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I neat Matters, Cotton brought 8 cents yesterday on this market. 0 Mnj. J. M. Kiddle is attending a meeting of the District Stewards at Rock Hill this week. Contractor Langley is building an additional room to Mr Oliver ! Blackmon's residence. WANTED, for cash, Hickory, Dogwood, Persimmon, Walnut Lo-th. Southern Hardwood Co, P. O. Box 5ii0, Charleston, S. C. Mr. W. 11. Finch has received the appointment of post master at Fort Lawn vice Mr. L. P. Rod dev who resigned when he accepted the agency of the L. & C. Railroad at this place. The post office at Sincerity in this county has been re-established nud Mr. John A. McAtoer has been appointed the postmaster. Mr. McAteer forwarded his bond yesterday and his commission is expected to arrive in a f? w (lava. Mr. W. J. Cunningham has just completed a new cottage on French Street, which will be occupied by Mr. W. II. Stewraan. He it erecting another cottage on Elm atreet which will he completed soon. \j. S. Davidson, Palmer King and (J. D. Jones, Esq, took the degroe of Knight in the K. of P. at the regular meeting last Monday night. The rank of Page was conferred on Mr. L. C. Lnzenhy. Kor. John Walker of the Kpworth ornhanarrt. nreached in th* Methodist church here last Sun day. At the close of the morning service he took a collection for the orphanage. The contribution? amounted to something over $(50. The Editor of the Ledger pur*, chased four lots from Mr. Wylie in West End this week. He bought them not for a big specie lation hut to sell to persons who will build homos in his neighbor^ hood. There is no heading the town of! in that direction. Rev. Dr. A. M. Croxton, son of the late Kev. J. S. Croxton of this county, was installed county euj>erintendent of schools for Union county, N. C., yesterday vice R. F. Beasley, resigned. Union county will have a good superintendent of her schools in Dr. Croxton. Mr. W. J. Evans, our efficient foreman, has purchase*! u lot juat West of the editor's residence and has contracted with Contractor ! Langley for the ere*tion of a nice up-to date five roo n cottage. This makes three new residences contracted for in Went End the past week. A letter recoivod from Mr. J. A. Warwick who went to the Phil ippines ah a busier in the U. S. army, by bin parents in this county, states that he received a fall on board the ship just before reaching Manila, getting his lip so badly cut that he had to give up the jjosition of bugler and enter the ranks. Examination tor Teachers. Notice is hereby given that an examination for Teachers' Cer tificates will be held in the court house on Friday, Fob 23d. t-$T All parties expecting to teach will t>ear in mind that the law now makes no provision for spectal examinations. .J II Thompson, Co. Supt. Ed. Febj 7, 1900.-td. A Chance to Buy I'ou a Koine. Any party or parties desiring to purchase any of the real estate of T M Fitzpatrick & Bro., in ttie town or county, can ?jet prices and terms by calling on the editor of The Ledger. The Messrs Fitzpatrick have so ne very de sirahle farms ind valuable im proved town property and their ! being on the market "jives men of modct ate means a splendid opportunity to purchase a home. | I>own "With Monopoly i St. Valentine's Day is not the exclusive property of the tenderhearted unmarried. Is there a truer sweetheart in all the world than that dear "old girl" who has blessed your life for this la-t scoro of years ? Then signify St. Valen tine's Day to I IKK! A dozen silver forks or ft silver vegetable dish, or ii jeweled brooch, sent' with your love on the Fourteenth, w<>uld estiiblish n new order of things in your life, and break the monopoly i ow enjoyed by the youngsters. Does the wife do . serve loss than the sweetheart? Does sentiment only g ? with singleness? Commemorate this 14th1 of February by a gift to the dear old girl ! bought from B (' Hough & Co. Osatlis. Mr Darling Baker, aged about 50 