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Local Matters, \Y M Shannon, Ks?j , of Cain don, visited his sister, Mrs. ,J M Heath, here this week. Mrs. I) N Maekev of Heath Spring, spent Sunday with re la tives at this place. Mrs. ,J M Hardin and childicn, of Winnsboro, are visiting relatives here. There was a rat killing at Mr. li F I'rasingtnn's one day last week. 2^0 of the rodents were slaughtered. Cadets Kd (iregorv, Henry ('nip and ,1 1> Adams, students tif Clem< <..11...... I < !... rtw ! v *'ii\ <ii v ?n imuih: mi uir SuilMlKT VaCUtioil. List of letters advertised for the week ending .Line Id, .1 P Kin?r, .John Short. ' ,1 F Gregory, i* m. '' Mrs T K Cunningham went up to Van Wyek yesterday to he present this evening at the VoderHates nuptials. Miss Minnie McLarnon went to Chester Saturday in answer to a telephone message that her sister, Mrs. II P> Howie, was quite sick. Mrs. \V (.1 Adams of Rock Hill, who spent the past week with her sistei, Mrs. Frank Walker, at this place, returned home Monday. Rev, W C Kwnrt and family left Monday for a visit to relatives of Mrs. Ewart in Anderson and Abbeville counties. They w'll he gone about three weeks. Conductor R M McCrorey of the Ij Si C., an?l Mr. Chas. K Carter are spending this week with a party of gentlemen from Chester in the mountains of western North Carolina. A delightful rain which, however, did not amount to a season, fell hero Sunday night, cooling off the atmosphere, reviving vegetition and refreshing mankind. There will he n moonlight picnic at Jones' X Roads academy on Wednesday night, 21st instant. Refreshments will he served hy the ladies of Douglas church for the benefit of the church on the occasion. The public is cord:allv invited to attend. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give an ice cream festival on Friday next from p. m. to P> p. ni., in the court house i > ill II. Married, at this place, by Itov. Chalmers Frasei, Sunday la>t. Mr. (icorge Fundrrburk and MLf 11 at tie St ngner. Water Works. Water works for Lancaster, i? t lie principal topic of conversation now. It is probable that council will be asked soon to order an election on the issuing of town bonds for water works and that is why the subject is being so freely discussed hy our citizens. <)l course everybody would like tc have water works provided they do not come too high. Let us have the facts utmut the cost, and what measure of good we are to ex|>ect from the system. Lancaster ha? caught the progressive spirit ol the age and we are glad of it. VV< have no desire to put a single obstacle in the w?y of her progress but before we can advoca'e a system of water works we nmsl know the coat. If we are con vinced that the lienetita will b( commensurate with the coat tber we shall advocate water works, Will wme one give us the infor mation't Kev. >lr. Fraser Installed Pastor Pursuant to announcement, Rev Chalmers Fraser was duly inn stalled pastor of the Presbyterian ^ church at this place last Sunday , ! morning. The sermon, preached ,j hy Dr. Thorn well, fvom the t?ixt i Cicn. V. 21-.24, was j? learned and i very interesting discourse. The . < Doctor also delivered the charge I to the pastor which was replete in every particular. No less plain. I practical and appropriate was the earnust charge of Rev. Mr. Wilson ! r> to the congregation. The services . wore largely attended, the Methodist church hcing closed for the | occasi 11. At night the Presbyterian congregation united with 1 the M -tho list in services at the ' J latter church. m ?> o- ? Walked oil I lie Flat I A line horse of the F. P>. ?Sc M. Co's came near being drowned at | '(touch's ferry last Saturday after noon. Mr. M F. Jordan was , driving a pair of horses to Fort ( Lawn and at the ferry unhitched , them and led them on the flat, i On reaching ttie other hank of M i the river Mr. J., asked one of j < the ferrymen to lead one of tlie j horses out of the flat while he led ' the other. For some reason the I ferryman turned the horse loose ( ' ui'd it stopped out of the flat into ten feet water. The cheek reign 1 : . .... 