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The ) papers until they res in mind. 3R " 1 YOU IN AKKKARSI^I o, you can give us your notei^M due Decerni>er 1st, noxt, for ndehtodncss to date, und pay ?2f inhscription one year in ad-^? and get the benefit of above jjL H rders and d tances to 1J ^ A DTCD 4M $S6,000 for Tuekeegee. New York, Dec 11.?To-day a check for $25,000 toward the endowment fund of Tuskeegee In? etitute came from a woman in Ohio. This is the conditional $25,000 subscription made through Grover Cleveland, the donor having removed the condition. Other gifts make the whole amount added to the endowment fund of the Tuskeegee Institute, us a result of the Madison Square Garden concert hall meeting, about $86,000. Commander Wood Dies of Ty phoid Fever. Washington, Dec 11.?Commander E T Wood, U S N, died of typhoid fever at his residence in this city at 5 o'clock this morning. IIo was in command of the gun-boat Petrol, at the battle of Manila bay. He will he given a naval funeral at Annapolis, Wednesday. Train Fired Into. Charlotte Observer, Dec 14 Last night, shortly after No 34 the train on the Charlotte, CoL umhia and Augusta that arrives here at 0:10 p m, left Rock Hill,' S C, some one fired a pistol into one of the passenger coaches. The ball shattered the glass of two windows?the one it entered and the one it passed through. If the n?en who were in the seats had been sitting up, one of them would have been killed, but as it was they were both asleep, and were lying down. Am Old IdM. Every day strengthen* the belief of eminent physicians that impure blood is the reuse of the majority of our diseases. Twenty-five yeurs atm this theory was used as a has in for the formula of lirowns' Iron Bitters. The many remarkable cures effected hy this famous old household remedy are sufficient to prove that the theory is corree*. I Bro*na' Iron Bitters is eok. Ur ail dea)?w H t v\ I 1 OLD. STRONG. RELIABLE 1 Home Life Insurance Company of Hew York Issues all the Libel al Forms of Life and Fndowment Policies,Cash, Loan, , Paid up Values and extended Insurance Written in Policy OONTRAOT., . Gall to see T S Carter, s KeHident Agent, . Or* write to S L M iller, General Agnt. 1402 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. ' .Jmy , ' "K, THAT THR.OBU HKADACHK Would quickly leave you, i you used Dr. Klhg's New Lif Pills. Thousands of sufferers ha" proved their matchless merit fo Sick and Nervous Headache* They make pure blood and stron nerves and build up your health Easy to take. Try them. Onl 25 cents. Money back if n? cured. Sold by Crawford Bro? Druggist. Last Notice. * Parties owing the Farmer* Banking and Mercantile Co, mil! come forward and settle at once ? we are pressed for money to mec our own obligations. Our book I will tie found at Heath, Spring ' & Co's old office. Having sold out to the Lanca* ter Mercantile Co, it will be ini j possible tor us to carry over a( ' counts past due. Farmers' Banking and Mercantile Company. .loll l*rintiii|f. Law Briefs, Minutes, nil kitu of Blanks, Bill and Letter Head Envelopes, and all kinds of Jo Printing done in tho best styl and at lowest prices. Call at Th Lkdgkk office and see samples r my work and get prices. HUGH WILSON, Abbeville, S. C. Press and Banner Office. Auditor's Notice lancastkk < . h . s r , December 5. K.flO VJOl'li K in hereto giveu that tin IN I.fit will tie Upe i fmni the b day o' J A N U A KV to Ih- 2<?tb dav ? FKKKU ^ KY, IS'0. fin the purpose) receiving the re urns of ihe taxpayer of Lancaster county All persona tiHvin . properly in ttiei possession or co irol as manage.? Uoldera. or a* husband, p?renl. uuai dlan, trustee, ex?eii'or ad minis!rai.n receiver. accounting officers. sgeni at tofney. or factor, on ilte Kilt ST da ofJ aNIJ v KY, 1900, a r* required t list me utile tor luxation wliiiin in tijue required t>y law, or Incur Hi penal*y of FIFIY tier cent,, whlc attaches to ca-e o fuilo'e >o ?lo ho t he poll tax of ONE DOLLA R I laid upon hII M a LK perHotiH betwee the arcs of 21 and tiO yesm except pel -one who are manned and unable t eaMn a HUup'Ti; a so ' nnfed-rate an] diars above th age of 50 years. che auditor or ?n astd-iant will al lead the following plac-a in toe coun i.v on the days named below (or III convenience of th- public.* (>?ceol*? l u-sday. January 9. 