Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Local ^altars.r t Cotton brought cents y ester -a day on this market. I J I L For Board:?apply at II B Par- r Due's. ii ?- J Fresh fish and oysters at my market Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. S T Blackmon. |c ! V Miss Lizzie Stevens, of Ker- ? shaw, is hero on a visit to rela tives and friends. j ^ Rev R D Perry, of Chester, ! sjH'nt several days with relatives here this week. Rev G W Gardner, who has no n copied a call to the pastorate of | the Heath Spiing Baptist church, ^ will continue to reside in Green- .j wood. o Col Leroy Springs attended tho ^ meeting of the Southern Cotton Spinners Association held at Char H( lotto Thursday. ir Rememl?er that the clerk of j court will sell a very valuable ^ town lot and residence at public g auction next Monday. See ad. I 01 Married, at the Baptist parson^ ! age, on Sunday last by Rev J Ii t ^ Iioldridgc, Mr Vester Wilson and L Miss Mattie Guess, both of this j place. I ' b Married, on Wednesday last, j bv Rev S N Watson, Mr Ira Hitr-1 j din and Miss Ilunter. I U1 A chimney at the home of Mrs i ai S L Lindsey fell last Thursday. * 1 p Fortunately no one was near it at j, the time. , 14 7" hi Our young friend, Master Car-j tcr Parks, has our thanks for a' , 1 t * good sample of his sweet potato; crop. 1 [j _ "7 ! b The funniest of all funny come- y dies, "A Jay from Jaysville," at T I W the Opera House Wednesday 1 night, Nov Nth. Reserved seats' on sale at Maekey & Co s. ai 1 M! Mr Amos Mungo, who lives in , " the Chnrlesboro neighborhood, hud i V a cotton house blown down by the galo lust Monday night. Consul- , ernble damage was done as the . . I h house contained about twenty fivo bales of seed cotton. y Dentil ol n <?oo<l < 'I' i/.on j Mr. .Joseph T Bell, a good. I*. _. ' f i peaceab.e, law-abiding citizen, died at the home of his son, Mr!" 11 V It/.II ..I - ,l( .. . ...... ..t inn |iinrc (HI r?lllir day last, Oct. 2s!h, after a pro 1,1 traded illness of dysentery. Mri* 1 I)( Hell was a native of this county j and would have heen t>4 years old the Tth day of this month, having " been born Nov 7, 1NI35. lie had ) been a member of the Methodist church for over forty years, and i lived consistent with his profession. He served through the Confeder* 4 ate war with Capt Foster's com pany and made a good soldier. I 1 He leaves surviving him, his j01 w widow and nve children, Messrs i T. S , H. E, 11. W., and E M 1,1 Hell, and Mrs,I Q Connor. His ^ remains were interred at Camp w Creek church last Sunday. E During his illness, Mr J 1* m Hunter and other friends were ^ very kind and attentive to him, aim me lumuy requests us to re- e* turn their sincere thanks to them. din Accident. w Mr. Luther J Horton niet with w a painful accident at the gin of Mr ^ T W McMurray at Jacksonham >rj last Tuesday afternoon, baring ^ -bis right arm caught in the gin belt L and badly cut. Dr. Poorey dressed the wound. V Nuning Nuptials. ( Invitations have been issued to ho marriage of Mr N BartoCousr to Miss Nannie, daughter of I dr and Mrs N 1' Robinson. The I iappv event will take place at the j esidenco of tho bride's parents ,t 2 o'clock p m, Wednesday, g *Iov 15th. Cards have been received here o ?V relatives of Mr Will 11 Crock- V tt, announcing his marriage, tl diieh will take place at S p m, : h ext Wednesday to Miss Cora, a aughter of Mr and Mrs .lohnjci liller, at Blooming Grove, Texas. T For The Ledger, ir VAN WYCK ITEMS. ai h From repeated reports of gun- S ing around Van Wyek it might ^ Bern that the seat of war has ^ oen transferred near us, and o1 lat the Spaniard, Filipino, Boor w r Britisher might be mot by ye .morican at any time. The com ct lotion has been caused by the xpiration of the bird law and I' ime of our celebrated Nimroda d< ave been trying t'eir new fowl- d< lg piecos. A trio roported on fc leir first day 22 birds, one rab it and one opossum and only sj ft y shots. j w Mrs. Optimus has been resting w isy for months, over the depart at re of our house and barn rats, lur good friend, .John, over the ni runch, has been feasting the lit- t< e rodents around and about his at remises all summer, lie has c< een so liberal and kind that all ni le neighborhnod rats have made C leir home with him and feasted | p nd fattened on his crib of corn, ' r? i ut it has heen plentiful enough <| nd he had to remove his old sup- st lv, to make room for the new. j at lis crop is good again and iiisid ittened rats will be at home for u not her season. " \Y? did not suffer much from ? in ruin unit I -- ...... ?