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\ THUKLOW 8. CARTER, I ~ __ ^ ~-zr===zr: _r - toreo. ABD Mtfiflia t JfbmUyA'evyapcr: FcrOc I+amotUm ,/ *e Political, Sb^ai. AjrxeuUural art (WulMmA. ~ "< TM^llZTryTZT ~ btWII-WEEKir tUiriON. "~r, tM..v<r?n^ r ~i7u .)0 * ? ? l. i.a AMM.. h. I Jan, 28 l^JD, PNTf;:.-LI HM1 !RR? gwfc ^ A A AAA , ,V , . ...... _ __ ~ ' ' " . * " BIG REDUCTIONS Our customers want us to have Daw goods with every season, therefore wo find it unwise to carry our stock over to n second season. PRICES CUT TO PIECES WILL MOVE IT. 10 to 25 per cent Reduction on the entire stock, with closer prices to begin with, brings this lino array of beautiful good goods down cheaper than ever Chester saw them nefors. Anticipate vour want;, and come rarlv. We mean InisttnebS an<l will give every customer UENl'INE MA KG A INS. R8RRN0T, The Jeweler," dhenter, S, C. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. LANCAHTKR, n.G., Dee. fi, 1898. NOTICK in hereby given that this office will be open froui the 1st day of Jan. to the 2oth day of Feb. 1899, for the purpose of receiving the returns of the taxpayers of Lancaster County. All pera ns having property in their possession or control, as Managers, Holders, or us Husband.Parent,Guardian, Trustee, Executor, Administrator, Receiver, Accounting Officer, Agent Attorney or Factor, on the 1st dayofjanuarv 1899, are required to list the same for taxation within the time required by law, or incur the penalty of flfiy per cent which attaches In caae of failure to do so Tne Poll Tax of One Dollar is laid UtkAli * 1 1 m?lu ? I - ~ * ? ? !> <- )icinuun, imiwenil lll?* agoa of 21 and 00 vchih, except p?*r moiih who are maimed and unable to earn a support. Confederal soldiers are exempt from Poll Tax at 50 years f age. The \udilor or an assistant will at tend the following places in the county on the dates helow for the cou venleuce of the puh le. Osceola, Tu sduy, Jan. 10 1899, at 12 m. Pleasant Vatley. Wednesday, Jan 11, 1599. lleiair, Thursday, January 12, 1599 Van Wyck. Friday, January 13 1899 I)ixle A M , l)wl?fbt, P. M., MutP day. January 10 1899 Tiadesvitle, riinrsday, January 17. 1899 Tnxnhaw, Wednesday Jan 18, 1899 F'at Creek ''htireh. Thtirsday, Jan. 19. 1899, I)r. (' C. Welsh's Friday, Jan. 20, 1899. Pritmis, Hsturday. Jaji 21 1899. llaie Gold Mine, Monday, Jan 23d 1899 Kershaw, Tues<la\ and Wednesday, Jan 24'h and 25th. 1899 Mhhiii t^prnikf, Thuiadav January 2?th 1H99. PiHHMunt Hill, Friday, Jannary 27tl? to l:i J1 i amid Church, Monday. January 80th. ls?9. It will he to ion iniernrtt of every Taxpayer, *o make hiu return prompt* Ilyofa'i peiHonal property, al*o of all Truuf-r or improvement* on It?*al Fetaie and Have i'ic penalty of 60 per cent which attache* after the 2t)th day of February. Hespeo' fully, IJOHN A COOK. County Auditor. Dec; 6, lSOrt. BAD 1 BREATH " kavc heea nalai CAtCABtTI m a mild and effective ItiOlv* they are atmplv won2 derful. Mr it?ukliter and 1 were bothered with If ale* utomaeh aud our breath war very bad. After taking a few dose* of Caacareta we tare Improved iwonaevfnuy. ?n?y are a prral help In lha family." Wll.IIKI.MINA N AUII.. 1137 ltittentiouae HI , Cincinnati. Ohio. CANDY MAM HMnMD^^ I J..' CURK OON0T1PATIOII WiiM ?? ?