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I fc$8ttus.r ("niton brought about OJ cents yc terday. ! | Mr S 11 lNyler of tlio O Iv section, we 'egret to learn, is quite ill. Tin* morning air was quite brisk , Thursday ami frost was ri^lit i %r C | nincli in evidence. I, ? I, Mr. II (1 Mellwain is at home , from Baltimore on a visit to his!, ftmily. , ,Johnson Benson, of this county, i, was acquitted this week in the C j S court ut Greenville ot retailing whiskey. Mr. ST M Ciauton of the lluilej Mine has rented one ot tlie .Jones' i residences in East End and moved his family to this place Thursday. Mr L S LI I lot i is having the , 1 house tie recently purchased on Dunlnp Street repaired prvpara tory to moving into it. lie 1ms rented his residence in East End to Air Moore. < < ?11 List of letters advertised for < the week ending Oct, tiO l'.K'O for . 1 ( Lancaster, S. C. Mrs. Susaner . . <1 Wtntaker, Miss E. (i. A. Pitman, I Miss Hosa Lancaster, Mr. Luke Keastor, Mr. J. S. Terry, Mr j" \V. J. Highly, Mr. JSatnio Heed, Mr. Wulkor He id. Belle Nance, 1\ M. ? W. A. Heckling, Photographer of Columbia, will lie at Lancaster Oct 17th, lMh, lUlli and 20th | 4 taking pictures. All who want the I best work please take notice, i ... i i> ...i ?- < m-tiii-iiinur uciKllll" 8 l'Uotoj graphs don't ludo. Murried, at 1 1 o'clock a m, Wednesday, October 17th, 1900, at tlie li'jiiiuof Mrs. Ellen Harper, the bride's mother, by Rev. tV c Ewart, Mr. Ed 1' Mobley ami Miss Eula Harper. After the ceremony an elegant wedding dinner was served to the relativesI and friends who were present to witness tlm happy event. These young people are very popular and have the very best wishes of the editor for many long years of , wedded bliss. Hi;; Contract Let to Develop Landslord Water I'owrr. Col. Springs let the contract this week for the developing the big electric plant.at Lansford oti the Catawba River. The contract was let to Ladshaw & Eudshaw of Spartanburg. The Spartanburg! Herald of yesterday ways: Mr. George K Ladshaw ro turned yesterday from Lancaster, I wheie be made a contract with the Iudiaola Water 1'jwer Com pany to develop the Land's Ford water power on Catawba river, which will mean the bringing into service of 10,000 horsepower. This plant is developed to transmit tho power electrically to Fort Lawn, Lancaster, Chester and other towns for operating cotton mills and other industries. This is a work of considerable niugnt hilt (in I V ,1,1,1- nnn the long list of larger and important jobs satisfactorily and see cessfolly completed by tho civil engineering firm of Ladtihaw & Ludshnw. It will re<|uiro several 1 months for completion. Elbert Harris, a negro of An j deraon county charged with arson, while on hia way to tho Anderson jaii, was taken hy a mob and severely beaten. Four days later he died in the Anderson jail. Ilia adminiatratr.a sued the county for ,000 under tho nsw law, but the jury returned a verdict in favor the county, after three quarters of an hour deliberation. I Uourt Proceedings. When the court was culled Wed* | riesday morning the ^rand jury ! made it* tiuu.1 leport and was discharged after six of tie number were drawn in open court to serve' .is grand jurors for the your 1901. I Hie names of the following wore ! Iruwn: J B Hagins, ,1 Sum