years, died at this place last Tuesdav of kidney trouble. He moved to this place from ChesterHeld county about three months Hgo. His wife and two children survive him. He was a tneml>er of Forest Hill Baptist church in ChesterHeld county. His remains were interred hero on W ednesday. Mr. and Mrs. .1 R. Hunter at the Lancaster Cotton Mills, tast their infant daughter, .Iui.ia Conkulak, aged 6 months un?l 5 <lays, on Wednesday last. The remains of the little one were interred in the new cemetery at this place on Thursday. The parents have the deepest sympathy of their numerous friends. A Cure for Heartache. On February Fourteenth, take a hunch of violets; fasten them together by slipping the stems through one of the pretty Kings shown in our truys. Next, take a piece of paper, sprinkle over it a fow well-considered sentences;! sweeten with several carefully-I selected adjectives, bring it to a simmer over tbo tire of doV/ttinn * olrim 4 1 Okiiu UI1 m/mc ill um exclamation points ? hot don't let it stand to cool. Insert the Kino fastened violets and the tropical paper into a Ih>x and hurry the package off to your Best Gill. After she has "digested" the siguiticance of the paper, and had time to properly admire the rurely-beantiful King, you will never thereafter have a return of your heartache. This is an unfailing remedy. Try it. B C tiough & Co. THE PROHIBITIONISTS. Committee Meets ? Address to he Issued in About Ten Days. The members of the committee of prohibitionists appointed at the conference held some time ago to prepare an address to the people of the State and issue a call for a Stale convention met in this city last night ?and talked over the situation, agreeing on the contents of the forthcoming address. This address is to be prepared at once and will be issued in about ten days' time. The State convention will tie called to he held about the middle of April next.?The State, 8th inst. D Al ISI *X" O jt-a, X Bmh U? silh4 Kind YN HI* Ahnra tatf* ^rCCvi%?& More than once attention ha been called in these columns t< the largo number of loafers in festing the town of Yorkville. In stead of abating, the evil seems t< be growing. An incident of Sun dav afternoon demonstrates thi seriousness of the situation. I number of loafers, white am colored, became engaged in : brawl. It is quite probable tha tho brawl was occasioned througl or by whisky; but that is noithe hero or there. Tho fact remain that at least one of the loafers wa armed. He tired a pistol at an other, and endangered tho live of nrominent pili'/cnu Indie and gentlemen, walking alon; the sidewalks. Such occurrence ought not to he tolerated The; do n t have to ho tolerated There is a remedy. Loafer of any kind ate no good t< a community. They have n right in a community. It is th dutv of a community to run tlier (mt This can he done hy niak ing idleness, without visible mean of support, an offense punlshabl hy fine or lahor on the puhli works. The question, 4t\Vher are you working?" should he ap plied as a satisfactory t* st in a douhtful cases. In this way it i possible to put a stop to gambling liquor selling and other such ot cupations The town can sustai no injury by getting rid of per pie who cannot give a satisfactor answer to the question suggestee Unless some step of this nature i taken soon, it will not he a grer while before the worthless, vagi bond class that infests the tow will have gained such ascendenc as to ho bevond control. It ia 1 be hoped that action will not I deferred until another Sunda 6chooting scrape on one of tl prominent streets of the town r suits in the killing of some prom nentcitizen.? Yorkville Enquire ?? : ! ] n mT t -ntAiH - Opei Which Took P is Our friends li turned upon us Our >ew Good: the k,dear peopl WE GREET Our claims to the Irion's Sh recent advances. Our prepnratii hcintr done to make this I IIK IT time thrown away. The cold an n..? << o Illll' infill llll Men. if ou e: these suits for j York Hat