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Lt cal Matters, Sco add "Bridge to Let." Mr M K Jordan is visiting a Fort Lawn. Born, to Mr and Mrs J B Wnl ters, Aug 'JU, l'JOO, a son. The Lancaster Cotirt Hons Alliance will meet in the cour house Thursday, Sept. Oth, at o'clock pm. K Lverall, See. Mr and Mrs T S McMnnus ant children of Atlanta, (la, are th guests of I)r #l 1' Mackey ant family. This is their first visit ti this, their old home, in fou years and their many friends at truly glad to see them. T he Ganson Cash Store is mak ing room fo?* fall qroods. Men women and children can nil ge hig bargains there for the nex two weeks. See their new ad. ii this issue. While they are dis posing of their summer remnant at a song their buyers are scour ing the Northern markets for bar gains for the fall trade. List of letters advertised fo the week ending Sept 1, 11)00 Miss Ldna Cunningham, Miss I ( fllfurt Mi^w llnnn.il. M..U .... V) AT* too 1 1 (i I I I tl I I muii ley, Miss Lular Weutherspome Miss Nannie Scott, Miss Idi Hlnkency, Mrs Robert (Jaskey Mrs Klizzer Rite, Mr Thos . Reeves, Mr R L Stewart, M Alex Cauthen. Mr Uriah B Jordan left Thurs day for Rultimore to have his leg which was badly hurt last Sprinj while bringing a car load of mule up from the depot, treated. Fo several weeks it has beon givinj him considerable trmililn Tin injury was caused !?y anothe horse running against the one h was t itling and tnasliing his leg Laundry Agent wanted fo Lancaster and vicinity?lligl grade work and good commissioi to right party. Address will reference, Cantden Steam Laundry, Camden, S C. Notice to tlie Public. I have purchased the entin grocery stock of Funderburk Co, and will continue the busines at the old stand. I will set groceries us cheap as anybody and will be glad to have the libera patronage of my old customers. W 1' llennett. I tenth of Mrs l>ostrr. . Mrs Mary Poster, widow o the late I)r.fas ?V Poster, died a Monroe Wednesday, aged abou 70 years. She was born in thi county n;.d lived in Hufoid town ship until after her marriage. Sh was a sister of Or T L Poster re cently of Tradesvillo but now a Wingate, N C. Two childrei survive her, Mr .1 Y Poster un< Mrs S A Kobertson. Her re mains were interred at Monro Thursday. Attention Trustee a ! As u report has been due f?> some time and I have no repor blanks to furnish you, I earnesti; request at least one member o every board in the county whicl lias not already reported to mee me at my office on Saturday Sept 8th inst, prepared to give i report for their respective dis tricts. It is of great important that this matter be attended t< without further delay. .1 H Thompson, Co Supt Education. f-^r*Have you pa;d your sub aeription ? H T M Alio.i, a jrood farmer of < Rock IIill, who resigned from the . State Hoard of Control, because the duties conflicted with his re ! ligious convictiona, recently visit- < t ed tlie State farms, to ascertain t whether, in his opinion, they J i shall be kept or abolished. After 1 - investigation, he believes it best I to hold on to them. On the Rcid i? farm he asccitaincd that fl()0 acres I e yielded ten thousand bushels of < t oats; AO acres, eleven hundred < ;? | bushels of wheat. There are oOO I - I ' hundred acres of line corn fully 1 ! nmde and one hundred and sixty s 1: acres of lata corn very promising J e j The 2d0 acres of cotton was the! 1 lj bast lie had seen this year. There < i? j were acres of rice ar d sugar cane. I 0 Tom Lowcry, formerly of this ; county, but ft>r sometime of Fish- | iii?X Creek, S C, deserted his wife t and children about the 20th of j .June and ran off with Miss Martha < ' iJ McManus, an eighteen-year old , * ! girl from Taxulmw. Nothing had I been heard of the couple since the i1 | elopement until Friday when the j ' father of the girl heard that they t m J were in this county at the home < ! of Lowery's mother, lie, Mr < McManus, came to Monroe Saturday, procured a warrant and Depu i ty Sheriff Myers and Constable . Birens were Hcnt in search of the ] a COllole. Thnv Imil nil Irnnltlo I i. ' > ? ... I locating them ati<l taking them . under cover. They were placed in jail hero and held until this ( morning when they wore taken to j Chester i>y an oflicer from that ] r place. They had been in this county a little over a week. It is not known where they had been sojourning since their migration from Fishing Creek?Monroe r Journal. , 8 ! "T"""m * j. Lightning's work. i ? ' ' B A very curious accident, which M r might have resulted in the death of two men, occurred iu the Green briar section on Thursday after* ' noon. Mr. R V Bray, of the ^ Flint Hill section, was driving in buggy, and stopped in tho road j near Mr. Leonard Robinson's > i house to talk to Mr. Crosby Ruff. They were directly under a tele* I t)hnnr> \vir*? .in.1 Mr IJ.or U...1 I.:.. I j ? mum Mil , Aillll II HI I ...