Bruce, J B Funderhurk, .1 Thus Burton, J F Williams and G W Green. The first case tried NVodnesda" was The State vs. Win Porter, charged with murder. The defenduit claimed that the killing was by iccident. The j u ry thought itherwise and found him guilty ?f niatisl:, ughter and recommended iiini to tho mercy of the court, lie was sentenced to two years on jhain gang or in penitentiary. Johnson alias Bunk Watts was next tried for the murder of his lather. His plea was self dotense The jury found him guilty >f manslaughter and recommended him to the mercy of the court. lit' was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. The State vs. George Euhanks who killed Win Kvuna at Walters' ?toru near the cotton mill several months ami, was the l*?t murder 1 I iaiso 011 the docket. The defen- * hint claimed that the killing was lone in self defence. The reilict in this case was the same as in the other two murder cases. 10uhanks was sentencek to seven j years in the penitentiary. The State vs. Thus Catoe, I charged with assault and batteiy with intent to kill was the lastfl ;ase tried and resulted in the ac pi it ted of tho defendant. All other cases on the doekai ^ were continued to tlie next tern if the court, and the jury wmo discharged until 10 o'clock a m, next Monday, when the coninn n plea- jury cases will he tnKen up. I lie report of the grand jury complimented the condition of the canity office#, dispensaries and other county institutions. The jury found some of the very old J hit valuable records in the clerk's oilier in had condition and recommended that they he rebound. ! The jury also recommended the, ceiling of a building at the poor house, the purchase of eight pairs of blankets for that institution and the recovering of the large! cn&in nang tent. It also recom j mended that the county supervisor I have erected on the court house grounds a building to he occupied | by the Magistrate at Lancaster C. II., an I that the Magistrate dis continue the use of the jury room. I The jury also made mention of the death of Mr S A Mcllwain, ! one of its number, whose death had occurred since the ?ourt had been in session, and expressed the decpost sympathy fur his family j in their sad bereavement and their preat sorrow at the loss to t ha county of so pood a citizen. Death of 31 rs. Oimlitgcr. Mrs. Mary Criminper, wife ot Mr. C. A. Criminper and a daughter of the lute Wesley Hilton, died on Tuesday last at her home at Oakhurst after a protracted illness of fever. She was about 48 years of ape was a pood christian woman, and leaves her husband and several children surviving her. Her remains were interred at Pleasant Plain Church last Wednesday. Asked to Oiler a Iteward In view of the many thefts nit |mnt > nir irwiii uir premises of Mr Eli C'askey, his neighbor, Mr .1 Q Adams, Jr, with u number of friends of Mr Caskay, have concluded to offer h reward of $35 for the rapture and conviction of the party or parties who commit these thefts nnd have asked the governor to supplement the reward with the offer of an additional $50. i>ie<l in Cedar Creek township on Thursday last, infant son of Mr and Mrs W T Hilliard, aged 4 weeks. \\ lley Miles Expired the Day 11 is Pardon Arrived. Special to The State. Edgefield, Oct. 18.