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u OLD, STRONG, RELIABLE ! Home Life Insurance Companj of New York Issues all Hie Librial Forms of liift a n d Entiowmonl FoliCi; s,Oash, Loan T,\id up V^s.luns 3 nd extended Zoaurancc W Id P ollC^ COJKTTHilCiT. Call to see I ? Carter, UeNident \ ffont < >i~ writ?) to 5!.Mil In, (vonoral Atfnt I 4 0*2 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. Scrrirc 01 in?* >011:11 r;:iroiuiii ?v Uror^ii Kxtfiuioii ltallroiul. Tnere *vji! be opi'iatei! on this rot on nn<l h:'mt the 24 h inst, througl passenger (ruins, <!aily except Sunday KCtl-illllrii :w< follow-: i'nin No S2 leave Marion, N C, a o 00 u in, making close connection a Binks urg. S ( with (he Southern' train No for Char otte. N ami al points K el ami connecting with tli Snull.et >'- Vestihu c going to A Hunt (I i, iin<) 1111 .mints We-t, ami will ri ceive passengers goi g Knst from trai No in on tl>c (i & N \V it It at York vil e, S si h ,V> a m. ami connecta a ( nmtleii, s 1 \ with the Southern' tr-< ri \o 7H arriving in < harlentoi .*' o II I ) 111 I ruin N<? 3-1 willi pHsmMikjer eoacl ait.icliM.l 'hwiii^U i-k-i'ir^at 5 30 m. >?ml c > meoting at ft ?f:k Hill, H <' with the outlmrVs Florida train f. ati |m iiiih .Smth. I ruin A'o 3J raving > amilt-n, S t at l'J "0 j' in afh r tin* u>riv.? of th Houlhrm's tm? !e?t<m r-iin, ouniiprt a uncart** s wi li me h A <' I Ft a ' Hi a ^ iui Jim in lithe"* ; L, m,' i' 1' I. ai K k ll i H, S , w it I t ;i fii-rtt'a t rai N" <1 tor CJIntr lo t<*, ^ ami ail point- Kant. ''on in;- s .it Yorkvi In, .- > witn train N y mi tin* A N W It It lor i Imntcr S , ! itiam si) iTi! whit lite South ari.'i V'nafiIioIm going IvoO, ami th Soli'i crn'i train No So going \\V-t and I'ounectiiitt at Marion N . will t 11 r .? i m; till in ii ii r,ir| :i i m h i'ii \ IIIK'H ll?illUt? W i I H| pi ll when i I to i ruin comim-nrf* in peiuit h. M Lumpkin, O-neral Paeaenger Agent. d tar-. . . - *4. Lit. Printintf. Law Briefs, Minutes, nil kin< of Blanks, Bill and Letter Head Envelopes, and all kinds of do Printing done in the Lost styl and at lowest prices. Call at Tii Lkixskic otliec and see samples o wiv work and get prices. HUGH WILSON, ALLoville, S. C. Press and Banner Otliee. HON BY TO LO A N. IHAVK M \ DK arrangement wit! broker* in New Y.?rk t Ity throncl if Imni > mi* aole to pu.e loans secur *d by a Aral mortgage on Improve. fa? m- r.ir fi ve yearn time payable ii inn'allme m. at the low rate of 7 pe c?nr linereMt per annum. The broker age ami the charge for attract am inspection are small and at the ex pens* of the borrower It E WYI.HC A ity at Law. 1 - 1 uJ. i l j | jj ffllHIHllllilAl '&STORi| ! AVcgetnblc Preparation for AsI siinilatiiv^ iHcTood nruiRe^uIaI jj tmgiliebU.iiUdisaiull3o\vcisof ! ijP^MS j! Promotes Digestion,Chcctfulj ncssand Kcst.Contains neither I; Opium .Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. ^ J firttpr of Old DrSAMVEL PlllMEH \ | 1 ]\impfkti% Stttl ' Jlx.Senna * ] /l'nc/itlfg SJts I /4rusf Set / i I ! * J\ppernmni - ) Jft OJ/t nna+SaJa I liJrrn Seed Clarified Sugar . hui*eyr+*n f/a}7XT ) A perfect Remedy forConstipation. Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea. h Worms .Convulsions.Feverishaess and Loss of Sleep. j ||| TacSinule Signature of NKW YORK. CXACT COPY" or WRAPPtB. I V IM I I T~^ ^ Auditor^ V?licc l-ANCA HT K H , *? I I?e< etuis-1 5, Wf) ( N'' I1' i* tiereii 11>?i my i ?>f1i * w II he i |)e f til t e 1*1 day iANUvUY (o ill 2 ttjiliiy f ' KKUKII HY ill 0. ? . t .e ,.ur(iose I , re^eivine tli- re urns >f ilie tixpnerof [jaiU'M'er ? ??II111 \ All persona liaviii properly in 'hen poHH?ssi"ii or co irol mm -. a-ourholders -r as husband, p-re- i uu ?r 1 diati, trustee, ex. cu-or administrator,' receiver nee iiutiKgofllce'* k hi attorney, or fae'or. on the K| f .ta? of J A N U * ItY 190(1, nr^ r**(|ulr?d (o list the >ame ior taxuii-oi wimiu the time required i>y law, or ioc-or'i.e penal V ot KIFI Y per eeo>, w ie-i attaches m CH*e o failo e o do so The poll ti?