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~THUIULOW 8. CARTER, I ~ ? .. Mbttom ami, MAMxamm. F A *m*ly Newpop* FurO* PtomoXom o/iA* AgricuUmrd amd Oommerrial \ TEHM3: tLttTT tZ^T^ &E?ii.we"Ki Y ' i ? : ?miM" _____ Ij A N U A fc> I h K vs. O. () U T () H EK 21 nm ?J* ? ESTABLISHED 1H;>:\ XIATI^r In nm nnif inm> i . ^""""~ NUUUEi. ATA. PERSON* HOLDING claims HifuiiiRt the estate of H Jackson Gregory, deceased, are hereby olifled to present the same duly verified and 'Chose indebted to said estate must come forward at once and settle with the ?underaig<ied. IF T Gregory. Admr. tfireen A Hlnes Atfys for A'imr. Sept. 30, '09?3 weeks. IMPORTANT NOTICE. 1WILL BE IN LANCASTER for s short time to settle up the ac vtnunt* due T. M. Filznatriek A Bro.. all parties owing the above firm mu?t | -eett'e up at once When I leave all acs I counts unpaid, will be placed in an j officers baud for collection. /)on'l .ifail to heed this notice a* it will be positively the last time I wdl be here. j. h fit/Patrick o?t n. mw SPECIAL NOTICE! H TuL. PEH-tONs* INDEBTED TO j its, eittier by note or account, tmupt come forward and settle prompt- j 1y We have sold out our mercantile 1 'business to the Lancaster Mercantile Co , and it will be impossible for us to! -carry our customers any long r. vta .you well know, we have always tried 1o i?e very indulgent and accommos | 'bating to our ciUvOruers and have i never pressed them unnecessarily, so j we hope tiiey will appreciate ti?e fact' ???w that w e are going out of business- J and will come forward promptly and nniike set rleinent. All notes and ac? -counts will be due by the drst of No ( vemberand we will expect settlement j in full by that time. Ttianking our friends and the public j generally for their liberal patronage in I the past, we are. Very respectfully. HEATH, 8PRINGH&CO. -Get. 3. 1899 -1m. NOTICE TO DEBTORS, i ON ACCOUNT OF WUETcHKn health for the pant few months I j am compelled to b? absent from Lan> i caster for treatment for Home weeks j 'I leave my hooks ami accounts with Mr John t'rawfonl at Klliott <fe Craw-I fo d's stwbles He in duly authorized I to colfeet for me, and I will he glad (foruil my friends who are indebted to J one to call on him and settle at their <ea>liest convenience I will necessarily need money in undergoing treats ment and I will appreciate your ptreuipt settlement. Very Respectfully, \\\ M CRAWFORD, M. I). Kept *3. isnn ? dw. [Buggies Buggies; Buggies galore? Buggies good. Buggies better, /fuggies Best (Buggies Idg, Buggies little, Buggies on e\cry story? Buggies for comfort and Buggies to * last. Ifn WK have Ill'w BUGGIES I I >1 ALMOST WITIIIUU| OUTNUMBER,! Of all grades and at prices ran<*lr.<r from $:?0 for a trood too hi or-1 * - - r~> i O j on up. In fact, just at this .season wo are making a specialty j of BUGGIES. Our large weekly sales is the secret of our hoing j .lhle to sell a good BUGGY fori SO LITTLE MONEY. o HITD CONTINUES TO GROW J UU il IN POPULA It FAVOK. I 1 \J[?D V GO <1 LI V Li ill HORHE8. wnuini? sty,'isi1 ^CilHlUIL TURNOUTS AND CAREFUL DRIVERS. Plenty of Wagona and Harness, too. <-'all and ?ee uh. KLLIOTT & CK.1WPIIRD. The governor has pardoned K A Baker, of Pickens county, charged with violating the dispensary law. The chief witness Against him now says the evidonce on which he was convicted was 4*1 se. 1 V ?. Alf - HMbLUtH HUKLS HOT SHOT AT OUZTS. Intimates That More's To Come, Alleged Thut the X^Bookkeeper I Was an Eavesdropper? Other Mild Compliments l*aid His Ability. Below is given the reply of Mr .1 Dudley Haselden, former chair" J man and present member of the , State board of eontiol, and chair- | man of the sub-committee of in- j vestigaiion, to the charges recently published bv deposed Book keeper D A (i Ouzts. It speaks for itself: To the People of South Carolina: I haye delayed a reply to the series of ahusive tirades puolish-i ed in the daily newspapers of the j State over the signature of I) A (i Ouzts until their conclusion. I have been satisfied that the people of the State, who may not know this man Ouzts, at least are sufficiently well acquainted with ( most of the men whom he has been maligning to defer a conelusion as to his statement*- until i a further and a contradictory as sort ion should be made. It has given me, personally, and the others whose fate it had been to incur his malice, pleasure to know i that this confidence has not been ' unfounded. It has been uiy policy since 1 have lieen a