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I real Malterst Mm .1 C 80well is visiting Mm I F (Jlyburn at thia place. Mrs II H ParDue, is visiting friends and relatives at Walkup, N C. Mr Walter Edwards of Nowport, S C, visited Mr 11 li ParDecs' family last Satirduv and Sunday. M .... I ?- * - mis .ouie mi wards of Fort Lawn, is visiting Iter sister, Mrs Ada Hough, at this place. 0 The county hoard of commissioners were engaged Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in filling the | jury box for the year 1900. Mr H 1* Collins Hhs accepted a job with the C & N W Railroad and moved with his family to' Chester yesteiday. WANTED, for cash, Hickory,! Dogwood, Persimmon, Walnut Logs. Southern Hardwood Co. 1*. I O. Box 529, Charleston, S C. Mr. Haskell Porter oldest son of Mr. W (1 A Porter, left Wed-' nosdar for South McAlister, In-' dian Territory, where he will make his home in future The Eureka Millsstoro at Chester'is ready to be opened up. The Lantern learns that Mr. Alex McDonald of Blackstock, will take charge of it. Chester is to have two roller flouring mills. One will be erected by tlx* C.tester Ginnery Co., and (he other I?v T .1 Martin. Mr. Martin is also preparing to ereet an tee plant. The capital stock of the NVylie cotton mill will he raised to $400,000, and all in all, Chester is on a veritable boom. Mr. .1 M Heath President of the Heath li M Co., announced at the outset that his establishment would be in the in u'ket for eotton. Well it is in tlx* market and spot cotton is bring about ? of a cent more in Lancaster today th .n it is quoted at in New York, which is really between J and A a rent more than cotton is worth. Out ; sister towns will hardly be in it next Fall. Fair Notice! Final Not lei*! All parties indebted to the old j firm nf II -1 f I i'. '- ?1 - .. ? IV * <?., WOO fail to nettle with the undersigned by the 1st day of February, will Hud their papers in the hands of an Attorney for collection. It is I impossible for me to spare the i time to look after them any longer and they must be settled by the above stated time. W T Gregory. An Old Negro Woman I>rops Dead. Coroner Young held an inquest Thursday over the body of He* becea Stevens, wife of ,loe Stevens, col, aged about t?0 years. She | lived in the Creek neighborhood and started out from home apparently an we'l as usual hut had senreely gotten into the road, about fiO yards from the house, before she fell a corpse. Iicart fuilure was the cause of death. A <'lianco to liny You a Home. Any party or parties desiring to purchase any of the real estate of T M Fitzpatrick ?? Bro, in the town or county, can get prices and terms by calling on the editor of The Ledger. The MeAsra Fitzpatrick haye some very desirable farm* nnd valuable im? proved town property and their being on the market gives men of moderate means a splendid opportunity to purchaee a home. % A BusinfHN Boom The indications are that Lam caster is to have the best year ir her history from a husness standpoint. In every lino business it active. We have had occasior before to mention the activity ol business at our four big salu sta hies- how our dealers are whole saling and retailing mules an< horses?about thirteen car loadi have been handled by them thit month, at a small profit they say but their low prices tiring custo mors from all parts of the State While strong competition amonj, the stock men has made trade ac tive in their line, strong competition is also making trade liveli in our mercantile establishments Goods are sold as near the cost ii Lancaster as anywhere in SoutI Carolina, and, as a consequence wo moot people on our strati from adjoining counties, almost daily, who come here to trade, li is not an unusual tiling for one oi two of our leading commercia establishments t< take in frnn five to six hundred dollars in casl in a single day, aside from theii credit sales It is low prices, brought about by uctive com pet i tion, that is bringing such at amount of trade to our town But, competition is not continet to the mule traders and the mer cantile establishments, we find it al so among the cotton