* of 15N R 1st) .1. \ it, I till upon ill M ? 1,1'. , cr-o s b?tweeli ' b, theanesofil a Hilly- r- x<-ep p- r ( oils who a>e maimed Mil t in-ahl to ii ?*ari' u .?u -por ; a no miiIV-i rale * J I ,A <1 irrs nhoVe t!i "K'* "f ">0 '?i> Th.* an liloi ??r o 'aiM wi I ?.teinl the tollo A ing |>! - i . c e cihih I il ly on the "lays .el w In ihe Ii I'onv- nienee >' th |mli i<" O'RhoI"? 11 mlay Janititrv !l, 12 m. ' IMevisam Vii',by ? We?loe-tlav, J* . uary hi I Ih'l.ir?Thur-.Fay, J .iiuar? II I Van VVyck ? Kri>ia\,Ja u ?r 12 j Inxie > hi Ii**mill. hi ?i > .lay * Januaiy In < II Tra i av.iif ? ' nc-ilay. J ii ll*i> hi | p Tax haw?W I ue-d 4. January 17 Kia1 reek lm?. h ? riniiail iy J m- | 4 uary 1H. I)r * W" sli'n - F iila\ . Ja 111 n hiimiia i < I ay Jai.u >r 20 i H ui ' Jul ' M' ? ?i|i>inl?y Ja 22 lvfiaha^?Tiii'-ilay ami v\ etln.-ilav ( 1 January 23 ami 24 * Heath -|> - T u a-lay J u 25 i_ h.eaaaiil I lit' ? Kri'l ii .lamia ? 20 , to 2 'i'Ioio* | hi I>?y i r?* k? il.. il ?\ Ja i?' . 20 1 b IJliiler a I.'I tif 111 in I a II i * ?l rtnll- having., i^r I ll?.- of $2 , 500. or omr- a * > ?| ir>-?I in iiir> * a ' r--1 iirii <>f i -inn.- to th- aniiitor >i . r the limn of ma i * in.ir i or reIII' II n . | . F' will 'p to i? interest of every ( taxpayer to im.k? i- return |?mm|i i.? '* uf ml t.elH ...? lii'iin "' 1 "I-"' ? H trim-fi-iv r iinp o >.- >t.-<>.. i.. i i lute. ami * >v th.* ifiiuity f ;,o |i?t ^ f'-nt.. wlncli rt fa n- ?.('? i citf'JOn of Kel>r?iHr\ Itf-i i fni \ J.N /. \ ' iiuiiu Au ii<or cV<? 2. ? 5" ?* B mamf a* i w?-- r r ? ~T ~ ? rnrmamm 3- 5 3 /. n r c" ^ n o ? E. 2 ! 2. 3 * & ?- ? MM mg-stig? *1" ? 71 JS* ? r* 1 j s r s I. -z 1 5 r 5 %%'-% < = % * 2 = 2 ? &-S -i ' 1 <> p ; a - c So ? 0 hi ?? 3 -s 5 _ 5s , m in* B r-QK'ox I." h?1 "? ? ^ r-? O ^ _ ft f ;,oP ?? |.g-fl'r a 5 ?t3>" *3 ': P | - i ? 2 2. ? F-^ ?* O * 5 -< J- p. Amf ?-i r* a- o =. na o P- B a a tf. ja <? D rt> ^ HM C -i ?<t X S3 ? <? m? * 5 25. ? ? c? E? ? s* S. Sf.? 5-1 g-S " h C/> ' w 3 &. s ? 3 ? i <w ? p 2 " I * lis 1 ? i ? i ?? r 1 \ 4.1 J 1> fc3>T" Have yoa forgotten to pay your ubscriptiont tq Ledger! J -a g i * ' ?.# 6 CASTORIA For Infants and Children. [he Kind You Have ? Always Bought J; Bears the I ? c) Signature //X J] 01 j: Cl Jr ,n ? nf* use i? <y For Over \[ Thirty Years j" CflSl ORIfl THI CKNTAUR COMMII*, NtW ?0?? CITY. r ?? j Why ("owb Drv Up. al Cows go dry from mismanage' ^ ment more than frmii any other ' can an. Irregularity of milking and failure to 4*?irip" will cause any cow to drv otF Tne richest milk ih the last druwn from the P' udder, and for Ilia reason alone 111 the d irymen ahould H?rip closely. 111 Changes ,>f food, when made sud t( ilenlv, will al?o cause the cows to ti fall off in yield; hut in winter the cause may also l?e due t*? extreme cohl and insufficient shelter, while lv in summer the use of netting in , li the windows to prevent the en? trunce of fl.e- anil other insects, a will serve to pro! >ng tun milking di period, - Farm and Field j n< W hut Pil'/'llwa Vtoii 11 1 . pi W ith 25,()<><) American soldiers ^ ?ppl>iiut frr pensions f.?r injuries i in the late war, the Spanish go?, rnment is proh hly wondering cl :inw thev trot injured. Lust Notice oi Parties owin?x the Farmers' h< thinking and Mercantile Co, must p? ome forward and settle at oner as we are pressed for money to meet fl, >ur own obligations. Our hooka ^ will ne found at Heath, Springs *( ft ('o'a old office. m Having sold out to tho Lancas-' er Mercantile ('o, it will t>e impossible tor us to