member of the board i of control, and it bus been that ot J my two colleagues, whom the X-; clerk of the X-commissioner des-1 ignutes as the majority faction of that body, to give to the details of dispensary management the widest publicity. The dispensary is the people's institution, its j management is their business, and they of right are entitled to such information as will convince them and keep them convinced, that it j is honestly and competently con-1 ducted. We do not attempt to: deny that it offers temptation to the dishonest who may secure place and position in it, and have, long realized that its best safe i guard and surest protection > against the thief and the rebatef u Lror i li ??tv " 1 *"* " ' v<M\vi 10 an UJMII uuaiu 1111*1" 11 11 tind tho full glare of tho public' eyo into its innermost workings, j A .realization of tins fact, and i of the further fact that tho host way and the only way to purify, it, rests in this publicity, prompted the majority of the hoard tol give tho facts elicited by the re | cent investigating committee to j the public in all their details, in- I stead of attempting to cover up and to cure the defects laid bare therein within a secret hoard meeting. Whether the facts developed warranted the suspension of Mr Douthit, tho public can determine. I believe that tho afli-> .davits published are a s^itlicient reply to any suggestion that the removal of tho commissioner was dllO lf? Iinv fili'l <?i r?!i I fonlinrriri tlirt hoard. Until those affidavits brought to light a condition of affairs which surprised us, Mr Douthit was in hearty accord and hail the unreserved support of a majority of the hoard of control, and would have it today but for those facts. 1 talieve that he has been given a consideration that he does not deserve, in view of them, and I am astounded that two of my colleagues on the board of control can strive to keep him ir the position of commissioner. Shipping Clerk Black, in call ing some of the facts elicited t< our attention (specific instances o mismanagement atTecting the cfli cient discharge of the position In held) was protected by the boari in thus courageously doing hit duty, and would have been pro tected, it matters not upon whon his charges reflected. But, unlike Black, so long at Ouzts held his job he had nothing to report to the board, although ho knew that three out of the five had recently voted to retain bin in his place while the other twe acquiesced oeeauso it couldn't b( helped, and hence would protect him; although, like Josephm Wood in IV, ho kept his little note hook, eavesdropping the conversa tion and taking notes of the sup posed errors and supposed dis~ honesty of Commissioner Vance to whom he held the position o confidential clerk. The facility with which dates and incident: are quoted is astonishing, and tin fact that they were taken all a a time when Commissioner Vane* was befriending him daily and of two occasions saved him from dis missal, is equally astonishing t( any fairly honest man. Hut tin contemptible Kansoy Snillles, win was beguiling himself into Mr. Vance's confidence, knew. 01 thought he kuaw, how to play hii game. He judged other men lik? unto himself, and doubtless fondly cherished his little note book which was to serve him in sue! good stead, to blackmail his posi tion hack again, whenever h< should be ousted for cither of hii failings, incompetency or dishorn esty. Of these tailings, the for mei of course had long beei known to us, and the latter w< had good reason to suspect, bu unfortunately gave him the bene tit of the doubt and retained bin as a courtesy to a member of th< board of control who lived in th< county from which ho came, am to preserve if we could harmon; in the hoard, as we knew Irs dis missal would enrage two member of the board who wore tied t< him by some bonds we were un able to comprehend. That alack mail was content plated by him and relied on, h plainly shown by the threat, whicl he even went so far as to give t the newspapers, that he would lai bare certain insido history if hi suspension were made permanent It will be noted by the public thu l,? ,11.1 .or u: ? ' i.u ??.< r/iutv tin 111 > lllOUlII, in his own classic language, unti the hoard of control had inv'te him to it by making hissuspensio permanent?a very good evidene that 'bo authorities there did nc fear its production. Tnat they, or any of the gonth men whom ho has so maliciousl maligned and slandered had n cause to fear his revelations wi ho indisputably shown to the put lie in duo season. That the won that he knows has not been tol by him, as he says, it is easy t believe, from our knowledge c him, and of the opportunities fn ,.4 ? 