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Local Matters. Mrs. .1 P Hunter gave tlis con- ? tract for the erection of a four- ] room cottage on her lot on Kirn 1 St., to Contractor Pries yesterday. < I Attorney II Ilines of Waxhaw, I N. C., has moved to this place and 1 formed a copartnership with .J T j (Jreen, Es<|. i Married,at Nenhops .M Echurch t in Lancaster county, Dee 22,18D8, > hy Rev US Ferroll, R E Helms \ and Miss Vara M Brown. I Mr Crockett McMurray return- 1 ad to Davidson Collars this week to resume his studies. He had 1 to com* home receutiy on account of sickness. i Fresh Oysters served to order 1 at Ladies' Oyster Parlor, in Cun- < ningham Building Thursday and ' Friday evenings. ^ The Legislature meets next * Tuesday. The most important < matter likely to come up will be * the liquor question. 2 i Married, Dec. 29, 1898, by \V S L Porter, Clerk of Court, Mr. \Y 11 Pardue and Miss Fmma McCorkle. Also, Mr J T Watson ? :iud Miss Maggie Morris. ( I Miss Maria Mayer of Yorkville, and her little niece,Corinne Jones, 1 are visiting Mrs \Y 1) Lammemi. I i K .1 Mi' korell has moved into ' the Ewart cottage on Cemetery ' Street, recently occupied bv ?J \Y Uuader. Mr Condur will leave ! for Columbia next week where lie will engage in the stock. business with S \V Khen. ' 1 The stockholders of the Lan- I meter Cotton Mills were |mid the aerai annual dividend of 3 percent 1 this weak, making 0 per cant they ( have been paid since July. I A letter from Columbia states 1 thai Mrs II B Howie, (formerly Miss Jennie McLarnon) who has ' been seriously ill the past week, 1 is getting some better. , Cards are out announcing the ] marriage of Mr Henry K Laney and Mies Pearl Oghurn in Central Methodist church, on Wednesday I evening, Jan. 11th, at 7 o'clock.-- 1 Monroe Journal. I I The thrifty farmer lias already ' I _I r i I ' mil win*- in mis jiinnsior tuc crop <if this year, lie who work* with < out a plan does not hring in the 1 sheaves at gathering time with * great rejoicing. Married, Dee 30, IS OS, |,y B F ' itdama, N. 1'., Mr Leonard Langley to Miss S d Fnile. The at | teadantK were Mr Lddy Kohinson t with Miss LiK/.ie Langley ; Mr : dark Langley with Miss Annie 1 v ? * ? raue. r.riterprifs. The store of Mr K K l'lylor of Newcut, tvhk robbed th? night of ' tke 2'2d ult. and robbed of sevorul i dolinr'? in cash, some Hour, candy, dry goods, etc. No su rest* have j y?t been made. It. will bo remembered thnt a similar raid was innde on Mr PlyUr's store last August.? Heview. Kock Hill loses a superb yousg , man in the removal of Mr Claude Hoary to Lancaster, where ho goaa to take an important position with death A Springs, llo is a (ino business man, a worthy young gentleman, exemplary in his con- 1 duct and genial and clever at all 1 times, lie has been with Messrs. 1 A Fried heiro A Itro., for nine years and they parted with him with regret, lie left yesterday for his new post of duty.?Kock Hill Herald. |< Married, at tlie residence of 111 ] Evans, in Chesterfield county, by Rev. R E Small, oa Wedneslav, January 4. lsi>9, Mr. James R Knight, of Primus, this conn ty, and Miss Mollie Melton, of L'hesterfield county. The happy ;*room with his bride arrived at liis home at Primus th>t afteruoon where thoy found a number of Mr Knight's neighbors and friends vwaiting to givo tbam a warm rrelcome. An elegant supper tt;?b icrved and a few hours spent in ! social chat when ths guests dis>ersed to their several homes.? U'e join the many friends of Mr. ' K.night in wishing him a long and: nippy wedded life. Death of Mrs. Patton. Mrs Minnia Pattoa, wife of Mr! lames Patton of Catawba, Chester J county, and a sister of Mr .J W Jraig of this county, whose critical illness was mentioned in ourj ast issue, died Thursday. She vas about 24y?ars of age, a mem- | >er of the A R P Church, and an | ixeelleut ladv. Her husband mn<l | me child survive her. Rev. J TV J Ewart went over to Catawba ^esterdcy to conduct the funeral >er