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I'll'. |||rIk Hanmsfes 3?r tiger. ( -? Jtamiiy Nevvpapcr : to <A? /W?a?? v ?*? -pj)^ ??*?<. -If^uieura.' a?f Q-??rr^ InUna. { "ISSL^Li - 'J* ok?.l ?E?.KLY. LAN CASTE K 3. O ? IP O T O ? K U 14 1 HIM KSTaHI.1>- El) l?o?. Juries Drawn in Laurens are Dis- | BOlERS OVER THE RORHFR I war with Groat Britain are cruillv l-the saim* in ?iw> misseu. S|>ccial to The State. Laurens, Oct. 10.? Judge Watts, presiding at the present term of the court of general sessions, convened yesterday morn ing, dismissed the jurors this aN ternoon on the ground that the seal of the clerk of court was not upon the writ of vonire directing the sheriff to summon the jurors. Judge Watts consulted the bar upon the matter and all were agreed that the absence of the seal xnudo the writ void. The challenge was by Col .J L "M Irbv, on the motion in arrest of judgment in case of the State va Boyd, colored, who hud been convicted of "housebreaking and 1 arceny. Several others were granted new trills on the same grounds. .NOTICE TO DEBTORS. ON ACCOUNT OF YVUF/rOHED health fm the past lew mo..ilis I ;ain oomoelled to b? absent front l.an oaster for treatment for Home weeks .1 leave my books ami accounts with Mr John Crawford at Elliott <Sc Craw* To ?i's stwb'es He Is duly autliorized to eo1 feot for me, ami I will be glad /or ail my friends who are indebted to me to call on bim and settle at their eniliest convenience I will uecessariiy need money in undergoing treats meiit and I will appreciate your jprompt settlement. Very Respectfully, VV. M CHAW FOR I), M D. 'Sepl 29. 1899.?l>w. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LANCASTER, In the Court of Probate. \r>y i/iian. i?. jmiw, J udge of Probate. wjikkkas, George H. Grifllu Iims made Huit to me, (o Kraut him Lette.e of Administration on the estate of and efleetM of Win S. (tiles, deceased, TI.TK8K AI(K THEREFORE to Cite ttlltl admonish all ami singular the kindred and creditors of the said Wm S -Giles, deceased, that they he and ap? pear before lue, in the Court of 1'ro bate, to he held at Lancaster, C, H , on October H'.h next, after pnh lication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should no; tie granted. Given under my Maud and Seal this ?Jd day of September, Anno Domini, JHhf) r. w , CM AH. 1) JONKS, L'" ' Probate Judge. .Buggies Buggies; Buggtea galore ? Buggies good, Buggies better, /iug> ?.U<. ? ^icn nrRi Ruggies Buggies little, Buggies on e\ery Htory? Buggies for comfort and Buggies to lllFt, i;rn WE HAVE I t k BUGGIES lBjil ALMOST Wl lllllJkT| OUT NUMBER, Of nil grades and at prices rangir.g from *30 for n good top boggy on up. In fnet, just nt this season wo are making a specialty of BUGGIES. Our largo weekly sales is tho secret of our l>eing able to soli a good BUGGY for SO LITTLE MONEY. o OITD CONTINUES TO GROW U U II IN POPULAR FAVOR. I IUI?D V 000 L GENTLE LI lull I HORSES. WRVIPP STY,'ISH dOCjillluIj TURNOUTS AND CAREFUL DRIVKRH. Pleaty of Wagons and H aniens, too. <"*11 and tee us. ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD. l'ay your aubBcripiton to fjUDQMml t ' Said to Have Crossed the Natal Line in Strong Force. Both Sides Apparently Eager to Fight?Transvaal Represent?! tive Has no Hope for Victory. London, Oct 11 ? A dispatch from Pietermaritohurg, Natal,says intonso excitement prevails there owing to persistent reports that Orange Free Stato troops have already crossed the border of Natal and are advancing upon Lady Smith. A later dispatch from Pietermaritcourg says the invaders entered Natal by the important pass of Cundy Clough, thirtyseven mdes southwest of New Castle. Montague White, the Transvaal consul general, when leaving Lon don today, said to an Associate I Press reported: ''The expected has happened. I only hope the j hellishness of this prcmediated | crushing out of the hardy republic*! its now apparent. Let mo remind America that the onus of the war i lies not upon those who tire the , first shot but upon those who compel it to he fired." Mr white seemed much distressed over the rupture and evidently did not entertain the least hope of Boer success, lie said the Transvaal agency in Brussels would he continued as the European headquarters of the government. Continental opinion appears to remain largely anti-British. Popular sympathy with the Boers is shown in various ways in Germany. The foreign office confirms the report from Washington that Great Britain lias asked: the United States government to empower the United