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local Cellars. Cotton brought 7 20 cents yesterday on this market. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs K S Sullivan of the Sincerity neighborhood, died last Sunday and was buried at Zion Monday. Three-horse farm to rent. Ap- I ply to ,1 C Nelson, Jaeksonham, I S. C. Boss Loins was sent to the I chain gang l>y Magistrate Caskcy I Wednesday for 30 days for larce ny. He hud the option of \ aying j a tine of ^15. Mr. Willis (i Moore found one | of his 300 pound pigs dead in his pen Wednesday morning. He hus two others in the pen and is fearful that they may go in the same way. Fresh tish und oysters at my I market "Wednesdays, Fridays and i Saturdays. S T Btackmon. j Mrs. A C Williamson of Craig- | ville, is visiting hei daughter, ; Miss Maggie, who is attending i Bainc Academy at Mint Hill, N. j C" - I Bev. W C Ewart will preach at ; Pleasant Hill at 3:30 p m, on the | nisi rsaObath in December. After ; the service ho will organize an A K 1' church at that place. Chew Long Cotton tobacco and ho happy. Sold by PORTER BROS. There is no clue us yet to the Incendiary who burned Mr J M Ilinson'a t?arn and stable. Every effort will be made to ferret out the perpetrator of this diubolicul crime. Try a box of Long Cotton Tobacco, best on the market for the money. Sold by PORTER BROS. Fire destroyed the cottage on Richland street opposite the Connolly house belonging to Capt J V Welsh Sunday night. The fire is supposed to have been incendiary as the house was unoccupied. Kershaw Era. 10 lbs of Long Cotton Tobacco is worth 15 of any other kind at the price. Sold by PORTER BROS. Mr A C Ellis of tho Longaville section hasn't towed any wheat before this year in twenty years. He has sowed fifteen acres this! year, and says that most all tho ( farmers in his neighborhood are sowing quantities of wheat. Wheat will bring in the cash next summer and every farmer should ! sow every acre he can. WANTED, for cash, Hickory, Dogwood, Persimmon, Walnut Logs. Southern Hardwood Co, P. O. Pox 520, Charleston, S. C. Rev. W W Orr, now supply | ing the Corsicana, Texas, mission, will preach in the A R P church at this place, next Wednesday at 7 o'clock p ra. After the serv'ce he will present the claims of the Corsicana mission. Rev. Mr. Orr will be remembered as the evangelist who conducted such successful meetings at this place and at other churches in the county several years ago. Our people will be glad of this opportunity to hear him again. ? Notice to Debtors of W Gannon. All persons who are indebted to ine by noto, account or otherwise, are notitied that unless settlement is made by 20th December, these matters will be placed in hands of an officer for collection. W. GANSON. Mr D F Helms, who hasagooi business bend on his shoulders made this general observation yes terdny: '4lt is always best for man to pay his indebtedness wbei due, for promptness in matters o this sort always mike it easier fo him to get favors in future. Supt Skipper is 'making soil) excellent improvements in th drives about the. cotton mil grounds. He will soon havi them all macadamized. He is als> displaying his splendid taste ii landscape gardening, making th grounds 14a thing of beauty and joy forever." Many of the opera tives are becoming interested ate by another Spring we expect t< see the factory hill blooming. H - 4 . ?V? f ? Accidentally Shot Himself Mr. Thomas Harper, of tin | Klgin neghborhood, while hand I ling n pistol last Wednesday, ae cidcntally shot himself in t hi I thigh. Dr. Poovev is attending him. The wound is very