<> CMfMf, nliiil. Vwft. M iMiSb ar.iwmSiiia? .; r A l.i. nU. JJH/A, .v; .; > itfU.UUUHLlMDS ARE ARMED ? - I FJ FT V MAXIM < i I' N.S AT | M AI.OI.OS. AguinaUlo'n Authority Now Gen | crally Recognized Three Thousand Filipino Troops Rushed to the Front I'nder a False I t i Alarm. ? ! Manila, .Ian. 20, via Hong; Kong, .Ian. 24.?The lndepen?! dencia today issued a supplement! containing a dispatch, purporting to come from Malolos, the seat of I | the rebel govcriMiient. It com j ments upon the appointment of the commission, and says: ''The I Filipinos naturally suspect this is a new attempt to humbug. Both j Dewey ami Spencer Pratt promis* e?l us independence if the Filipino republic was stable. The Filipinos are disillusioned. They believe the commission ia a ruse to gain time till they have accumu ! lated fo rmidahle forces, when | America, abusing her btrcngth, will begin a war to ratify her i sovereignty." The Independenoia then alleges that all the commissioners are partisans of colonial expausion , and incidentally asserts that the archbishops also favor annexation 14with the sole object of gaining the sympathies of the winning: aide/' The Filipinos of Caloocan and j Qege&lingin, mistaking salutes , exchanged between British and Gsrrnan warships on January 18, moved 3,000 mei to ttie front in j order of battle, covering tbo ad- i jaeent country, but thev did not i attack tbe American lines. Reports from the interior indicate that Aguinaldo's authority is now generally recognized. Every mvailahle male is being recruited and arm* depots are being established a* San Bernardino, Union, Trinidad and other large towns. The surrounding country is being lerisd on for supplii'H, and the Filipinos troops are living on the ! fat of the land, while the native villagers are compelled to subsist! on rice. There is some friction between the Fdipino civil and military authorities, but they are united on the question of indepen dence. Jt is estimated that thore are t V..It., on nnn a i4i it i iii|M!j<ja uiiutir iiiip, | j and it i? said there are nearly 50 | Maxiin ^uns at. Malolos, some of j | them having hson recently ac i ! quirad. ^ j The Filipino military authori* } tins are convinced, thev nay, that the American-. will On unable to ; ! 1 work etTectuallv outbid? o Manila J in the ?rant of hostilities, hence they feel confident of th? future. | Many >f the Filipino officers com ' plain of alleged discourteous treat-; ment cm the part of Americana at Manila. I Pon't Arglrct Yonr Mvrr, Liver IroulilwH <jnick 1 y result in serious eomplications, and the man who neglects l>is liver has little regard for health. A hottlo of Rrowns* Iron Hitters taken now aud tlwn will keep the liver in porfret order. If tho : niu> <i>-vt-n>|xii, i>rownat ron i.liurn will cure it permanently. Strentfth and vitality will alwtya follow if* use. Browns' Iron Hitters is sold by all dealers. Natural Deduction. ?Hixon ?"Ara you engaged in the same business* you wers in last year?" i Dixon?"Yes, and at the old stand still!" Ilixon -''At the old standstill? Why don't you advertise and stir things up a little?"?Chicago News. m'? J i1' i ..J *>l?-?i>? ' t ; ' .!? '? ft ' Ti!K CRITICAL STAGE RE AC 11 ED. Government A :lviee? fioni Mm nila F;vr front Re-Assuring? ContMonee Felt in Gen. Otis" Ability to Wliiptho Insurgents. Washington, 24 ?Senor Lopez, Secretary to Agoncillo, tlio Washington representative of Aguinal <lo, called at the State Depart ment ut 1 o'clock thin afternoon, ami lodged with the chief clerk a communication, which, according to the common expectation, marked the critical s-tage in the Philippine ipiestion. 'I his i?s the third attempt made by Filipino representative* to secure official recognition from the United States. Secietarv Hay was at the time the communication was presented attending a meeting of tha cabi net, so that all that Chief Clerk Michael could do under the circumstances was to receive the papers as he would any other handed Ir'niTho advices from Manila, which have reached the War Department, are far from re assuring It is understood that General Otis reports an expectation on his part that the insurgents are about to force an issue, and if this should ho so, the