University of South Carolina Libraries
THE LEDGER. Tliurlow S. Cartel EDITOR ANI) MANAGER. WEDNESDAY, SE ITEM HER 20, 18? Oeath of Mr. Claude Beckham. We regret to learn of the deal of Mr. Claude A. Beckham, prominent young farmer of tl Van Wyck section, which occ.i red last Friday night from a co gostive chill. Mr. Beckham w m town tho Saturday prior to t death, looking the picture health. lie went home that aftc noon and shortly afterwards h a congestive chill. He got ve much better, but on Fridav / %/ had a se<*oiif 1 chill and thou, everything was done by the i tending physician thut could I he expired shortly before 1 o'clo thut night. Ho wa8 about years of age and was an excollt young man, being a member the Methodist church. Ho lea\ a wife and one child who have t deepest sympathy of their ma friends in their sore bereavemei His remains were interred Camp Creek church Saturday ? ternoon byQCedar Camp W. W., of which fraternity he was worthy member. Married. Married, at Fishing Cre church in Choster county, at 5 tn., on Sunday last, by Kev. M Willson of Ricbburg, Mrs. Emt Fincher, widow of the late J. ] Fincber, and daughter of Mr. Y J. Long of this place, and M W. T. Ligon, postmaster at Hie! lin's, S. C. A large crowd wi nessed the interesting ceremon after which u few relatives at friends repaired with the hri< and groom to the home of tl groom whoro an excellent weddii supper was greatly enjoyed. M and Mrs. Ligon have the be wishes of their many friends. A Well-to do Colored Man lluri etl Out. On Sunday night last the res dcnce of Jasper Cunningham, thrifty and well-to-do co'ort man, about one and a half rail west of town was destroyed I tire, together with most of h furniture and a quantity of su| plies be had taken home Saturdt afternoon before for his plant tion. The tire originated about o'clock, ai d when discore ei tl flames were issuing from the roi * at one end- It is thought to ha\ originated in the garret from rai and matches. Jasper and h family, except a half grown sc who was left in charge of tl house, were in town attendin preaching. The boy was aslet upstairs and it wbh with difficult he was gotten from the buildingthose first to arrive at the seer not knowing anyono was in tf building. It was not until the had pitched the betiding and thinj in Jasper's room out that sort one ran up stairs and discovert him asleep. The building was large two-story, eight-room on< and bad recently been repainte* Jasper's loss is folly $3,000 c $3,500 with about $1,400 insui ance on building and furnituri He has the sympathy qf everyor in his misfortune, for he is quiet, peaceable,respectful darke and has accumulated a goc property by hard blow. K $55,000 Mill for York. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 16.The secretary of state receive an application today for a chart* for a company which proposes t erect a $55,000 cotton mill i Hickory Grove, in York count) *v\ [For The Ledger. VAN WYCK ITEMS. i ? The fleecy Btaple is being gathered rapidly and the hum of the gins is heard from morning till night. The crop will bo about ~ half the usual yield, and at some places more than half already ^ gathered. The early picking is a being marketed as fast as it is 116 ready, notwithstanding the probability of higher prices. Upland n" corn is poor but low lands are ^ pretty good and the yield will be 118 satisfactory if they can bo gathered before an overflow. !r" We have not heard much talk of sowing grain. Seed wheat and ry oats are scarce and the poor yield of the last crop has somewhat r*1 discouraged the farmer in grain growing. However, wo hope to )e> see our farmers give a greater c* diversity of farm products. Two 3** much cotton has already destroyed >nt farrn properity and dissatisfied the farmer and caused him to leave res his farm to be tenanted out to the h0 thriftless from whom but little ny prosperity can he expected. There are several candidates a* for the office of census enumerator "" for Waxhaw Township. They have their petitions in circulation, a but at present, we do not know who has the longest pole, or which one will get the coon. Mrs ?J M Smith of Waxhaw has been visiting her friends and relaP* tivea around her old home. She 'r* ig looking well and pleased with na city life. Mrs Dr Massey of Hock Hill and Mra Withers of Georgia are r* visiting Mrs J N Nisbet and family. * Miss Carrie McManus has a y* position with her brothers, Messrs K* S H McManus & Co, in their *e store at Van Wyck. ae The Fourth Quarterly Conference for Van Wyck charge r* was held at Belair church last Saturday. The attendance was small and the tinancisl report not up for a fourth quarter. Per* n~ haps