1 ?l:-L . I niuam^u which no nas enjoye during the six years he has bee connected with the dispensary hut we aro equally certain that i will not be given to the publicat least by Ouzts. The public i not asked to take our word eve for tho statement that from ii vestigations which have bee 1 made of the so-called charges c i i this man, arc not only absolutely I groundless, but are outrageous . lies, with a thin veneering of J truth in minor particulars only f sullici' iit to give them plausibilty. A large majority of these asser5 j tions must have been known to 1 Ouzts to have been false when he 41 penned them, as the public must conclude when tho facts are given i them. The other statements are , but twisting of transactions gath I ored by this sneak from the desks r 1 of his fellow clerks while their t! backs were turned and informa, tion sifted through a keyhole, of (' which innocent pastime this saintly ex-clerk has occasionally been , found engaged. If the members of the board of i control have really treated this > man with less consideration than . he deserved in his dismissal, as he . claims, and have at times been less harsh with the shortcomings } of other clerks whom we believe f to be conscientious and honest r men?and these shortcomings s we are glad to say are not 3 greater than is found among the t employes of any mercantile house a doing an equal business ? as i Ouzts claims that wo have - done, to this estimate of his char> acter iand to his abortive attempt3 ed blackmail, for we all have > names of wlmh we are jealous, , and there are some men in the r State w ho are only too ready to * iRjIiovo any assertion derogatory 3 to an ollicer of the dispensary! ? and to this alone must lie attribute , the fact. i That many of the daily papers " o* the State have dignified his ^ abusive and outrageons attack s upon the character of a number of - gentlemen with admission to their ' columns, makes this plain state1 I uient to the public necessary. p Were the people of the State all fj acquainted personally with the men whom lie has maligned, and 1 i with Ouzts, no reply would be e made, and we desire this fact understood. In due time evidence ? showing the details of all transy actions that have been questioned - that merit a reply, will he given f to the public. 1 .1 Dudley Haselden. ALL SOrrilEKX GOVERNORS. i 'l Invited to Meet Dewey in Atlanta Oct 25 Stalls Included. Atlanta, Ga., Oct 17.?The committee on arrageinentn for the reception to Admiral Dewey, who will visit Atlanta Oct 25 and 1 2(5, today sent telegraphic invitaI tions to the governors of the fol* j lowing States to he the guests of Atlanta during the admiral'a ?t. , stay: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, ' Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, U Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri 1" and Georgia. The invitations include, ol 1 1 course, the staffs of the governors, o >f ~ )r Dewey Will Stay Two Days. d n Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 17.?A pri r vat? telegram received today sayi that Dewey will arrive her? or _ October -24th and remain tw< j8 days, returning direct to Waah n ington. n T* Oar* OM4ilp?Ua? rmtw. J Tkka Oiiwua OwtoOrttorta MiwBl >x lftaaaawiiwttsiUMntmman*i ' i. '' ' (t< ? i* i * 'i. AN ALLEGED OFFER. Gen. Otis Receives Messagi From Gen. Pio del Pilar. Will Hand Over Aguinaldo an< 1 Army for Half Million?Spaniards who Attempted to Sell Out, Killed. Manila, Oct 18. (ien Otis ha received u message purporting t< come from the insurgent general ' Pio del Pilar, otTering to sell on i his army and deliver Aguinakh into the hands of the Americans I Although not satisfied that tin offer is authentic the policy o (ren Otis is firmly set against buy ing a surrender. | Pio del Pilar offers for the sun j of $50,000 to refrain from at tucking Manila with his army for the sum of $250,000 he otfer to surrender his army after i sham buttle, both sides tiring int< the air; and for the sum of $500, | 000 he says he will procure tin i overthrow of the insurrection am the capture of Aguioaldo, Paterni 1 and other leaders. STRAINKI) RELATIONS EXIST. In the course of Ins cotnmuni cation he refers to Aguinaldo ii contemptuous terms, indicating that strained relatians