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ThK LKUGfcR. j Th . ; It.vv R art > . H 1)1 l <)"i ? N I) man xOKK PATURPAT PRCF.MREK 22, 1000. I | For The Ledger. I VAN WYCK ITEMS. As Christmaa draws near, tho little folks are getting their stocking* rend* and if their voung imaginations are realized, the} will u..-_ ... i ? ? ? - iiriir m una large one* ? sorneeren the dimension ?>f meal Hack?. Old Santa l.'laue i 11 do hi? hast for all good children mid leave many wai nitiga for had ones. lli? beautiful fall weather has given ail a chance to get thing* ready for the winter Some ha** used the lime w isely and are ready fet the cold wrei dayh, while many ha\e delayed providing for such en:* i geiiciea and now muat eing the song of t lie "improvident grnss hopper," kt tli* net e??l< 1 wtu'lii'i' i?. upon in, and the beautiful full weather i? a thing of the paat. Labor Ik moving around rnor* tliao UkUuI and aecnit iomenrhHt sctiio Soiu* fauna have an abundance whilw others ha\* acaicely any. Theie is at 111 a littl* cotton con.ibg to th* gina. hut th* hale* an i?er and f*i between, and the nuii11 er of bale* held around Van W'vck at thia tinieof year, iw much let- than for aeveral jeara. Fannera have br*n very well pleased with th* price and thought <4a bird in the hand waa worth Diuie lban two in hush," and did not car* to take chancr* for bighar price*. Alia Optimua ? p*t turk*y it n thing of the past. On th* night after our glowing adv*rtia?ra*nt of him in last Wednesday'* Ledg*r, some varmint, neith*r f*ariug the watchdog, n. r regarding th* anticipation* of our Chriatmaa din,i;.i #?i....~,., -. i? i j^i , uim null MW1 aini fca^t upon him, to the preat dinpleasure of Mri. Optimo#, although at time* she regarded him * > * preat nuisance. * I A !> Cunningham, a colored 3011th of Waxhaw township, was e?-nt down to tioard with thecountvv i.cmv jaiier, last Friday by : ' ta II rati for house break, mp and lavcwucy?where he will .-j.-jd hi.-; Christmas and remain uiti.il spring t irm of court, aftor ; which he will likely chaepe hoarding place#. Maater Herman Voder, came ' i ? - / - rj i_ \j nouiv iiiiuiu*) imru nirnurT, ] C, wlitr* he hat heen in school at Lenoir College, to spend the Christmas holidays with 1 is parents. Some of Van Wyck's horse jockies have been trading in stock latele. and in horse language have liece "cutting some of the. i hoy's eye teeth.' Moral: "whee yon trade horses, keep both eyes open.'' There has been a very trouble* . some animal lately infesting thia ! part of t he world. One of the | kind th.it hoi bet s some people when they hardly suspect?n* he j is i "Blind Tiger," and knoweth , how, and who to approach, but tlioso approached neither knoweth how, or who they meet. Everybody is looking forward to a pleasant time at the Woodman's Christmas tree en Christmas ninbt. The admittance wilt 1 " . I he free and all are cordially invited j to attend and tiring presents and put them on the tree for their friends. After the presents are 1 distributed, li^ht refreshments ' will be served eompliraentary by ' the Woodmen. OPTIMUS. The One Day Cold Cure. Krrmott'a Chocolatra l,az*t irr Quininr for cold in the head aad ?r>rr throat. ChilSraa taka them like cttaily. ' Nark Austin Dead '''he Culmination, is Monroe Pri- 1 won, of a Ruined and Misspent Life. Special to The Observer. M onroe, Dec. 10.?Mark Austin, white, die*' in the county jail here early this morning. Hiw death iw an extremely sad one and marks the culmination of a ruined, misspent life. Auwtin, who was lews ihan 30 years of age, was piaceu in jail yasterdav,alter being found guilty of assault and santon* ced to 18 in intha on tha county roads A little mora than a month ag , whila in a drunken franzv, ha shot Frank Iloyte, tiring threa or four times and bitting him twice. An account of the shooting was given in The Observer at tha time. There was enmity batwaen him and Boyla and tha shooting whs nopramaditated. For this, he was hound over to court in three cases, the first one,assault,coming up?yestarday. lie irat a notorious street character, gamble!' and drunkard and tha end was only tha natural rasult of the lifa ha had lived. It was known that he could not 11 without whiskey and he was given some. enough to do him through the night ? la>t