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THE LEDGER. ^hnrloTV S. Carter, EDITOR, AND MANAGER. WKDNKSDAY, Al'KI I. 5, ISO9. [For The Ledger. VAN WYCK ITEMS. News Around Van M'yck is very scarce, but our people have the ever present subject?the weather, to furnish them some thine to discuss. Xcnrlv nil fiirnw the weather since Christinas has hern the worst they have ever experienced. Hail, sleet, snow and rain mixed more or less witli a little sunshine, generally with less, that gives our farmers anything else than a cheerful look. They have made hut.little prepa ration for planting, although thi time of year for putting the see? in the ground is here. The grass and young leaves nic I. -ginning t( enliven the appearand? of winter'i des< dat ions. Our gardens arc very much he hind in early vegetables. Sonn have the early plants up, hu many have n?>t even planted tin seed. We have not heard of anj of our farmers planting anv con this year in March, which is i little unusual, hut is explained b\ the late wot spring. The cotton acreage will he les: this spring than last, hut 0111 farmers are using about the sann quantity of commercial fertilizers, they used last year. Corn un< forage crops will lie increased. I liW i< V'Ptnr io I* _ ... . ^> 1 m inVJ til IIICI11. 111*. amount of corn hihI hay they will have to buy this spring rue their farms will tax them heavily and should teach thuni to make an extra effort to raise these supplies on their farms. Mr. S. B. Lumpkin, Gen. Passenger Agent of the O R & C It It spent Friday night in V an VVyek. lie had some business to arrange with Prof. J \V Bates. Miss Fannie Tillman has re* turned home after a delightful visit at Fort Lawn last week. Miss Maud Tillman, one of the VVinthrop girls, spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. VV R Tillman. She re turned to Rock Mill Monday to resume her studies which are very arduous just now in preparation for commencement. She is one of the Senior*. One of Van Wyck's belles who has the reputation of being a voracious eater has been trying her appetite on bananras. She consumed something less than a hand a day. Thirteen wheelmen from our neighboring city Waxhaw, spent a short time in our village Inst Sunday evening. They seemed to enjov their rusticating and made u pretty sight on their wheels. A gentleman came walking into Van Wyck Saturday ni?rht giving his name as Dr J M Lawson who was an assistant surgeon in 1st South Carolina Regiment, and had hcen mustered out of services with that regiment. He went to Washington on business, expecting t.) get some money there, ho failed to get this, and had spent what he had with him. He left Washington, soon after the deep now, making his way south toward his home at Union, S. C. He wa'ked most of his way, and found his ideals and lodging us hest lie could, but in different style from the tramp. Ho was too proud to accept charities of fered. However, being footsore and one and a half davs journey on foot from his home, after some hesitation he accepted his fare on the south bound pussenger truin to Carlisle, willingly given by our citizens which gave him a chance to eat his ouster dinner Sunday at his own home. , ... OrriMLs. H i wtiSbtf Another Dispensary Closed. Columbia, April 1. ? Dispenser Troy's Gervais street dispensary was closed today by order of the board of control. His accounts are in a muddled condition, his back entries and his cash and stock on hand not tallying. An investigation is being made and the dispenser has been relieved pending the investigation,which is being made. Meal's Bondsmen to Fight. Special to Greenville News. Columbia, April 3,?Some of the bondsmen of Col Meal, former Superintedesnt. of the penitentiary, will tight any eollect'on from them on the ground that the an-, tiorities knew of Meal's wrong doing and made no effort to stop it. Crawford Asks for a Change of Venue?Slayer of Mrs Stuart. Columbia, April 3?The grand ltirv t/iiln V hrnmrlil in ?? 