1 terian church at Richburg Dec. 21st. It is described as a beauti ful and plonsant affair. UK The U. S. court, which usually convenes in Greenville in February, will not be held until the third Tuesday in April, pursuant 1 to the provisions of the new Act ^ of Congress. UK t \* 1 A 1\ 1 1*... - * I nor*, lllll, UeC 2t>, 1KU8, j \\ nldrt Emerson, infant son of Mr and Mr* I' S Crenshaw, formerly of 111ii-i county. 1 ho remains were intoned at Newiiopo church in 1 I this conntv, last Tuesday. '! i .lark 1'erry antl llenrv CrockI otI, l?otli colored, wore convicted before Magistrate Horns last week of stealing flour fiom the FarniI era* I? & M Co's grocery. Thirty days or $12.f><) each was the sentence. Perry paid out. r 1 1 here w as a tremendous crowd in town Monday. The small am Hint of drinking in evidence show oil that a good many good resolutions had boon made for the , new year. US3 j VY T Sintare, of this county, i? a candidate for Seargeant at arms r ' ? * * of the Senate. If this county I could give it to him he:d surely j get there. e/K Dr. Calloway has moved into bis new residence, and Mr Martin Cauthen has moved into the residence vHeatcd b\ the Doctor. Po liecman Parduo has moved into the Springs house vacated by Kov 1 J \Y Little. ."? t horses and mules were auctioned o(T at the Hunter stabler 1 Monday. Clyburn &. Elliott sold tiiirt\ tiie same day and the Farm' i ers Hanking <? Mercantile Co. did > a livels business. There was also |a good trade in the wagon and | bngg\ business by these enter prisimr establishments that da v. 1 1 l I The r??!l of honor of the South I Carolina College contains the j names of all three of Hie students ' from Lancaster. .1 C Foster, se? nior < lass, proficient in lo?*ic, ethi ics, constitutional lew, and po'ihI c:i! economy. C A Foster dis< 1 timrnislied in French, proficient .in hiolnpry. M J llou<rh, profi. cicnt in senior law. XK> In response to a telegram an , no.'.neino the actions illness, of . pneumonia,of Capt II .1 Gregory, his brother, Mr. W T Gregory, left for Fast St Louis last Wednesday. A telegram received yesterday ststed that Mr G was much n better, and Mr W T Gregory is j expected back homo in a fen- days [ V71 Mr Ernest Lin wood with the f Spanish A morienn War and Com. 4 ody Co., belong* to that clan* of 1 commediana wkose droll natural1 n?sh and human wit appeal to the 1 finaat aenae of humor.?Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr. Lecliner'n Hook. i The IjEdokk is in receipt of a consignment of 20 copies of '4The Cotton Problem and Its Solution," by Frank (J. Leohner, of Tinr | inonsville, S. C. The hook contains 175 pages and treats the i subject exhaustively. We are | asked to sell the copies consigned to us at 25 <;ents each; n price ^ that is barely sufficient to pay the cost of publication. Prompt Settlement j Mr. II G Mcllwain, agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York, went to Kershaw ! lust wsek to It L Blacktnon, Administrator of C C Sowell the ' I"".-.,,, * .-? r\r\,\ ; _ I j \ywui|muj D 1UI III | payment of death claim under j policy 781,843 on his life. 1 Death of W. .1. Blackirioii. Mr. W. J. Blackmon. of the ' White BlnfT section, died Tuesi day, Dec. 27th, after a Bhort ill ! nous. He was about 81 years of ape and was horn, reared and lived all hit life in the section where he died. By industry and 1 economy he made and savefT up ! considerah e money and was re ! j garded the wealthiest man of his' 'section. He was married three; times. flis first wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Catoe and four children by he", Burrell and .lesse BlackCon and Mrs. C. .1. B. Greporv 'and Mrs. M. D. Kenninpton, 'survive. His second wife was Miss Bollv ('at oe. Three ehil Idren bv her survive him, M"?ars. Win., Robt., and Th mas Bla'-k j inori. Ilis last wife was Miss Susie Roberts and with two ehil jilren she survives him. His re i , ,1 nouns were interred at White | Bluff Wednesday by the Masonic ' fraternity of which he was a j member. ^ I Msrrla^fi Married, at this place, bv Rev. Is N Watson, Doc. 27, 1898, Mr. W S Hammond and Miss Mary I | Bigpart. ? Mr. Ed Ganthen of Onkhurst, , and Miss Julia Bel1, daughter of \j M Bell of Magill, were marri.'d by Rev. SN Watson on Doc. '25, 1898. i Married, by Rev S N Watson Dec. 25, 189s, Mr. Robert Can i then and Miss Nellie Mackov, I i daughter of L B Maekov of Dry j Greek. ? Married, Dee. 2->. 