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Local Matters^ Miss Mamie l'oag of Edgemooi io visiting at Mrs. J LPoag'a Miss Ellio Craig of Newcut, if the guest of Mrs. J E Taylor. Horn, to Mr and Mrs. ,J I* Hackney, June 27, 1899?a daughter. Miss D( ra Flynn of New Cut, visited Miss Sallie Kiddle thif week. Mr. 1 \V Moore left yesterdaj to spend a week or so at Clove land Springs. Mr. und Mrs. S M Mathis of Yorkville, spent several days here with relatives this week. Mr. and Mrs. A P McLure have returned from a visit tc relatives at Union, S. C. Pasturage for cattle, fine grasi and good water, 50 cts per month. I. C. Clinton. See ad. of Savannah Market Co., in this issue. Correspon dence and consignments solicited. The borrower of my wir< stretcher will please return it. I. C. Clinton. E P Blakeney, Esq., of Ker shaw and T F McDow, Esq., ol Yorkvillc, attended court hert Monday. ATork is progressing rapidly on the L & C bridge across th? Catawba. Two piers are about finished and some of the iron bridge haa arrived. Application has been made foi the admission to the Asylum oi George Carlock, Jr., col., of th< Tradesville section, he having recently become demented. Will Clinton, col., was cut ir the face and struck in the hea7 with a rock m a difficulty wilt Ed Hammond, col., of Newcut, in a hack lot at this place Satur? day night. The Trustees of the TradesvilW school have secured Mr. A I Archer of Bamberg, S. C., as its teacher and will be opened on tin third Monday instant, July 17th Miss Corinna Elliott visited rel stive* at Kershaw the past week She was accompanied homo b^ Miss Eva Shute of Monroe, N. C., who will spend some tune wit! her. We received a pleasant cal yesterday from our old frienc Capt .1 Q McManus, of Kershaw The Captain is still wedded tr Lancaster and he looks forwar< with great pleasure to coming back here to live some day. Miss Mamie Mackey loft Mon day for Monroe to attend t h< marriage of Miss Lura Laney, daughter of Mr A A Laney, t< Mr K K Evans of Chesterfieb county. The marriago takei place 10-nigD! ?t tno residence ol the bride's father in Monroe. Crayon portraits, 10x20 inches, made by best artist in Chicago, from photographs of your rela tives or frends, for only #1.00, Why give your orders to foreigr agents when you can have youi pictures enlarged through me a' half the price. Call at niy stor< and see sample of work. L C PATSEUR. dune 23, 1899-3ti. Pay your sobftcripiton t< Ledger! D H Jordan & Co., have ar ranged with Mr Gooch for fre - ferriage, for the next 30 day* r across Catawba River for all per sons in Lancaster county with te bushels or more of wheat to b i ground at their roller nulls a Fort Lawn, S. C. See advertise ment. All veterai s and visitors to th State reunion of Confederal , veterans in Chester, July 20tl i and 27th, are requested to repor to J \V Reed, chairman commit tee on entertainment, as soon a ' possible, so that arrangement can be made without confusion. Attention Veterans! Lancaster Camp U. C. V., wil > meet in the court house at ' o'clock p. m., July 1st, to tians act important business. All mem i hers are urged to attend. > A. McManus, Commander. 4 Ciamblers in Trouble Will Sadler, Bud Boyd, Jo< Riddle, Dennis Colo and San Reed were caught gambling in tin : woods South of town last Sunday afternoon by Constable Conno . and Deputy Sheriff Wilson. The] had a preliminary hearing befon i Magistrate Caskey Monday morn ing and were each recommitted t< jail in default of !>ond in the sun of $200 each. f Mall Pouch Stolen. A mail pouch was found yes terday morning near the rocl crusher which had l>een cut opei r and robbed of its contents, ex * cept one package. It proved t< t be a pouch of through mail fron 1 Lancaster going toward Florida It had been stolen from the South ern depot Tuesday or Wednesday night.?Chester Lantern. ) Court Expenses. I Tne following are the expense of cjurt for the June term jus closed: i Grand Jurors, $ 76.4( 1 Petit Jurors, 94.5< i Constables, 21.0( Witnesses, 108.2i Total, $300.1J 5 Won the Iteward. r Mr Walter Cureton was th< , lucky winner of the Berry set of j fered by B C Hough ?Sc Co., t< the first person bringing in th< correct answer to the riddle ii their last advertisement. The] received answers from