vices. Pwo Cars More Coming I loath, Springs cV Co., have | ibout bold out the four car loads >f mules and horses which arrived H?t week but they have cone to Atlanta tor two cars more. They will return soon and they Mute hat they will bring with them iono but the very beat to be had mil that they will sell them at aiobt reasonable prices. Mr. Howell's llig >lo; Hclli'il 7<>1 Hounds Our old friend, Mr. Wilson [{owell of O. K., takes the cake for big hogs this season, lie killed :wo last Monday which netted 1,240 pounds. The larger one weiged 701 pounds net, and the ither 4S"> pounds net. These I')ga were of the (). I. C. stock. V4r. Rowel I is a well-to-do fateier >vho always raises his own meat. ? o uouot ir there 1* a in?^ in the state which will net more tlinn Mr It's big hog. It's gross weight wa* over S>00 pounds. ! It Months OI<l and Netted .">17 Pounds. Sheriff L M Clyburn killed hi* >ig \\ daoadnv. It was just 1' nonths old and weighed net .V! T ' muads. It was Poland China used, and rrcrr one who aaw it nivs it wis the largest hog tor it*, tge they ever eiw. Lnnnoter ounty is herd to beat on big jogs this season. I'railesx i 11? I ?ols Xmns ha? Ween scarce around I'radesville. Mr. TV Funderhurk of Will* Point, Texas, is here on a visit ;o his parents and friends. ,lohn S Funderhurk. his brother, i? booked to accompany him to Fcxus when he returns home. Married, on Sunday, .Inn. lat, lsi)0, l>y Magistrate C'arnes, Mr. Vernon McManu* and Miss Man-j ha Polk. lit'M. ij( ir?o Itcaard. The Governor has ottered a i? nard of $150. for the capture,! rritU evidence to convict, of thr party or parties who horned the barn of Mr. K J Flynn in this ?ounty on Friday night of last week. To ttuhacrlhera. The LKtMiru bega those of its subscribers who are in arrears to come forward at once an I settle their accounts. If they cannot pay all they owe we will be thankful for a portion. We ask that this justice to the printer l>e not delayed. C"l>t. .John Al. Moore l)cuil. Capt. John M Moore, for years a conductor oa the Narrow Gauge Kail road, died at Chester Wed' nesday night of blood poison, the , result of the bite of a pet parrot, i Mo was bittca by the parrot just one week prior to bis death and 'his last tire days im earth wsro days of intense suffering. Mo was at Opelikn, Ala., exhibiting the North Carolina car, "the City of Charlotte," but as soon as his condition became serious he was taken in his car to his former home, Chester S. C\, arriving there in a dying condition on Tuesday night. Ilis remains were interred Thursday afternoon. .John Moore was a whole-souled, kind-hearted, honest man, and his death will be learned of with genuine sorrow in this community and wherever he was known. \f ! f no lllkAI?*U Mo<kl The Ledger in in receipt of a consignment of 'JO copies of "The I Cotton Problem and Its Solution," i by Frank C. Leehner, of Tim" moneville, S. C. The book eon- I tains 175 piiircs and treats the subject exhaustively. We are) asked to sell the copies consigned to uk at 25 cents each; a price that is barely sufficient to pay the cost of publication. Attention, Lancaster C'am;> C'onfeUernte \ e'erwn*. The Lancaster Cimp of (.'on-j federate Veterans will meet in the court house at 2 o'clock p. in., on .Saturday, .January 14, 1SDU. All veterans ara requested to bo present nad enroll as members of the camp. A. McMams. | _ _ _ (For The Ledger. In The Land of Flowers. Wit. Editor: I write you a few lines, thinking your many 1 readers would be find to bear from this section of Florida I have just returned from South Florida. The outlook is not very j I - ' ...... I riirourigiiiLT Tor Cipiiatlst to ill rest here. 