1x211 J 7 .7 '* '? ? for murder against \V H Crawford charged with killing Mrs Stuart. Solicitor Thurmond decided to throw out the eases against all the other constable* except Crawford. The attorneys for Crawford have asked for a change of venue, which will likelv he argued next Monday It Was Not Reese. The storv of the capture of Reese in Arizona turns out to he another fleeing vision of that $1,000 reward. (). P. Bishop, the man who wrote the governor that he "had 'em" etc., now writes j Sheriff Logan that it was aii a mistake. It developed that the man suspected as heing Reese, j hns been in Arizona for several years, and that he is a drinking man, while Reese was not. The ! tendency of that $1,000 reward is to make suspicious characters out of almost any two strangers; hut i the request of the sheriff for < photographs is a test that usually punctures tho buhl) le.?York I ville Enquirer. I Forty-eight young women graduated from the law school of the New York University Wedj nesday night. Pol Your, voisr ?e T1**? ? You feel the blood rushing V I along. But what kind of blood? That is the question. Is it pure blood or impure blood? If the blood is impure then you are weak and languid; your appetite is poor and your digestion is weak. You cannot siecp well and the morning finds you unprepared for the work of the day. Your y cheeks are pale and your com- I plexion Is sallow. You are A troubled with pimples, boils, or sotne eruption of the skin.^ Why not purify your blood ? 1 jitJ jjj W will do It. Take It a few days I 1 and then put your finder on I I your pulse again. You can I I feel the difference. It is R 1 stronger and your circulation I 9 better. Send for our book on I 1 Impure Blood. 1 B If you are bilious, take I I Ayer's Pills. They greatly I aid the Sarsaparilla, They I I cure constipation also. 8 1 MllrNa to mttm Oootora. 1 I Writ* ttimn all th? ptrtlnflkri I . In * oar <**?. Von ?'II nc?t?? a M M proibpt toplT. wttpodt *o?t. M A<fitfMM,Dt<. j. c. Arm, B ' - Lowsil, MtM. m ALMOST What is the matte and .Mercantile are saying ahou tore in the "SSis marvelous sale i about us, but as long as ?ve are satistie tlicy kick. fflRsa raaw THE KNIFE CUTS DEEP At a Little A lot of I j. M. c lies and Strap S:i ^ double the money C the purchasing pi lory ahou*, wo Imvo added two now urn MILLINERY I public 4M5 E JOBS! S , and sti cents. Beautiful line Childrens' La OUR JOBS NO OLD ODDS OR ENDS &2 TT>. Boy's suits. 14 to 1* years, ! to 18 years, worth ?4 .00, our price Child's suits, 5 to 14 years, worth $3 Miles upon miles of Calicoes t. Lawns and Shirting Prit Good I'ercals, worth (I c< Yard wide Pereals, wort Wide India Linens, plain Cheaper India Lintns, 3i Thousands upon Thousands of yai printed figures, heuutiful goods, cheap we have not space to mention. K"ineml>er the place WILL BE CHARGED Always hear in mind < UNDER BUY, UNDER P. S.?.lust Iteeoived 300 Ladies' I> I - IV - b? - - - Ill I trims, i Mdillios, I.M'gnudies, .Moha IlKR LOVER KILLED IN Cu] BATTLE G T( Consequently She Cared Not to Live and Suicided. reg ger (Chicago, April 2.? The Times* . .. . r . ing Herald's Wiohitu, Kan., special , savs that Miss Mary Wilson, a . the prominent young society woman of Augusta, committed suicide ^ upon learning that Alva Dix, her ^ lover had been killed on the battlefield of Malolos. , 1st Yesterday Miss Wilson saw her , , ?u< n?vi*r n mime in ine I Ml or Rilled during the fight before Malolos. w h Last night when she retired she wrote n note to her father and or mother, telling them that she did not care to live any longer since ^ Alva was dead, and left it on a W I) table in her room. Some time ^ during iiii- night she took morphine and ended her life. ^ In Chicago, last Monday, Jos lw Brown wan stabbed tive times by his wife, Clara Brnwrl, and fell haek dead. Brown waa treating ' his wife unmercifully when the rai woman became desperate, seized a knife and Ui save her life plung- Bii ed it into her hualntnd time and jj again. ' Br fl V I N . 