1 ?v?? u|> which somewnat inter- 1 j fered with its swimming but aftei 1 going lf?0 yards down the river it 1 managed to get to the bank and ' , clamber up it. So certain was he j that it would be drowned that Mr Jordan says he would not have (given ten cents for it. >Ir. tl. W. McVVhirtcr Dies in ten M iuutes of a Hemorrhage Last Thursday, Mr. .1 \V Mc?; Whirter of this place, went to : Charlotte on the excursion. He 11 was in his usual health and it was i j therefore a grea t surprise when ' the news was received here Monday morning that he had died at I 1 a. ui., of a hemorrhage from the lungs. The Charlotte Observer of yesterday says of his death: "Sunday night he ate srpper and retired at the usual time. About o'clock Mr. Long I heard him get up and go to the back porch and get a drink of water. About 1 o'clock he heard I him go to the front door, unlock it. and go out on the -front porch. A minute after, he called Mr. Long. The latter went to him, i and found him in a half-sitting < posture in one corner of the porch, and the blood gushing from his mouth. Mr. Long helped him to a chair, and in ten minutes he was ' | dead. The hemorrhage had killed i him. I Mr. Long summoned assistance and took the body in the hotis". Yesterday morning it was removed to Messrs. J M Harry & Co's., 1 and placed in a handsome cask t awaiting the arrival of relatives.'* j John \V. McWhirter was born in Union, S. and was about hJ or *1 years old. lleforo the war he wus an over e ;r mi the farm and of the force of hinds' that graded the Charlotte, Colum-! I)ia cNL Augusta Railroad. He was | 1 engineer on the lirst train that ran ' i into the city on this road, about | i WJ. When the war liroke out 1 he on lifted in Hampton's Legion* and made a gallant soldier. Ho was taken prisoner and sent to Camp ( h t-c. 11?* escaped and made his way hack to the ( onJ federate linos,fmd fought through ' , I the rest of the war. He was brave and dauntless. After the war, he returned to his farm in South Carolina, on the 1'acolet river. He came to Charlotte in 1S70, and engaged in the 5 grocery business on Trade street, p Later he sold out to W. H. II. Houston, and represented him : s salesman. He then embarked in ' the whiskey business, and in this, - as in his other business, made 5 money. t After selling out his business . here, Mr. McWhirter wont back ) to South Carolina, living at Lani caster. He had not been a resi , dent of Charlotte for three or - four years, but came hereon visits occasionally, to Mr. Long, they / having joint property interest. Mr. MeWhirter leaves an estate ^ trained at if IS, 000. He hud $7. p >')0 worth of property here, and gj the rest in Lancaster, S. C. lie was strictly honest in all his dealings, generous to those who needed help, and candid and open. His surviving relatives are: Mr. A. d. MeWhirter, an own brother, of Harmony Grove, Ga., and Messrs. Geo. W. and C. C. MeWhirter, of Newberry, S. half brothers. Mr. A. ?J. Me Whirter arrived here last night md will take the lemains to liar- ** nony Grove this morning for jurial. The jury in the case of Mrs. Mattie A I lushes at Greenville, charged with the murder of her "? lusband, failed to agree and a mistrial was ordered. This is the second mistrial in this noted ease. Ilelrgsitcs t o I>istrlct < 'ont'erein-e. \t the dd quarterly meeting for Lancaster station, held la-t Krid-iy night, Maj. .1 M Kiddle md K K Allison, Esq., were elected delegates to the District conference which meets at Kock Hill next month. Messrs. W 11 Uampbell and W 11 Heed were elected alternates. i ?. 'i t........ ? The lecture by Rev. .1 II Thorn- * V Q well, D. D., ut the court house Friday night, whs u rare treat to! .? those who were so fortunate as to hear it. The speaker was intiotluced by Maj. 15 F Miller, and for [iver an hour held the close attention of his audience. His subject was '-What a Country Parson saw II Across the Water." But before describing what he saw across ti e water the Doctor, in his inimitable { style, gave his hearers a lusting' impression of how he fki.t in j " crossing. lie said, sea sickness, ! ?