man, cents on the Do We are" age, and we arc -Heath 8 It in an impressive fact, shown j in another column of The State today, that in the 35 Java of thin year South Carolina has commissioned 13 cotton manufacturing L> companies with a combined capi~ tal of |2,1G0,00U. This is at the p rate of $61,500 daily, which means ^ that South Carolina is raising j money enough money every day n to build an average North Caro . lina mill. Our North Carolina h' an<l northern mill. Our North r Carolina and northern contempos raries will please take notice that H we have already this year pro. vided for the equivalent of 35 ? North Carolina mills.?The State ? Col. Neal Reimburses His Bonds8 men, Who Settled for Him. y Columbia Record, 7th. 8 There ure three very happy f) . , men in Columbia. They are Col 0 Wilio Jones, \Y S Pope and P 11 Haltiwang. As bondsmen for Col W A Neal, they paid the the state $2,800.41, the amount of 8 his shortage for which they were responsible. Today they were paid in full by Col Neal. i- ? . 11 M is* ssippi Will Exempt Facto18 lies. r ?9 Jackson, Miss, Feb 7.?The n senate today passed a concurrent " resolution exempting all cotton J and Woolen factories hereafter I' established in Mississippi from taxation for a period of 10 years. A poll shows tho measure will pass the house. n CASTOR IA 7 For Infants and Children. 10 The Kind You Have Always Bought . , Bears the ^ Signature of Banking i ling Up Oi lace at Lancaster an Interesting K lave deluded us 1 storekeeperss s are really chea| c" are sure to fin YOU WITH SPEi are of your patronage are justified I >ns are on an extensive scale. Stock )EAL TRADING PLACE. Our cr ap has come and with it A I f! ,,ICKK illnif Snap, ir iioaI 4 /v c>frt? /*?? -*< iu llll r 'ou and yours tor closed out liis sa liar. 1,200 Hat! in the race. pull in s going to succeed Y Banking < - ?i4K> % I'm Bound jjPHf Porter! 4Cheap S | ON THE CC - IrlTill lll'lllldi I'^or 30 dsns we entire stock of win! 1 ^ itii i? M>/ * A,n rnr<i regular prict. "THINK OF Uc When you nre 1hinkin?r of GENTS' FURNISHINGS. ?v , will sell regardless of price. Come and SEVEN HUNDK of l'ants bound to go now in order to i "A I ONG LINE W e have ever\ sort, weight and eo i consists of the cheapest to the last HATS! HAT! A few more sample hats left that we I")on't forget us when in need PORTKIi 4'heap S Move<l to loud .v Alii k Mercant nr 7 New St< and Kershaw J aim Ivenf to the People with good wishes, ire worried, not so i ;>er than "old stocks d it out. HAL NEW YEAR Bf >y imr experience, and CASH purchases ii ;s hirj*e, assortment great. New lines to owded Stores will testify that our efforts 1 I) CI' in IMiiiadfIptiia at Sheriff's Sale nt 47 ' SIX HUNDRED SUiTS AND FOUR RUN .ess Than One-Half Price artli for a few years years to come. Bo mples of Men's Hi s in all. Km broideries aid Handkerchiefs?f>,000 New Embroideries at less than ONE HAL ou will positively wonder at their cheapne intend to do a very larjje business by celling ~ for SPOT ciuh from a needy manufacl 126 eases?7,560 pairs of Shoes at a hip < Lore of this town. The W. L. Dougias, tl will he found here. ig strong stokes tor ] I ours tor Business, St Mercant For Bros,' tore, | III! toll1!will M*ll our <*r UIUUM wear ix*!* i Sum >lio - AND CLOiHING rND a ft-w ni?-e Suit> It ft that we see them ?.= D PAIRS linko room for >i*in^r jjoods. OF HOSE." lor Our Hosiery department 5! HATS! will sell ieoatof cost, of anvthiriir in our line. I >S$* lore. ^oil^K ? >1<I *-(Ulul ILE CO." ores iary Tst. 1900, h > All eyes are micli because but because IRGftlNS! i the markets prior to the be (hiil) n<lt!e<l Kver>thing lave not been in vain, nor our jfn'.i on thr ftntfar. IDRED PA R PAMS 5. Think of Thai! i buy some of mar, the New its to us at 5(1 Handkerchiefs and miles upo? iF l'KICK, await your intpec8S. cheaper than our competitors. urer, (we keep in close touch liscount. This is snre to l>e ?e 11. C. Goodman and all the public patron ILE CO.