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i-'Mi' AM) M AN a i k k. I KDITOtt AND MAHWOER. j V-\r.M.?AV, TITLV 20, 1899 L ' r wkpnksi*\V, .H'IjV 269'1899. 'K; which ' "' w,'(L'bii?g ?f .hP .v?i fijr.-iwfeVh convention hold * . it. Vna Dlu. wWr " 1 * no,>uiaU'ftUSaf^,^ith0ffeo?HfC WOI,,S ? ma. ?D :8<^?SftTf\^a?rn\eont}&nQ Car?^ I tho ?AWMt k%!k-mW{'lkiS$ ^ lcarn v ,KI)' i? S,\W 1 #lin Wkr^r/f1* cam" o- 4.nte is Prov' I mt-tN.r-m. ^ the (,ne f n good work , n.p^w ^1,\iP^Miw',ole ,um|1- t SUmmor < -h-u most iSWaO(^ian'?be,Hsu\n-vlri^S mone3' 1 >? : fr?? " VJ.Sft .^1^(1?itl'lhe sum- ( erUhdWfi.lfg'fomp. on]y want wn: T!U \xb\U(}cth)W k^l-lM?? mi>' l)ut to ' The -ifat'* raise the whole loaf at home.? ( 'HieState. *' ' ^ and \\ iter" iPon'Fract" 'u. ^ \ ,,lagh^ and Water Contract , 1 ! ? A warded, j ' \ j Cl l * e Oh-vrror. i < Special -.to The Observer. ' . J2.?Aloore & a , > :Hwwt:*^>o/#itetoR?-nr^,CK>ro & ' were the sin bidders for j cK-:'ie lis.'htt,M,nUft^r^in lho ! )1lu s. TnefViGtrfe ^^ .^n^ Water works i -work to i>ei)lWte|)l?ttft^EiHjiipfl2l.3?4r,0? tbo moires work to he completed in six < .. r Co; months. j . ( [For Thft RefTgeiTp? "Tank" Items. rF'>r|The Ledger. ''Tank" Items. ' Mrs. Lott:e 1 i (rreen aud grant!- Gt dai.jrl.ter, Mi ss . ?ran(1- 1 vrho have beoffa^VMg Lee Shaw? and friends at^feft tyi'&.bP#hrX&!Upg re,atives to their hodJB(l Kittl^HVVvret,,rn?d ' Thur.^Uiv last^inS?^ tte'Plgr^j Hiah( Pvil,e? of ail who kneP\W/j$?y 'ast' wuenj^..tho regret Miss Hessid'fMlis^'ihn^ta^ attain from an eM^d<Ses^if%4?y is at home ?wlejisant places11^$8ufiftferic" vlsit to She and her county. I 'TA$.? "anilriJpera/a^!i%r! 8l)eDt Wed gnitrr and viol^^tee'^an' ttn(l as the unite a?to'i?ftlril|X*0,'n werb't'in tune'' Several of a!j<la-v >ovs crossed the ?\ W? 'teighborhood 'iv: vi)ce, t)^ L^aWha, a few T!1oiidi^,i^ncfrfC9J?heb.e?u>beir "best ><>\d j^fcre, IkVWNTl'y faces ,)e' luek(r) spoke untold pleasure, and good ' rN M *j &&^fcj[>ent thejpast 1 hti h '.eA^tV,, t?e^ fitJL>Dt tll? ,)Hst few days with her aoty. Mr J L Mis.! oaaie tt&lltin is isityigI. t. . -o.x' "> C oe ITiekjlin is visiting -a-t 'J lu. ,j./f;0,^l^ife^ffnVd(),,^ty/r-?c> the river, F^Wlnjft wWle coming dr H - i\;:^'nU)|^^vyh^' ^ $ Tillman, riliman with felo^ed1^1^ *"<? Mr Frank > . : .- (TUkjmUjN^t^ ^imc colored men, from :i storm j-eing greater * iitt14 h #rklfe'n ?hoy1? electricity ' f .i under ,,1C rftin< lheY ?r b an : H^,H,,or treos 'it tr- es v.,.-,JAWi %%(i^ iifitantly, the ng, frighter inU^r w|^is^ruek by ligbt?ftdly, and stojMWg fi^d^j/r la florae very I nightly. May Hltf'do ftji/fhihg^' Mr Perry ' at* always, in^jftfof-Jify, ^i^el^yS*080 fort?' Mr Keubin (iV^(Sjc(facal$1g danger -' v olurrjo . ^V-W.9 Che8ter 1 ^ ! i<> ffftyiltJWelurned Iiom# Wednesdav -rinin yifiWW1 ftdrfr'WVflfi'* si-Ic' ' ith ^nan. not far mm a 'very co'urlJH?Vn<f.wnt H0|?tty Saturday, to M.-.^es Iriui** m \ '' of Kershaw are (*ilbsio Hough .. r-' fr e; .-pending some v<* wiuit Ridge, t h ; yM i,ne!( Mfe^ir^^at^our.tJr man took u v&iK?d. 'n< 1 y out horso back riding and lie ' * ' what y^F^findy didn't I % -oed e parasol, T$?R*nJf4,,n? Ia<1>' (,i(l?'t vith a e 'ain walking street f Lancalrii? {W?I&W. on the oer :>ig bat. streets of Lancaster^ because of vjuesg what yohfi% Viir^&bJe a ' 4 KmH from a young IWW?