'I'ho freeze four years ami has a tendency to drive money o to other parts even though you find pleasure seeker* on ererv hand. I think *vvrr state in the I'tiion is represented. I aui un der the impression that some are ] hunt iug investments. Property is cheap. Places that were worth $2>hni. ahoul <? years ago can ho bought for about fr^'to. Now 1 don't think these prices will hold long. Too many visitors and money are coming to this State for property to remain low. 1 iiin now in middle Florida, i The average holiness i* not neur so good as in South Floi idn. The freeze was mora severe in tliis section. The future outlook bore is (pii'c gloomy the only things in sight are a half dead oranga tree, a blue pump and a yallow dog. I w ill leave liars in n few days for Fast Florida. Will <riv?. # ? I yon morn full description of my trip nhcn ! reach that point. A happy ii''w year to yon and to the ; many rcad?r? of the Lttdjjwr. < )N tiii: WINO. Haw thorn, Kla., Jan. "J, 1 i A Lawyer Disbarred. * 71" . * ' " " \> asmngion, .ian. 4. ? l\.ugen? j \V A Mr, nn attorney of Saluda, S. C., w?* today disbarred from practice before the Interior Department on the charge of re leciving nn illegal foa in a pension claim. niaittid of (hr niooal ant! Nrrvro. No one need suffer with neuralgia. This disease in quickly and permanently cured l>y llmwm1 Iron Bittern. Every disease of the blood, nerves and stomach, chronic or otherwise, succumbs to Hrownn' Iron Bittern. Known and uaed for nearly a (tiarler of a century, it stands to-day fore, moat among our moat valued remedies. Browns'Iron Bitters is sold hy all dealers. To Our Pi u!' Pa esaiMc WE WISI HAPPIES OF Y< W. G IU TLKH SEES A MCKDER. WI-I Kirn Desperate Deads of a Chinaman in 1 lsiTana--Americ:in ()llioor* | Coining Home. 1 V is r By Telegraph to The Daily Newt, i ni,,); Havana, .Inn. Generals tend Wnde and I'utler will mi i I for in at i I'aiupa on Saturday and Brigadier the Heneral Clous and Captain limit'slit' will sail for Now Voik direct. [The As General Butler was drmn<* ! prei >n Lngreena street last evening ho fens law h Chinaman shout his mistress eoni in the head ami run away. The thw [jenoral hastily sent two American ! '1 sailors in pursuit but before the the Chinaman could be captured he of s stubbed himself in the heart. j tow ???? ? on i THE TREATY SENT IN. j into out As Predicted the President Made | ^ no Recommendations. j 1 ! esm says Washington, I) dan. 4.? ^ ' \ not When tho senate went into execu- I ^ . tivo session tt day the peace , 1 prol n-. i > - ' ?? fjiv.li II.I'I |ll*| IUTII I - f reived from the president, was aid before the body by Senator Kryp, who occupied the ch til* in lie absence of the vice president. ! 01 l he trente was not read but the ' h ^ " -lie* iresident * massageac^ompanvino t was. This was a simple letter * 10 >t transmission without any word eeHm if recommendation or Kuoj/nstion md rra^ only ? few lines in en^th. On motion ofSanalor Ihivis the reaty war referred to the c uunittee on foreign relations and lrdercd priotod for the use of the innate. Thei'hasltv coiiittt nlim muse I ;ive* shelter to three interesting ( hnraeters, viz : A man who vi j ^ears airo wje- worth .rum, t?i11 ire li vely by reason of his ?renerou* ^.a^( itturo, lost it all ; Sadie Klhert, ;hec >nr of the last of the Lenspe trihe oiak >f Indians that were numerous in ity [Ihester county feara a;jn, nn*' lie- lino %r j r> y j lieeea Thomas, o<?l., said to lie 103 ^ye years old,and who s^y j she rernem- , nior liors Hceia<r the town of 11 ay re do i ^ur [iraer, Md., burned by the British ii* she stood on the porch of her ' ' master's house. j Couj _ _ { afTe< Hev. Dr. John B Adgerofthej Prosbyterian church, one of the obtest and most distinguished clergymen of hiH denomination in the South, died at his home in j I Pendleton last Wednesday Ilet was horn in Charleston in 1S 11 > is n< and was 87 yearsefnge. w m i j rons Irons' i YOU . ;t nt^y j x n j_j i OUR L A N S OLIO CLASS DISMISSKI t Class of Virginia Militu Institute Soul IIoiiio. iehmond, \ a ., >1 uk d.? Nc coeivcd from Lexington i it that today the superi cut of the Virginia milita itute isscl toi order dismiesi entire lir*t culss of that i it ion, consisting of do cade young men dismissed r sent 12 States, and their t >e wai a breach of diacipl' Knitted New Year's eve, face of special warning. 