The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 18, 1899, Image 3

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UeaI Mafftrsj. (' Ij Mc Manna' nelnetcd white Clemnr Seed com for sain at llnath, Spiin^s and (Jo's. l)r J K Kudledj^e will he *y j Kershaw on nnxt Monday. Tinsday and Wednesday for the praetie of hia profession. The Kditor surrendered yesterday to la grippe. Our readers will pleas* over look all abort coining* in thi* i**ue. Married, by Magistrate Carnes, on Sunday, llthinst., Mr.? llinaon atid Miss Kehocca MeManna, daujditer of Win McMa-j nun of the Dwight neighborhood. I Th* Townahip Pension Hoard for Btiford Township will meet at Tradesrille on 25th inat. to conaider now applications for pen ion. II M Polk. Chairman | Wo regret to learn that Mrs .1 L l illman of Van Wyek, re- j oeired a fall at her home one <1*v this week which eausws her to 1>* coniinod to her hed. Our infor- | mailt did not think any hones ware broken. Win. and Mary Nathan, col , were bound <ivi?r i > ! ?* Magistrate C'usUfy thi- f? i* cunirikf ties on the O. !J. vC Railroad south (if town. 'lite lids of omii of the t'*? were trimmed wo clone to the rail as to nuka it almost dangerous to run thctruuis. Our old friend, Mr.I L Tillman, Sr., of Van Wyck, who is one of the oldest men in the county, write* us that the enow and extremely cold weather of the prist ten days break* the record as far hack as his recollection goes. Mr Tillnia wo would siiy. enn remember aa far ha^-k as To years ago. Heiise-Rreakiug and Larceny. Rverett Cureton, col., was brought to jail yesterday bv Constable W J Crenshaw of Van Wyck. For some time Mr. J M Yoder of that place has been tnisain<? articles from his store. lie susbected Cureton and had him arrested. The nepro confessed, admitted that lie had entered the store as inunv h? four times Iiy trettin<; from the roof of th? warcli.uise into a window on the second floor and then coming down stairs. I.? * mPill'U I niMKMI. The Township Pension Hoard, which has not met, will inert at tliia place on Sati relay 25th inat. to consider new application for pension, and to revise the roll of last year. Those interested will take notice and pregcat their up plications prom ply. Old pen i ainnergneed not present theuisel-, ves before the board. The conn ty Pension Hoard will meet at Lancaster Court Ilourt on l'n? day 'JSth inat. II M l'olk, Mem. Co. Pentium I>r?1. ! I;etter From I.lbcrtv Nill. Mr Kditor: 'Ike recent rain* has caused tho river to overflow | all the low Ian.I*. Some fear is J entertained that the grain crop may ho injured to some extent l>y the heavy raina. Now come the beautiful snow. It in claimed by those who know to be the largest in years. On looking over some old books some time ago. I came across an old agricultural book published in 1854, giving an account of the number of bushels of wheat sown' in neh state. I noticed that Ohio sewed from I t to 2 bushslk per acre. The crop nt that time ATornged from dO to do bushels per nee. The reason I refer to Ohio is, I met a gentleman some time ago from that State who informed in* the ATsrsge crop now was trotn df> to |a hushcls per acre. Tln?y use drill plows which plant* tli* grain shout four inches apart in rows, I think tho grain i doss much better planted this nt:i v. Our merchants seem to be doit g good business giving out liens. 1 i in > nivica amused the other < day, 1?v :?n old darkey pvi??j a lien. "I low much cotton did you make lad Tear!" he wan a-k i e?!. "Well, 1 didn't <h? so well. The dry drought in the summer cut m? off, then ahout laying hy time the wet drought came and j washed up ahout three thirds of j mv crop, and it didn't do so wall, j But Boss, 1'vo got h new pround i ain't won* no whir*, (iwine to i s/ive her a trial this year hy the< (1 help of the Lord.'' Both sides seem to hr willing and he pit his lien it' sipuis and reports are true and madam Rumor says it is I will itu ahle sometime soon to write you ahout orange hloMsotne. I'ho farming operations are cry hav'kward in this section. Nothing h is heel- done so far. Von re Ks-pcet full y. Koch. Th? passenger roHch on the Three C's train for Camden, whirh left here yesterd iv morninLt o? the South Carolina and (ieorgia road, ciujtht tire when near Hopkins, where the train was sidetracked anil the car ullowod to burn up, as titers was no way of extinguishing the tire, none of tluo passengers were hurt, so far as could lie learned.?The State, 16th inst. Insane Asylum