result cannot be for# seen. Manila itself, and not Iloilo, as might at first ha supposed, is regarded as ths danger point just now. While the instructions to General Otis have been to avoid any hostile clash with the natives' so far as that plan is consistent with the maintenance of his posi tion, it is realized hero that it is within the power of any excited or intoxicated person to precipitate a battle bewoon the two opposing forces. For it must be understood, that there is nothing in General Otis' instruction to prevent him from most viirormu ? - " -I1*"ly defending himself and the interests confided to bis ?barge. General Otis is s<> sure of his ground Unit tho ollicials her? feel no doubt as to tho outcome of a hostile collision between the Americans and the insurgent forces under Aguinaldo, particularly as General Otis would have the enormous advantage of the full co-operation of the Americas flee) under Gewey. But it is particularly desirable tkat even a buttle ending in victory be avoided just now, for tho President has no means surrenderee? bis conviction that the misguided Filipiuos can bo brought to an under-1 standing of the real object of the United States and peacefully accept the conditions fought to hi imposed. Ml bl-IO.MS OIVK.V A W A V It is certainly gratifying to the nubile tn Urwnv r?f i-/^n ?.?? r? j .. ... r ,, V. V\'I1VVI II III the land who are noyafraid to he generous to the nevfy and suffer ing. The proprietors of I)r. King's New Diicyory for Consumption, Cougls, and Colds, have given away ivor ten million trial bottles of tiis great medicine; and have pe satisfaction of knowing it loW absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Broibhitis, Hoarseness and all diseases of the Throat, Chest and Liiigs are surely cured by it. Call/on Crawford Bros, Druggist, aid get a trial bottle ' free. Remlar size 50c. and $1 j Every boWe guaranteed, or price refunded. t q tiJ**mfm "II ' 'TXUOdiSTO IDllOPPKI) 1)KAL) IN COURT.' The \ ielim Was ihe Distinguished jWrmer Attorney Central II. A. Carland | Washington, I). ('., .Ian. 20.? j Former Attorney General Auv |guatu. II. Garland was struck j with apoplexy while addressing 1 the United States supreme court; I at 12.30 o'clock this afternoon' and died within ten minutes. The occurrence came with startling1 unexpectedness, changing jthc | calm and dignified aspect of the court into temporary confusion while the dying man was carried to a unfit in * fiit 11 <? leviate his condition. When the court convened at1 noon Mr. Garland resumed his argument in the case of Towson against Moore, which had begun I yesterday. There was a full hunch with the exception of J us tee Brewer and White. Mr. j Garland spoke calmy and with no vidonces of agitation or effort. ! He had read from a law volume and had followed with this 'sentence. 4<Th:s, your honor, is ocr con; tention." ( As the last word was uttered ! Mr. Garland was seen to raise his hands and than gasp for breath. He tottared and fell, striking against a chair and overturning it as ha fell to the floor. EAGAN'B TRIAL BEGINS. Extreme Provocation The Apparent Ground Of Defence. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25.? j | General Kagan wan placed on trial to-day. lie plead "not guilty". | The military court convened promptly qt the Ebhitt house,.or-; ganized and began the taking of, ! testimony before the noon hour. General Kagan is represented J by Judgq Worthington. His counsel outlined General Eagan's defense, declaring that he had bene the victim of charges incompetenI cy, carelessness, and even rascali- I j tv by Gen. Miles and that he had i been ponded by the papers to the : point that he was almost distract i I ad w.ien he made uso of tha lan gua<;e before tha commission and i tha'his frame of mind wan fur ther provoked by Miles'a dictated < ! chirges. Several witnesses teatifiad to tlo correctness of the reports of ihe languago used by (ien.Kagan ' Eighty Thouaand Spaniah Troops Perished in the Philippines. 