a numbe , of persona in the county and ad jacent towns but Mr C's was lh< j first correct answer handed in The first word in their ad. toda] is the correct answer. Look fo it find see offers in the ad A Short Term ofCourt. The court of General Session I convened here Monday morning. Judge Watts presiding. Solicitoi Henry and Stenographer McCav were at their posts. His Honor delivered no genera charge to the grund jury, tha having been done at the sprinj ( term, but explained to them bill j banded out by the Solicitor. ! The State vs. John Kich With f erspoon and .John Witherspoon, house-breaking and larceny, wai nol prosaed? mistrials having been made in this case at tw< previous trials So was the Stab vs. Tom Blackman, charged witl assault and bittery. True bills were found in i number of cases. t Horry Clinton plead guilty t< stealing cattle and was sentence* to one year on the chain gang All other cases were continued h the Fall term, and the |>otit jur; discharged Monday afternoon The grand jury made its repor ' Tuesday morning and court ud jouraed sine die. Farmer** Institute. ? There will ho a meeting of the i S Farmers Institute, to he held at . *- Lancaster, court house, the first r. Monday in July, immediately e after the public sules are over, i Business of importance to be coni ducted, a part of which is to determine at what place in tho county the Institutes will lie held this e year, subjects to be discussed, etc. e Everybody invited. Kespt, h R L Hicklin, Pres. - Attention Veterans! ? Tho Dixie Camp of Confederate a veterans will meet at the court house the first Monday in July, at 11 o'clock, a. 111., for the purpose of electing a delegate to the 1 convention to be held in Chester 1 to devise a plan for purifying the - pension roll; also to elect a soon-I ( sor to attend the reunion of veterans in Chester next month. All ] veterans who arc not members of this camp are invited to meet ' with us. W G A Porter, Commander. i Oeutli of Mr. Oarlan?l. ^ 0 Mr. Thomas Garland, an em' ployee at the cotton mills, died i* here last Friday evening, aged 7 about 4G years. Ho moved to 0 this place from Chestertielil Coun" ty. He had been confined to his "> bed only a few days. He died of 1 intussusception and suffered in- j tensely. The afternoon of his { death the physicians had gathered ] to perform an o[>eration upon! ] - him, but ho was sinking rapidly c and they saw it would be useless | i j to operate. Ho leaves his wife j - j and ton children surviving him. i His remains were iuterred at the I 1 i' new cemetery Saturday afternoon . | by the Junior Order of Mechanics ( of which ho was a member. ' | [For The Ledger. Summer Schools For Teachers. j As has l>een advertised, the ^ summer school for teachers will I : liegm here uext week, and it is to * be hoped that eycry teacher in the ' J county will attend. A good deal j ^ of trouble and expense have hoen 0 gone to by the school authorities ^ and the teachers should show , 5 . . their appreciation of it. It is j primarily for their benefit that the school is to be held?though > # 9 m f, of course in the long run it is for the benefit of the children. I . | The school is free; no expense 0 at all except for board - and even that Supt. Thompson is trying to ^ ' make arrangements to pay. So ^ r let every teacher come, unless it ( is absolutely impossible for him j B | or her to do so. The better pre*. , pared, the better equipped a teach^ I er iw, the easier it will he for that j ^ toa/iKnr r\ n I WMUUVI tu nvl a |iaj 1U^ St'lJlH'l. | j This is a material reason, it is , 1 true, hut it is a good one none the ( ' less. J UNITS. I s Lancaster, June 27, '99. I _ t FREE FERRIAGE. ! I The hnder>>igned have arranged { ^ tvith Mr (Jooch to put over all j ^ persons free of charge hringii g ^ grain to their mill in lots of ten | bushels and upwards. This is fo ? hold good for 30 days beginning 1st day of July. D. H. JORDAN & CO. * Fort Liwn, S. C. ' ?Six prisoners have escaped i 0 from the Berkeley jail. 1 ?The capacity of the cotton mill at Oreenwood is to he dou* * hied. ?The trust haa bought the Baldwin fertilizer works at Port ' Royal. , i I, V?l??bU to Womm, | Fapecially valuable to women is Rrowtu' | y ron Hitters. Hackache vanishes, headache f lisappears, strength takes the place of | weakness, and the glow of health readily I comes to the pallid cheek when this won* derfnl remedv is taken. For sickty children or ov? r?nr! - <1 men it has no equal. No home . I dionld i-r without this famous remedy. ' 1 llrow??;' I ron l itters i? sold by all dealers. : OUR CONTRA With the hi Remnants of Li We've recer Yards. Never Will Ta To dispose qi rv * k ^1 ct 41,^4 i? DI1U9 mill llcf ti thrown oil our < cents goods Ilia balance of our i price to sell it. samples, at one Bargan ffe publish h cries. 