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1 " A Family Sewrpaprr Fur the Promotion of iho Political, .?r *.-?%!, AQnru-uJtuml (<**& Ommtwrrial j 11- vVE.^KLY i < v ? A 10 ? 4 <> . is E K 2<> lTrTI KSTaiTlsHIKI) 185'Z '* - Tlie EVE Have been too BUT m H5VE THEM; Never before have we Ikm*o for our customers. Our l?u\er tHp FOR HA KG AINS mid ho foui ft PERFECT LANTSLIDC Found u dealer needing the u Here's a few of 'em: 40 i ?v?vrlh 40 cents, vours for 'JO cent! id ark lipured Hrillisut ino, tnst stunner to retail at 'J."? e's, yours 1 double width dress i.'omls (it S imd Oost twice hs much when cotton w IN FIN" II? TO DATE [ Plain soft fabrics are very |i Berbers in the leading shades in |i K ant shades, in patterns at $1 50 Had Trouble in Orangeburg .Negro Desperado Defies Arrest and Shoots at Policeman. Barricades House Both Races Armed. .'Special to The State Oranjrebui ?r. Oct 17.? )ur - r.ity was the scene of much excitement hist night, and fur h while something; like s ruce riot soeuied imminent. January Corbell, n negro bully, became dis orderly at a negro dance on Sunuyside and started the trouble, l'oliceuian DoMars attempted to ir rest Cor bet I. who ran out of th? house, tiring twice at tlio policeman Corbetl thou wont to (his house, a short distance otT, looked himself in and dctied the .authorities to arrest him. Volieemen l)e\lars and Dongiaiat went to the door and demand ? id Corhett's surrender, whose re.ply was two shots tired through the door, whereupon the policemen opened tire, emptying their revolvers. Corhett still refused :to oodi? out. in the meantime a large crowd A :?*d gathered, many white citizens )Mir or iirmr?it S?? I "" ? --- 9 the -crowd hIho had u ran, hut these wero quickly arrested and . littpfe sed. Not until Mayor Dukes arrived i! . >n the scene, an hour after Cor1 bet\ entered his house, did the | negro consent to he arrested. At j?ts to got him hy all others ft were futile. The negroes and whites were ft greatly excited and serious corise1 'jnenoes were barely averted. I Fortunately, no one was hurt, 1 none of the twenty odd shots tired wving effective. I Tfc# excitement and Hring brought out the entire tire de )Uk*-tu)*nt. Ckvrbett wan kept in the guard mbouee last night and today was |Spurned over to the county for IrvMCUiion. HCW on human cure<l in 30 minute-* f Woelfonl'a Hautary Lotion. TbU er fail*, fcJoltl by J F Mackey A DrugjLt, Lancatar, 8C. <*3 THE Place tc RYBODY I ims? <?? annoi 3> B "T * TH 'iN fcV :-i . si? successful in inix good thing ?ent nearly three weeks SHARCll id them. hi >1 ESS GOODS. loncv. (i<?t ii 11ilot at our owi nch t'me wool Mohair Brocades <. ??5x vards m ike full dress Fin til <*k and guaranteed, won hi he for only 1cents Rung up lim in cts Single width at 4 cts as live cents a pound. IH'S: l-;0DS. lopular. We are showing Sati atterns at on V?.?. W'u: ? r - X/. iH7 IT T1 III|ICU1 U? Kirn ill w i >1 Vonniius lit 50 cte T H EG Rewards Offered. Two Uniihuul (Wr. One < Thorn of Long Standing. The State, 1 Tlh inst. The governor yesterday otTure a rewurd in mi unusual case, seems that on .June 8, 180! Henry Huvnes was convicted < man^huigliter in Berkeley count (lit' 1 tvna cool I ? ' * * ...... n.;ntuilt(;H l?? >? ? ! in the Stall' penitentiary. () the very *l??y ??f his conviction li made hi- escape from the llerkc Iv county jail, and has not hoc seen since I he reward otiti c for Ins capluro is $f>0. A reward was also ottered "$10 in amount?tor the capture an conviction of Thomas Thoinpsor who killed .John Ncint/. on Any