1 Madrid, Jan. 25.?An official , dispatch from the Sulu islands, of tha Philippine group declares i that the Spauiah occupation con- ( tinuea. Dispatches received by newa-M papcra here assert that tha insur I rection of the Filipinos ia spread- | ing considerably. ; l A /?<?Af/1 in/# /? 41 1 1 " IU H^UI CH pilOllinill ] here, 80,000 Spanish soldiers per- I ishod, chiefly from sickness, dur- \ ing the last campaign in Cuba. t The citiiens of GalTney are | raising a subscription for Limestone college. Capt J Ii Mont 1 gotnery has promised $7,?00 provided the Baptists and their friends will give the same amount. About l M,*00 was subscribed by J A ' Carroll, A N Wood and a few J others last week. . "RED" TOL11EMY COMKS IiACK. Settling' His Husiness Affairs? Denies Talking of "Poor While Trash." Sentiment Against Collins. Cor. of Greenville News. Abbeville, S. C., Jan. 24.?R. R. Tolbert ("Red" Tolbert), re publican State chairman, returned hero yesterday from Charleston and Washington. He says he came to sell his crop and "what was left out of the wreck." He told some prominent citizens tkat he was in favor of white supremacy and was an ing'o-Saxon ami knew the white people would ru e thits country ami that ho wat a white man himself and had ncvtr done anybody' any harm. He said further that his visit hare was strictly on personal business and had no connection whatever with politics or the post oflice. He said that he thought it would be some time before there would he any change in tbs post office here and that he did not know what the administration in tended to do. He denied ever having incited the Negroes against the white people and denied having said anything about the "poor white trash." H is brothel, Joe, made the same statement here three weeks ago about the "poor white trash" causing the Phoenix riot. Public sentiment here is overwhelmingly egainei "^ied" Tolberts's brother-in-law, Collins, coming hack into this community. Tolbert Asked to Leave. Abbeville, Jan. ?5?At a large mass meeting of citizens this afternoon resolutions were adopted requesting the departure of it It Tolbert from this community after he has transacted his personal business and condemning the whole Tolbert tribe. The committee, consisdng of Wyatt. Aiken, Mayor Jones T Miller, and L C Haskell, will serve the resolution on Tolbert tomorrow. Feel ing in the country | against Tolbert is very bitter. MUIII)Kit NF.Alt WELFORD. ')ne Negro Kills Another?Wilis-j ksy the ('ause. Wei ford, S. C., Jan. 24.?A] silling occurred near here vesterlay. Will iam Smith, colored. I rv^s shot through the heart by | Vill Kiyford, also colored. Whiskey beam* to have been ,ha cause. According to all the 1 ?ports, the killing ?rai murder i without a doubt. U. S. lve' enuo License. Stato Liquor Commissioner fanee haa sent out a small pamphet containing the names of the people in the state who have Jnited States revenue licenso. folk county hail four last year; tut this year has none. Chester las none this year. Cherokee bad en last year and this year only me?James II. Cook, ofGaffney. n n e a ot * 1> *? *1 4 U ? a. ? 1 ? ?A - - ? ? iiiuv.>ni?i IIWI IUICC IBM Vfir; >ut has none thin yetr.?\orkille Enquirer. Ileautjr Is IIloot) Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No *>auty without it. Caacarets, Candy Catharlie claan your blood and keep it clean, by tirring up the laxy liver and driving all im mrities fro an the body. Begin today to enish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, nd that sickly bilious complexion by taking Tascareta,?beauty for ten cents. All drugis!