- inn III nil' UUI I V | } * ni t of the week. Cotton thut J * ad been open for some time uus t' lown out and somewhat damaged 111 ut most farmers wore about up ith theirs, and the loss will not mount to much. The rain put a ri unporarv stop to corn gathering, j s< nd grain sowing, hut these are gain heing pushed. Some timer was blown down. A large h1! ;ne tree, standing, near Van n t'vck school house, was blown ri own ..Monday night against the ouso and slightly damage.I it. I H Cedar Camp, Woodman of the t'orld, at Nan Wyck will give a ot supper 011 Thursday night, c' ov. 1 lith, proceeds to go to ti irnishing the Woodman hall. | II have a cordial invitation to ttend. The camp's regular i ^ loiitlilv meeting will be on tin? i 11 line night and several new mem 11 .... ers will lie initiated in the pro'ction degree. Membets from t\ iher camps are inv ite< 1 to meet M ith the fraternity. Cedar Camp " growing rapidly and welcomes i ,M I who are worthy of woodcraft, j White Oak, colored, A M K / lurch cntcrtuined the District'111 in fcrenco last week. Kev Mar n, pastor, invited our white tizeus to attend when convenient, II hich some did and wero very j ti( uch pleased with the sermons id addresses of somo scholarly j,} ivines present. Klder Killings tfi orth of Chester presided. Mr. D Tillman had the honor of s( akin?r the welcome address of ^ ie whites, which was well re- 01 lived and heartily responded to <lc y several colored ministers pres n( it. Mrs .1 M Yoder and Minu Sugar n illman spent several day* this K1 cek, visiting friend* in Waxhaw, C hile there they witnessed the th arris-Nutail marriage. Mr. and Mrs. K H Maasey sited Mrs. Massey's parents, Ir. and Mrs. Fudge, near Fort awn this week. ?? Several parties have been around \> an Wye* this week looking for di icaped chain gang convicts. if OPTIMUS. w 'HESTEK JURY SCORED BY i JUDGE BUCHANAN. l 'i>r Failing to Agree on Verdict j in Walker-Howie Case?The * Citizens are Indignant. i ipeciul to The State: t Chester, 8 C, Nov 1 ?At 5:30 { 'clock last evening the case of Valker against Howie went to tie jury. The court house had pen crowded to its full capacity 1 II day. All interests have been ' entered upon the court house. 8 'no case has been all the more in)i outing on account of the testis * lony of the prosecuting witnesses nd the close business and friendr relation of these witnesses to 1 olicitor Henry. Mr Joseph A i'alker is the foremost grocer of r, le city of Chester, and is owner ^ f the new pressbnek building of t u: ? 1- i? i ? * nun bu mueii hum oeen puousneo a f late. The testimony in the ise was very interesting. The counsel for the defense, t? aul Hemphill and S E McFad d rn, made a splendid fight, and slivered two very exhaustive and ^ irciblo arguments. . Solicitor Henry made a fine (j leech in closing the case, and as ably assisted by R B Caldell, Esq., the youngest attorney ^ : the bar. ri The jury remained closeted all ight, an<l, after repeated appeals A > the judge, was allowed freedom lr . 10:30 this morning. On their d nning out, Judge Buchanan C lade remarks to these citizens of n hester county that created sur- F rise and indignation in the court I ij )om. The jury stood f> for nc w nit till and 0 for conviction, and ci ated (? the court this morning, fter repealed appeals to the judge (J uruig the night, that an agrees lent was impossible. .Judge uehunan, in a sneering manner f disgust, told the foreman ami o iry that their failure to agree tl 'as a scandal; that it was plain h i him that they lacked manhood tl nd intelligence enough to render si le popular verdict, lie ridiculed ti loin severely and ordered, ab c< nptlv, that they disperse and got J a unething to eat and see if they ci inldn't do better t> The jury was above the aver i it go, and some of the most promi j c< ent men in C'hestei county were j K lemhers of it. tl The judge's harsh talk caused great deal of talk and criticism 1 I *om all classes of people here to* av. The judge's charge was [early in favor of the prosccu | ?,n: 1,1 Tlio public will remember that f, ist spring Henry B Howie, a 1 tuto constable, was uuthori/.ed