States consular authorities in the Transvaal to represent the British interests' there during hostilities. William T Stead, editor of the Review of Reviews, in an interview says: "1 maintain that this1 I war is being forced upon the Boers i by men who have never forgiven! I Majuba Hill." lie adds: "OwI ing to Great Britain's unprepared | nesH, hostilities during the next I two months will resemble the in-j i ternational yacht race oil" Sandy [look." But be says that long before Christmas "the fool fury of the jingoes will have evaporated." There was a great scene on the floor of the slock exchange at 3.115 o'clock today, the time of the] expiration fixed in the Boer ulti matum. The memtors gathered and began singing 4'God Save the Queen" and "Rule Brittania." I The large crowd outside took I up tho strains and the singing and ! cheering spread from point to point in the neighborhood until the whole district was alive with enthusiasm. Volkrust, Oct 11?Tlie entire first draft of the Transvaal and Free State Boers has mobilized. The Laager was shifted to better the position for water and grazing. The general, commandants and field cornets have inspected the various strategical positions on! the border. j Cape Town, Oct 11?Sir Alfred Milner, governor of CapeCo'ony, and British high commissioner in South Africa, baa issued a proclamation declaring that persons abetting an enemy in a state of o ^ | of high treason. The Boers expect to occupy New Custlo by tomorrow morning.Conyngham Green, British diploJ matic agent in transvaal, is ex? pected to leave Pretoria this eve. i ning. Pretoria, Oct 11?lu the course of the morning, while addressing a body of burghers, who called immediately before setting out for the frontier, Kruger impressed upon them not to trust in them j selves, but they should place all reliance upon God who directs i ever v bullet. <%You must keep up your courage," he said, <kand remember that in former days, although your enemies were numerous, comparatively few burghers fell." The burghers departed singing Boer national airs. The German detachment bus placed a big gun OTl llifl \'ilnl ! #?? ?: ~ ,,UiUI .iwiuci 111 [iiiaiiuilJ U? I aid tho Wakerstroom. Five hun I dred burghers assisted in hauling the gun up the steep and almost inaccessible proclivity. Kxpori-I meats have shown that an armored , train can be pierced by creosote! guns. The Possibilities of the Transvaal War. J Charlotte Observer, 12th inst. The war with the Transvaal : I will probably bo the bloodiest! Groat Britain has fought since the Crimea. The sturdy Burghers I of the Orange Free State and Nn l tal will doubtless cast their for| tunes with those of the Transvaal, swelling the grand aimv of the i . * i.' Boers to perhaps 50,000 men, all told. Before the war is ended j Fngland will probably have landed ; 70,000 well trained Red Coats in South Africa. Tlio war wi.l be I more like real fighting thai* the recent contest in Cuba between the Fluted States and Spain, and! it will perhaps be more prolonged though it will, nevertheless, be| short, as all modern wars must bo ( hereafter, because of the swiftness in destruction of modern instru-j moots of warfare. Fngland has learned a great lesson in the Sou dan campaigns and that is never to tight until thoroughly prepared The present war, in South Africa, will proceed upon the model of tho last war, in North Africa, when (ion Sir Herbert Kitchener moved his British squares onward like clock work. But tliore will be difficulties in the Transvaal that Kitchner did not have to contend with. He fought in the sandy, desert levels. Gen Sir Kedvers Buller, who is to command tho British South African forces, must do his lighting in a l,:ii -- i nut uuu mouniftin country. The Boers will undoubtedly resort to guerilla tactics but that means i more in this case than it usually j means. While they are not drilled as the regular troops of the world's warlike nations, to move in great bodies of death dealing human machines, nevertheless (they are trained tighter#, in one ; sense. They are the best marks j men in the world, and their aim is always first at a British officer. They know that British strength lies in organization, and that when you kill the officers, you break up the directing, organizing force of an army. In the 1880 war, in tho tight with idol Anstruther on the road to Pretoria, the Boers picked o(T the officers first and surrender soon followed. It was ... .I1V I'llljlllFU J.11II llglll ?which was the King's Mountain Of the Transvaal. Sir George Col lev, the British commander, .was among the lirst singled out ?