*| hand on the shaft of the buggy when a flash of lightning came and struck the telephone wire. The [a mulo was instantly killed and Mr. ? KulT was stunned, hut Mr. Brry s who was in the buggy was not j I effected at all. It is supposed j that the ground wire which should , j have carried off the lightning was j | not properly fixed. It is most remarkable Mr. Bray and Mr. j| - " ivun were noi noil) killed, us they j ' ' were so near the mule when it was| f struck. Mr. Ruff soon recovered t from the shock ami felt no had | t etrecta ? Winnsboro News and! s Herald. 0 Lightning struck Mrs. Alice i ? Vnnn's residence on Washington a ' street last Tuesdav night. A feather bed in an upstairs room was set i on lire and one of the head posts [ 1 of the bedstead split. None of - the inmates of the house were o shocked by the stroke. The bed I caught on liro from tho underside ' and it is supposed that the springs of the bed becoming overcharged set lire to tho bed tick. ? Monroe j Enquirer. t ^ f For The Ledger. y ! THE TR'O'H I OVKrt. f' j "The Bee through many a garden , rove* t A ml hum* hi* lay* ami oourtehipa o'er % 1 I But when he tln?ln the H >wer he love* ti ' He Mettle* thefre 'o hum no more. The Fly doth tly from plate to plate And taste ami tante and all Ignore 0 But when he flnda hi* cream eatate He arttle* there for further more. The 'Hkeeter o'er many ImmIIca rovea 1 And from head to heel he will explore Rut when he find* the aoot ha lovea He aettlen there to bill f.?r ((ore. ?Peablea. Cotton Cr< p 9,304,500 Bales. Knleigh, Aug 30.?Toe Cotton States convention of Commiss n- 1 ars of Agriculture,; at their session this morning, issued the following is their statement as to the cotton crop of 1900: "Bated upon the reliable information from :i ' sources from each of the cotton States and Territories, taking into JIMJ9IUCI14*1UU 111C COIKl 1LMIU (>I inc : I otton crop, wo are lead to he.-.' I ieve that the following will ho ' ho out-put of the crop for the . season of 1900^1901: Alabama, I, S21,000 hales; Arkansas, H09,000; s Klorida, .'50,000; \Jeorgia, 1,025,-I 1 ">00; Indian Territoi v, 2lU,000; ( . ' | Louisiana, (503,000; Mississippi, j >43,000 ; Missouri, 30,000 ; North Carolina, 405,000; ()kla- , lotna, 100,000; South Carolina,! $01,000; Tennessee, 285,000, Texas, 3,300,000; Virginia 13,-. ' mm); other sources, 500, making i. i totai of 9,3(54,500 hales. "This estimate, however, is uihject to the weather conditions \ for the month of September and j dso killing frosts later on. This r estimate is given out us heing the " >pinion of this association." Union Services a 1st Salt huth? A. U 1* church ? Rev a N Brunson. '2nd Saljhath ? Methodist church ? ?Kev W C Kwart. | 1 3rd Sahhath ? Presbyterian J. hurch? Hcv .1 H Boldridge. It, 4th Sahhath ? Baptist church ? Kev Chalmers Frascr. Bridge to Let. ' pHR huii.dinu OF A NF.W I 1 bridge over 12 mile creek at Vsu s VV>ck will lie let to the lowest reepoulittle bidder on Tuesday, ISth day of i sept, at 10 o'cl'ici a m. Plana and ( iperitlcationa will be made known at " the letting. The right to reject any < vnd all bids is reserved Bond will . ue required of the succet-afui bidder in ioubl** the amount of the bid for the * aithful perfoi inance of the work. M i (Saidner, co supervisor. i o< LiET Join the THER We mention a fe low prices yon cji ours ami other st remnants that so very best 12 1-2 8e a yard. All on the Shirt waists ^ our tine dollar w Our splendid col! our prices and jj of spending your Now we elc 1,000 Men's $I? gains at 25c, inn Her They have l>een charging yoi 1100 pieces of furniture at a great i Jo mo and see. -Heath E . : l-i'tlcr to >Irs \V. \V I'crr.v, Lsm( iiMt'r, S. (' IH'tir Madam: ? We feel certain that you will u?;reo with us when who say that the real uhetqmess is net in the lirst cost, hut in the ratio of eost to service. There's tin expert diamond setter that nets $.'