^^t^i|ngSHm stole a *AH, accidentall^i^W^ft wpg la|y while she -ustic sent in the HWhn ^gHrntull>^ doping on a The Clouds are (nodjn light. nrntinH Tl.? .1 i- ... I.tiL.t. - .. > ? - nm uiwuun me |NlUVrillK tlllCKiy O, Joy! if it would r?!n,around, I ? be crope would reJoU^ jqft! Jfi# WtfJd raW. coming .?ouu<ffhe crope would i>Joi(^i at the welAt 1 f art to gr>wluff ugortintng found & KErhKCTOR. ' : IIM ! I<i>r ?. I.I mmm rn* | For The Ledger. Kershaw Items. Mr. Editor : ? We are very dry n this section. Crops are beginling to sufVer badly in conse pience of the protracted drought. ?orty year old farmers say that ve have had less rain since April Ijau they ever knew. We haven't lad enough rain in a great many cctions to run the water in the lillside ditches since the crops vero pla: ted. )ur town is still booming. Dr. Inilo and his brother-in-law,Har y Reece, broko ground for three nore handsome brick buildings his morning on their vacant lots in Main Street, South of C O Lloyd's Drug Store. Mr Adams if Rock Hill is the contractor. The old soldiers aro gathering ip their haversacks, and brushing ip their old uniforms preparatory .() boarding the train for Chester o the reunion tomorrow and Wedlesday. This Camp has resolved o lto via Rock llill City as they :ould not get cheaper rates on the >ther road. It would have been \ big advertisement for the owners of the C. N. G. R. K. to have given free tickets to the old broken down soldiers who were anxious to attend the reunion. W K Williams,the model farm er of this section, has the best cotton and the prettiest boy baby in the county. Tom Beattie has the finest patch of goober j>eas 1 have seen. A K Rollings has 5o acres sowed in the wonderful pea. J. U. Horton has the next largest crop. Mr Claude Cauthen has been promoted chief clerk in Dr .J E W Haile's drug store M iss Daisy Hucy has not taken her summer vacation as yet. CoNFF.D. Kershaw, .July 24, 1899. Tirzah Bible society. Tirzah Bible Society will hold its 42d annual meeting at Tirzah Church on the last Saturday of July, 29th inst., at 10 o'clock a. m. Rev .1 L Oats is exjiected to deliver the annual address. Ministers of the Gospel and friends of the Bible are invited to attend. In Gatfuey the Baptists are building a $10,000 church. fiiiflB" i tvt? 1 f see a snow f | Storm in i J We never did; but we have r seen the clothing at this time ? jj of the year so covered with A J dandruff that it looked as if it W OT had been out in a regular snowJ No need of this snowstorm. J V As the summer sun would E?' Jj melt the falling snow so will B ip ?i j/ltijvy 5 | I ?lp? jj melt these flakes of dandniff in f fij the scalp. It goes further than m J this: it prevents their formation. & ^ It has still other propcrtic-: W A it will restore color to gray hair p J in just ten times out of every K ^ ten cases. W And it does even more: it m I feeds and nourishes the roots I A of the hair. Thin hair becomes W A thick hair; and short hair be- L J comes long hair. ^ We have a book on the Hair W A and Scalp, ft is yours, for the L It you do not obtain nil thn hnnnlln V M you ox pec tod from Die u?e of tho Visor, & H wii> the doctor ul?>ut it. Probably V * thorn I* (omn difficulty with your gen- K oral irsum v ii umy tie easily re- B B mortif Add rest, w M DK J. C. AVER, I,owelt, Mm. ^ . . ? * .?? i i -J* ^ *r "^. f ^ ^ .. 1\ ^ | GRAr y) A ^ Our 6^n(Sr A MUlif a * # $ OUR BAR OA Vf: y) A v V ^ "TS 91 > r I ll() m 0 M V hove ? w/fwi !