night. Prisoner* who wore in the cell with him, say that he drank good quantities of i' water during the night. About 7 , o'clock this morning the sheriff I I was called by the prisoners, who told him that Austin was having a j tit. He at ? nee sent for a doctor i but the end came before he arrived. He was a physical wreck and had had serious attacks before this one. Ills unfortunate death has been spoken of by every man to day and much sorrow is expressed. The funeral will occur tomorrow in the cemetery hero. The appearance of a solieiting I tlfllll lit t 1 tUntin ' ' ? w - ? ~ Vi>? IttinuiIV/ Uli U | in Yorkville last Saturday, re- | vived the talk to the effect that | this road will *ake charts of the South Carolina and Georgia Rx? tenaion, and there are rumors >f <ktwo passenger trains a day each way," hut as yet there is nothing' definite to he said on the a ihject Only the high officiate in charge n o of the respective properties are in a position to talk authoritatively and they have not seen fit to take the puhlie into their confidence? Yorkvillo Rmpiirer Two Negroes "Hold lip" Mr. I Purant, and Koh Him <?f $225. Sumter, Pec lft? Special to i News and Courier: Mr. Kllie Purant of Magnolia, was held up hy two negro men at Kocky Bluf Swamp while driving to this city on Saturday morning and robbed af $2'J5. On? negro jumped and- ) denly out of the hushes trom oee ' aide of the road and caughht the ' horse's head and the other (tame j up to the buggy from the other aide and put a pistol to Mr. Dur- I ant's fiice. He then wont through ' Mr. Durant'a pockets and from | his inside coat pocket took liis pocket hook containing $225. They kept him covered with pistols and forced him to drive on after .iffei ting the robbery. An effort has been made to trace the robbers. hut thus far without * i success. | Attorney Wbipper, of Beaufort, in hie effort to save the life of George Thomas, who is under ({( fit It baiiianot ^*eu A .... a U ? ... .... .... ....v.. , nan lip 1110 constitutionality of jurie* mad# up entirely of whit#m#n trying and convicting negro#*. It i? a Inat chanc#. r. W. SECREST, SUBVFYOR, OHCEOLA, H. C. r? fully equipped, and qualified, and lolieifca your anrveyiiig. ppjpp??.11 w n rr? jhmw * Big Fire in GciutrMa Jarome Iloi.i and v.ra 0?w?r Buildings D?Htri>v<ni - 1 / $142,000; IruMf-VJ $53,000. Columbia, S (', Jl io iy [>> night Columbia was ruita-l l> <:? ruowi dinaatn tu fire iu 20 Tha .larom? H t*i and ihr?? iiwga mercantile antabliaha^eu? > ,>n \' nn atraat and four smal'e hip Ahm?(iiHIt atrert were ?' ->?t? v. .1 The total e*t i mated ' m ? I t*> 0o(>; insurance $5d,ooo I*'. ?- ?i ? started nt 8 o'clock, in the rout" f Van Meter'e Inrnitipe -V ;'? t lamp harirs exploded \ ? arable iiihI hax wnreh<".i * j ? ing caught in almoet a >< >o?> s time and the fi'-* -'?rt*b r. I. ing through to Muii. < ? d ? hly atrcets, clearing ever^'hing until atopped hv -tn h lev ?11*"?1 ' n r the aquure. Ilia hotvs hn- ? poliial headquarter* r? ?- 11.? ">i tie for yeara. 1 he l.uildi ? nh?1 fur* nitura wpt? valued TT1; insurance $*20,000 Other |(im?pi< a'p u? fct-on-: ,1 M Van Meter, two store building*, ' $15,000, stock of urn?' u, o ' 'JO, 000, insurance $20.000; M Me Kanev, stock ot ptocene* and household ctfwcta $0,00<l, :: uc *4 ,000; Kin<r racket * ??r?, v*n<*k $0,000, insurance *6, O00; \4s>'s Htat>1?am, contents $ 1,000, insured; B F 1' Laaphart, two brick slots buildings, $4,000; VVm K i * 'ex. tors building, $3,500, insurance $3,000 Tits lire was ucder * ;i trol at midnight. Statistics of Crime. Attorney General Bellinger's report will be a most interesting document this year The reports of all of the clerks of Court hare been received. These reports give tha number of trials, convictions --,i 1. . >u<i x ijiiuiaK in rani enimi ? , IIIgather with Ihe age, sex and color of each of the d? fondant*, ami whea compiled will, in additio.i to the reports of tha solicitors, make most interesting statistics. Tr*(? of the solicitor* hare l?ecn exceedingly tardy, thair annual raports not having been rereieed. ? A K in News and Courier. Acred Negress Burned to Death Special to News and Courier. York villa,! Dec Is Ro"e McCaw, an aged colored woman, who lirad alone in a hut on tha I'incknay road two miles south of town, was burned to death last