painfu hut is not considered serious. Death at I lent li Spring. Mrs (tiiziirinc Vnnlundlncrhnm wife of Mr \V ( Vanlandinghan died at her home, at I lent I Spring, on Wednesday last, afte a lingering illness of consumption She was about Hb years of ag and leaves her husband and sever al children surviving her. Sh was a member of the Dresbyteriai church and an excellent christiai woman. Her remains were in terred at Salem burying groum on Thursday, after funeral ser vices conducted by her pastor Rev Chalmers Moore. Tlianksgi\ injf Day. Of course all business will b suspended in Lancaster on Thanks giving day ?next Thursday. W suppose all will take a day off a usual ai d there will he a genera good time. The feature of th day here w ill lie the foot hall cram between the Cumden and Caucus tor graded school teams, i So far as we can learn the da_ will be pretty generally observe* too throughout the county. Ser vices will be held in many of th churches and the people will sus pend all work that day. Last Notice. Parties owing the Farmer* Hanking and Mercantile Co, inus come forward and settle at once a we are pressed for money to mee i our own obligations. Our book will tie found al Heath, Spring & C 'o's old o flice. Having sold out to the Caucus ter Mercantile Co, it will bo im possible tor us to carry over uc counts past duo. Faumkks' Hankinu and M kkcantii.k Company. In Trouble, and Lots ol' It. Robert Thornwell, colored, o this place, seems to have oottei into u peck of trouble all of i sudden. It is stated that one da> this week he stole a Mack hors from a party near Charlotte; tha he sold the horse to a party a Hock Hill on VVednesdav; thci stole it again and resohl it to an t?the? party. The sheritr hor wanted Hob on two warrants, on charging hi in with breach of con tract and another charging hin with house-breaking and larceny, and as soon as he learned over th phci o that Kot>ert was in Hocl Hill he had him arrested and depu ty Wilson went over and brough him here Thursday. Ho will b tried at once by Magistrate Cas key for the breach of contract and when ho has served his sen tence for that he will then be heh for trial at the next term of th court of general sessions fo house-breaking and larceny When this county gets througl with him the parties concernei about the horse can get hint i they want him. [I One Other Arrest Made. ? Win Kutledge, colored, i" the only party arrested since our last u issue charged with being implicate j ted in the wholesale stealing of f ! cotton in Pleasant Hill township, r j The Sheriff expects to make about , live more arrests. Mr. Bridges has not yet found ? a . of his missing cotton. Besides 0 tivo bales of ginned cotton, :l de 1 velops that a quantity of seed cotn ton had also been stolen from him i> Mr. A L Rollings of Oakhurst, i) | had two bales stolen, and the e i probability is that others have a had quantities of seed cotton I stolen from them. pj i Taxes! Taxes! Over half the time for the collection of State and county taxes j has expired and only about onepi eighth of the taxes have been collected. However about if 1,000 more has horn paid into the treasai urv than hud been paid at this r j time lust year. Everybody who I can should pay now and avoid the I rush which will come on later. It 'is very trying to have to wait nearly all day for one's time to come. Pay now and save this inII convene nee later. i ^ Herman, the I'riek Bicycle Rider Killed. e I We see the statement in the * p l newspapers that Herman, the' n i trick bicycle rider who was recent- j ly in Rock Hill with the "A day fiom davsville" troupe, was