'h? specific offence for whi clasH was dismissed was tl etting off tireworks from t era of the. institute buildi New Year's eve, after th ntion so to do had heen foil nod tlia display prohibit" toe ciase, I'apt. l)?rby?h i?. who was officer of the <li iped tho penalty. The on * tho swopping dismissal v on account of the act its< hpcuute <-f defiance of t liihition. negro named liohet t Wilsi from a bicycle at Seneca ulny while racing and wli ,ed up he was found to be dc rt failure was thought to catiM? ol' deal'? s ,Ti?ar?ewi'r/iH:.Tir werases-JTrr -i Kmy Mb ' J? IfJ*"' ? tuA .'Si ?P 8?? ioro are cougli medicines thr taken as freely as a drink < ?r from a dipper. They ai q> medicines. Quantity doesn< e up for quality. It's the qua that cures. There's one me<3 that's dropped, not dipped r's Cherry Pectoral. There e power in drops of this reme( 1 in dippersful of cheap couf ips and elixirs. It cures P>ro is, Asthma, Croup, Whoopir gh, ami all Colds, Coughs, ai ctions of the Throat and Lung Aijers | berry Peciora ow half trice for the half-si ;les - 50 cents. ???????????? 1 and H ALL THE V YFflR ^ JU.J 1111 IVES. Bfc 0 N. 7.??Z2BCTlZIT'. mi i..! TRESPAS' NOTICE. ? All persons are hereby \vh:':<n1 v 1 not to trespass in nnv \v:iy, V. \ walking, riding, huntino, cutt: I wooil or III JlllV I it lit 1 win Ml My ; land. known as tin- Kendriek , k i in Iti<Ii:in Land Township. r: j Twelve Mile ('reek. The I jinn v 1. n-| lie euf iced iiifninst any j>r-; rv 1 disiCLrnrdiiijr 11j ? notice. |Wr Tims \\ Kendl i ' Dee. if, 1 s'ls. i m. " . Money jo Loan.. e ,f, j I: A V I; M rtDK hi \. ill* 1 ? I roKers in New York < l'v iiim ntrl.i lie whom I iim nl.ie |>inee Ina* ' ed l>\ h li'-t iimr'toiae <?n improve,! l cutlou fin in4, for sin years on e pay I tile in iusiuitneiils M* the rate of 7 ? . cent per milium The ProPei mo* am; vll 1 t. e eiotr|r<- for ai*ir?ci inul insju e: otj, ; are simto Mini at lln* exmime >>t ih*e i borrower, J? K \V Y I 1 I\ lie j Ally a' I *v N ov. 4 4m, n<? J tnw"ic^rcr :r j .ir ' oir I ,?i Horses, Males, Wagons,Babies.. i(| I ~u# ? that > on: l:m:. 1 \Ye < Juarantee to Sn\< \on M. - RisAD! RKADt " I Wo take pleasure i a^au. o.dt* , I f I ' in<i the attention ot our lT'?-'?.h le and all parties in Lancaster . -;d adjoining eounties, to the ' ? I that we have in our staldc Too. hand of line \?m;i_ im< j and hordes, Wi ll tit'oke u.n on ' tin. ?Mjalities. <* will ::!m. . en J:? < :?r load c?f !inc youM!* inuha,I I horses to arrive on Satii'du^ i | fori- tin* tirst Mot) lav id .!:**? v lie I , Wo <lo Dot propose to have w auction Milt- hut a ! : tli.it ;?? . ^ I anil ili^pci't our Mock and i " i; 1 prices; and if wo cannot n ?;k s prices as low as any doah-' ' Ii?ncawtci\ then wo do not you to liny from us. ' We at e not t ryiiut I" n 1 monopoly in our lino, nor o ot her We are simph xhf Stock, W aeon, audi/. hu?one>s. We hav? no i :n 'nor men untile house*. nor : <[ ri ?i- (Is nor colt on milia . nor :I1I\ 111inuf else to take to >i time and attention, nor ?!< v ? ploy business ir.anairers t m vt our business. mnnat.rin:; our owe. >f business in a strictly It .m *r v a 'way. \Ye Ituv >t r?i iurlit i'oi < ASti and as < HKAP as any prop!- t . i the world. anil will s<-1 i Jot as j_ SM \I.I. a profit as u<- can for cash, or on time at sntue pt ice* , with s per cent interest. 3 ! Wo are prepared to sell \o? j. y : 5 year old mule anywhere t're n rh 4r>A im i.. it"' ' * 1 Vuv.vv to zn. UO. CMCll. n" Now, instead of risking your 1 lmrd earned dollars at an Auction id j Sale, where y?u are liable to fie\ a. 1 what yon do not want, and j>nv j dearly for it too, come rijrht to | our Stablea where you can j your own time to examine oar . if took, thoroughly try any anima. ( you may fancy and then have ibt ll *? vrt/1 * - - " *1 ii I I" ,vo iiacii (i) nun. ? t-v? We will guarantee to J you money. All we auk you t* 26 do i* to try us. I CLYBDRN & ELLIOTT 1