^?? Good ns lit S f noter Lusk] k^i .Just received, find put on stih ^vnice, new, clean goods, West sty L yiworth 10 ctw and wo consider t jP'seen. You canuot atTord to niif % - BSC X 25 dozen white Unlaundied S 1 union linen bosom, cast-iron no jTfrom 15c to 50c. Extra good i jprice 35c. A real good halhrij H' SPLENDIi ; ^ Thin Coats and Vests in alpat N^young men ; prices cheaper thu v ^worsted Suits at if a in round ar ' \rsizo is sold. )( AND THt Xf Arc nearly gone. COMEQ ^they last?the 20 cents kind. <> THE CM \A . At right Prices. We cannot I\'y^advertising for us ours tli* <-oi Xbroideries and narrow Laces ; | ! ?, I jr Our only terms in the 4 . "Vjoods. Yours, for bargains I'A wy | larutarv & V S IIIllll I d ill II Laii VGL : * Z ><T ^ j "m ar w ? s tr u m u arMa j s nuivoriD rw? I'M I MU'l'l > K.s. Cavalry to l?e More Generally Used. Buying the Stock. Chicago, July 23.? War department orders were received at Fort Sheridan tod iv to place L troops, Third cavalry, in immediate readiness for active service in tho Philippines. The same dispatch announce tho ndmini-trdtion's purpose to use cavalry more freely in the fail campaign. VI a j .lames B Avlcshirc, who purchased the government's avalry horsCH for the Spanish-Amciican war, has instructions to buy 3,000 animals. He will look to the Chicago market first, and then, it is said, a selection will he made of Texas ponies, calculated to endure the tropical climate. The drove will he shipped to ! Seattle and embarked on n fleet of '16 transports, which will sail for Manila, via the Alutian islands, Alaska, and Naisiki, Japan. The idea of tho roundalK>ut trip is to give the horses intervals of rest. Troop commauders at Fort Sheriden state that the chosen route solves the problem of success fuI transit of horses to tho eastei n hemisphere. ? ? . , .11 ^ J* y>- +r mm ^ ||f|| <D CLEAR JMMER *? l/isne of Sitift , COST Xot Vi T?r RUNFTJY RT,T - ' - - .14 J. I A I ?- ZvAa A -V. AA A, n t h b a /> r. i f ^ j i| ? ^ ' s F * ; % * 11?.4 % ' , \ b i 'l. k U i/ * ?/ <i i \ b ? *>BS<I! apprec t " e advertise 'presented, I Deal, Beitei e at r>2 i ts per yard, ii,550 yards It's, in plaids, checks, stripes an hem at fijfets to he the host mercl >s this chance. ; SH5RT VAL ihirts, host 5<?c shirt on the mark islin body?yours for 3sc. Men negligee shirts, attached collar an ;on shirt for Its cents. > summer c as, mohairs, sicillians, screes air ,11 anybody's?goods better. Ar i<i square sacks. Only !)!! suits t QSE FINE OS I'ICK : we cannot get any more S05CES7 Ml! speak too highly of this deparln rrect style and the lowest price, iriees very cheap. Hargain Annex'* is Sl'OT C'ASI and fair dealing, piUM1 nsti! II n0 itisii ii c a s t e i i** ^ ^ y ^ ^K ^ ci r? d r a i v m v ? m m v m iTIili ITM.Yft J ill1 It M (-E Ml-WEEKLY ) ; Til!! UMJISTI!!! Ll Olili (*EtU-AV EEKLY ; I totli I *r5.ptit*w ONE V Ei j -For $2.| Must l>o paid for in ADVANC Fub cribo Now. I l it" Journal is u largo pnp? and beside.4 being a general nov paper with various departmen it has n H]>oeial Agricultural 1 j partmcnt with more reading 1 , farmers thin many exclusively a ricultural papers, then it con twice n week. Sample copy sent ou a plication. ii mti wllb too whrtftar yon ponltnnr narrp-kl.lmff lobars hol.it. IIITO IIAr^V rtim.m iiie <leairr for tohao. o. nilh ^<T nut narT..u?dta?raaa flna, purtAaa ^ ^l^P^yoar ila t,'I ? r^/oT ?uix'?n" ! i ^ ^ .-*y ^ /Ti. i ^ ^ ^ ^ I J ;ANCE f SALE. -1 \f t (A fc imer C*oods Y i uusidered. V A < A ' YE ! E G A IKS. X, V> i os6 to Ileal Bar-$ ? sate the faetthafA ?m/ Everythi\ i\ r Than Ever. $'< ^ i i satin finish Ducks, 150 inches wide, v#1 d bias efTocts. 1 hcse goods areA aandise for the money wc have evert ^ A < UES. - X et, reinforced front and hack, finejC ; i's and hoys' colored negligee shirt*: J i d tie to match, good at 50c, our ? SLOTHING. SI d drap o-te; nohhy serge coats for?^ lot her lot of those fine black elay^T his time. Come quick before your A 1 '.CANDIES % at the price. Only SJ cents wh'leV/ ' A ' LLINERY. X if i icnt. Our patrons are doing theA , .lust received a big job in Enuyy { A | I. and please don't ask us to chargey^ ' M ( rrrii'ii On. i p, s. c. $ ' if ^ ^ ~ ^ /* <*.