3- <?$ W If] r vtitli-the Farmei Co V That is wh t us and it is true, tor; of Lancaster" taken place ! ?'!r,i <1 and the people are reaping the benefit WAYS IAIN? OHLjxx&jXksrsc'x* ss-xaaarcrxam ."snxsD xvj I I CLQUi} & ALLISON'S STOCK 1 THAT TIM*. MAisY Oi Mm Than Half r mo onirt n :u>ts ?lot closed for Cash ir Silks and Sutines. >t. Chafew at Southern Pines. m -wr w eon wood Index. Japt. W. G. Chnfee, whose iment was mustered out of vice recently, bus been spenda whilu at Southern Pines, N. A report reaches here that clarea t * w o m a t benighted tarhoels, when they workisn v him in his uniform, thought ^[nie ol was Gen. Shafter an<l bowed bnustwi mamfoM vn and worshi|>cd him an<i tics And ,t ho is humoring the joke and {rile*'of* elling great tales of his heroism thousa who wor I valor at Santiago. Capt. day in fa. nfee will have a good time | JjjfdhaH orever he iroes. 1 n i v h t I making Japt. Chafee will spend a week [ mend I so in Washington and will | clotiie*< no to Greenwood alK>ut the meagre . . , ? , , I much or :h of April. It is not known gtand tli< ether he will return here to ! fcre P*-0 i DCSW'S HI a or not. of *?nn derangei inenstru QF" Have you forgotten 1o Jj y your subscription to ledger ? i ? n ? aid an s a Am old idea. Bradfi Errry day atrengthena the belief of eml* at pbyaiciana that impure blood la the nee of the majority of oer dlaaaeaa. n renty-flre yaare age thia theory waa aaed a baaia for the formula of Browne'Iron ?? ? Itara. The many remarkable cure* affected Able bo< thia fkmoiM old houeebold remedy are Applicai Relent to prorc that the theory iacorraa*. ?? ?ti owne' Iron Blttara la sold by all dealeea Reynold's $2 shoes now $1 20. One c i now 00 cents. 15i?r lot of Ladies', Mi? niduls. *1., To, .r)0 and lis cents. All v< To make this closing out sale still nu ildie something to lamrh about, and our 1 complete departments?both up to dat do not wish to be extravagant in our st in any way, (that is not our wav of <loi inphatiially and earnestly, that our Mill iueoess. Kverythin?j that is pretty and uuiMJi, in iucl it is :i world of loveliness ittmotive features is tlie unusually low p or 1*1*. 11y Mat. Our Milliner, from Baltimore whete she lias thorou^l es, ete. Miss Husseltinc is one of the li ictly np to date Nice Sailors, worth 50 ee, Lawn and Silk Caps and Hats, very AR? WORLD BE' But the very best clean ?;onds pick k the cold cash while in the Eastern ma * past. Men's Suits, worth $12 50, Suits, worth $10 50, our price $5 75 our price $4 75. Men's Suits wort Men's Suits worth $4 50,all wool, a 'ine Worsted Suits worth $S 00, our pri I 25. Child's Suit, '7 to 14 years, wort I 00, our price $1 75. S fust colors. its worth 5 and 0 cents, our special pric snts, our price 4.4 cents, h 10 cents, our price 5 cents. white, worth 10 cents, our very specie 4 cents. da of fine Dimities, Organdies, Welsh 1 er than wo htivc ever dreamed of before 1. Cloud & Allison's old stand, and reri Everything in this place is SPOT CA )ur Motto : SEiMj. Of tin' People, for the People IJV 4 ??' A W A V 5 S . I i's' Banking at the people i Never behas such a erchants don't understand ' say some unkind things we dont. cave how much t i rKR. ~ t # j MOST BF CLOSFD 1! ' ku things lift Price, aso Ladies' 1< ine Bongo I a 'Ses and ('hildren's Oxfonl cry tiuo goods and worth >re attractive and to give competitors something to . o. atemcnts, or to mislead the ng business) hut we do sa\ < incry is a Grand and Ghu attractive is found in this in itself, and one of the rices we charge for a Neat Miss II asseltine has just re 1 ily posted herself in regard nest milliners in the South 1 cents, our special price lit cheap ?10 cents, up. STERS. ;ed up by our Iniyer, foi rkets during the two weeks our price $d 75. Men's Men's Suits worth $! 