* satisfaction guaranteed, lOe, 39c, 90c. 'in.! Mil 1 id1- c ! WASHING CONQUERED. imLmrn *0t **.*.% ?. ?t' > Grip Takes the Ci'v in Its i Iron Grasp. | Government Machinery Almost at a StanUti'l. K'i'?nmitts lVrceutnge of himpIoyecsSlriek** en with Lafirippo. - Lapitol at the MtT'V of the I Mugue. The Grip epidemi'* is raging lu thr ! Capitol City, and fully one-third of ! the government employees art; sick or suffering from th? dr-ad <! sea-e. Violent headaches, fever an.I chills, sneering ami running at the eyes ami nose together wim the hone i eking ! aches ami pains ami a g< neral exhatis tion are the rule rat I it than the exception. Tile h-st way to light the Crip is to strengthen the nerves ami build up the re-*islive powers so as to ' throw oft* the deadly disease germs, and nothing will do this so quickly i and surely as Dr. Miles' Nervine 11 has restored health to thousands of Grip sutl'erers after every other remej dy had failed. "When tlie Grip left me I was a ! broken down wieck, both mental and .physical. My .nerves ware completely unstrung. my appetite failed, could I not sleep and became so despondent i that I despaired of ever getting wed. I began to improve with the tlrst bottle of Dr Miles'Nervine and when I had taken seven bottles I was completely cured* Have beeu strong and well ever did before " Hamuki. F Pi i.son, Stan to ii, Va. All druggists are authorized to sell Dr. Miles' Nervine on a guarantee that first bottle benefits or money refunded. He sure and get Dr. Miles' iVervine. Bookle'.ou heart and nerves sent free. Address Dr Miles' M* dical Co , Elkhart, lud. * U. S. Prison for Atlanta. Washington, .Ian. 24. ? Attor? ney General Gritfge has reconi^ mended to congress that $750,000 be appropriated in the sundry j civil bill for a I'nited States peni ! tentiery at Atlanta, (la. The Earthquake in (ireece. Athens, Jan. 34.?The seiamic disturbances which began on Sunday in the provisoes of tha Peloj ponesuu, are much slighter. The j latest rop? i ts from he earthquake districts show that the town of Nisi, in the Department of Messina, seven milea west of Kalamata, has been greatly damaged. In the province of Kvpariasia, five villages have been completely dest roved. Syrup i? now Itoin^ ninnufaotu' red from watermelons. It is estimated tli.it <>ne acre of watermelons will make gallons of syrup. Willistou Hustler Beware nl' Oiii t imiits for Cat a rrh 'Imt Contain .Mcirnrv, a? mercury vn.l <|.-tr.>> 111 ? sense of uiel; ami < . hifli'teiy lU-rnnnf the wholesystem wlien uterine i1 lirou>'h the muuuoii- sir a ? ? >u<*h urn-lea should nevei !>- i si ?l exoej?i on i*reNcri|i*ieiis from reputable physicians, as 'lie (iainaue they wii' do in ten ml?i to the k?imI you ran possibly derive from them rial's ('staii li Cure, manufactured h\ I*'.1 Cheiiev A i !<? Toledo, <)., <" initios no niefpury, and is taken internally, noting direet.D upon the blood and mui'iinu* surfaces of the system In buying Hall's <atarrh Cure be huie you get the genuine 11 is taken internally himI is made in Toledo, Ohio, by K J Cheney <fe Co. Testimonials free. |f%.>4old by Druggists, price 7.Sc per bottle. of the lit nod and Xrrvca. No one need aufTer with neuralgia. This disease ia quickly and permanently cured by Browns' Iron Bittera. Every disease of |Ka lvl/wvrl naauAa l- ?1 ? J ? " ??wvm. mci v'? muiiinro, cnrunic or otherwise, succumbs to Browns' Iron Bitten. Known and used for omtIt a quarter of a century, it stand* to-day foremoot among our moat valued remedies. Browne' Iron Bitten is sold by all dealers. IrW Subscribe to The ledger rttCnnXr-ti.'&JtSt&t' ?' i * '< / ' * 11