><? h day and his cmploxers de flare he is the cheapest man they've UC< ?t. First eost for L. M. Fain* is IllOI'e than denims ucl- I... ImrvU's, thin paint, *>ut when you linve had your painter a<l<l n lur^e piantity of linseed oil to the paint, Lhe actual cost is lower than the lowest. Then how our Paint wears? An iron elad (iiuiranteo tnd a snle of Four Million Pounds yearly, ainplv sustain our claim >f hest, and cheapest paint in the I'nited States. Messrs. Crawford Pros, will l?o ileased to supply you with color Minis, and further information. Yours smeerelv, LONGMAN A MA It 11N KZ. iTi-.TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. C () t: N T Y O K I.ANCASTF-K, J In t Iip ('ou 11 of l'roliate. ly <'lias. I) Jones, Jml^e of Probate. f W'iikkkas, A. Billiard Duncan has nude sail to inc.to grant liiio Leite.s f Administration on tin- estate of and ! fleets of Lawrence U Kelly ,(l' Oni?d, j TIIKSK AI<K TUKKHOKK In Cite and .diminish all and singular the kindred tid creditors of the said Lawrence it telly, deceased, tlint they i>e and ap>ear liefnre me, in the ? ourt of I'ros iate, to he held at i.ane inter. C, H m the Stli day of Sept next, after pnhiealiuti thereof, at II o'clock in the oreiiuon, to show cause, if any they tave, why the said Administration thou Id no lie granted. ( iven under my Hnnd and Seal this !-d day of Aug, Anno Domini, l'JtMI. . , s , ( II AS. D JONKS, 1'rohat e J ildge. Villi Notice! IMyler Hayes have their grist ind flouring mills in fine condition tnd are turning out only the hest irades of meal and flour. Kvory lay from now until Sept. 1st will >e mill day. Tho One Day Cold Cure. For cold# and sore throat use Kertnott's Choco > ates I..native Quinine. Easily taken us candy I ind quickly cure. I LOOSE' Throng < 'S MONEY: HHBBnflOHl [m|| is drawin; Iflll lots and c w. What tliey lis in now hay then ore's prices. H Id fast at (i cts. < e Percales, ncv ii* 8c fancy Dim* vere j <ine. 80 v aist for Oc, and lection of ladies roods willi an> s ' ? cash here. >se our eyes fo >00 Straw Hats I iv going at &c. e's Good ] e ? - ? ii j<?m > in iws iui turnmire laifciy reduction. Our 2 btore room* tir< Nanking i GRKAT ST CLfAIPGSH IN 'I'Bfe STATti OFSDU' m (ill ill I llMr >? ?i < I ?? I *? ?" iii^ ?*8mi i'i rr! <i iifl'te instead, it is ah olut for us to have a ele we w ill be virtually ing lor a few weeks we make this start Busies fot'merlv sold for $45, m Buggies formerly sold for Some extra nice laities himI carriages WAGONS! WAGON Sixtv to seventy five wagons that hi member these wagons or the most of rise, hence the price: One horse wagons from $*27.50 t< Two horse wagons rom Foil" I'orso wagor KFMHMBKK: We have the leading Nissen, OBI Mickory, Tennessee, Fiedtm We also have a lot ef second hand v he sold- ninuiiHT ill tirinn f r/n>i st I mi Come at once. This oiler holds g< We manufacture our Harness and < We also have on hand a few engi that go regardless of cost. Our Mr. .1 M Hood has just arrive horses and mules that we will sell cheap, like to trade for or buy a lot of thin tnu Kesj i m im n urn m MIM fisji yOUR CAS I of Thrifty TTinr\ m t>, i Hc-KL bUK i ?j near. We must be wer) thing that sin ive sold for and wli j for. f^ce the diflfet !MM)0 yards of yar<! nir price now is 5c test st) les, fast cole ities are yours for ve will give tliein a I our 5()c waist si thirds must follow to?#e, and you v?ill * profit and t how 01 lor *2~yv and (IO Cl< News for Yi Wo will stop that now. At :i liig Sn s tilled to the ceiling. We are going I Mercani 4.. +} \ . * I?? liniiR KNOWN TH CAHOLINA I to tear down our old huiUl ?o brick one oly necessary a5H4in<r sjiiIP. IK - ? uf^ * m.m m oui of a buildi. Therefore I i it ? offer : )w s*:i.x. $50, now at from 10 to 20 per cent off. "SI WAGONS! list and shall he sold. Rethem were bought before tbc ? f052.50. >7. r.o to $50. is from $50 to $05. r wagons of the earth, vi* nit and a few otherrasrons and bnjjgies ?..iat mm xid for two weeks only. lefv competition. nes, boilers, presses and ?.dn? <1 with a well selected load <rf , or exchange. We woukf les and horses. >ectfull v, >?[ I>? Buyers. 'OU. ; rid of broken ows hacidlia^ at ridiculously cure between I-wide percale a yard. Those >rs, must ?ro at J 4^1* 5c. It's time l big drop. 41 ashed to 25c suit. Compare ee the wisdom i our counters >th Slats, bar* 3U. do wo bought li solid cur loads Lo cut the life out of'prieor :ile Co.. , ? jr ? .