>r death. This fight, hy the May. shows that the lioers, while $ w guerilla fighters, taking advantage of every crest and crevice, rever tbeless do not merely shoot and run away. They charged in three storming parties, in this hattle, up a precipitous ridge, the British | being entrenched upon the top. I Like mountain goats they leaped from rock to rock, hiding long enough to escape a British volley: and pick off some British head, expiscd above the ledge, and then > .. '1 ? -I- ? ? ujaatu- ii uiiMi ior hoihc nirincr cii^cr higher up the hill. In all j the five tights during that war with the Transvaal, the British were defeated, though they invariably had superior numbers. The longer the Boers ran prolong the war, the greater the hope for their cause. They already have many sympathizers among! the English people in England, j among them such prominent men : as Mr .Joan Morlev, Sir William j Hurcourt, Mr Frederick llArrison, Sir llenry Campbell-Bannerraan ?the latter being the Liberal leader in the British House of Commons?and Mr Leonard H Courtney and Sir Edward Clarke, the last two being prominent Unionists. In Cape Colony, the most thoroughly Britishized of the . English South Africap States tin; Boer sympathizers are very numerous. This will render necessary the keeping of strong garrisons of English troops in this'colony?and the same is true of Natal and other English dependencies, so that not all of the British troops can go to tho front. By delaying the issue of the e, 11 diet, the Boers will, doubtless, see an increase in English public sentiment in their behalf, which will certainly make the final terms of [leure more favorable to them ? me Boers. It is said that there were not, at the beginning of this month, more than 12,000 English troops in South Africa, 10,000 were on the way from India, and an army corps ot no,000 was being formed in England. If the Boers can succeed in defeating the British ar mies piece meal, the , Afrikander element in all South Africa will take coinage and llock to the Boer standard, and this will render necessary increased local garrisons and diminish the numbers of British troopers on the firing line at the front. It is possible, though not probable, that such success on tho mart . ..11 1 ,/.?i v wi me imri m w i hi hi create ji diversion in their favor in the British Parliament. The chances, are, however, then the Transvaal will he obliterated from the map by a high tide of blood. A well known preacher who has boon gathering data relative to divorces in this country, with a view to promoting uniform marriage laws in the several states, has learned that the Dakotas are not by themselves in the mutter of great numbers of divorces granted. He finds that in one county of Illinois there havo been granted in one year 833 divorces, and in one county of Massachusetts in the same length of time 800 divorces. New England, as a whole, has a record for the 12 months of 2,113 divorces, and for twenty years upwards of 20,000 divorces. mr, ivii>1jIN(i OK JUDGE I J,A PLACE. A Woman at the Bottom of a < Sensational Affair in Louisiana. New Orleans, Oct 11 ?The kill 1 iog of Judge Brazil La PI ace was * one ??f the most sensational which l( has taken place in Louisiana in 1 years. The report in the vicinity ; * is that a young lady was involved. 11 Her father was connected with 1 the plantation and loft there yes * ! terday, seeking to take his daugh-!( ter with him. Sho escaped from * him and remained behind. ' * About 10 o'clock at night some * one came to the door and called jr for the judge. He came out and I while walking down the high stair ^ way to the road, a mob with white v masks suddenlv rns#? nmnn.i ! ?;in Hi seized him and pinioned his arms. ? llo was led some distance, when c the crowd halted, one man placed 11 a pistol to LaPlace's hack and 11 fired a bullet through bis kidneys, killing him instantly. 11 'I'ho body was left in the road. IP Rain fell upon it during the night '' and it was rescued from the mud n by relatives who went up from 11 New Orleans this morning. These ^ relatives aver that the killing was 'vv political, but the woman story is ? generally known and the mob's action was bated upon the fact ^ that the judge is a married man, 4 his family residing at La PI ace, a'1' few miles away, named after his 8 distinguished father. Judge Host * has called a meeting of the grand ^ jury of the parish for tomorrow. | * ' .1 !n A V KR AG E OF CO P IX)N F A LLS .1 SIX POINTS. d t( Texas Loses Five Points, (ireat Corn Crop Indicated, Average Being Higher Than for Years. \ Washington, Oct. 10.?The October report of the statistician of the department of agriculture w shows the average conditions of \] | cotton on Oct. 1, to have been j. 02.4 as compared with 68.5 last |, month, 75.4 on Oct 1, 181)S; 70 c at the corresponding date in 1S!