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INK l.hlXiKR. Th'^low S. rart.^r. K!MTOR AND MAKAHK.K. W K!>M".S1> W. .lAM'AltY 24, 1000. For The Lodger, VAN WYCK ITEMS. Van \Y vok's public school open ctl last Monday with Prof .1 h Connors as teachtM' of the youn< ideas, and wielder of the birch M'llil'll is. itftnli ? ttl'i.mr il l'r?ili?wmt h '"ri in nuikin^ .1 lusting impression The old school building lm? heei 1 >rn down and the new one no put op \ el. The trustees had ar ranged for a school room in th village Imt some of tho patron thought the house was too nea the railroad and too much nois and hustle in the city for the po pils to study. The trustees eon aidered the matter, and have se cured a house and moved th school out in the suburbs on Mr E W Nishet's plaee. Two of Van Wyck's chatn.pioi shots, Messrs. .1 M Nisbet ntx Henry Clyburn, dr., had a tes trial in birdshooting last Monday Mr. T \Y IMyler aetcd as umpire lih'v spent tlx* day in hunting and did some tine shooting am each did so well that Mr. Plylei con-i iers the 1 rial ahout a tie ? Mi Nishet claims one ahead. Tho> will hare a second trial in tlx near future. Van Wyck has had severa socialites and parties in whicl some of our young people, hav< liroken the record, for at least f few \cars, and "tripped tlx fantastic toe,'* much to their owi delimit, and amusement to thosi who looked on and thought o: agone. I'here have heen a number o turue.y dining* around Van W\cl recently. It was our pleasure t( be at one last Thursday at tlx home of Mr. .1 C Crenshaw uix family, where a number of friend were invited todine in honor oi Mr. Wilson Crenshaw's sixty Irhth birthday. who was present \ \ i- \ .iii an . ?e his friend) some delighllul music. Mr. Crenshaw is hale and healthy ami <! ; w the how a i'h a vim, that \votiid make one think, that he i> yoi <>ii ino >uni y side of 11 to, ah t!i?hi _r 11 ho 11;i< 1 hoon traveling 'i.in a >1 n of \ oars or the >h ulv >!'! . i ll'- < In v wa> vim \ pleasantly sj ont, and over mad oho of four sooro fool youn?j ;?_'!i in. M > > Mau<l iiliiuan who liar hen spondinj* some tirno wit! hor o"it'iijs ret time.I to Denmark . ck t.> resume hor <!ut ion a? toucher in the graded school. Mr Sam L Dixon has "one t< ("hosier county to spend a few weeks with Ins relatives and t< cvnvass severa' neighhorhoods fot dillerent concerns in which he is i .tore-ted. Saru *vill return soor t ) his old tramping grounds around Van Wyek?as it is rc p irted :i certain v< ung lady has In-.-'>c I his heart. Mr. K D Tillman accompanied Mr. I >1x011 to Chester partly or pi asure and paitlv on business, lie i* a candieuto for C'ensu* Knumerator tor VVaxhaw town ship. Master Clyde Voder has entered the preparatory department of r /v.i 1 rv ? *p '' li'-rmi: uniic^o, iilCKOry, .> and expects to attend that school for some time. Rot. Ij II Query, Colporteur for the Presbyterian Synod, spent scveial days in our community and preached nn able sermon at lieulah church last evening Rev. .1 I Spinks filled the pulpit at Van Wyck church Sunday morning and preachad an interesting sermon on the text, "It is finished" to an Attentive and appreciative congregation. Our people are very well pleased with Pro. Spinks and we bespeak h pood work for him on Vun Wyck . charge. Mr. W ,! Crenshaw is not only a pood constat) e, hot a proud father of a tine boy, and chain pion rabbnpc grower of this section. We saw a specimen of ln< J cabbage a few davs apo, that will I rival the famous Buncombe cab d bape of Western North Carolina. 