00 h *5 00, our price $3 50 < nd guaranteed, our price i ice #4.00. I toy 8 Suits, 14 i i 00, our price 60 cents. 1 i 1 ic, 3, 34 and 4 cents. ( t I price, S^, 4'Great stutr." | 1 Nqties, in plain woven and 1 Many other good thin gs ! 1 nemtier that NO (itX)DS , SI f first, last and all the time. Biggest values on earth ' F. B. & M. Co. 1 t wll mi ^ ^ WORK. I HW t>wn | re sewing for others to patch oat a income. Women who are too | i tlieir feet, or who are unable to e strain of over-work and wort?, iliarly susceptible to the wea ! id irregularities that are the bane mkiud. The symptoms of such rnenta are insufficient or excessive ation, headache, backache, neu- 1 tucorrhcea, displacements and exervousness amounting in many hysteria. The use of morphine is I ns and examinations by male pfayre painful and unpleasant. ' eld s Female Regulator, the \ I remedy for a quarter of a cenII speedily and permanently cor- I worst disorders of women. BradRegulator is sold by druggists at ar a bottle. Intereating and vain- , )ks for women mailed free on ion. i KicvutTOfl 00, At taste. On 1 Local Mailers. Snow fell hore for n short vhile yesterday. Miss Eliza Secrest is visiting 'riends lit Rock Hill. Miss Met a .Jones has accepted i position at Heath, Springs & IV s. Rev. McFarland will preach at Carnes School House, 2d Sunday in April at 3 o'clock. Mr. Lawrence Purdue has accepted a position in the clothing depart uent at Heath, Springs ?& IV s. Mr. II W Funtlcrburk, Sr., of Dudley, S. C., died March 27, nged 02 years. lie leaves 5 sons and two daughters. Mr. .1 Wylio Porter, deputy 'dork of court, has been seriously ill the past week. We are glad to note ho was some bettor Saturday. Kovs. W C Kwart and J L Dates, and Klders W B Knight and Khun Boyce, left Monday for Winnsboro to attend the A It 1? Presbytery. There will bo service in the Kpir>copal church Thursday night, at .S o'clock, conducted by the Rev. .1 \V Cantoy Johnson. There will bo a special offering for Diocesan missions. The meeting in the A It 1* church closed with the Sabbath night service. Rev. Mr. Pressley, who assisted the pastor, is an able, eloquent and consecrated man, and his efforts here will bear fruit in time to come. J C Foster proficient in political economy; C A Foster proficient in biology; M J Hough proficient in senior law, is the record of the Lancaster students it tho South Carolina College for the past quarter. List of letters advertised for the week ending April 4th 1899: Miss Magia Blake, Mrs. Mary M Cothen, Mrs. Betsy Watts, N. T. Adams, F A Bridges, Mrs. Millie Cunningham, Eli McDanie'. J F Gregory, P. M. Mr. .1 oscph Clurk has two cats which have kittens in the name hox. Last Saturday he put a nest of young rats in the hox expecting tho cat to devour them hut instead the cats are nursing the rats and make as much over them as they do their kittens. A laige number of our citizens were hudly April fooled Monday night. The editor of The Ledger remained at home and was not L-augnt. For particulars interrogate any one of the large number of prominent citizens who signed for tickets. Deputy Marshal Swaringen arrested Mr. Jut Ghent Saturday on the charge of passing counterfeit mnnpv 1l? ?>u 1 * ? 1 . .iu injuu ior niH appearance at a preliminary hearing before Commissioner B .1 Withors|K>on next Thursday. There in no doubt of Mr. Ghent'* innocence and he will be discharged when the preliminary is had. W. Ganson promised that when he returned from Now York then you could find bargains in abund? ance at his store. His promise is verified as his advertisement in this issue is convincing. He exlends an invitation to you to fome any and every day in the week/* Head the prices he quotes ind see if you ever saw aoy to match them.