Burned. Yankton, S. I)., Dispatch, 1'Jth. One of the two most horrifying fires in the history of Yankton occured this morning nt 2 o'clock at the State insane asylum, when oae of the cottages took fire in tke basement, completely gutting the building ami causing the loss of 17 inmates confined there. Negro's Careless Handling of a Shot (i un. Special to The Stste Manning, Feb. 14 Junius Boyd, colored, while handling a shotgun in thu Devi store this af~ ternoon, accidentally discharged it, hitting Mr M. Jacobs in the head ami shotting t!i" arm of l'eter Manning,- colored, about off. Mr. Jacob* is painful!?, though not dangerously, hurt The negro's arm vfill have to !?ramputated Raiding (jumbling Room*. Special to I'lie Slate. (nceiiTilic, lob. 11. -Chief Kennedy, with a sergeant and private of the police force, raided * gambling room on Washington street this afternoon, and Sergt. Gunnels, with two policemen, raided another on Main btreet. Seventy five soldier* were in the first room Hn<i 25 in the other. . \V. L>. 11alley of Columbia end six others were arretted by Ken- t nedy, wliilo Col. Smith and Hear den Jennings were arrested by Gunnels. Each man was reunited to deposit $5<> for his appear ' ance before the mayor tomorrow morning. Ifon't Tokarro Spit unit Sninlir Tour lift Array. To quit UiMu-co eaaily antl (uieter, |>e (nan notlc. full of llfa. uarve and vigor. lako No To* liae. lint wonder-worker. Uiat malms weak men strung. AH'druggiata, Mc or II. Cure guaranteed Ho.Met and arm pic free Addreaa Berlin* Keutedy (K Chicago or New YorW FKOZK TO DKATH. Sam I'hifer 1'eribhed in tlio Snow ? Found Standing in the Road, by Hi* Boggy i )*ad. The only caee of freezing which lias been reported in this section of the country bince the cold weather bet in comes from Madge, I some mile* e?ut of Charlotte, in ! this count r. A communication to The Observer from there yesterday tales that Sam I'hifer, who lives on Mr. (ieorge Smith'* place. was found dead yesterday morning on the highway. lie had been mie* king aine* Saturdav, aid it was O / ' feared that something had bafal J !*n him. Owing to the depth of 111* unoTT. no on* passed along the way that Phifer had taken, ami he wik not found until vesterduy. A puasor-by, who wa* going to town, saw ii huge.v and horse ahead of hint and a nmu standing by the huggv. A-; ho drew nearer he called to the man, but titer* was no response. <Then ka came' to where the man. buggy and horse were, he discovered that the man wis dead? frozen stiff. The horse was still living, but bad to he prized out of the snow It was with difficulty that it was revived. 1'hilar was taken to his home, which he .tad left Saturday, and hie dead hody wsa a terrible explanation to his family of his prolonged absence. ?(J h a r 1 o 11 ()b?e|-Ter. 15tll. I low Mr. Wanamalccr Made Ilia i Fort one. A business man of Philadelphia told me the other day that Mr Wanninnkcr'a profits from his Philadelphia store last year were over $1,750,000, and that those i from his New York sto?-e would run close to that figure. The Saturday before Christmas the receipts ir New York were even greater than thoso in Philadelphia and exceeded $500,000. The New York store paid a profit from the rerr day tnat it was opened, although two firms which occupied the establishment eince A T Stewart a dnath have failed. Th? reason of Mr Wananittker's great euceesa, both in New York and Philadelphia, in his pki11 f111 and successful advertising. It has been hi? rule to confine his advertising to newspapers and magazines, on which lie has apenlnanuallv none than s^r^OO.C???<) in Phila-1 delphia. The advertising hill of his New York establishment exceeded oven that sum hist year.? (Mileage Record. TRUCK FARMERS RUINED. I tie Florida Vegetable Crop Utterly Wiped )ut Express anil | Railroads to Sup; lv Seeds Free. Savannah, (in., 1'eh. 15.? inteudont \fivers, of the r'lorida division of t!,? Southern Kipress Company, %v i t h head* piarters hero, lias received reports fr mi every express agent iu the State, respecting the dam Hi.re done hy the recent cold wave The reports cover every section of the State and practically all of it. I liev fthovr that all truck end vegetables have heon wiped out; nothing remains. Many of the smaU truckers are left penniless. To aid them to make n crop this year the Southern Kxprhss Com penv and the railroads will probably furnish seeds free Superintendent Myers has Mated the movement ami the ronde will join in it* I ho reports hold ont the hope that the orange prove* have not heen seriously injured, though several days must elapse before the truth will ho known. Cut Prices Wh g Our Stores petitors j a %!! 