huyera. Cottoi in bringing almost, if not quite a much hero as it is iu Liverpool S cents per poi nd has heen tin ruling price here the past foil days and about (J00 hales hav< been bought. March futures ar< onlx quoted at 7.Y cents in Nov York, and yet .January spot i bringing S cents right along at thi place. The war is on, and tin farmer is wise who docs his trad ing at Lancaster and sells his cot ton here this year. YV e congratulate tlie farmers o this, and adjoining counties thu they have such a market as Lan caster to buy in and to sell in The I leal h U & M Co , want your cotton and wants your trade The Lancaster Mercantile Co., i just a> eager for both. You an sure to get the top in selling am the bottom in buying. 1 >cntIt ol i.il11c Kiilirrl lliiiilei* Ui'hcrt, the only son of Mr am Mrs 1 1 Hunter, 'Med atthisplnci last YVedresdav night at s o'clock after an illness of several weeks aged about n years and i? months Itnlll'l'l O'li^ n l>? _l.!l I ...... .? .iii.iuKuiiir i lli;<i an< ii general favorite und his death i very sad The grief strirkei par? nts and family have the deep est sympathy o their many friend in their sad l>ere:tveiiient of tie idol nf their household. iiis re tniiins were interred in the l'res hyteri.in grave sard Thursday af ternoon after services conducted by Key Mr Branson. Mrs. TIioiiisoii IteeelvcK Sat News. Mrs Wad?ly (J Thomson lef for VVelford, S (J, last Wednea< day morning to attend the funera of her mother, Mrs Kllenda I* Turner, whose death occurred Hit evening before <?f heart failure. She had been suffering from t complication of disease* for sever uI months and seemed some hettoi wlioft \1 es * ?? ??? ?MI r i ii'uiniri home from her l>edsido *everu weeks a?;o. She ?rai 7<> years ol age and leaves ten ch'ldron, all fjniwn, surviving her. She was ? consecrutcd member of the Bap tist church and her loss to hei church and her community will be felt for years to come, says th? Wolford eorrcspondent of Th? (ireenville News. PASTORIA. B?*r* tk? /) A* kind Yog Haw ANays BougN y Pay your aubscripiton tc Lkumbk! Items From Kershaw Frn. At the election yesterday for i town officers, 88 votes vrero cast. For Intendant, Capt .! V Welsh j ' received 40 and E D Blakeney, i Esq, 42 votes. Welsh is elected f by 4 votes, S W Heath, E M Estridgo and ,1 M Carson are - elected Wardens, and J T Stevens I and Geo Hatnrick will have to i run a second race. * A mule from the Clyhurn- j ? Heath Mule Co's stables strayed , - in the store and beef market of j Messrs Cato and Truesdel one day r j last week but failed to state his business, or what attracted him j there. Mr. .John H Hajrler, who has been attending the Georgia Ala ; 1 bam a Business College, returned 1 last week and, so wo aro informed, : ' | will accept the position of book- I *, keeper for Blackmon, Estridge ^ & Co. ! Wo announced lust week that t Dr. E C Ilrasington had pone to ; New York to take a post giaduate course. Wo did not know at that time that lie had surrenderf ' ! ed hi* position as the physician at ' ' the Miie, which ho has held for 1 the last ten years. Such is tha case however, and last Saturday j in an election hold by the mine employees Or. L T Gregory was lected his successor. " i a 1 Meeting of the Alliance Business a Agents. . ! The Trade Agents of the difTer0 ent Suh Alliances are hereby rer quested to meet the County Trade e Agent at the depot at Lancaster b on next Tuesday .Ian 30, 1000, at v 12 o'clock m. lie sure to come as s business of very jrreat importance s will come before us. b .1 F Nisbet, Co. 11. Apeut. iicli mi luimtkn cureti in .in mini pbv Wtiolfonl'- rt 'tiiNrv Ijolion. 11. lu-vt-r f it-. S-'Ul by J F Msck**\ .V: f I'o , .'iu^wi..t l.aiifa-lfr. sit! 1 t*?"Subscribe to Thic Lkdk.uk -Heath E - Open: Which Took Pla i is a B Our friends !in ! turned upon us. 1 Our Nov Goods s i the 4*dear people : - WE GREET Our elaiins to the Lion's Share recent advances. Our preparation* being done to make this THE IDE, I time thrown away. The cold snap Illll III ( ill lii Men. if you ex] flle^e suits tor ye York llat man. < cents on the Doll age, anil we are t : -Heath I New Paper for Union. I Special to The State. Union, Jan 23.