12 rr Pleasant Vat ley ? Wednesday, Jail uary 10 Belalr?Thursday, January II Van Wyck?Friday, January 12 Dixie, a iii, Dwluht, p m? Monday Januaiy 15 Tra l sville?I ue-day. January II Taxahaw?Wednesday. January i' Klai <'reek' liurch?Thursday. Jau uary 1H. I)r t'U We'ah's- Friday, Jan 19 Primus Saturday. January 20 Haile Hold Mine?Monday, Jan 2! Keishaw?Tuesday and Wednesday Januaiy 23 and 24 Heath iSpr.ng?Thursday, Jan 25 Pleasant Hill?Friday. January 2t to 2 o'clock p m Dry t're> k?Monday, January 29 Under an act of the ley Isl ii ure, a person- having a gr?ss income of $2 600, or more are req dred lo make return of the same to the auditor t the time of mukiuir thvir other re tutae. It will lie to the intereat of ever taxpayer to inuke hia return promp I of all personal property; alao of a transfers or improvement* on real e* tate, and tmv?* the penally of 50 pt e?*nt., which rttachea aflei the 20th r February. Respectfully, j NO. A COOK County Auditor. "trespass notice. I All persons are hereb warned not (? ire-pas* by walk Ing. riding, hontiUK. fishing, haulin wood, or in any other way on tfa Inml" of the undersigned in Bufor towaahip. Haid landa are in the vicin ty of Bethel church aud are bouude by the Htate line, lands of J H (Stew art, Henry Kowell, H rt Plyler, lb F.pnna, Rl&ckiuons and other*, M ones Yarborough, J // Htewart. H P Plyler. Jr. Daniwl rtapp, Romulus rtapp, Peter Carries, Win Hays, Wilson Kowell, \AJ bJi.i ?? ui niaiairt Isabella Kowell, Mack Couitney, Leroy Courtney. Dec 4, 18?9-ln). Trespass Notice. \Z?L PKRHON8 ARE HKVKH warned |not to ride, walk, huu haul wood, or trespass ;in any way c the lands of the undersigned, know as "rhe Alex Carter plantation," ' tt N J Draftln place." and "the W J Draffln place." several miles north < town, and bounded by lands o/H Taylor. J F Hunter, Heath Mprinj A Co. M K Jordan, J A I' Hiatare an others. barter Adams, Jaa T Adams, O F Adams, Jno D Adams, Jr., Mary Joese, Lily Adams. Nor 20,10M?lm. A western orator got otF the following: 44Wo live in a land of lf mountains and high tuxes, big ^ ? crooked rivers and crooked .states 0 men, big lakes and big strikes, , big drunks and big pumpkin*, g big men with pumpkin heads, i. silver streams that gambol in the >' mountains, and pious politicians cc that gamble in the night, roaring cataracts and roaring ot ators, fast horses and fast young men, shai p lawyers, sharp financiers, and P i' sharp nose gossips, noisy children, sr it fertile plains that lie like a sheet t b is of water, and thousands of newsit papers that lie like thunder." m ;h In order to prevent dodging ! and cheating in regard to the can?" collation of revenue stamps the government has ordered that on ^ and after Dec 15th all documen tury revenue stamps of 10 cent ' 1 11 viruuiuiiiaiiuii uuu over siiuil no I j ^ only bo cancelled in the usual way , hut shall l>o mutilated besides, ,1 with a knife or perforator. b _ h? h A FKIOil J FIJI. "! e IM.lWDiK 11 K I w ^ Will often on line a horrible Horn, Scald, Cut or Bruises ^ Buck ten's Arnica Salve, the be>t ei in the world, will kill the pain in and promptly heal it. Cures Old i Sores, Fever Soros, I'leers,* Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Kruptions. * Best Pile cure on earth. Onl\ 25 cts. a hox. Cure guaranteed. N Sold by Crawford Bro>' Druggist. e\ J His Dream. C( If l et H l'apa (at the brexufast table) ? Willie, my boy, .why are you j)( looking so thoughtful? Art you P( r not wellt V) Willie (verv seriously)? Yes, papa; hut I had a strange dream ? this morning. h Papa ? Indeed! What was it! l? Willie ? 1 dreamed, papa, that 11 I died and went to heaven; and 0 when St Peter met mo at the gate, 1 instead of showing me the way to > the golden gate, as 1 expected, he e took me out into a large field and in tho -middle of the field >. i there was a ladder reaching away up into the sky and out of sight. Then St Peter told me that heaven rt was at tho top, and that in order ni ? I f to get there I must take the big i- piece of chalk ho gave tue and j slowly climb the ladder, writing ^ , ) t>u vovu lung DIIIUO Mil I 11(1(1 com* r. | mitte'J. I)( j Papa ?(laying down his news' paper.) ? And did you finally ( reach it my Hunt 1 Willie?No papa, for just as I a wa? trying to think of something c, to write on the second rung, I looked up into the sky and saw i)| y you coming down. ?