Friday niirht. No one witnessed tha tragedy and, therefore, the par^ ticulars as to how it happened are shrouded in mystery. It is claimed hr her relatives that she was 103 rears of ace Th? rlsim m?? i>? correct, but the prolsah'liti's hi* that she *ru not to old us claimed. She had on* great-grandson who claima to bt 02 years of age. Cancelling Stunps on Six Hundrad Letters Ka- h Minute Tha new automatic stamping naa< hina in th? Charleston Poetoflue affords necessary facility in tha stamping of thousandsnf letters whicii go from this city every day. Tha machine it a self-feeder and has a record of stamping 000 letters in a minute. Compared to I tha hand stamps, which are u?ed in all the small offices in the country, the automatic stamper is swifter thai lightning, and it lifts a liasvs lionUn finm !>* ? J <1 win HIV * I r? i IN ? usad to stand l>j the ol? 1 machine and shore everj letter into it.? News and Courier. WA tf rBD-ACTIVB MA* of good Character to daliTer ami collect io South Carolina for old eatabliHhed mariutacturiar wholecala houee. t'?00 a y< ar aare pay. Honesty raora than experience req aired. Oui rafaranca. any hank In auy eity. K.ncloae eelfk addressed stamped aayalopa. Manufaclnrara, Third Floor, 134 Daarhora 81., Chicago. ' CLYBURN t FAPQUAPTtRS FOR KU SS. ^ *' v:"' 'f CLYBUR? okkvt Fairiiell's Mody Record. Another 4lut<ler A<l<le<l to the i iivtti) \ a mm Lono List. ! ? . * >. ***? n'.<l v o'triar. > 'A ' iv - . > i 1 ^ - Another t*"\ .!? \ ha* hsai inh'e i to Fail tii* Id 11 rein l? irv> lono tint of *< < 'i;.t yf.ir ll occur ixl at the country humr of Vr Stark* i' .'.Luin, near rtocky Mount, ei^'h.een muee from here, j U-i ..t v ..V.I. .-t. t-w.i - ? t i If IKIUK, *11' | Martin, anhweiin* h knock at hit; front door, mi* fired tipc n with a gun by th* a-. .i>-in, who had roil > re* ed h :iBelf clone hj. The whole load entered hia etotnneh a'ut at cloau rars*;* w:;a tht ehot fired thai hia clothing ??* burned hj the powdet. Only on? ahot nth fired, hut it inflicted a mortal wound, from which the murdered mail db'd today at 1 o'clock. Variou.-* aupponitiena are ad anced an to tne doer of th? foul murder and the cauae that inspired it. Mr. Martin, abn was onnM'icui until he died, ^nr? it at hia opinion that he the victim of revenue on the part o' one of two negroea whom lie had had arretted , for stealing cotton from hia plan- . tatioa. | It U not ua'ikelv, from r?pin? ions axpres??d here, I hut 1 ho *?usaia was not a na^ro, although , definite information cannot ha obtained. No arre?t has bean , mad*. Mr. Murtin was about ,r>0 Tears' old and lived on Ins farm, whila > the other members of hi* faniilr I lirad ;n Winnaboro. J .J F. 1 f 1 | " ~ A I'O a !>!-:?. >11 ia. KX-( SlOX KcniovaaeTcrvthintr in sight: so do drastic mineral pills, hut hotli ' are mighty dangerous. Don't ' dynamite the dulicata machinery, of your body with calomel, croton oil or uloes pill, when Dr. Kind's i N*w Life I'illn, which are pentl* 1 a* h hiinimtir breeze, do the work perfectly. Cures Headache, Conjatipation. Only 25c at Crawford ' Bros' drug store Tlie lies! Mules Vet. | Our Mr. Hood hua just returned from the Western murkets with ' the nicest lot of mules ever put on this market. We can suit any and rybody. Come ut once Three ' car loads, nearly 100 head, of) mules to select from. We also! have a nice lot of horse*. \\> ut* j selling on as pood terms as you j can buy anywhere. Lancaster Mercantile Co. rr I lav* you pa;d yoar snb-r i ipti< t -HEATHM LES, HORS.S. jI 1ES, 1 l-HKATH U Him ()n? Yoinn; vlan Mad* Wrack .?f lliinaelf On# <>f the mmt remarkable < **( ? that h:is PTfr come before medic*! man in that of Mr. A ?f D*?ut, who is a natire of Columbia, aay? the nawi and Courier He ia n man of about 24 veare of age. In 1805 lie injured ia a wrack >a th* IVxas and Pacific railroad, in [Vm, and ha 1 thirteen riha hrokan, his heart tive and onehalf inche* out of place, one arm broken, hia naluta and throat tnrn open. Dent ha* bean a victim of the cocaine habit for aiz years, lie is vary anxiouw to be cured now and ha? applied to the Keeley Inatitute, of Columbia, for treatment. lie bad heen given a careful medical examination, and it was found that he it addicted to the imr of morphine, atropine, cocaine, whiskey and cigarette*, (10 grains of morphine, 100 grains of cocaine, 1-75 grain of atropine, 1^ pints of whiskey per day and usin^ cigarettes constantly.) ilia body ie c<?rered with noedle punctures and hi> throat and chant are seriously injured from the railroad wreck- These injuriei are probatily the cauee of the variouedrug habits, tlr. Deat is a young and cUrwIor r?