by M ie State board of control ti? open beer dispensary in this city, on ^ le recommendation of the conn-1 f board. A small nnnilier of 10 citizqns here bucked up Mr. | 1 /alkcr in his light against the jj r>er privilege and finally went to p Bowie's place and purchased a ittle of beer. This was done to uko grounds for a test case, as; Ir. Walker termed it. I'ndcr criminal proceedings j D owie was clotted up, us a blind | gcr keeper would have been. The proper wav for Walker to " i tf ive proceeded would have been 1 it i institute "quo warranto'' to o whether or not Howie held tl ie office of l>eer diKponaer legally a> not. Thia Mr Walker did not hi ?, and was accused by Howie < f ming and meddling into a buai3K8 he had nothing to do with. A oat many of tho irood people of heater agreed with Howie in tie opinion. A great deal of Ik pro and con went the rounds. Fina'ly, Howie, on the advice ' his attorney and the chairman rc ' the board of control, went to T Talker and naked him to with J aw the warrant, and promised he would do no he (Howie) ould desist in the beer privilege * <. . y letter. At this meeting words | dVed thick and fast hetwcca Vie and Walker, and finally Vie shot Walker in the arm, I #then went to the jail and j?e up to tho sheritr. lie released on bond, and the ;aso was continued from the dune erni of court until now. A. M. A. The parade, at noon next Wedlesday, given by "A .lay from faysville" company, is said to bo k very funny atTair and will doubtess be witnessed by a large crowd, t will be by the 'slaysville land" of 20 pieces which is one of he best musical organizations on he road. In addition to the Hand hero will bo tho "rube" bicycle ider who accomplishes many diticult feats, the Drum .Major, the unny Dutchman, and the old Jay" himself with his whiskers nd carpet-bag, right in the lead. j II W Marcus, a blacksmith, at- ' erupted to commit suicide at Cam- 1 en Thursday by taking laudanum- j Miss Sallio Harris was thrown rom a buggy by a runaway horse i Greenville county last Wednes- j ay afternoon and killed. Ed Sellers, col, was shot and illed at a negro parly near Che- j aw, Wednesday night. The Southern Cotton Spinners issociation which met in Char tte Thursday passed resolutions enmnding an open door policy in !hina with the commerce of all i ations. Also a cahlo to the far last, early conclusion of the Phil - ? pine war and the construction, 1 'ithout <1 -lav, of an Isthmian ship anal. lommission Secured l?y the Heath Grocery Company. ?Some days ago The State told f another new wholesale house | bat proposed to begin business ere. The facts were stated at i ae time. Yesterday thecommis- j ion was obtained from the sec re- | iry of state for the Heath (iro?ry company of Columbia, to do genera! wholesale grocery and mimission business. The capiil stock is to lie $"25,000, divided ito shares at ?100 each. The arporators are M C Heath, W 1 Dullie and (i II Parks, all of j lis city ?The State. IIATTIIKOKKINOIIK A l> M II K Would quickly leave you, if oil used Dr Kingss New Life 'ills. Thousands of sulTerers uve proved their matchless-merit ?r Sick and Nervous Headaches. 'hey mjike pure hlood and ->tron<j erves and huild up vmir health, iasy to take. Try them. < >nly 5 cts. Money hack if not cured, old hv Crawford liros l>ru;i?*i*ts. . v,,:- Do you want to see a Mg stocl RKTTV lillOIIN, 1,01111 (ill 10 YOU WANT A CLOCK OR hi. Oak. Marhle, Iron, Dresden or any ?i| watch is the heat in toe world for t ing* in 11* with ? t? for 1.00 worth I: DONT NEQLECT YOUR 1 tan the few cehla It will lake to have j I kinds Ask to see the elegant Plain White iVe everything yon want in the gold t r 20 piecea JUST ARRIVED. A large line OUR QUIT S are moving anil rice you will have to come noon. We ?s Powiler ami everything in the 'ine. We have another cask of thoae thiol RKMEMliKK. We always aave yi ou eJCHOOL BOOKS, ami we keepi COME TO 8KK VHt whether yot und. B. C. HOU P. fl. We are agents for the I'tli ; any style frsme. Cheap. LANOA8TEP S. C . Oct. 18. 