killed , I in Laurens one night last week, d ^ i The young man, so it is stated, fell from his wheel while in the midst of his performance. His : neck was broken by the fall and death followed shortly after the J accident. C ' ? Those who attended the performance in this city remember 6 young Herman. He was a bright P man and was by far thi best feat l' ure of the show. His untimely 6 death was a great blow to the company, as it will he exceedingly difficult for the manager to | secure his equal.?Ruck Hill Iler- ! ^ nld. .1 Big Damage Suit. Quite a large sized damage suit is pending in the court of com j m.?n pleas for York county. It, is the case of Rev. Robert D Perry, a Presbyterian preacher, airainst thr (!?/?? <?!? ('.ir/.Unn ..^.i i 0 vui \;nuik mm ! Northern Railroad company* Rev Perry sets forth in his complaint | that on November 14, lM?s, ho J hoarded a train of the defendant 1 company at Van Wyek, S (J, and at Catawha Junction he was so badly shaken up and bruised by the sudden bumping and jerking of a car, that he was injured for life aud he wants damages to the amount of ?20,0b0. The case was continued until the next term of the court.?Yorkville Lmptircr. n lilSMt IO K's | It ON' 11 N KltVH ' Was the result of his splendid e health. Indomitable will and I tremendous energy are not found ^ where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If II von want these qualities and the * success they bring, use Dr. King's e New Life Pills. They develop e every power of brain and body. Only 25c at Crawford Bros' drug store. '0 Trespass Notice. k \ L\, PERSON* AKE HEREBY > ? warned Jnof lo rid**, walk, hunt, haul wood, or tre*pa*H|in any way on t (lie land* of the undersign**)!, known , ? as "/lie a lex farter plantation," the N J Drafltn place." and "ilie W H " Drafttn place " several mites north or , town, and hounded bv land* I) Taylor J K Hunter, Heath Springs * Jk ('*?, M E Jordan, J A I' Hlatare ami I other*. e ' "arfer Adams, J a* T Adania, r O F Adam*, J no D Adam*, Jr., u Mary Jones. Idly Adam*, i Nov 20, IHM-lm |-iP~8ut)scril?e to The Ledokr. Mules for Capo Town. New Orleuns, La.. Nov 22? Captain Marshall, a British oili cer, sailed today on the transport Manchester City, for Capo Town with 2,000 mules on hoard. mw? wnmii mn Notice. Nritice is hertb.v j:lven that on tlu 22 i day of IfcCcinber, 1 Ki>i?, tlu limbtsigneil will nii.kw u tlnal return to tlit? Probate t <>urt f I ancaset county and apply tot-aid court fort final discharge as guaidioi of A ton Barber. F H Bather, (iuardian. by .1 11 Marl Atty. ??a?aw NOTICE OF SALE. BY virtue of an Order of the Probate ( ourt for 1. aneaatcr county of date Nov 22 1H99, the uiidcraii; ed will, on the Till d?< <?I Deu lSMl at the I.Htliaii Puice neat the town oi Lancaster, , at 1(1 o'clock a in. sell at tion t<> the 1?i>* 1?1 hiililfi's.lor i'ii>h,M'l the xtoo . farm I'TiMtuce, iinplimnts machinery belonging to the lute linn <?f H J Ur? g<?ry ?Ni * ' ? Also at the le-idence of ti e lute H J (in gory 5n the town of Lancaster, H O, on i|u> Kt11 ilay of I) e 1 v!>!