< I'apa?And what was I coming ,r j down for, pray? | Willie?That's just what I askm ed you, papa, and you told nie you were going for more chalk.? ( Life. Y re - SPAIN'S OltKATKST (1| a NKKI) d Mr. K 1* Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken S C. Weak nervea had causei) i? severe pains in the hack of his pi head. On Using Klectric Bitters, (,'(J America's greatest Blood and tl Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left Im him. He says this grand medi- j, cine is what his country needs. c< All America knows that it cures liver and kidneo trouble, purities >1 U1 1 A - - iuo union, tones up the stomach, hi strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and now life into overy m ? muscle, nerve ami organ of the I" body. If weak, tired or ailing ^ you need it. Every tnittle guaran fs Y tee<l, on'y 50 ceuts. Sold by ra *j Crawford Bros' Druggist. T )e MONEY TO LOAN. H >r T have MaDK *rrHngpment? with D 1. brokers in New York City through js whom f sra. able to place loans secur* id ed by a first mortgage on Improved p farms for five years time, payab'e In * Installments, at the low rate of 7 per Ul cent. Interest per aunum. The broker to age and the charge for abstract and Inspection are small and at the ex* pen*, of the borrower B R E. WYLIK. Atty at Law. A Judge on Pardons. snsas City Cor St Louis GloboDemocrat. In Hentencing Levi Moore to 99 ?a> s in the penitentiary Jud^e :>hn W Wofford of the criminal >urt todav made aome remarka */ ~ le statements. Among other lings lie said: 14When you go down to tho snitentiary behave yourself and irne fool governor, who wishes > distinguish himself for philarw iropy, benevolence and kindness, av pardon you. Yours is an ctraordinary case and some govnor may think he can become stinguistied by pardoning you. herefore the jury did you agreat metit not to hang you. They ive given you a chance to be irdoned. 44We have had examples lately f governors seeking to become sroos by pardoning murderers id criminals in this State. The sro factory has been working rertime in the last IS months. ' a man can become a hero by ading a river with the water up ? his shirt tail, why can't a gov-* nor become a hero by pardon ig you ?" The Twentieth Century, ew York Sun. The JSun has received bo many ridences of confused minds rourding beginning of the twentih century that it will present a roof that the twentieth century agin* after the year 1900 i? ond1, in the shape of a littlo con* jrsation: Question ? What is a year? Answer ? Three hundred and xty five day*. What is a century? One hundred years. When did the year No 1 end? Decern tier 31 of the year 1. When did the year No 2 begin? January 1, of the year 2. When did the year 99 end. December 31, 99. Did that comnlete a eentnrv? No. When was the century com* leted? At the close of tho year folio wig 99: or at the close of the ear 100. When did the second century January 1 of the year 1 of the cond century, that is, January , a n ioi. 11 i ? i ? - ??nen (lia me l'Jth century id? At the cloto of the nineteen undredth year, or at the close of [>00. Q. When does the 20ih cen? iry l>e?;inf A. It begins on day No 1 of ie 20th hundredth year?that it, n ,Jan 1. A D 19C1. We must still ?ee two Christlanes before the 20th century itwns. f IOO It KW A.lt I) I l O The readers of thiM paper will he leased to learn that there is at l??ast ite dreaded disease liiat science has ?en a ;le to cure in all its stage* and tat is f^ttarrh Hall's Catarrh Cure the only positive cure now known > the rn<*<li?3t*l fraternity. Catarrh beig a coiisiitAitional disease, require* a institutional treatment. Haii'ii t'arrh (Jure I* taken internally, acting Irectly upon the hlnod an I mucous i (races of the system thereby destroy* g (he fuuutiatiou of the disease, and ving the patient strength by build* ig up the constitution and assisting liture in doing i>s work. The pro* rietors have so much faith in its iratIve powers, tha* they offer One undreil Dollars for any case that it Ik to cure. Mend for list of testl* lonlals. Address. J V. CHENEY A CO., oledo. O. M^Sold by Druggists, >o. Notice. Jotice is hereby given that on the v 221 day of December. 18W, the nderslgned will make a Anal return > the Probate Court of Lancaster mnty and apply to said court for a rial diacharge as guardian of Anna arber. F H Barber, Ouardian. by J H Marlon, Atty.