the fifth quarter will make a ,j better showing. Cedar Camp, W O W will meet Thursday night, at its usual forest in Van Wyck, to transact some es J ' important business, and every j member should lie present. There will be several new members present to receive the protection degree. Cedar Camp has been ^ steadiW and some times rapidly ie ?row'ng? until it has become the rjf strongest camp in Lancaster county and one among the best in the State. It fcas been very fortunate in it membership, but was called upon last Saturday to lay to reRt ie one of its members. Sovereign (y A Roo lr Kn m Ua/1 ^ vy A^vvauiauj uuu i;\ Oil U> UIOUJUIT but a few months when death laid y his cold icy fingers upon him, and _ removed our brother from the cares of this life. But how fortu16 J0 nate that he thought of placing a protection for his family in the Woodmen of the World, and put 5 the thought into execution. He )(j placed a policy for one thousand u dollars for the benefit of his wife and children a few months ago l' and now that his strong arm i6 stilled in death, he had the satisfaction to know when ho had to 0 yield to the inevitable, he had je leit to his loved ones, some help for their protection against a cold, ft heartless world. The ramp escorted his remains to Camp Creek church where they were laid to rest by the side of loved ones?by the funeral ceremony of the Wood men of the World. At an early day the Woodmen will erect a . hundred dollar monument at his K1 grave, which will l>e a silent watchman over a worthy Sovereign, but will speak to those who pass by r of some of the merits of the noble order of Woodcraft. M OPTIMUS. ?Jj T* Car* Coast Ipatlon r*r?T?r. Tak* Caacaieu Candy Cathartic. Me or Mo, If C C. C. fall to ear*, drug*tat* raft*4 aaoooy. The tent meeting conducted by Rev. R. A. Yongue, agisted by tho evangelists, Messrs. Leitch and Marshall, came to a close Sunday night after a duration of two weeks. As a result of the meeting there are 58 candidates for church membership. Of these three are for tho Presbyterian church, eleven for tho Baptist and 44 for the Methodist church. Something over two hundred dol lars were contributed during the meeting Of this amount Messrs. Leitch and Marshall received $ 150 the balance being required for expenses. It was one of the most successful, if not the most successful, meeting over held here.? Fort Mill Times. A local paper published a long obituary of a man who had died in the community, closing with the statement that "a long pro cession of people followed the remains to their last roasting place." The family read the notice and discorored the supposed error and asked tho editor to make a cor rectiun in the word "roasting" but bo 6aid he could not do it un til seven years back subscription had been paid.?Exchange. NEA T FAILED TO SETTLE. His Lawyera Appeared and Argued but Offered no Money. Special to Greenville News. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 15.? This was the day set for a settle-1 ment by Colonel Neal of his balance due the State. He came and i went without settling. He sent Lawyers Nelson, Boegs and Prince and with them Chairman Stevenson and Miller for the bondsmen, land they had a long talk with Ati torney General Bellinger. It was ' all talk and no money. They got to arguing as to who would have to pay the losses of the State and what was chargeable to one and the other, and nothing was done, j Mr. Bellinger, entered criminal suit and gave notice that there would be no further delay in entering against the bondsmen, he having held back on the promise that a settlement would be made today. I He said he would have credited the account with whatever was paid and no more. John Gary Evans Will Pay. Special to the Daily News. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 15.? John Gary Evans was here today to settle what he was alleged to be due the penitentiary. Ho insisted on an itemized statement as he doubts the accuracy of the bill. Dismissed for Lack of Evidence as to Poisoning. Special to The State. Darlington, Sept 16.?Tho case of Mrs Lou Kelloy and Arthur Atkinson, charged with attempting to poison Mrs Kolley'g hus j band, was tried before Magistrate , VV K Bel! at Hartsville yesterday, and the case was dismissed, the magistrate holding that there was I not suficient evidence to warrant him in committing the defendants | to jail. It was claimed that Jim Kelley had bought the poison and had tried to get his son to jput it into Mrs Kelley's snutf some time before the alleged attempt to WOKKINO XIOUT AND I UAY \". The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever made is Drifting's New Life Pills. Kvery all is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, Mstlessness into twergy, brain- fag into mental power. Thoy're woBderful ih building up the heath. Only 25c per box. Bold by Crawford Bros'. | ' | * ^JS' I - lioiiil Iliiii; i BUT THEY C 5 Think of It! A 50 cents .lea X Itave one hunt! X $3 pants, \m X $1 so. V $.2 pants, wci jy $1. About lift *2 Sold 47 pairs i Q $ I 50 pants, A at 75 cents. A A (( % Come a runn % i y SHIRTS AT BARGAINS ! y Good Cheviotte work Shirts, hi Best Buckskin Twills at 2.1! t Struck it Righ y TKN THOUSAND YARDS, at Bennies on the market at 10 ce I 5 an % ALL THES 7 * Such as Organdies, Lawns V Real nice White Goods in plaid price 7$ cents. 