11 and plants another star in tin , products of our favored Southland We do not need to depend or North Carolina mountain cabbapi for Winter use, but do as Mr r, Crenshaw, prow them. t OPT I MI'S. o | For The Ledger * Mr. Tillman Has Something toSaj r in Repaid to That Petition, o M it. Kditok: ? Allow me spnc< in your paper to sav somethinj in repaid to the petition whiel "Optimus/'your Van Wvck cor respondent. rAfarr#?it )<> -> J communication. There was :i po n tition gotten up to have Mr. .1 / Ilvatt appointed postmaster a | Van Wyck, and I was the first t< * i sign it. Now, Mr. Voder wouh ' ' have the public believe that w * made a big effort to get signers t< 1 . . ... our petition, but we did not. \N i r never ^ent our petition any when 1 for signers except to one or tw< ' houses, while Mr. Voder liud thrc< ' I petitions carried from house t< i ' house by one white man and twi ' colored men. A train, ho wouh 1 have the public believe that Iv had all of the best white patron: 1 of said office on his petition am ! that he did not draw up his owi 1 petition, for lie worded it, one o * the two.) \\ e did not want the office fo what money was in it. Wo onlj ^ wanted the office conducted on 1 better plan, and, 1 will say, w ' <;ot it. You don't see tlm inai box looked over now by any one ' except .1 M Voder and his assis s tant. f Again, Mr \ odor would havi you believe that about a do/.ei signatures was all that wo had. think we had twenty-five signer : to our petition, and if we hai ' wanted the office or had contend o<i ior 11, wo lia I live us good wliih nioti us was on Mr Voder's* peti lion who were going to sign our - one of them a man of proper!v ns it would m'oiii that Mr Yode Miinks :i man's signature wort! i nothing unless he has wealth. NS'< admit that we are poor men Ini | several men, w hose names won on our petition, own their own homes. As for intelligence, our sjd j has as much of that as his. j As to our petition being ens upon t ho tender mercies of th j future and perhaps being watchei ' with anxiety by those interested | ^ J , I * v i 11 say, that I think Mr Yodo 'I is watching us no re than we ar i him. In conclusion, ! have nothinj against any man who signed .1 N Voder's petition, hut as he wn tirst to write up his side, I thinl our side ought to ho shown up t< ' the nuhlie too I ~ W li Tillmnn Van Wyek, S C, .Ian 20, 1900. Log Broken in a Wrestle. Mr. A I> Ferguson, of the Ca taw ha Junction section, one o: our leading farmers, has a do lightful home on tho Catawhs River and it is a popular resort for Northern hunters. A few days ago one of his guests mel him in his hall and they engaged in a friendly wrestle, with th< result that Mr. Ferguson in fal!? mg iiad one of his legs broken. He has since been confined to hit home, but is getting along well? Kock Hill Hersld. i [For The Ledger. A Card to the Public. Learning that the family of the late Rev ,1 S Croxton wore con' templuting purchasing a mono* ment to mark the grave of our former pastor, and feeling assured ' that his many friends would he glad of an opportunit to aid in this work, we have consulted \V ? L Croxton, his son, in regard to 5 the matter, and requested him to defer making the purchase until 1 the public were given an oppor* * tunity to contribute toward the purchase. We request the pastor? of tho various churches ir the M oriah Association