*, nt hi o'clock a ni, I will, is Administrator of the estate of H J Gregory. deceased, Hell at public auction, for chhIi. all the household ami kitcheu furniture belonging to raid entile. W. T OKKtiOKV, W T. (iHKt.OI; V. Admr Est H .1 tfreuoiy. Green &, II iocs, A: t \ s for Admr. Nov 'J'J 1 slid. Administrators Sale of Personal Property. L? Y virtue of a,o Order of ttie hotorable C I). Jones, Judge if PiOirate of l.aioeaater county. I will sell ait public ouiery. on Wednesday, tin* fourth day of December in x> . ait tlie l ue residence of .1 W. McWhirter, deceased, lii ahe t >wn of Lancaster, the following peasoiial property longing to the estate of said deceased, o mi-ling most'y of tlie following ar? t e'es, to wit; Vive shares of Lancaster Cotton Mills stick at tlie par value of one hundred dollars, per share. Homehold ami ki'ctien UtrniUare, one ox, one hog, billiard a ah e and ti xnres, one pistol, one ox cart, one siei.h bee gums, i wo grind stones, diamond ring ami diamond pin, Ac. Tenus ot Sale CASH upon deliver; . GKOUGK I. C MCWHIRTKK. Administrator of tlie nersonal estate of J W McWhirter, deceased. iiiFiir NTATE OF SOU'Ml CAROLINA, COUNTY oK I. v NCASTKR. In tlie Common Pmus. Susan Blackmon. William L Blacktnon Bon# rt I. BlacUmon and Mary C Kennington Plaintiff's ar/ainst J Thomas Blackmon V. K Gregory, Burwel K Blackmon. J--re F Blackmon Sadie Blackmon and Mamie Blackmon, Defendants BY virtue of an Order made in the above ease hy Judge <) W Buchanan, dated Nov N, l'dlD, I ii id sell at piddle auction al I atieaister court house within tlie legal lours of saleoti tlie Firnl Afon day in /)ri\ mher, X ?xt, all (tial piece, parcel or tract of land, containing I'wo Hundred Acres. more >r less, situated in tlie county ami -tate aforesad'i, lioumied on 11?N> i tii hy lands of Willis P. Blau-kmoi ; o i ttie East hy lands nf ,I T Kenniiigtoii and ot tiers, oii 'he-mil h by amis ol tlie said Willi- P Blacktiioii and on iIn* West by >amis of if. t' Welsh ami otIn-rs. Onjr To ins of Sale. CASH. Pur eliaser to j av fur i apers. I. M. OI.YBl'RN. S I. ( \ Plaintiffs' Mils h I) Blakeney, | ^ara^i^aqfgaiB^Juwi j??bhwi It is Yaiir (hvii Not Allow You HI GUNS, Pistols, Shells, Kelt Hunting Coats, Ix^ggings, Primers. (See our single gun for $5 (<? and oui double lor $.s (M() CHINA, Cups and Saucers, Plates, Bowls, Dishes open and covered. (Nicest plsin while Cup and Saucer, 26c set.) GLASS W ARK,Pitchers, Pickle dishes, Preserve stands. (4 piece set S5 cenla.) M USIC A L INSTKU M KNTS, Guitars Banjos, Violins, Accordeons, Harps, C<?ncertenas, Autoharps, Mandolins, Phonoharps. (A ?lan?ly Guitar for $2 70 ) DON'T FORGET?Santa his goods with us, and such a line B.C.HOI WRONG Aj WHO? SOLOMOi i Because lie said that all is vanity i there is the new store of ; PORTE It I and that isplutnh full of the nicest stoc [ eyes on. Not a hit of vanity ahout it. that Mr. Porter bought and selected hit in their neat store room are laden with brought to Lancaster in a'l it's glorious 1 one of those hats we were talking ahou in it that he thought he was one of the and one of the ladies who purchased a that she had found C inderella's slippers ; spry. And. gentlemen, we just want you Our Shirts and ? \V<* tcive slur s fi r men in tl>e p A lot lot Is fui lie liero tlii'l w u 11 Sti 1 rt ? wilit li'iM ins ? s wliile as i 'I lint ?>| ( n I" liii ii i r i pen t foie Slur1 s wtiese In sou is me p aili ? V\ lies# till t? 11 linSes, aim I ole* a My a mi im?res? win- I-1 cw j'.is' i Fi r lie i nt'le \nui u men o* 1 ist I j A nd .1 lint l^ook in < >m Ni-hI Ii nek seiof r the cute i*t'* Win se lieaiily will ealel> i?n\ uir Anil j- I e * 11 l In ii I; us she looks a' W. II; Mai In I tl ink lie i* .. . ki A ml if y n've Iiiui (I mi \ in t iliti \1' - ? >> ? ?? 11 !M* 11 v ii :i t in 11ml \\ i I >u Alw?j> K'ail lone ynii l.amcsai | lie spec iPORTKR I - THE CHEEP I CCTLTin ITHVZkii." GEM-H W hen huyinii shoes always n COCKADE CITY SI ' Ami wear to please you. Every pair oi i inner soles. Hny none that are said best wearers made. Sold in aP styles. F Tickled 1ceause I ext pain. 1 can do the same for you. effects result from my extracting j pleasant ness and satisfaction inste I've the experience, the 4'know h doing all branches of scient.tic denti l^r Special attention given to Work. No charge for examinati( lr l. E. Rutledg | LANCASTER. 