8 - LITTLE G f\ The l>est on earth for the t A solo agents for this great line o Btiy good Shoes and save monc A , , L 15?? Many good values wc stores and you will find the grei motto : "Underbuy, Underset I- tors' lia ?-Lane Net Results of the Darien Riots. Guyton, Ga., Sept 16?The Darien riot cases were called up ^ today by the Effingham court. * Edward Delogal was convicted as 11 accessory in the murder of Deputy ? Sheriff Townsend of Darien and i I *. sentenced to life imprisonment. I * Malinda Delegal, his mother, jr( indicted under the same charge, 8 was acquitted. A summary of ^ the riot tiials shows Henry Dele- R gal, for criminal assault, acquitted; John and Edward Delegal, for murder, sentenced to the ^ penitentiary for life, and 28 a rioters sentenced to various terms a of imprisonment. b _ _ a ii Charleston Quarantined. h n (i Charleston, S. C., Sept. 16.? tl The board of health of this city r today established a quarantine h against all places infected with 8 yellow fever. The railroads were ^ notified of the action taken and h means will be taken to enforce I the regulations. S >C XZ $ While IM o ANNOT LAST LO TW FY A IF Tf X JUJLJLi} JL %L\^ JLxJLS JL> v o Staple Goods at I o ii Pants now at 2.1 re<l nairs now nil Ii B ? ~ irsteds and cassimi rsted and cassime y pairs of these tw< 11 two days, all wool and wool i 1 in' " If You Want ny of These Goot Formerly 50, fiO and 75 cents, all mar aavy and strong, only 20 cents?tbo 35 cents, worth 40 cents T PERCALES tl Again I tors sick all over id the first shipment just in?heaviest, nts. We sell them at d 3-4 cen E GOODS VERY CI , Muslins, Nuinsooks, India Linens and s and stripes and plain. India Linen 1IANT SCHOOL SH noney. Every pair warranted to give ; f Children's Shoes, and have now a cor >y> cannot mention, but call on us and utest collection of bargains you have eve I. Of the people, for the people, first, nUn? aid Dm ;aster,^ i a " n lyri Henry Gardner Hanged Twice. 011 Mobile, \la, Sept 15?Henry rardnor, a negro, 18 years eld, as hanged here today for assault' A A ig a white girl under ten years A H f age The crime was commit- m id last Juno. When the trap lj ill Gardner's weight snapped the ope and he fell heavily to the round. Twenty minutes later I e wbh again led to the gallows Th# nd executed. Ppratt m M two p' Hit A V K M RCN FALL iidm,' Victims to stomach, liyer and idney troubles as well as women, umqui nd all feel the results in loss of KKAI ppotite, poisons in the blood, j ackache, nervousness, headache nd tired, listless, run down feel- jjaY lg. But there's no need to feel HAi ke that. Listen to J W Garder, Idaville, Ind. lie says: , 'Electric Bitters are just the ISECO tiing for a man when he ia all un down, and don't care whether Btore e lives or dies. It did more to ^turn ive me now strength and good ppetite than anything I oould CMES ike. 1 can now eat anything and ave a new lease on life." Only 0 cents, at Crawford Bros' Drug tore. Every bottle guaranteed. I iu m raiA y i -I m, x )0 GOOB. X X Half Price. X cents, we A land. A ers. now at . % i*s, now at M i? lots lett. y/ mixed,now a x - I I Things! X ked down to 35 cents. ^ cents kind. hi bat make uur competi* W* Placed one order for A prettiest and best dark V ts. | HEAP. X all Summer Goods. b at 5 cents, former ^ IttES.- | ?ood service. Wo are ^ nplete stock on hand. X A go through our large ;r seen. VVe stand by jr last and all the time. A (i, i s-c. i ' jrwjrrtt ? 4 ESTER MACHIMF ID LUMBER lOMPANY. TESTER, S. O. o Chester Machine Co. and B. M. A Co , have consolidated the anta, and now ready to furnish ing In the Machine and Lumber with a well equipned Foundry achine Hhop, and Door, Hash llnd Factory cur facilities are tiled in thia part of the State. >ER8 MOWERS, . llRKSiiKRN GINS. ENGINES, SAW MILLS, AND COITON PRESSES, RRO W8, CASTINGS, KTC. . AI<80 IND HAND MACHINERY. Bills complete for Dwellli.m llooma, etc. Bend ua llat of wanta, and we will auawrr by mall 1 fRe*f>actfolly, TER MACHINE A LUMBER COMPANY. ?????