-r, II - I- - ' ?-?! ?m?i uj *11. iin IV M HO II OI former SbarifT Dant, of Richland county,*nd boasts of baring tpant fully fii5,000 to |40,000 in a abort tima. HOWM THIS I *1 * offer Ont Hand red Dollars lie-J ward for aoy v? of < atarrh that cannot >a curad by I all's Cata rh ( lira. KJ( HENET A CO., Props Tolai->, O \V iu? uadarnlgued. ha. a kaowai r J rtheney fir tba last 15 years, and I believe h m ^'rfectly haoorabiu Id allj business transactions and financially able ?o carry eui aoy obOfnt too* made h? their flrta. Wlxr* I'roaz, Whaleaal# Druggist. Toledo, (>. Yf AMUNtt. Klllli.l A MtKTII | YVhoieaala Drurgiats. Toledo. O, j Hal.'a ( aiarrb Cura in ukan in-( t rnally, acting dira?tly upon the blood , and raiKoun surfaces af iha system. I Pri e( 7'tc. nar ban'a Hold by all i Druggist*, Testimonials frea. Hall's Family PiUsaratba beat T?n M uch Laudanum. Special to The State. Anderson, Dee. lrt.? Robert Snipes, a brick meson of this city, took about half en ounce of laudanum yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock At hia home on VThitner street, which came very near ending bis life. Snipe*had been drinking heavily, but bought the drug on Sunday for the toothache, so he said. Both he and Mrs. Snipes are very retlicent about the matter. i ? v r\ <? i? n ij k [ULE CO., VAGOt'S, HARNESS ETC. 'C^-WF, HAVE th. |.t? 1< t of mules er offered oa thi* market, and we jrill s*-ll tli?m at reasonable nria*? fur J ? cash o r good paper. i TAKE YOUR CHOICE. Jp The Anchor Buggy, A Wreo Buggv and the renowned Ty? . hod & JoneH Buggies always WM in stock. Yes, and nt price* that will please you. o The celebrated Oneahoro, K entucky, Wagon, is the beat / *-> and cheapest on the market. I ? V-r t-**~Come one, come all. -? W e will make you the beal a atiatied and the best pleased y ou eve r were. o #3 Prices low. Terms reasons'' able. IULE CO. ' Agent Wanted. We want a reliable huatling agent in tha citj ef Lancaster, S. C., to represent uh in tha Laundry hasinasa. The work wa do will cnaapare with any in tha South and furtherinere we eire a nploy? mant azchiaivah to white people, and wa do not take negro laundry. VTrita for tarma, Leon Staam Laundry (Jo. Charlotte, N. C. 1 Dac 17, 1900?tf. TRCQDIQ.C NHTiPD I i nuiui nuu nuiiuc ; All persona ate warned not to trespass by riding, walking, hunting or in any other way on any of the lands of lha undersigned in (iilIs Creok township. i->aid landa are situate from 5 to <5 milea east .of Lancaster C. H, and ara known aa tha " Wiesenfield place." the , "Montgomery place," tha "J W McCain placa,1' tha "California , place," tha "J E M Cain place," the "B F Branington place," also the "D A Funderhurk placa" in charge of It F Braaington The law will he rigidly enforced against ' any and all persona disregarding ; this notice. VV A Blakeney, IMrs. M J .YtcMaoua, C L Mc.Vlanus, r. v israsiugton. Lands for Sale. The following desiruhlo lands ] in Lanca?tar county are offered for sale on easy terms IS a. Ilut??-r ??n (i nr?- sun Here-*. J K. and IJ Kundeibin (dace 6^7 acres. I. NV Tillman [dace 221 acres, K. VV. McDow [dace 7io acres. If portions of ?' i her of the said t racta . are d^ain-d the HMme lie run out and [called to ?uil purchasers, terms of which can he obtained on application to O t 'ortis. r? pr? scniat ive of the owners or ]( [ ; A K H Allison, Lancaster k c. 2in. Notice to Debtors of H ?I. Greg ory ?V Co and Farmers' Dank Injj *V Mercantile Co. ( All notea aud accounts halong. ing to the old firm II J Gregory A I Co., and tha firm of tha Farmers' Hanking and laercantile company haee haan placed in my hands for collection. Partiee indebted to either er both firms ere requested to come forward end settle at once. J. F. Gregory, Oct 5, 1900. ONLY $1.50." -MARBLE ANO GRANITE-Monument?, Tablets, dead Stones, Etc. Children'* f 1.00, and upwarde Adulte, f2.50, f.'l.OO, and upwarde. Made of Pure Marble. A. J. McNinch. l'*J four -en j; Vj te Liaeaat e