>4.yrGjJRv, ' J %}) j 0 ' , CHESTER ?. MACHINE. |AND LUMBER COMPANY. CHESTED, S. O. j' " ?._L i VHtB ^,u> Ohe-ler Machine Co. and li. M. Sprat' V to, have consolidated the t wo p in t?, aj <1 tiow ready to rumitdi 1 for | ?ri>tl ii g in tlio Machine and l.umliot |(T. lire-, with it well equipped V undrv I tiii ! Machine Hhop, ?ud Door, Haah j, 'cs IMod Kac'ory rur facilities art in rjualled in thin pari of the Slate 1 p? REAPERS MOW ERS, THRESH BUS, GINS ENGINES SA vV MILL*. J ? , IIAV AND COITON PRESSES. J HARROWS, CASIINGS, KIC ALSO P SECOND HAND MACHINERV. ? MT Mills complete for Dwellli.gn. 1 jgj 8t'?re Rooms. etc. Bend uh lint of your wanta, and we will answer by flSJ return mall Reepectfullv, r x CHESTER MACHINE k i * LUMBER COMPANY. ; No morphine or opium In Dr. M line* P a is , Pilu. Coaa All Pain. "Ooe oent a dom." 1 t/v/ a. u 1% f* l* 11 * Local Mailers. Prof Cunningham of Rock Hill, ras in town Monday. Mr It H Ferguson, a prominent lerchant and farmer of Wylie's aill, was in town Monday. Rov Allen Macfarlan is conlucting a protracted meeting at lopewoll church this week. Mr Chas E Carter left Satur lay or Spartanburg to accept a posiion with tho Free Lance, one of Spartanburg's sprightly newstapers. Mr .John CJ Chafeo of Augusta, ia., is spending spvoral days at his plac?, the guest of Mr E C Secrest. "Mollie," the tine milk^cow of Sir W Ganson, died last Saturday norning. She had a record of ;;x gallons of milk j)er day. For Sale ! A tine, puro O. I. C. lonr. Apply at Ledger Office or vrite I> N Maekey, Heath Springs. Yesterday was tho beginning of log days. It rained and, accordng to tho old saying, wo may expect rain for about 40 days. Mr. Truesdol and Miss Barticld if Korshaw county visited Jador Wilson and family this week. Miss Dunlap of Rock Ilill is the yuest of Miss Eloise Foster at .his place. Mrs L J Massey and children ire visiting relatives in Lancaster. ?Fort Mill Times. There will be services in the Epincopal church next Sunday at 11 o'clock, a m, and 6:30 p m, jonducted by the Rev. .1 YV Can:ey Johnson. The Holy Comnunion will bo celebrated at the norning service. Tho Bethel school in tho Sapp icighborhood, at Bethel church, vill begin August 1st, and run levon months. It will lie taught by Hon C A I'lylor, whoso quali icaiions and experience assure its jxcellcnt success. The Tabernacle school at Taberlaclo church will open August 1st, ind run seven months. The rustees aro corresponding with a foung man whom they hope to lecuro as teacher. Owing to the continued sickness >f the principal, Mr M J Green, [he Jones X Roads Academy will lot resume its exercises on the list, inst as was anticipated, but sill open on Monday Aug. 8th. Patrons are requested to send in promptly in order that all students nay bo properly examined and ;1 ossified. A fine milk-cow belonging to Mr A .1 Clark, got entangled in ler chain and fell, breaking ono if her legs lad Sunday night, -ffie had to be killed. There will l>c a meeting of the Douglass Alliance Saturday July the 2hth at 2 o'clock p. m. AH >f the nieml?erahip are earnestly requested to he present. lkotlrku. The Kershaw county teachers Summer school opened Wednesday ast at Camden with I'rof L T [taker, Supt of the Lancaster graded schools, in charge. Miss Sarah Chandlea of Spartanburg, s his assistant. Miss Kate L Blue, sister of the gallant Lieut Victor Blue, U S N, ponsor of ('amp Marion, U C V, vill attend the reunion of Con* ?derate veterans at Chester on he 25th inst.