exist be tween them. Reports are beinj | received from districts oceupiei by the enemy that the Filipino: ; believe Pio del Filar has an an dacious plan to break through tin American lines into Manila, am seize ttie archbishop. Possibly the rumors wen started with the idea of helping to make a deal with the Ameri 'cans. It is needless to say thu the Americans will welcome at ' attack of that sort. There hai been much speculation of late re garding the whereabouts of Fit I del Pilar. The recent attack ai Luoma was crcditetl to his men It is believed he is in ilie vicinit) J of the San Mateo valley with i ] force of from l,S0O to 3,000. The ten Spanish soldiers, cap turcd by the Filipinos and win for a time acted as oflioers foi tho Filipino artillery regiment lo t-ated m the vicinity of Santi ^ Rosa, De Lagunda de Hay dis triet, determined to surrende their artillery to the Americans Thuir plan was discovered by tli | Filipinos, who killed seven of th fconspirators, the other three es | raping to Manila. The Terrible Mistake of a (ieoi gia Doctor. llomerville, (ia., Oct 17 ? Di L 1' Rents, a prominent phys cian of Dupont, was arrested t< day, upon indictment l>y tbe gran jury, on a charge of malpraetici I in having removed half of tl I kidney of a woman, instead of tl ovaries, which he intended to r< II 1 move. The woman <leid. Thei | is much excitement in the con ^ j munity. 4 4 No" Dispensary. Special to The State. Greenwood, Oct 17.?In tl ? election hero today to deck i whether a dispensary should I > opened in Greenwood there wo 236 votes cast, 61 being for tl dispensary and 175 against i So 4 dispensary" lost. S<?Ml?1nr With Ctiewtti 4 Otadf Chlhirtle, Mm for?? 4 lh.h*. UaO O,ttUl. ??wl*lirSW ?N MAFEKING'S HI,OODV FIELDS. i British Make a Sortie and Beat 1 Buck the Boers. Over 30C Killed. London, Oct 17, S p m ? A special from Cape Town confirms the persistent rumor that there | has been bloody lighting at Mafek, ing ending in a repulse of the Boers and gives details which seems to come direct from the ' i scene. Colonel Baden-Powell made a ' sortie from Mafoking in force and 'attacked the Boers who were in^'vesting the town. After fierce i fighting the British carried the ' dav, beat the Boers buck nml 1 broke their lines. The Boer loss 1 1 in killed is given at 300. the British at 18. London, Oct IT ? A dispatch s from Kimhley says an armored I train, while reconnoitcring .near ) Spytfontein, engaged the Boers, killing five and wounding seven. 1 The British had no losses. Heavy fighting took place yes\ terday north of Mafeking. An armored train, sent to repair the railway line, opened tire on the - Boor commando. One burgher "i was killed and two were wounded. I A second engagement followed, in which nine British were wound~ ed. 1 Yesterday, while General Cron 3 jest, troops were near the broken rail was bridge nine miles north of 5 Mafeking, an approaching train 1 I loaded with dynamite was fired upon and blown up. There were ? i no casualties on the Transvaal I: side. ] Refugees who have just arrived t at Lorenzo Marque/ from the 1 Transvaal report that the Boers 3' have been repulsed at Mafeking, sustaining heavy losses. M Further dispatches received by L the government say that lighting (continues north of Mafeking. The r j British, after the second engag 3 1 inent, retired in the direction of the town, but they resumed the attack shortly afterwards, two } Boers being killed and three r 1 wounded. VICTOR BLUE MARRIES. r . His Bride is Miss Kllen Footo Stuart. They Will Come e " South. 0 New York, Oct IT.--Lieut I Victor Blue of the Fnited States battleship Massachusetts and Miss * i Ellen Footo Stuart were married this evening at 5 o'clock in St Peter's Protestant Episcopal ' church at Morristown, X .1. The 1 [ceremony was performed by Rev '* , Dr Hibbard, rector of the church. ^ After the ceremony a reception 8' 1 was hold at Capt Cooper's home. ie Lieut and Mrs Blue will spend 16 their honeymoon in tho south, and upon their return north will re take up their resilience in Brooklyn. A FRIGI1TFIJI-, BCUXl>K K. Will often cau?e a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise. )e Bucklen's Arnica Salvo, the beft j in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Old SnrflH Knvor l lcpru Unilu re Felon ,, Corns, all Skin Eruptions, tie Best Pile euro on oarth. Only it, 25 cts a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Crawford Bros Druggists. u Pay your subscripiton to ?. ILcdof.h!