to appoint s committee of three brethren ir . each church to present usubserip v tion to tho church members un^ to the public generally. We hopt that no otio will miss the opportunity to contrioute somcthins B toward this noble work. Fh< r ^ committee will hand the money t( their pastors, W L Croxton, 01 to the Cashier of the Bank ol Lancaster, as suits their con . venience The Money to be paid first ol ( April, 1000, as we wish to uiakt j a purchase as soon as convenient. In honoring (tod's servant w? t? I lienor the cause which he repre I sented. The following men art B ] ^ requested to net as a committee to aid in selecting a monument licv. S N Watson, lie v. .label Ferris, Rev. .1 II Boldridue. l Very respectfully, j .1 A 1* Blackmon. .1 R Knijjdit, (1 W Ellis, S i I 1 \V 1' Stojjner. t' ?-V7~ Pay your suhscripiton tc | LKI>U KK! r . No morptklna or niUmn In I>r. Pau PlUA. Ouua A. 11 Pmln. "On* nmil n ilnee." - gS \W~ For! j l! I iGlioancs n. a t IVo Shoddy 1 mJ toin prices. | be more nat 1!trade where the o ' - We e Tlmt moans WE are ,r tho only |>o<?plo in posi. j tion to .handle the CASH trade. Time merchants put up prices at this sea* ^ son for credit trade. Wo / (mi iirn'cs ior ('iisii trade. We do not have to charge honest people twopriees to pay losses on had dehts. The trade knows and appreciates this fact and we are petting tho cash business. ' - Shoe Bs -1 r The fact that we sell I t Our (Guaranteed Line of ] For Barga GrA * . ? I The K of I*. Banquet Lancaster Lodge No 5 Knights of Pythias, gave a ha cpiot Monday night. Nearly i the member* were present, h sides the following Pythian br [ thers <?f Hanging Hock Lndg No 42, Kershaw: .Inn \Y Hum* ('II llobbes, \V 11 NVitherspoo i .Ino T Stevens, l? \V Heath. C Floyd, K S Beckham, .1 liar Foster, and Mr Lt lea of Ch i ! lotte, N P Prior to the bnn<|i I Chas I") .Jones, Palmer King a ' Leroy Davidson were raised fr< I the rank of Page to that of 1" l ^ | quire. At the eonelnsion of t lit fh^i- rnrillUHH"* llie l\niglllS I paired to the spacious Cunnin I ham Hall, and theio enjoyed ] inviting oyster supper. So end i the happy event. I f For The Ledg< County Teacher*' Associate The next meeting of the La caster County Teachem' Assoc 'lion will he held on 1st Sat Fehy. By unanimous vote of t Association on 6th of Januar the unfinished program for t 6th beginning with Grammar w he the program for the m meeting as follows: ) 1. Connectives 2. Nominative Absolute Cai H. Diagramming. Wind is u*e? i , 4. What place should oonstn i live work have in Cirummx ? Miss Lola May Caskev, M Annie Young. ft \\ hat is the hcnetit of i views and examinations? K Croxton. 6. Question Box. 7. Miscellaneous Business. j The teachers whose names n j found below the <pie?tions are e peeled to discuss those (piestioi Ino. M. Perrv, Sec. ^soiTc m/.wr-r xnam leal B a , ?I? ' b 11 I j I Store i or inferior "ootl llif Trade > ?et I he hot I); Ci ^11 rsj oen sir - .Innno ry 1 Beautiful colorings in the i just half, l<?/?ents Also anoth iu new desirable styles, 7A cts, -GREAT MIL Those who have not yet b< luck. We are running off the than half price. You should u chase a nice hat. r irgains ! 