50 Law patterns, good f Ladies and Mis; See them. Farewell bar The growth of ilent, it is the r< the State. Our gre in two weeks. V iiutimer Schools For Teachers. A Summer School for the w hit eaehers of Lancaster county wil >e held in the graded school build ng at Lancaster court house ht ginning Monday, July 3d, an ontinuing one month. I)r liar ison, of Davidson College, wi! ?e the principal instructor an vill have a competent assistant. It is earnestly desired that over eaeher in the county should at end this school. No certificat >f any teacher, who fails to at end, will he renewed. Arrange nents will be made to get l>oari it reasonable prices, and it i loped it can be arranged to pa he board of teachers out of th general school fund. We sha xpect every white teacher in tli county to We on hand at theoper ng of the school, July 3d, t which time announcement will li nado as to arrangements concert n^ hoard. By order of the State Superir endent of Education. .J. H. Thompson, Supt. Ed. L. C. June 23, 1H99. fob Printing. Law Briefs, Minutes, all kin< >f Blanks. Bill and Letter Heath Envelopes, and all kinds of Jo Printing done in the hest sty I md at lowest prices. Call at Tu uF.dof.k office and see samples r ny work and get prices. HUGH WILSON, Abbeville, S. C. Press and Banner Office. REGISTRATION NOTICE. rHEPURLIC7 WILL TAKE noti< that the Registration Books wi e open, at the court house, for tii egiatr it ion of partiet* enl Itled to rei ster under the Constitution, on th at Monday in each month, until 1 laya preceding t e next general elei ion W O A PORTER. Chairman Board Regist*atIon L C Lancaster. 8 C Dec 6 1888. CI WITH 1H1 Mj II came the Notic awn and Duck at I Fed Twelve Thot Such Values. live Stock In Two iiickl^ of Remnant A *1/* /?IIIVVIllt\t ^ .1 4k! V ? V * | III counter and marl t cost from 1ft to 2 millinery, all new A lot of Sailor Hi Jialf price. is To Brac ut a few. 1.000 y n wrappers, nieelj It, worth $1 50 foi ses Corsets at quicl gain in Slippers ai our shoe business i isult of giving the at Shirt sale is stil UANS :! 4 4 TI ]\ l The Jlnswer t< " last issue remin have now in stocl y ty of time keeper c time to buy, if yoi > your share of tli '1 we are offering, i y Good Hand Lamps, 15c, 20c hi Si?:e Lamp with reflector complete, j $1.00 for 65c. 3 sots only left of t " ?5K.L what wo can <lo id our rep 1 chines, Watches and Clocks REPA1 d ti0 HONEST WORK at HON EST ! 10 or no pay. i- J B. C. Hou I " QUICK SALES [j SAVANNAH > WHOLESALE PRODUCE AND C lo ! E Foreign atul Domestic Fruits, Chickens, Nutter, Kkkh. ftg" Write for Daily quotation Special attention given t^T II Kill IKHT We are hcadquarteis for Poultry, try Produce, Fruits and ISIelons. Correspondence and Consignment '* NO. 242 \IKST IIRO.tl) S trie J 10 B. OABTOTIIA. Biair, tki yf Its lied Vw Htw Umys Tnr^1" What itnp* Nnmlfat M)I?*T Pain Pill*. ILL CLOSED!e: "no ixkst# these figures/* isand ( 152.Ufitf.ty W eeks! s of odds anl s season, hare Led down to ;1r lO cents. Tte ^oods, at am ats, Drummer1! i About. ards Lmhroid. > trimmers goad r 85 cents. 75# t-selling price*id Low Shoes, is not an acei* best values tr 1 on. Sold OOt) ^ 0 N. IB", > the riddle in us us, that U a large varies s, and that tlae n expect to get le BARGAIN s Now. i 25c, worth 25c, B5c anc -sin. 25c. Howl and Pitcher wiris. he$d.00 1^2 piece dinner air shops. Bicycles, Sewing tta~ 1 iKI> and (il 'AHANTKK1 ?. *<r 'KICKS. Satisfaction i:w;u;ur.^er o gh & Col I'KOVPl RK'IT tOG* J ARK ET CO., lOMMISSiGN MERCHANT*. l'mutoea Onion*. ivvl* etatiles, Fi?b an<i Omw. is, Shipping Tugs anti Stencils orders from the Trade. .SII *i* , Kgg and Dairy Product*, C/ows Solicited. TRBKT. 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