1 j ;; m(>.v/;r to loax. i ' , ' | HAVE M \ DK arrangement* Willi j ( | 1 hmker-> In New York ('ity tlirou b -?%0 ! wlinin i > n. it'ile t*? i> a *e loan* se.'tir-. 1 C )il Uy a lli>t mnrtijaix on Improve-i ! t ?nnii?< f??r tWeyear- im pnyaU e in ! I in>t*thiie ii.nl i he low ihIp of 7 |>ei I oi 1111?'i|n r annum. The broker I for Htro Hint the eliarire for ala-t.aet anil j yea inspection nr?* ??mll and at the ex- i to j pense of the borrower I ... It E W VI IK. 1 Ally at Law. ! '""a1 ('on Fault it You do ?< >' us to Save s C iiuey fin s, i I .HI s JKWKIiRY, Watches, Clocks, ()Hi< Tins, Buckles, Beauty Bin,Chains. jon (A Watch that will run and keep time for l"J months or jour money buck $1 - *> ) SILVERWARE, Spoons, ladles Ind sugar shells, butter knives, cas J Wa I tors, cream and sugar sets, pitch J Van ers, pickle stands, card cases. : ( an (H knives and H forks, lionets A Bros ^in 1 Al. 12 Dwt He*' >n the world, ) (fill Pictures, picture frames, pic- j dill ' ture glass, cord and nails. Gill REPAIRING. Watches, Hi- | cycles, Clocks, .Jewelry, Sewing machines. Every job guaranteed. 1^,H| CUTLERY, Razors, pocket knives, scissors, shears, butcher . ' ' . . ' ' ' Plei knives, carvers. p. (Ht-e the Butcher Knife on the 10c I counter, it will surprise you.) Ced; Claus has already hegun depositing c?d i has never l?een seen here before. rGH&co. & ? 1 GAIN! I " % WHY?? ind th:it can't he right because ??5 ^ *" '*** B? k of goods you ever laid jour Most cf those nice new goods nself are.in now and the shelves i the handsomest iroods ever history. A gintleinan houirht I last week and hiked m> well returned heroes of Muniia Hay, pair of those shoes dreamed , because it made her feel so to see Terk Wcsr; i1n>e ? f tife i> him a ? ife. In* driven hi.. \r, r Mai itilv |?h-1 i. 11 I >! ?'> ?'H Kit* ! Ill |>h*teM A I'III M ? Ml r? a! Ill orie ohi Lanr; -tfi 1 !!-?.<? Ill 1 h?? ' 1 M* I's t w: nk I'r jr -;* It is i let ii l-e ?ai < '-at i j? r-pli' h\\ ?*i V? i ha \ t v. ?i hi.i.) you it \ on r*ir ii o. t; ( ? 1.1 U in ii tfully, Ii St OS STORE.: KEZEXEjacu 3i sk for t ho UfSE^ vor WILL 3 w Sn. B tiiid them to fit larautccd to lie .solid outer and to he ns good. as tliev are the Niricr I?i*as. raeted his tooth without Neither jmin nor after r. .My methods suggest ad. ow" and ne facilities for istrv at the least cost Gold Crown and Hridge nis and estimates. ;e, Dentist. s. c. NOTiCF,! flu r...r J'tif/riKif Jj'i UPunter Cmiti '//. he Tieasiner'n < lliee will tie ojea the cut lection of taxes for t tie fNo*! r 1 v???? fr< iii tin- hi h May of Ortohe* he Hist May December IfcOh. he ievy is an toili.w.-*: te. "> mill*; lll'V, *? ;CRK, :: irititf (" A: C R U 1 el (N, { 44 ool, 3 " LOCAL I. VY. A (is, Kx., II IL. ( i 1 Is Creel;, 4, mi lit. A (?a. Kx , R It < ane Creek, 4 J 44 . A (J;., Kx. R 14, Pleasant Hill, 3 " icaster (1 ratted School, 4 44 hurst, school, 4 ,4 es X Roads, school, 3 44 ToTAt. 1.KVY BY DISTRICTS. iau Land, Jfi| min^ xhaw e Creek, 21 " e Caeek (* railed school 2>> " e Creek Jones X Roads23 h Creek, 21$ 14 h CreekOraded, 2.">$ ,4* s Cre? k Jones X Roads, 23$ u ord, itt} ;Creek, l?J " * *"X t Creek Kershaw. Ifi} * ^ want Hill, 19| " iwant Hill, Kershaw, 19J 44 sant Hill, Oakhurvt 23} 44 ?Rant Hill, Jonea X Roads. 21} ar Creek, Ifl} ? ar Creek, Jonea X Roada, 18* ** Respectfully submitted, W. C. CAUTHKN, Oo. Treasurer. apt 2?, 18M.