8>rv 4noods, ONE-MAI :: HERE'S J\ 1 ? iv/w- - ? - ! i ,u*w yards N e< cliase. $8t 50 ce 8 llA S^S'llSill' " I If i IIIISII Here veu wil Clothing. ILadit $1,500 worth of ing. Dlack and redactions hound Ell VERY m Kay We have Burg I lie laps of (\JS? ?$$$*Best and up country. $500. worth i> W. ( A FATAL DUCK HUNT. Tn? boat overturned. Negro At ! tendant Was Drowned. Special to The State. ' Bamberg, Feb. 14.?Today, while out shooting duck, a boat J capsized with Mr. Kdgar Dickinson and a negro named Wa*b Brabham. The negro swam for ' 60 or 70 yards, when lie was seized with cramp and was drown- , ed. Mr Dickinson escaped by I catching on to a bridge. The ? negro's body has not I men rocovred. Laet ni^ht Mr. !l Odder'* bakery and confectionery was cutored forcibly without the proprietor's content. \hoiit $40 iu cash, two checks, and and tome "nods were carried off Kntrance was made at the front and the thief went out at the rear. ?(dheate.i Lantern. i Nn-To-Bnc for Flftv I>..|? OuaiMiitoi-d (ol)iu( o Itnint ccrr tun s tvruk tnru stroiltf, trturxi |nir?r. Wc ?t A(i itrucco-ts. | I'll'i iii, \lM .1 I ii'vll, i ~ 1 l ? J.' \l 1 V\ I.* I.' 1/ I V > V I i M < I <I il\ li I I rilii IdM i\TKR I. Dlil.Si, i (' KM I WKKKI.V; ISoMi I *ii 5> *f s* OX l'. \ K \ fl !' - For $2, Must he paid for in ADYANCK. ' { lib cribo 3$ow. The Journal is :i Inr^e paper, and hesidea I?oina general iicn?< paper with various departments, , it has a special Agricultural Do- I1 partmcnt with more reading for ' farmers than many exclusively ng- I i ricultural papers, then it somen' twice a week. Sample copy sent on application. TTfS 4r j tdLJIiLL-i r*? L it is Makii s Busy WIm are Compla dos'hm^ a?(! J*!io -o:-i f(mn' do i! dlt o ;<) Sta ? ? a HE STAR fiTTR&E ?v SSmbroidk'rieH"-"!! >0 worth Sample iits on the E>oS3; ftf S Oihil' QSli i 11III IS ill i va a a \ litis! S^argaius i "y-9 skirls ?i ssi! 1; i^hoes. 8*3.W( ( ol?rc<? dress good lo make ?!k in go. !M PI mum OR??BB!f |p 3! )i ^CvO1 W t> bre .H v<i w! F."U 8 Nl h-* \aC aiiis ISipe and reaii # buy MRS. cheapo! slock of few i^mbi'ojderics j i A ]N S 0 The warships building iu ' IN oi American snipvards for our navy. ? ire valued at $42,MI*. 11)2. Horses, Mules, Wagons,Buggies, 1 III SI!; ( We are still at the old stand eadv to welcome all who favor i is with a call. We also make the . -hi* . j- i I ?4ar*i^i* lunotineement to our friends and ustomers and the puldie genera I 1 | y. that after the snow gets off the ground we have mules and h irses , hat must he sold at some price. t l\ i All we want is for a man t?> roino j , !md say he wants to hwy a horse w-.o. >r mule and we will sell him. .Jaiun We are Headquarters fur i,8 ii mi ? v." nnas-s?, MI.K l j *.> i' ' u u ' * Wo have alwnvs on hand it line ?f 1 ami 11 amess, 1'iow bridles, Slip 1I a rncss. E\c.. that will compare in ipmlM ami pi t**; with any on thi* or nci^lii?oi iu^ markets. j 10 Wo oomo aufain umlor a now linn nanio. W o aro orry to part with our gonial and popular p.it nor, L V, v lyhwrn, l<ut int;'ndueei ^ to you in iiis stea l our popular j ,,,, v vouno1 ton nsman, Inhn < 'rnwfi t*<|, u. who will take pleasure in wnitino J', upon our on-tomcrs. on (tivo us a call; wo ipianiiitoe all dfook sold, and will leave nothing undone to uive satisfaction. I'LLiidl & l fitiii). on oa^aevt hi i i i??im una ? Hfl - >. ITSOIICV SO i.Oil II III \VM M a F> K a rm.^iDOht s w iih broker* m N?-w York ? it v th< uu h / tvlimi i soil :iMe t > | lotto* *> e >1i'ii l?y ?? llr-l iiioritiHRi1 on improve) j cotton farm-*, for six year? time pay \V hie in instalment* at 11 in r*u* of 7 p??r , i? rent per nnnum. The hmkernjre ami ' . the ehnrKe f'>' at ?'rae anil n. - , < iM : n 1 lul l are small ami at the exnrtae of iln-. hoi rower, 1< E WYl.IK. A Ity. at Law. ?r,. , Nov. 4 4in. Paia No morphia* or oaluan in Or. Mlla*' Para "V*1 )'U4A UfM AU Pita. "O??? a < ? i." '?? > - ?"T rx: ID 00T?g ig ^11 OoiU ? ,inii!g> es cut down w if you n isii ^ *i ?! * Vcl" ? ? sv te a n * Kinkn:;){ purliats a( t v 8 V 5 g | pi; ~ 53 BJl'illVj J!: MlOeS ami Frt'SS CaOOjls. >rl{i uti i<>( lis a e?.<J silk* at 3 r\ r r? KT- r~ p * kx> ?< j > i "li< U y '{ j&C SU J$? p\ |? ' i?i Vi k_.^ IM K il L' w -? *< li L A !v to fit 11 mio Shoes iu the just arrive*!. N.' 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