-|i at tirst, made one afraid that death ? would come but in the latter stages, (I it inspired the fear that death would not come. The Doctor was " a delegate to the Pan Presbyterian Alliance that met in Kdinboro a few years ago. During his two ^ months' stay he visited Glasgow, London and other F.uropenn cities, ^ < and has a vivid recollection of everything he saw. While in London he visited the British Museum, ^ the Houses of Parliament, West- 1 minister Abbey and made the trip to Windsor Castle. lie saw Queen Victoria, arrayed not in royal J robes and wielding a scepter, but adorned in a inotlicrdiubbnrd attending to her flowers. While in Scotfand the Doctor was -hown much attention by the nobility, being called upon to make several addresses. He touched on the manners and customs of the peo [tie showing wherein they dillorid from ours. dironlc Dyspepsia Cured.' I ' p id FTFR suffering for nearly thirty yoara from dyspepsia, Mrs. H. E. Pugdale, wife of a prominent business man of Warsaw. N. Y., writes: "For 28 years, I was a constant aulTerer from dyspepsia and a weaK stomach. The lightest food produced distress, causing severe pain and the formation of gas. No matter how careful of my diet I suffered agonizing paiu after eating g | I was treated by many physicians and tried numerous remedies without permanent help. Two years ago I began taking Dr. Miles' Nerve and Liver rills and Nervine. Within a week I commenced improving, and persisting In the treatment 1 was soon able to eat what 1 liked, with no evil effects I keep them at hand and a single dose dispels symptoms." ! Dr. Miles' Remedies HR^ Dt* are sold by all drug- Hv gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle K.n6TVinft 3 benefits or money re- Kg. fllartcrsia jB fsnded. Book on dls- K* Cfl asses of tha heart and I nerves free. Address, KHhIHI DE. MILES MEDICAL <W>. Elkhart- lad. | GREA OF ME -CANSON'S ?. MJMIFKT9 fflK. o T T1 iM SI ] cr<~ -c:rt- .?*- - *?? ?!? nut EU A R D fl liM UIVL llHnilU?! GUAGE -C3-.-S*?? :< 1600 Shirts at town. Ktmarka lis paper we will ill he loaded witl 5 cents, $1.00 an lem oil'at 25 cent rices are a mere le Summer Good here jou can do Think ot it. 7 ct ndia Linen. Yoi ards sold in one < WHAT A FORT Yard-wide Duck Remnant. good 1400 yards yard-wide Percals, s for 5 cents. j000 yards Sea Island Remnant" 1250 yards heavy ('ottonade P.u at 0 cents. \VK DON'T WAIT FOR TIIK Fancy < )r??andy, a few pieces J00 Summer ('orset>, guarantee -- We Havs Mi Neat Figured Molio's Skirts, going at 00 cents. Figured Silk Skirts m the lat their equal at *.*>. .*><>. A Beautiful Sto< les, white ami hi; 100 Men's Suit!It is w eek red hot w. N. B. Another ^adies Slippers ju T SELLI ,N'S SHIR > BIG PUR( HBHHKiBjmvirsxrn RERS' ENTIRE MM Ell SHIRTS -C2<- .,** -03Sfc: |'| -c: -?r*-. -o.:?t our own Pi ice f ble Values. Wli do in this Store i these SHIRTS id $ 1.25 goods, ts. 45 cents and (> fraction oftlieir v Is. look at them half as well. Yd Mits for 40~inch i can't match at I lay. RUSH HE REM? I Patterns, cents yard. iiitnmer patterns, the l.*> cents <jnaiit > for cents a yard, uts Cloth, what culled Seconds, < ! SI MMK1! T< > PASS. We cut and slightly imperfect, vours for a niekl d, tnade like the dollar corset, your? ) f peciai Skin B nicely made, full width, lined and h est circular glare, for S-.*,n. ^ on ik of Parasols u i ick. i and 2o(f pair p; from auction. G ANS new lot of Doug I st come. NG :TS. -M }HASE?< STOCK OF m X f-V : -> V* fe/ '~ v G #" fl-> * * -> J < t'y-y.A^ "-iw-iL v> / * 1jf ^ V - ?3 >. ..J5 ..J- ft - - CXs c III I mil i Ill MHHi , -?x?-->;:? -02 -c or the Money iat we say in . 3 Counters 5. They are We will rush 5 cents. Our rortli. Anions i. then think ut'll buy here. finest sheer 15 cents. 450 HANTS' y, yours while they nre here leap lit 15 cents, jjoing fas / slash 1'rices now . I cent e a yar?l. > for 15 cents. largains. -onnil, worth * 1.5<?. t;" <i Ik' in luck lo tin.I k th daintv han?r ) nits to arrive i\ TVT U 11 . las Shoes and