carry over ae* b counts past due. Farmers' Nanking and Mercantile Company. " In Notice to I>cl?tors and Creditors of I*. M. I'lyler, l>cccaae<l. w A 1.1. P- r-wii- indebted <> the e?t?ta ^ if 1' M P ier, (lwernwd will Mine fnrw >r at unit) mid make -ettle d< rrieiit with tlie undeiMigiied Pemoua w lirtVi * claim* ngati.Mt said eatale will ^ i.rewent ilietn, ?IuI> verified, to the undersigned W. 11 PI.YLFK, Owi. W PLY l.KK. KXeCUtOrS. * n< LANCASIEK AND (HESIER RAILWAY. tl ti BETWEEN CHSnTKR AND EANCABTEK Schedule in effect Daily except Huudaj g on and after Heptll, 1898. fl WKMTBODND I KAHTBOUND. No's. 14 and 16 | No's. 17 and 16' <]| A M. P M. Al/.PM ? 9 66 6 66 A r Cheater Lv 11 00 7 00 9 07 6 07 Rich burg 11 88 7 46 8 66 4 66 Baicombvllle 11 62 7 66 a P M y, 8 33 4 83 Fort Lawn 12 12 8 16 8 06 4 00 Ly Lancaster Arl2 60 8 66 ni Connects at Cheater with Southern Ro4'way, Heaooard Air Line and Car- a allnaand North-Western Railway. t4 Connects at r?anca*ter with the Ohio River A Charleston. Leroy Springs, Pres., Lancaster, 8. C. J U Heath, O. P. A., ? m W H HarJia, V F and And.. Chester ?* y J y I 1 I ; W I I' 'I a i u / X ,'OMMON SUPERSTITIONS. If 7 f T I f ..... . ....... . , , SOI ley Arc Not Only Prevalent In bii North Carolina; Hut Also in I fr< South Carolina se< tit If one would learn the popular iperstitions of North Carolina, ho >yk the correspondent of an ex th? >ange, he must go into the rural S? strict*. Below are some of the do unmon savings: ap If, in washing the dishes or eaning the tahlo before a meal, vn io cook drops u dishing, some le is coming in hungry. a The crowing of u rooster before wi le front door early in the morn- fir g foretells the visit of a so ranger. If a red bitd flirts about the ne ont yard and chirps merrily, u uung girl gaily dressed and light hi narted umy be expected soon. fr The crowing of a rooster early Tl i the night is a sign of hasty bws. Thus many a chicken y? roster, try a single crow, has st< ist a gloom over an eniire fainitn The howling of a dog at night la rrelells some dire calaaiitv, such ; r s tragic death. wi If a dog lies on his hack, with en et extended upward, in the oat yard, some member of the ^ rmilv in which he belongs is sure i die soon r< The screaming of a screeeh owl cm irse nights in succession in or " rout the front \ard is the sign 1 tat some one in the house is in jj tnger of death. n, To drive the owl away stick the A i?*vmI in the lire U' I) The ernwing of a chicken hen irrtends bad luck. It certainly ieanw a death, for no good wo ian would permit a crowing hen > live longer than it would lake ^ ) bring an axe across its neck. In ironing n garment, if the noothing iron is dropped, the wner of the irarnrent will ^ __ "" " * J re to wear it out. Friday is an unlucky day. If m piece of work i? begun on that ly, the one who begun it will ic " *i \\ >t live to ^rp it finished. ' til If tha individual* of a hunting . . , ,n irly, in crossing a fence go over le same taction, luck will he .... , an )od; out if aeveral sections are osaed the hunt will he a failure. I fe If in strolling two persons go i opposite aides of a tree, one or . ith of them will meet disap I ^ hutments before the day ia over !nf Looking at a new moon for the j hi *st time through obstructed i Fi iace, as through a tree top, retells misfortunes during that th oon. To see it over the right I N loulder and in clear space brings V sod luck ' hi The rabbit always carries omens gj 1 ill fortune. If you meet him ah i going from homo you may m . I- * - ok ior iroume heror* you re- J w irn; if going toward home, there ill be trouble in your family. til A hen must not ho taken from a |?.i replace in a sick room. The in ?ath of the patient would follow. ^ or muat the tied of