Pith at St Matthews, Orange burg county. The governor was yesterda notified by telegraph from (.tree Pond, Colleton county, that Ne Pryor, a small, black negro wit thick lies. and ni'nniin?nl lo?l and gums, 25 yearn of age, wh robbed and burned two stores ji that place, had just escaped j Walter boro, while being taken t jail. The governor olfercd a r? ward of $50 for hi* capture nn conviction A Negro Shoots a Dog and is She by Party of Whites. Special to The Stato. Union, Oct 17.?A party t men whilst out hunting, shot at negro Sim (iiles. The trouhl was caused by (iiles tiring at dog belonging to the parties, an l they retaliated by tilling (iile? I siue wan snot. lir i'oole attend > ed him. Ilia wounds arc ne serious The men who did th shooting are unknown. UI*M Itl K'S IKON NKKVK. Was tho result of his splende health Indomitable w ill and tram endousenergy are not found whor Stomach, Liver, Kidneys an< Bowels are out of order. If yo want these qualities and the sue cess they tiring,use I)r King's Net Life Pills. They develop ever power of braia and body. Onl ^ 25c at Crawford Bros, drugstore GANSON v; ?> 1 f "TC "V ! 1 *>1 T'"* Ty'l ** " ' a 'ir M A ? Vj i i' M *w Jr <d\la a*t> -?. \it0fliJm v> u iiuk V DELIGHTED illH't' earlier j!i? ??'!i C*?S 13 O 3 33 J^etl and llna 1 :i itin it 75 ois ?.?r vir-l s IIi'iirii'lta-i in <: dors, at verv low pi . surpassed fur <|?1:11iIy and cheapness (Jrepons, and ir?ivv suitings are tin $1 25, ^ 1 50 and *2 00 per vunl wliieli tire so p ?pul ir for waists, lin " 815 .CUITHIi Drfil,. . p New ?or<? IJ ?sen Iter v cN. (Jo. .. line eloilies in tl>" I.J S ??oin<; out j, clean up over * ?."> ooo worlii and we mors .ire ??rttiii?r I lie lienelit, ^ I 0 00 $7 5o >>7 oo an I 00 >uits for : &:> 50 and oo lioys and childr I. I). i '>il H \ \ \\ 1 i) | ?, l'riccs eoine up every dav. 1 t old prices. I'hink of it ! (Jottoil Yours for II A N SOI " A Devil Fish. I >f Caught in t ho Sea Near < 'harlealnn. Weighed l*2f> Pounds. Charleston, Oct lh - < aptain F j Donuniok, of a lishini! smack, had u fierce ti^ht wilh a:i American , whip stin<; rav, or devil li^h, near * tlie ('hiirh Mon lightship v ('apt-iiii I >i? ninirU was (idling in s ?|?ilet waters and i i ^ lines were in linn-ring I from his In ait. iC Suddenk llieie w is a vicious pull j. of the line and ;i whip -1inix ray, ,, ! weighing 125 pnnd-, cntiie to the (I surtaee. I ho ti h fought t?? net awav and some ? f hi* Mint teeth i) wore broken in the scramble. The (| tail began whipping the air as , soon as it came from the water, 11 r. nnil Captain Hominick threw his i. hands td his face for protection. Seizing a t?iknife Ivi 11 it in the y boat ho so voted the tad. This n somewhat subdued the iish and in ,( a short tint? Captain Dominick I, | had killed the monster. (> The Grand .Jury in Richland Refers to Gambling in (Columbia. j it In the proceedings of the court | the grand jury today made the! following special presentment: "To His Honor, I) A Town-1 >t sand, presiding judge: "Wo hereby present, from information derived from the eoro j : uer's inquest in the case of the ?f state rs \V B Smith, for murder, a as a nuisance and gambling Louse, u kept now or at that timo hy one llr ii 11 a ? li narley, and name, as an (1 ssentiul witness, Owen Daylo, , chief of police. [. Very respectfully, "C. Fitzsimmons 0 Acting Foreman.1' Judge Towiuend referred the special report to the solicitor, whol later consulted with the grand; 1 jury about such matters. There' _ may he several indictments made1 e for gambling, but the cases before I tho grand jury ami likely to come u Wore it are not of general public interest. v w The case of Smith has been cmy i y tinned until the next term ofi >. court. <0! /a O'THT C! .'T^ 7T^TT*/rs, f"*?1 O vv <uLS AND WE Oreat Biirpiiiii VofEi. Bailimnr V -.1 t I I if !lil IIV'S I'll ico* ()ur iliack ?n?o<ls nro tin For soparuto Skirts, l'aolas, s ourroot things, ;ti 7"? ots. ? 