- Wiley Miles, colored, a 15 month's convict on the county chaingang,dted here last Friday and was buried by , the county on Saturday. Wilev ; was convicted last spring of lar- ; ceny from the tiold. lie was not in good health and vas ruptured. He was put at light work, but ctpii that proved too much for him, and he whs put in jail her? so that ho could secure attention. Ho was not I kept confined in a cell, or even in ! the jail building, but allowed the I freedom of the jail yard. His con- j dition was such that it was not a hard matter to got persons inter- | sted in his ease/Die governor was' appealed to tor a pardon and he 1 signed it on the 10th instant. It reached here on the 12th, the day on which Miles died. Singleton Mcintosh, who killed Mr McKitiney in Abbeville a fewweeks ago, surrendered to the authorities in Anderson. As his , surrender was voluntary, there is IIO one to claim 1 bo rowan! iiffnt-D,! " witti ! I\v the Governor for his arrest.' IIis pies is self defence. r.o "tin ?ifi ^ f?o ami * I ?H) li >ysH Sal in li \ ! i / \ | ,cords, Prices >foinj ?i|? evuBj 50 cts old prices 'I'limU ?>f it Yours fl GAMS 0 ment. I The Third Mdii Found t. Mill YOl TSEY'S I'lvl E a| "x ports ENDED ft --Secre- The .Jury Keiunis a W castoria! For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ~ j Signature of 6 fuzS*?/. /&CCJurt< -Heath ] ^ikI we sfsut i ever seen. Fro 11! Ill I <1 If lit ill I'aroiina. illy, hut she pil'c?selling, leail lis t else they ash' loo taught the 1'public's eye1' and Mil Goods an<l Silks Tempting Prices ill the ni'?v shading* Scotch ( in (lie I'ilmv \V?? i?? lil.n.L- I I you want it is here. In Capos am I of their value, Ours wore selected g^otlge* Bros & that you want, 1 limes in our CI clothing titan al mit? A ^liktlki>i<r M^na imi a M 1 $!I0() worth ol l jggf- OUtt 10,000 00 stock hero. Prices in our A?lvertisemei The people b< i-Heath V ? * ^ H S '? You are granting too mitnv pa1, dons, governor. That i- what *e think. Kithor tlmt, or sworn ! juries have heeti maUinu n ine \ terrible blunders. The prohahili j tv is that the jurors were general- | lv rijiht And, governor, it is not well t<? jiav too much at ten non i<> 111?- petition oi judge, jory and solicitor for the undwinir of i their work. Verdicts are render- ' eel under oath, in accordance with the law and the evidence. '1 hey j represent the citizen's highest and noblest duty to his state--his tel- J low citizens. That the citizen 1 should afterward, us a private individual, \ i??ld to sentiments of pity and mercy, and a>k for the undoing of that which his oath compelled him to do, is not only natural hut commendable. Hut it is your place, governor, to show sterner stulT. It is the action of stern duty, rather than of pitythat should command your alien.-, tion. We fear, governor, that you are grunting too many par dons?eitner that, or juries have been making some terrible mistakes. ? Yorkville Kmpiirer. STe.TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY or l.ANCASTFR, In the Coin l of I>rolnte. Ilv CMihm. I) J in .1 ?. .1 tnl^e i ?f I'rotcite \V IIKKKAH, A W. Mu(t> s hi made Hiiit to no- to grant liini l.etfe.n ?.f Adiuhii-it ration do bonis nor. n ih?