'he Very Best tl more Shoes than all of Lan .aflies', Aliases and Children's fin* ins in every li nson c. Capt Hoik, of YYaxhaw. Very t Low. n- I. ill Kev (1 YV Hoik, pastor of tho roii o Presbyterian church of Chatham, ? o- Va, arrived hero last night on his r| o, way to Waxliaw, ?in response to i d, a telegram which he received yea- * n, terday afternoon informing him ] O that his fattier, Capt John YV ry Hoik "was not expected to livenn 1 jor ? ir- til today Ho loaves for Wax- foil ict haw on tho Seaboard train this nd morning.?Charlotte Observer. | "n >m TH s* PAKTOIIIA. h? Bean. the /> llw K,nd You Hare Always Bought i B. t rr I*; l-&r~Subsei il>e to The Lbdkob. MORI MULES. C 'n BETTER MULE1, | ,n; LARGER MULES, * i" FATTER MULES. | ! lo?*W?? 'I ll?? I tONt, y, li^ Ki ep iiosted hy oil lug Ml our Stahlea i ill foquoiiiy ami hhh the quality ant] ( . I?-hi oiii prlccH?We nr** ill t< e hilfsliihkh tu succeed, mikI "the way to cue,- 'I e <1 I* I" auceeed." and that in what ^P! w< are dotur. an; r Mii Mr Klliott in now in the Went* j hu .. him mark"!* ami will return b> the j H,,< L"-i?it wiiii tta line a lot of ML* I.E-t and > R,M HOUSE"* ?H In-a ever been eeen in) IP l.aiu'iteler?NVehiix 111 cm io well again. 1 and if von want a good mule or horae u'ivf us a tri ?i. and if wh do not sell \".u wh will hidieve you are Hot in g| < In niarkHi We guarantee what we ? 0. | hell ai d w ill do everything reasonable , to fint all who huy from us w h are indeed thankful for the SE put milage .uid coiill lenpe of Jie pen- g i 11,e I a canter and a- j inina coun- Ht?> tii?s nini hy at rici integrity and fair yet HP leadnirs li"j>e to tncrit a continuance re*' , v ? of t lie aaine _ CH " ! i T r k mwifiiHD. ASH STOF ??? in ! ir a i si s FOLKS i i ' ? I fits out 11, ti v wmpr ^ jK^sMKxtaatna Is, hut reliable mere flirts In I s! argains, ami we at* HMMMBD JL VTJL V/< | lilt KiiinM .1 u?t C'omo.ifw 20 cent Poplin Plaids, our price is ' ii-r cii-o of thosc-splcndid twilled fleeces worth double. LINERY SALE.ought their winter millery are in groat balance of our stock nt a little better Vllil l filirsolf fif aiwli II fKunna i t\ Iinr J ? ?. w I'.ll Shoes That lie JUarket Affords. caster combined would indicate that w< n Kid Shoes cannot Ik? equaled for good lie, Come to ASH STOB Li W. Sf-CRFST, SURVEYOR, O"<i K()L<\, *v ? ' fully equip el, and qua'itied, and ci s * nur Hiirvt-yiRtf lllli 1.30 Or rail ai Duff's Market f? r a hi " -'e?k or some k? ''I FatiHujjes first oluss Fry ? r S:ew of Nm. c ()>~ i'ih and l>e convinced iliat it's i[? d you wil net from the rkel oo lie rner of Ma ti and iiIh|> str?-t>lH. IE RESTAURANT You will Hud *oepiied with the i Nor' ik Oy.-t. is every Wedn?8? f aud Friday Respectfully. t.F. DUFFT. HESTER MACHINE NO LUMOER COMPANY. CHESTER, S. O. 0 "he <'heater Machine < o. and B. M. rati A ? ? . have consolidated the i) |> ants, and now iea<ty to furnish ything in the Machine and I,umber e*. witt. h Well equipped F >undry 1 Machine Hhop, and Dttor. Hash 1 Blind Fac'orv ? ur facilities are quailed in this [tart of the State. CAPERS MOWERS, THHE^HKMh. GINS, ENGINE* ?V MILLS, ^ Y AND CO' ION PRESSES, \ ARROWS. ( Artt INGS.KIC. ALSO cond hano machinery. a*" IMIla complete f??r Dwellings, re Room*, etc. Hend uh list of ir wants, and we will anaw< r by jru mail Respectful i v, iester machine & lumber company. IE 1 W V. aro if u jk *w.u. \/ a r<?!i !t?i* hamlise at footNot hi ng could ural ' People e giving them. ish - Long Faced Merchants Are claiming higher prices. Goods they say have gone up. We are getting them cheaper than ever. The ready cash always wins, and we are in the lead with some soft snaps for early trade. ; Wear! 0 ? ? are Headquarters. Herrice and low prices. yja- j ,XLi* po I %?