1 00, \\ ? have tIn* now IVroal Flannels | ie>i all 'vii I at 00 cents. , "f N -.v York, lurjje.st makers of if ui-ini'-.x We iiuuIm an otTor to ij 1 Vni :?i ?>iir hid Our custo I'J .'i<> ami ^ I f? 00 suits for J ?5 on (1 wool suits at $d.00, I ens suits from 0."? cts up. \ ,i 0' ! Will soil what wo have on hand at ah'o c 1 on cents and wo sellino tho Iodine riaivii I fKU \j n i i Auai'icias Sastain Additional Losses. Tb rteen Mcmbe<*a <>f the tilth Intuiitrv Killed or Captured uud a Party of Scouts Killed by Filipinos. Manila, Oct I I, via 1 lon?* Konsr, Oct lb.?A detachment of tiO men i t the Twenty fourth regiment whi'e enjra^ed it: rep ut ing tele? ^rraph wires Oct lo, at a point near San .lose, Nuevo Fcija province, Lu/on, wet? set upon by tint) rebels and were overpowered .. . I - - ington, Ya, this morning, of consumption. Mr Wilson was a j congressman, and obtained a national reputation from a tarilT revision l>iIi which is known astho Wilson hill, as it was prepared under his direction as chairman of the ways and means committee of the house. Cleveland afterwards appointed him postmaster general, nun sciiuereii. r^even of the American- reached Sun ,Jo??e, hut it is prohahle that the remainder wore captured. Tho enemy sur prised a party of scouts of the I hi d infantry at a point three miles from Taklolmn, Ley te island, killing three of tho Americans at the lirst vol'ey. Two escaped an 1 gave the alarm, hut the enemy succeeded in evading their pursuers. Tho native police of Tuktolmn had conspired to snr pri*o tho Americans. Tin* bodies of tho dead soldiers were badly mutilated. Died on the Train. Special to New# and Courier. Aiken, S C, October Id ?Mr. Frank 1* Heard, editor and proprietor of the (iraniteville News, died very suddenly this morning while on the Charleston train en route from Augusta to (iraniteville or Aiken. He hoarded the train while it was crossing Broad street, in Augusta,and took a seat and shortly afterward expired so suddenly that a passenger seated in the same sent with him, it was said, did not know it. The coni i* * - - - uuiHur discovered mat Mr. lieard was dead when be called on him for his ticket. The body wan taken off the train at Warrenville and Coroner Leo was notified. Mr. Beard was in Aiken yesterduy and appeared in his usual health. He returnod to Augusta on the 9.20 p.m train. No further particulars are obtainable here. Subscribe to The Ledger. TORE Jx> These D ARE HAF s c, Philadelphia a r~i *: * !in?r at r> ets, line yard wi tick at f> i Is. /nod out in j at 5 rls < best prudes of calicoes at f and 5 cl I ill'. V VI). > ?'ddi" Miss Wadslev of Bultirmon I uant in praise of her artistic work. I in Lanoa-ter is the genera verdict. | fnl scsisoii, already we have <;otten almost exnausted l?v the rush. M lar feature in this department, is oi J i! Si n (' 11 |< I1 till Anothei lot of those good sat | lieen ?x?'ttin<f have ju*t com- in. V jjard to this lot except that they <a come ip'ick. 'rices. _S T 0 R E Filipinos Captured r (ien Alvavcz and Stall- Surprised by Volunteers. Manila, Oct 17.?Under cover of a stormy ni^ht (."apt Elliott, of the Fortieth infantry, surprised the rehel headquarters near Oro quita, island of Mindanao, and captured without fi$rhtin<*. lien AI varez with his staff and *25 men. The capture i? important and will tend t?