* enliiti' nf Hiul hIIVcm of M uri DM .w y, I <! o- axi d THK.SK AUK TIIKItt KIlKK m Cite and adiii'M'thh ad and -muiimr the ! hnlivtl an I erediuHH of t he s ti i Mar, 1) \ia> sey. deceased, that 'hey la* and up-, pear before me. in the < onri of I?r- I bate, to he held mi I am* .ster. ('. H oti the 7.h day of Nov in*x , after pub I 'i *ati ?n thereof, a> 11 o < o?-k in tin forenoon, to -how cause, <f any thevi have, win the miiil Adntlni-t>a ion' should no. tie era tile (Siven i.nder m.v H lid and -? a ihi1(1 h day of Old. Anno Domini, ltioo r , w i rH *s- h JONK*. L1J I |*r dia ?? .1 u Ur MW#I " iilW'"* - mpp . Vn Curo Constipation Forover. Take C.VM-arrrts Candy Cathartic. 10c orCaa 1 C. C. C. fail to cure. ilruUKists refund money Banking i Ilit* busiest Autiin in all markets we ire too kusv to kr ? of l>l ess CaOOtlS. o think that tkrv W W A* mm much jor theist, 98 'In I!' 111 1 her asoistnnt are kept b i. Wo meet nil wishes, Broad cio hoviots in Sha?j?;y c fleets. Aiwa; ioods, Cheviots, Camel's Hair, Mot 1 F its, lie ready to buy the best val by an expert and we grim ran toe then fU i1 e are the . Ifjjfijoi' uialei-a e; BaUitnore. while it lasts at othing Stock, y i n> gh IkO I i iu 4 ?IIV> 1M1I.IIM V litl ices as to find flu Clothing Moiulaj <?f Shoes needs no mention. Birds i its are worthless until you see the Cy ;lieve in us, and ' Banking < I ? !t?*?* to 31 i's .1 HI lloalh, Liin casM't, S 1)< :?r I i<i> is an nppero t ? t-? til 11 < 11 SOl.M' O IvIlllW W * ? .1 Ho' in \ ii'i in vuili liuycnd ill* tusi rost when ?n> i11 a paivit Oiu r 111* IMedlul oil is added ii I tSi V \? 11 i f t onh h?iv? a lo\* nehtal rost, t lit \?illi' house will si a \ well } i:i i t ii?'(i longer than \<?u v. i ll Y? u will i'*-t so tiled nt i se< in?_' 'lie >ume color* \ear ah* r year, that \<-u will l.u\ some oilier ' shade of L \l just f? r variety's sake. Our statements arc nnt ii re sponsible they arc backed by an insurance otia<anH-e ami an an nnal output tit Four Million ' Pounds \I'urs ot best |i:i: 111 [ luakiiiir. Kindly permit Messrsl Crawford I?i'os to talk to \oiil furher Yours sincerely, LONGMAN & MART INK/. Notice to I >cb(nrs of 11. ,1 (ircjj orv *V Co soul 1'ivriiters' Hank in^ ?>. Meccani tie Co. All i o'.t :m<! accounts I.clone ir.e lot i;e old lii lo I i ,) (!rcoor\ ^ Co . an<l tlic tit in of the Fanners" lainkine ami .Mercantile coin|?an\ have 1 ecu placed in my hands for collection Pa i tics indebted t< ' cither or I >' it 11 ?i rt? liMjiUihtm to cottie forw at <1 and m 11 le at once .J 1*\ (iic^ory, Oct 2, 11)00. Bridge (n Let. V (ON !< At" to 1H I I I) A J\ ii. w In hi e ovi r lilt ic I ,yii<'h?-> oteek !? - vi'.mmi in- i..\vn i.f Krisli w , ? ii h?* It i >1 <1 .ViiM- v. i le* lit tu tin* ovv? s' re>1 onsiole lniM.-r ?m ( I- I"ii*s* * ()> t i 1 litMI at It) o'c'oek a in S ii' In* urn l?* ki tivvii i at iln- liti.e of I ill ? We will re , serve,I' * r ?li to rejeet te.v hiuI ui' liitts Mini tilnildei will tie r*?111ir?*?l , t?i > iv?- si li.'i il tin ilouU e tlie amount o lii-* 1 io ( r > '".jtii i.l i erf.ittt.ai.ee i f tin- i* i i; i-i \| c. Cianloei, o unt^ r-iipei vis. r ()i-t o t i l'i".', \V A N i Kit? \ TIVK M vN of fcoo.t | looae ? i ?> . eiiver ami em ? t in ! *?'OMt|i < j.io i -i f . ?1 e-tnl.li .1 nianof > -tor o >* to |e :?i. Iuhh.- $9<i0 -'i > * mi* siy iu"t it x|? riv t ?| i ! ? Mi r till III' I I I \ . .f\* 10 !?< " ? f. nddie H*-' ' i<if? ' r vi ??i ?* Mmiu i otur - 11 ' i * ii I ?