- Union is to have another weekly paper. It in to he issued from the Allan Nicb olson press which assures its success. Mr D J Carter, who has been with the Southern Newspaper ' union for a number of years, will he the managing editor. It will 1)0 called "Progress." Death of Capt J \V Balk. Capt .1 \V Belk, of Union county, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, at the age of 75 years. All of his children were present when the end came. Capt Belk was a Christian gentleman ? hon orahlo and uptight. He was the ' father of Rev S R Belk, of Klherton, Ga; Rev (1 \V Relk, of Chat- j ham Va, ami Rer .1 A Belk, of Rutherfordton. The funeral will take place today. ? Charlotte Observer 25th inst. m _ New Firm. The firm of McCardell & Alii Kilfl ivinciutinrr M U \\ ^ , vwM^iotui^ Wi if* IV iVIUVyUIUVII iind .1 1* Allison Iihh recently hecn increas?d bv the accession of E C Allison and the business of the new Firm will be carried on un der the linn name of McCardell & Allison Br s. Th*? old firm returns to the people thanks for past patronage . and the new firm solicits a con tinuation of the same. M K McCardell, .1 1* Allison, E C Allison. Notice to llebtors ot'W <ianson All persons who are indebted to mo by note, account or otherwise are notified that unless settlement is made by 2<>th Decern rier, these matters wiil lie placed in hands of an officer for collection. W. (i AN SON. Nanking & ing Up On ice a 1 Lancaster in Interesting Ki ve deluded us v Storekeepers ai are really cheap " are sure to (in< fOU WITH SPEC 5 of your patronage are justified by ? are on an extensive scale. Stocks Ah Tit A PING PEACE. Ouriw has come and with it | ni PICK FA) \% Snap, ah.! peet to slat on c: in and yours tor . dosed out liis sai lai*. I.20M Hats ^rrhisrsn ^ 1 I We bought 1 UVillKT HS n the race. pulliii going (o succeed Y Nanking <* ^ I'm Bo>jmi 2pMl Porter Wp' Y-- V ->^,vi. OH C< For 30 dsns wr Clitin slock o{ w it: 525 per rcrl olios regular priot. THINK OF U When von nro thinl\in<_' of QHftJ?1 GENTS' FURNISHINGS. will a?c11 re^ardleKK of price Come nn sevsw of l'iint> hound to e<> now in order to "A ' ONG LINK We have everx sort, weight and ( consists of the cheapest to the host HATS! HAT A few more sample hats left that we Don't foriret us when in nee?l POIITitR >Iovo(l to loud \ .V 11 i i Mercani lis. f, JLNa cd5 vV iSb and Kershaw .Ian? rent to the BVoph . it Is ?oo<! wishes, re worried, not so er -old steel;? 1 it out. IAL N^W YEAR Bi our experience, and CASH pureliases larjie, assortment ?irer.t. New lines to ivded Stores will testify that our efforts t'l' ill 1 * i i 1? 11 lea at slier ft's Salt- tit I >IX HUNDRLB SUiTS At D FPU.. KU ;ss Than Gne.-<!:?lf e? ic irtli for a lew year * jears to come. II nples of iVieii's 12 in all. mhroideries and Handkerchiefs? ;">,0(X lew Knit roideries at less than ON K II A u will positively wonder at their cheapi tend to do a very lurpe business l?y scllii for sro r cash from a needy manufa 2t? cases 7.5150 unirs of Shoes at n l>n >re of this town. The \\ . L. Doiifjius, \ r will l?e found here. g strong stokes lot ours for Business, k MERCANr "l > Fr? r-. J* W *7-1' :< 1 " p V D R i'v F gap VskIo f llll! I'lflli r ?iH -I'll our for wear jjK'i' than f!;c S AND CLO liiNG rND H few nice Sllll* lift that we i| see them 5:d pairs make room for ^j?i inir <r??o<ls. E OF HOME." olor Our Ilo>?ier\ departmcnt S! HATS! i will soli roirrudir-s of cost. I of :m\ tliinj; in our lino. , BROS. >lore. i* >*11["*.-< <>!?! I mill 11 f Co 1 Z?J V \J r ores i?ry T si. 1900, e. 411 ores arc tuuch because d'. but because IRSWNS.L: in the markets prior to the lie dail\ added Kvorything have not been in vain, nor our " ci ii 's (m th > ' h >l/a i'. Nl'KED PA H PANTS :e. Think ofTtiatl s buy some of J oi?ai\ I lit" New I juts to os at 50 ) II indkcrclm fs and miles upon LF l'KICK, n\\ait your inspceru-ss. c heaper than our competitors. l-tlllT-r i M n L'onn 111 4 - \**x <?' J' *i? 'a\' i* Mil 11 I discount. This i* sure to be the 11. ('. (ioudman and nil the * public patron. riLE Co.1 j \ 1