> pacify the district. Alvarez had for a lon?* time heen conducting hostilities in Mindanao. It was he who etFected the disastrous attack 011 Oroqtiitn some time a^o, and lie was preparing another when he was captured. Detachments of the Twenty*' sixth and Eighteenth regiments Onira (YOi i t ha I'otkolc i?nn ? 'I ultnn/#?n ( v iiiu i iii^ai i ii n lii^au in southern Panay, routing thom, killing 'jo and wounding inimy. j Wm. L. Wilson Dead. \ I lie Was Postmaster (ionorul I i ? I nder Cleveland. | j New York, Oct 17. ? News of | tho death of W m L Wilson, exi postmaster general was received j this morning. Ho died at Lex J to succeed Hissel. After Cleveland's term expired he whs elected president of Washington and Lee university. A banana tree in bloom and fruitage in the yard of Mrs. J. J. Mel jure, on Pinckney street, is attracting much attention. Hananas gr iwing in the open air are ! un nnuuiial r? /\?ie Pi/>/! . ???> t |r*u iiiiiiviiiii oi^ut an wui a. ir<iuiwiii region.?Chester lantern. PABTORIA. BunUm s9^* K|n4 Ym Haw Always Bought i ... -1 .r -i ti' 'Y \ I -sK; iiid Blesewln i-o. ide sen island at ets. ufj??<t i?o *ood Mooching :it 5 ets All the is, none higher. li. u in charge. Lverybodv e.xtmvaMost beaut iful ilnls ever sliuwe This has been <?nr most success011 r second stock, 111first b. mg h11y new styles just in Our |> > > iir very low Price this season nple l'ants and Shirts like we have fe need say nothing more in ronnot last long, so you had better I _ J To Southern Soil. Confederate 1 >c?:n 1 to lie Removed from Northern Graves. New Orleans, Oct 17.?The ('.mfederute. Memorial aerocinti rt. whose headquarters are in this eitv, h.> arranged to reclaim t lie bodies of the Southern dead now resting in Northern ee netei ies ?nil tii r*nil?r tlinni lot 11 fi r in tin. churchyard- ami cemeteries of their respective states or in n plot to be especially set aside for the purpose in the national cemetery at Arlington, Va , directly opposite Washington. The alliliated associations, the numerous camps of the Confederate veterans and the state chapters of the Cnited Daughters of the Confederacy have been asked to assist iu this work. The lists of tlia Confederate dead buried in Northern cemeteries will lie published throughout the South, thus giving friends and veterans an opportunitv to claim their ilimil The > I > t * > t'nr rpmnv-il has been ?etfor this month. Hollywood cemetery, in Richmond, has been placed at the disposal of tho association for the reinterment of tho bodies of all Confederate soldiers which are unclaimed. Eight negro gamblers were indicted by tho officers through tho usual channels, but it took a special presentment, based on a confession, to find one white gambler in Columbia. ?The State. STOItY OF A SbAVK To be hound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George I>. Williams, of Manchester, Mich, tells how such a slavo was made free. He says: "My wife has been so helpless for five years that sho could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Hitters, she is wonderfully improved and able to do her own work." This supreme remedy for female diseases (prickly cures nervousness, 9leoplessness, melan. choly, hea lache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle i working medicine is u godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 5(1 cents. Sold by Crawford Bros druggist.