a sick person a turned over. No one ever saw a negro meet corpse. The moat courageous v< Bgro would go out of Inn way to void auch e calamity. It is said c( let if you meet a corpse your mo will come next. If a corpse tte i stopped on tho way to the Rr rave, another member of the imily will soon follow. Cf Kraut muat lie made in tho l>( ark of the moon if it is to tie Rl >ur. di It is the heighth of folly to cut 01 child's finger nails before it is a A ear old for then it will steal. The ails must be broken off. If a child is allowed to look in P1 mirror before it is a year old ^ >ething will be difficult. The tying of a small sack, conlining the four feet of a ground oi tole, around a baby's qack, as- at ires a fdll of"j?retty teeth. ft . i 4 i Jk in teething the child's gums are ' hi re, that may he cured hy rub- | rt ig them with rabbit brain* hut ti im the head. The writer has tl ?n bnth of these remedies prac ! n :ed. j lti To remove a wart from the p dy steal a piece of meat, rub p e wait with it, and then bury it. p y nothing about what you have] no and the wart will soon dis- j b pear. ! u A stray black cat in the back-jo rd foretells good luck. jo If a woman is making soap and j h man comes up and stirs it, all tl ill he well and tlie soup will he ti te; but if a woman comes, the i tl ap will spoil in making. 11< If you sing in bed you will cry 'o 'xt day. | p If a railroad engineer sees a a ack sheep cross the track in a ont of him he expects trouble lat is an omen of ill luck. o If you want a cat to stay at r >ur home rub its paw on the^* live. tl To keep a new dog inoasuro his u il with a cornstalk and bury the p Iter under the front stepa. p If you sleep with vour feet to- j <] urd the door you will soon he < t ried out 11 corpse. ji ? ? t f in,*: \ \ i Kitri' t Are grand, hut Skin Kruptions 11 d> life of joy. Bucklen's Arni- It , Salve, cures them; also Old, c unn;ng and Fever Sores, Ulcers, nil-, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, ruises, Hums, Seal- s, Chapped ^ ands, Chilblains, Host Pile cure t earth. Drives out Pains and f ches. Only 25 cts. a la?x. Ctire h mranteec. Sold hy Crawford ti ro's, Druggist. I <i PROPHECIES OF 1850. r < i h n Editor Who Wrota Half a Century Ago of the Tim? When ] he Would he Forgotten. h I ew York Times. 11 H Two sweet faced old sisters? v te a hed ridden invali<l for seven y jar?? keep house together in the ii ist little ground floor Hut at l.'J'J * e?t Sixty third street, where ' ev have a veritable museum of teresting mementoes of the past, tiey are Miss Anna H Cornwall id Mis* Sara Cornwall, sisters of enry Bedinger Cornwall, prosso of chemistry at Princeton nversity. Not the least treasured r>f Miss 1 nna's possessions ia a quaint old (' ?edlet)ook which was never used, J it treasured mh a keep sake. " rom its fold ?s sty* lay on h?r sd of sickness last night she drew r is newspaper clipping from a ' ew Year's number of a New i" ork newspaper, which when she at put it away in that place as a rl <?f twelve she determined | lould be kept there if possible I itil the present holiday season, 1 I hen she would again read it and ith the rculi/.ution of passing |? niv. coinp* re the feelings it would 4 rok? vvitli the hopeH it then raisod j her childish bosom. ! t (OHTF.EN IIL'NDUF.I) AM) FIFTY. H 4 * Blessed he the young eyes that s tall see its future through fifty jc ?nrs ! Blessed bo the years that t in 1 hw?r the clock strike the, nuiry hour of Nineteen Hunre<l ! Messed he those who shall j icend that Pintail's top of time J id look hack over the pathway 1 f humanity to this hour, and j i mtemplato its great progress I! :>ints and the events of happy < igury and impulse which shall , vide the distance like illuroi- "" ited milesstones along the road. * nd blessed he the eyes that shall ( >ok futureward from that sublime i andpoint, and see what God has | repared for human vision within ' le horizon of that distance (sicl 1 *y- 1 "And many eyes now fixed up ? a these lines will see that day I id /contemplate its past and | iturc, and some of the gray ' ?