1 *St8, hy j j K?>v. S N Watson, Mr. Lucius Hell and Mine M? Mohlev, daughter r?f II L Mohlev ??f (lentil Spr i nr. -- Married, hy Magistrate W II Burns, Dec 27, 180s, Mr. Roht. Knight and Miss Katie Threntt. Married, Dec. 20. l^OS, hy j Supervisor L J Porrv, Mr. Bijj i cnr Matins and Mis-K at el hi M >!> ' lev, daughter of Mrs. l'.tluvr Mohley. After tho ceremony the hrido and groom nod :i numh'*r of invitod guests onjoved n 'sumptuous dinner at the home of the groom's father, Mr ,1 M 1 I la gins at St. Duke. Tlif New I*n?tor of t lie Presbyterian Church. Rev Chalmers Fraaer, the new Iv elected pastor of the Proshyte rian church, is expected hero with his family the middle "f this ! morth. A piominen* divine and a form or pastor of tho Presbyterian Church at this place, writes to a friend here as follows concerning him : "1 hope for a blessing to follow his ministry in Lancaster. Wo have not in our whole church a more trustworthy man in every I particular. Hoisastiue as the j rising and setting sun, and so you will a 1 tind him. He is a man whom everybody from the hum- ! i bloht to the highest can trust as a | Ifrieed." I * To Our u rl we wi happi: AC wr w. Court House, On next Friday night Jan. tfth the Spanish-American War an< Comedy oompauy of Baltimore Mil., will reproduce the late eon fliet with Spain just as it happen ed, hotli on land ami sea. I?y Kdi son's rapid moving picture ma chine?tin; Projectoscope Se< llolison sinking the Mcrrimac >i-hlev bombarding, Sampson I) Porto Rico, Dewey victory at m? nila. There will lie many othc novelties such as the Washer wo nmn and Book agent, Spanis Sunday sport the hull fight, an many others too numerous to men tion. This show will he under th auspices of the Ladies Memorii Association of Lancaster. To mis this show means to regret it. Admission. 15 and 25 cents Reserved seats 115 cents. Ticket on sale at Crawford Bros' and i Mackcv .t co'k Drug Stores. Incendiary Fires?Arrest of .lii Jtlnek mon The stable and harn of Mr. .1 Flvilli of Neweut together wit two mules, ii quantity of wheat oats, potatoes, hay, fodder, farm ing implements, and a tluvshar were hum d <n Friday night last The same nieht. ?t shout th same hour, (ho Newrut srh<>< hoii.^g, about a mile from Mi Flynn's was -ilso I>;it'ttf <1. Hot tires wen' of inoondiurv oritri and .Jim f'laokmon, a iic^mi livin on Mr. Fl mi's plantation a" with whom ho had h:id snin words, hus been ? ??in ?ii!***tI I jail cliaruod vvilh Itoth iri.i* > Trucks weto found h-ndir -,' froi Mr. Flvum's burn Ihrouurh a i? to the school h nix and i *'oni < school lioiiso in the din-.-iion < Hhioknion "s. it ci'oid be io| from the trucks that there w?is patch 011 t ho solo of one sl ot near tlm tor*, fnntcne I on ii four !;irxc headed tucks. T! people ..f the community uathen at Mr. Flvnn's Sat urn ay an while different ones wore rj\in account of their whereabouts th night before, it was observed tin Riackrnon had a patch on one ? his shoes corresponding to th track niado by the incendiary His shoo fitted the track perfec Iy, so the Sheriff, who arrive about that time, brought Rlacl mon on to jail, no further invc tigation being necessary. Mr. Flynn'a loss is probnbl $h()0. with no insurance. Joe Williams col. was cut i several places by a man nann Kubanks on the 24 tilt. Patrons >atrons' I SH YOU I EST NEV YOUR LI ft A N S Twelve Years at the Haile. Capt. A. Tines, of the Haile Gold Mine, was up yesterday on hnsinesa. t'apt. Thies ha.-, heon at the Utile f< r 1*2 years. He has managed the ininti most Kueeess, fullv. It is one of the few mini's 'in this section that Inis tinned I out,. ?Chariot to < )hserver. ? I - linns From Kock Hill tlcrultl. r | Dr. K M Potts of Pleasant Yal j ley, Lancaster county, has rented an office over the store of the i- Rock Hill Drug Co. and will locate-in our city for the practice e of his pi ofession. d Mr. K E Tompkins and family <a moved to Gold Hill, N. C., Tuesday ln?t. Miss Helen, however, i. will spend a while with Mis, .8 Frances Iteckham before going t i it her new aomo. Miss Cora Moblev, sister r>1 Mrs. A .1 Evan-, who recently II graduated in steno^raihy *n<i typewriting at a business college li I in Macon, (la., returned tn I Jock h | Hill i fc v lav? t t , Mr. Herbert M Dun hip win 1 I psinfii?