>7, i n and 73.5, the mean of the October e average for the last ten years. | The decline during September uf- i v fected almost the entire cotton a producing region*. being 7 points x in North Carolina and Indian ter-1n ritory, four points in South Caro* \ lina, live in Georgia and Texas, j ten in Tennessee and eleven in Yir-lg ginia and Missouri. In Oklaho-| ina the crop hold its own and in | | Florida thero was an improvement j ?j i of two points. The averages for the States are n j as follows: |t Virginia 66; North Carolina and Tennessee 60; South Carolina '62; Georgia 64; Florida 70; Ala-| j haraa 70; Mississippi 60; LouisiI ana 68; Texas 56; Arkansas 53; ( j Missouri 74; Oklahoma 60; In- i j dian Territory 46. j \ I The average condition of tho i ? i corn crop of Octol>er 1 wan 82.7 j' an compared with 85.2 one month ago, 82 Oct 1, 1898; 77.1 at the J ^ corresponding date in 1897 and rj 81.9, the mean of the October j averages for the last ten years. 1 No marked change in condition oc- 1 curred during September in any of the principal corn States, but, | except in Iowa where an improve- j ment of two points is reported, t there was a slight impairment. Have you forgotten to pay your subscription to Ledger! j NEW YUliK'S MIRDER MYSTERY. \ Boy Finds a Package With More of The Hacked up Body. New York, Oct 10?Interest in he murder mystery growing out >f the finding of the left thigh of i woman's body in West Seveneenth street last Saturday had an ncrease today by tho recovery his morning of what is believed o be a portion of tho same body >n the beach at the quarantine Yation of Station Island. John leineman, a boy 12 years old, ound the package wrapped in lewspupers and Manila wrapping mper. When Ik; opened it he ound that the cuts in the neck fere jagged, showing that the iead had probably been hacked tl, and tho arms were cut ??fT lose to the shoulders in a clumsy lunner. The police were notified n*l took churga of the tin< 1. The tlosh was taken to the lorgue for comparison with the aits of the worn nil's body already mere. The parts of the laxly ow missing are the head, the rins, the legs from above toe nee down, and the right tliitrh, hich was found but was carted tr to the city dumpy. A natne that looks like "d .1 luman," and the laundry mark k.I .1 N 1S3," was discovered liits morning on one of the white kirts in the bundle of clothing ound in the basement of '210 Vest Fifteenth street. let- ? ers forming tho name are not istinct. They are partly washed ut and a little blurred. The "?J N" of the laundry mark is very istinet, however, and is expected o lead to the identilkution of the wner. Vill of Mr. Converse Probated. ipecial to The State. Spartanburg, O t. 10.?The rill of 1). E. Converse was pro ated this afternoon. His estate < to be divided equally between is wife, daughter and Converse olloge. A conservative estimate places the valuation of the state at *500,000. To his nephew, A Edgar Conerse, of Veimont, he gives *5,000 nd to his niece, Louisa \V Concise, *5,000; to Edgar Bomar, , relative and a clerk in L M \ barton's store, this city, *500. His wife, who is sole cxccutt ix, ;ets the home, valued at *25,0u0. In addition the wife and (laugher will get under the will about *167,000 each. The minor bequests specified ibove are to be deducted from the lovise to Converse college. Win Banks. LOU IOIJS \ KWS Comos from Dr 1> B Cargile, >f Washita, I T. IIo writes: 4 Four bottles of Fleet He Bitters las cured Mrs Brewer of scrofula, vhich had caused her great sillierng for years. Terrible sores vould break out on her head and ace, and the host doctors could jive no help: but her cure is coin*. )'eto and her health is excellent." rhis shows what thousands have iroved,?that Klectlic Bitters is he best blood purifier kno^n. It's ho supreme remedy for eczema, etta, salt rheum, ulcers, boils ind running sores. It stimulates iver, kidneys and bowels, expels >oisons, helps digestion builds up he strength. Only 50 cents. k>Id by Crawford Bros' Druggist, guaranteed. T? Car* CaMtlpaUaa Vor?T?t. Take OmhiiS CMdf OttWtk. lOtwB*. H aV-Q tettMmtn, nfBtdnNMf