*? >? "? ?? ? Jn. saded men of that epoch may imemher these words in connect on with this anniversary. For lero are thousands of young unds on hotli sides of the Atintic who have learned to syiu* athi/e with the spirit of the hil&nthropic movements of tlie resent day. 4'The nieu who had borne the runt and burden of these moveunits may he permitted to pats ver a little way into tho Canaan f the next half century; but, one y one, they will disappear, and lie ark of the cause he transferred :? the shoulders of those now in lie morning of life. Children of nday ! Fathers of the first men f 1900 ! God and humanity exeet that you will do your duty nd he true to your high trust nd vocation " Miss Anna is cheerful in spite f her atliiction, but after she had cad it over she said that when he was a girl alio had been liought vary progressive, hut fter all she itik not mr* (hut rogress had accompli shed all it romifced and that the old way* id not bring more happiness; 'hut," who Kuid, "there ia nothng original in that It is the way hut nearly all feel and I suppose he children of 1000 will be waytig tha same thing when thoy ave aaen the end of the next half entury." <0 MIGHT TO UGldNKSg The woman who is lovely in ace, form and temper will always ate friends, but one who would >e attractive must keep her health, f she in weak, sickly and all run iown, she will lie nervous ami iritalile. If siie tits constipation r kidney trouble, her impure ilood will cause pimples, blotches, kin eruptions and a wretched com* ilexion. Klectric liitters is the est medicine in the world In regu ite stomach, liver and kidneys nd to purify the hlood. It gives trong nerves, bright eyes,smooth, elvety skin, rich complexion. It rill make a good looking, charmrig woman of a run down invalid. )nly 50 cMits at Crawford Bros' >rug Store. darned Incroaao in Insurance Figures. 'he State. During the pant year the inurance companio- of all kinds (long business in this St ite have lone an enormous business, to udge from the summarized statenent made up by the comptroller [eneral ye-terday f ?r bis annual epoit. The statement shows that he increase has boon close to tie million dollars as compared rith la-t year. This year's statement covsrs a nil year and shows that the gross iremiums amounted to $1,048,>24.30 nearly two millions of lollars ?and the one half of one >er cent tax thereon to tie $'.','4 3 The tuxes given above are paid lirect to the Statotreasurer under he new act and are exclusive of II the regular Stite, count) and chool taxes collected in the so? ual counties by the various counv treasurers. i ?> it<:wvti> mo The readers of t .i- oaper will tie leased io learn tlia' th?*re is mi i"asl lie dreaded disease thai science lias ceu a le lo cure in all t<h siages and hat is '*atarrh Hall's * atarrh 'urn s the only positive cure now known o tin- medical fratemit> . Catarrh beug a constitutional dwa*e. requires a ^institutional treatin* ut Hall's i'aarrh (Jure is taken internally, acting iirrctly upon tiie blood and mucous iu traces or the system , thereby destroyMir (tie t.fUndatlon of the ilix>'?u.. miH fivmg the patient Htrengih by bulldog up t??? constitution Mtid an^iiting laturein doing i h work. The pro rietorn have h-? much faith in ita uratIvepowarn, tha' they offer Ona Humlred Dallam for any cant, that it ailr to cure. 8eu * for Hat of teellnoDlala Aildreaa, J Y. CHENEY A CO., roiedo O. MfSjld by Druggist*, r5o.