< . i- i>t 11i jm"i k Mercae irt slid h < in J'snt s've gathered I he gift to the hi^jjes sSL1 "* ton v? hat <?u" eon Silks and llillin niibt have vein III is mis foi I A Most rapid <. row iter pat 1 of our | B i'. Our ?pind di-pkty of Milli n\V all the day and half tin- nip Id. tits with velvety finish, Ft < nt h V? m V's hear in tntnd that our slock of 151 inii, Poplin, Henrietta and Series, lies that can he offered you. Furs 1. Lucky purchaser ii' from the Ban That, means a! : SOc on the II Sore Clothing an Lancaster. is 5 North Pole. Sc of ft feather Hock together, and all roods. we helieve in the 6 Mercm t> i <'' 1 L ' . aW'? I. . ^S??ne> Loaned. I * l\i () ! I A 'I ! <M:1 O OK <> m I i vrtl ? " s jil 11 K \\ V ll-. ' urnej i: I.; w C> ? ? my > on a Efiottie ? Kur $1 ii<u> 1*4* a?T a about 1 utite N?t-Ii 1'rintUr-. < o Iti-rkv li'vvr loatl I now it ?? P?n r or Br-.-sii t&tou I'Iht For $l.i'()0 , 1'uii acre- near Ho+t"h prirga. U11it as Agnes I mi.!.on I ;o-e. V'.ii' $7kit , lk'2 ? r p ntljoinit j* tj., t * W tiit-kiin in (v-thir Creek towtn it <|>. known a- King place. K<>r $'4<0 100 iut* > m t * i1 ui* Creek iv* nali i |?, known s s ( ? rail a it i plac* For lliri? smail tracts of 17f rices each ml aiijoinii g, in HuCnrti towt sli'p known a> France* >i.ipn?' plices. For SAM), llo lo res n ?.r Hcith >joloim ki own as Jesse Ki'kiautf oaee For $2o0, AO acres known a- I 'Jip P'"ieFor SIOO, 30 .icr. s i t I'nlmi rtn.ttJi N 1 , kii' W'n HK .1 .1 (Siilliii plain For SI42, 41 acr? s known s J C iiilisoi; place. Foi $1 nun, 110 actcs foio mile- No'tA arl of town, pai" ?? M >,nts pine-. Town I repot ty. Fo $4 1100, t-iizpurck Inane pl.-cc o '_-A i.etis 1! n a \ Imek ihvi oing, w !! room lei I II I I l 1 Oli-es two lire l? ins ami ttln-r oiilliiiiiiti' us . . it*-, e sterna, etc. F n $300, lot in Fast Fiol, 2 ro< oi eoeilo'i I For $7">0, cell I v. o .' aere io'r with ottligo . n ejn h lot ?in Fast I ml Fur iti'iH, ? ? -11 two lots en Fiei '*|| t reel. new 4-reoin cot1 age no ??a?*l". For $4">0 lot on Front h Ftreet "?> km in house F' if SitAtt, each, 111 <e lo's on ret si reel . X I Ilent eolpjr. ,ei eaeh lot For $700. /??t s? n 0 oi 1. & <J .'ojstv. oiiriv\n loom ! ! . 11) nts Kor fl l(?0, on*' ii(*iv Int. liicc r'S*i|?>ii. h burn h o?l w?*ll of wale: ' mp, ? !? K- r 200. J K Hbickmon lot, r.?w > too t rottuve, burn, vtv. T\ S Carter, ni. " Ukl.ifUJIUMMMw ? .?*- MCMtote r-MSt GIN NOTICE ! \\J V. HAVK H l> OIK (ilN cn ? y t c uiul ml'Ci in km in>-i \ ul it< M ~iniie H'u'il. liar Kiln' 11 ? ' M-rli'iti t'<l u? <| m .il i s (?oo<l us n >* m-1 wii; i in y ur ? Hon the | - M-on at $1. per I'M ? . We jm >r no* k i infliction i Hii^thiiu' in rvn.^oo or in Ihimiioh w?'V \v * ' i ci t k v ifc * < >> Sept 17 lOoo- ,'t n ITILE CO ~ ; EiinciPU'r lias newest ?bs<! best. ( :ssu! clwaiM-st hastdise in u}>j5er upetilors arc do. orv llsai wo ~ f small Mocks, or rrn. u is the business. We are justly prou in rv unci our very low price* l^i- i 11 in lit show ii!<j fit our Hr hi tinn cloths with line twill tiri-ii rn lack Press Goods i- not snip: No matter what kind ol" I* Ik are deceiving, few have know lee. jc s of m orlh ikrcijpt Stock of S the underwear Udlur. I'lxciticrg id se tlin g more hard to match >ld one merchant I Jolose Cash buyers are flocUinp 111. ITILE CO." .