1890 WRONG AGi WHO? SOLOMON. tiecnuse he said that all is vanity and there is the new store of PORTER 1 and that is plumb full of the nicest stock of eyes on. Not a bit of vanity about it. Mi that Mr. Porter bought and selected hinisel in their neat store room are laden with th broupht to Lancaster in a'l it's glorious hist one of those hats we were talking about las in it that he thought he was one of the retu and one of the ladies who purchased a pair that she had found Cinderella's slippers, be spry. And. gentlemen, we just want you to * Our Shirts and Net Wh hnve shirto for men in the prime Ami shirts foi tiie hero Hist wdiiIh 1ii Hhirti with biwnmn hh wliite as the it That open behinti nr open b? fore, Shirts whose bosoms are plain, or ilai Whone button holes, arm holes ami *1 Ry a seainslress who knew jus* wliat For 'he noble young men of historic < And .IiiHt I iti Out i^li Neat b'ack r-catf or tire eute little tie Whose beauty will catch any girl's ti A mi she'll think as she looks at I li is Well; Maj lie I think lie is looking ri Ami if you've fount! hiiv one that ha We can sell you a lie that will suit y Always g'ail to see you Ladies audio Respectful I'll RTER ;TH| CHEAP S rauaMBaHHOBMraB W lieu Inlying shoes ill ways ask I COCKADE CITY SH| And wear to please you. h\er\ pair L'uaia inner soles. liny none that are said to best wearers made. I ' Sold in til' styles. I'o Tickled because I extract pain. 1 can do the same for you. N effects result from my extracting, pleasant ness and satisfaction instead. I'vetl" experience, the "know how' doing all branches of scient.tie dentist r; J y'T" Special attention given to (Jo Work. No charge for examinations Qr J. E. RulledgCj LANCASTER, S. < m f/.> ii i / I.ft I .V. I 1 IHAVK M A I>K arrat g< men** with i brokers in N? V' ik ? n\ throu. h whom I tk able 1<> place loans st'i iir? ( ? ?! by h fiist nioilgng? on improved fin ni" for five \ ear- limi' payah in installine is, ?t the low rate of 7 per The *] i out Interest per annum. The broker ; f,,r the e hue ami the ehaiee for ab-t net ami ( inspection are small ami at the ex- M*,,r ' ' petise of the borrower to the HI II K WVMR. The le Aliy at l aw. stare 1W nun y. ? CUB NEW sar II STOCK ? | 4 iv ? < 're? c of < i * mis ami ciiiiir iimiiis i III A T P IJ 0 We have K-d*y clocks -^nes X WlMl brl f $2 (X) to $111.00, In W'al To ktiul of ease de?red- Our f>2 (Hi unarm ie money. And wj have a new lot of : Indian ??- i Waxhai ITSI. They are worth more to you ! Hl,v< r passes titt, d We are prepared to tit Cane ( a I fhne Cr China wlien you come to see us. We | Oj||H (?r and goods at $1.10 for IS pieces, $1 26 I j, Gills I Holld Hilver-waie. Kleg^nt and cheap. Koa< Buford, If you expect to get on* at the reduced vl t |1>V1> Jh.,ll W...n <>-: t.? I r ml , r'' ?<? > moi., ii nun, I I lllinrf. ... . ? r lat Cr? i Goblets to ofTVr at 20 cen's set. Pleaaart Pleasant >u money on all our lines, but especial* p|eawm i large stock all the lime. .. P easani i buy or not. We are glad to have you Ro?< Cedar Ci GH & CO. brated Jones Umbrella Cover, and can B. C. H. * Co Q A ? -Id. 8?pt a AINU WHY?? that can't he right hecuuse nms. 'goods you ever laid yonr nst ef those nice new g?"ods f are.in new and the shelves e hands* most goods evei ory. A gentleman Itought t week and looked so well rncd heroes of Manila IVay, of those shoes dreamed cause it made her fee! si> <eo :k Wear: of life in u wife, rivi-ii HlioW. itilv pleted. leevpH hti' I'limpleted we were after old Lancaster. <>w C'?s? tit the winkling e\ e picture mi i eat ight Hweet V? - vowt il unto you ui Kir too, en 11 em n. BROS, TORE. !or the vol' WILL ti11<l them to H? nteed in l?p solid outer and lie as good, :is they arc the lier tiros. :ed his tooth without either pain nor after My methods suggest ' and no facilities for ?' at the least cost Id Crown ajid Bridge and estimates. , Dentist, r* L/. S'OTICFi! ii .r i n ifriM J Ij'IUi i.nter ('on ii 'I/: rrcaswror's olli will >( er.' ollectioii of sjixi*- for ilic liscal ! from llie 1*> ii .1 tv of October j>t tiny Di'Ot'iiilifi* lSl'P. vy i?< as follow - : *> in ills, ' : It, ;i f C \ (' R II I.O .Ms, 1 a l<o('A I. I, V V, t Kx., It It. (i i is k? Ij mills, a. Kx , It U,( ant* *k, 4J " < !?, Kx. /.* It, isanl Hill, A " trdradetl .School, 4 " il, school, 4 " ' Roads, school, " TAIi l.KVY MY J> I STRUTS. liUtid, hij mi Us. v. IHj cek. >' * leek Graded school 25 " eek Jones X Road *28 * eek, 21} " eekGrarled, 25} " 're? k Jones X ils, 23} If}} ek, 16} " ?ek Kershaw. 16} a t Hill, 19} I Hill, K*r.diaw, 19} t Mill, Oakhurst 23} t Hill, Jouea X in. 21} reek, 16} * Preek, Jones X da, 18} M Respectfully submitted, W. C. CAUTHKK, 6, 18M.