\* h irt '. i-t M mdtv. W hile ' j riding h' 'ior?-t? f?!i, throwing the rider i . 'i % he i I i-; f i . i i i <hi '' him. \ Itoiit-s TV *, -j fraetured, '' Ifit li* 1 t limine I iiu 2 rut in M'\ t;r? I |?ul-'v ?. ' aw - : nr.ffi*4 4anwtm i B NA* ui .?>C !] I Ci E2 p ^ ^ ^ ?i I - j r,Lfcf f ai. la <_> j^y \6* v.* o TVort " cough r.'.v licliic th t ' iro taken ;.? !><v;y as a drhik of water from a dipper. They are I shcap medicines. (Quantity does not ,| make up for quality. It's the qualjy ity that cures. There's one mediche that's dropped, not dipped ? . Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. There's ** I more power in drops of this remedy ' than in dippersful of cheap cou^h 0 i syrups and elixirs. It cures Kron>' chitis, Asthma, Croup, Whooping C Coueh, and all Colds, Coughs, and "1 affections of the Throat and Lur\gs. ' iiljCP'S (jlmy PecEerai <1 is now half price for tho half-size bottles 50 cents. and Friends: ILL THE YEAR VES. ON.* ""respas" notice. All persons :ii*<* hereby wiirno-i not to trespass in any way, by [walking, ndinir. 11 u 111 in tr, < ? it t In it \voo<l or in any other way on my land, known a-> the Komi t ick place Mil Indian Land lown.sliip, on ^ Twelve Mile ('rook. 'I'll'* law will he oni I red against any per-on din eoardinir thi- not ion. I In Kondi iok. | i )eo. i s'.is. lui. r* an a??a?b? wwat bbmmi oe a * I Monev to Loan 1 It v \ I-. M/\l?Ka >i i vr** 111 -11 ? villi 1 I liiMkei > ii> N? v V. i k ? 11 > i )i i < uirh wlmin 1 am I i* him* Inai s -i rm' 1 ?<1 i>\ n li i n ?>r uam* < ' iin proved j coil on fat tn?. for mix year* In ?* pa\ I I lil i ii inai jo men t j, m i lie ran* of 7 per ,I cent per annum Tin* nrokerHu* anil | t >e eiinrjje for jo hi on" ami ii .|+c| md I are Mill* ami at i lie eXo of ||jf i borrower P K W V I I K M'\ in I aw. N nv, 4 4Hi ,1 Horses, Mules, Wagons,Buggies, ' that'S (H i: I.INK. We < iuarantee to Sjivo yon >Io ?\ 1 lihAD i HfAD i W n lake* plenMire in ujjnin 0:111 ? ? i ? ! i in- in Mil I l< >11 <>I I'D! fl lends land all parties in l/iilieaMer and sii Sji ; it i i?e enmities. t?? the faet i * I i:i! we have in nlir Ma I ile tinin 1.1 /a' here! <> 1 line \oiiiiu mides iitul li 'TSes, we!! dime aim ?>1 i tin. i jualit ies \\ t- v i!i a!?o .?a\e ( ea i 11 ?M?I t iiiie \ 'UU;: ill . I alii i IIIi|'ms to :il ! i v e on S 11 ula \ I??.' I top lite tir.M MolhitlV III Iial'\ . j \\ I- !.! not |nti|'<i-c to 11: i \ ai auelinii Mi'e I Hit a-k tint vmi eal: and ite-perl our stork and ml out ) ri< rs; :it"I i i we eanii.>t inakt pliers as ' ev as a:t\ denier ir 1 I nneaWer. t!nn w i do hot ask : \ on to ln,\ from u>. j We ale luit 11 \ iliL' to l:iamv a I tin i?" poll in on. !,lie. a : in an\ ] ot !ier W e ai e siiiij : \ J he ' St a !\. W aeon. I !i;ou . :.n<l 1 s\\er\ v ' lupine--.. \\ i- 1,:!\ no I ; > ai?,?r nor inert ant i!e homes. n< i rail loads nor eottoii !iiill> in otits. . no I ;i ii \ 1 ti ii e e i-e t o ia ke tip nitr ! 111. .. .'.I .ot I. IJ, II >11. IIOI lit We (111 , i>]< v business ii.:?luijci's Im run ' f*lir lill^llH'SS. MUM I < r; 11 fjT (>!>[ ?.\Yll | in :i slvirtle le??;tiniaf j why. W e luiv si r:'ivi11 I'M < ASP I and ii> ( i i h A 1' a> :iii\ people it , 11 it- world, and will 11 tor aI SM \U, a |?. Id as e * 'in fur nidi, or on tiua at smiiic priees I with * per n?nt interest, i We are prepared to sell \ oil a I year old mule anywhere from *.r?0.00 to * I I'm on. cm li. Now, instead of risking your i hard earned dollars at an Auction j Sale, where van are liable to uat I what you do not want, and pav dearly for it too, come right to our Stable* where you ean take I vour own time to examine our 1 Stock, thoroughly tr\ any animal 1 vou nmv fancy and then have the 1 price fixed to suit. I * " We'll gtwran'ee to | you money. All we iihk you to ! do i* to try uk. ' CLYBURN & ELLIOTT.