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'I i: h Lhl H i hK. 1 * ' if W 1 I < 1 |?I I'OH I? >1 \M)H{ SATURDAY, MARCH 0, 1001. The Crop of 1899 The official Fijjurea Ware Mad* | Public Yeaierdar. \V Ht>hin^ti HI, March 6 ?A bulletin is-ued hv the censtiH ! btif'Mti on cotton <;innin2T ahowa tit' io crop of 1 SUO mi f) fti.* - 974. rommericial hales,, (hales at nii?-keted) which in equivalent to 9,345.391 bsluk of ?n m of a'*" pound*. ' !>< aggregate of commercial ha'p* ih Hivi?1??.i into upland and the - ? island crop* a* follows; S?| ihi k hales, 9,043.231, f?f an averse weight of 408 pounds, wi'h an average cost per hale for ginning and nailing of $2 04; round bale*, #05.404, ?>f an Hf??r* age weight of 159 pounds, with an average coat per halo for ginn ing and bailing of an average $1 15; sea island bales. 97,2T9, of of an average weigntof 388 pounds waiih an average cost per bale for ginning and bailing of $4 90 The report classifies the 29,020 ginning and establishment reporting, as follows; Those epetated for the public, 0,408; those iperated for the plantation only, 2,803; those operated for the public and plantation, 20, 299. The quanity of cotton in comT^^ a* r / I o I Uo Uo J I ?' *' ...? . . t - I ..air*, J.-i lining 111 in? crop of 1SK9, by States, is a* follows: Alabama. 1,103 690; Arkansas, 719,453; Florida, 56,82?; (leogia. 1.296,844; Indian Territory, 160,324; Kansas, 121; Kentucky, 84; Louisiana. 70S,508; Mississippi, 1,264,048; Missouri, 10,377; North Carolina, 473,155; Oklaunni, 84,033; South Carolina, 876,545; Tennessee, 215,175; Texas, 2,678,255; Virginia, 9,289. Impeachment Proceedings Agsins Supreme Court .luetic?. lisleigh, N C., March 6 ? Chief Justice Furchea and As-, aociatn Justice Douglas of the North Carolina supreme court ap peared in the State senate at noon and through their attorney's tiled answer to the articles of impeachin nt preferred ami in at them t weeks ago hv the house of repre- ' aentative*. It i? ? long document I containing over 17,000 words. ; On Kd iday at noon tho manager* on the part of the house will fil? a replication and wit Monday the , aerate will proceed with the trial. I Since last Mav the talleat akv-l scraper in .New York has been conatnicted at the corner of Broad treat and Exchange place. It ia an office building twenty-three at?>ries high,covers 27,000 a?|uare feet, and will coat $3,000,000. Ten thousand ton* of steel have gone into the framework, which .mi ii|mjii inn una* 01 columns, each based on a separate steel caisson anulc to bedrock. Tenants are to miiTt in hy May. It i? a wonderful Ntriicture to have been originated, designed and finiahed within less than a year. Had it I been a public building, * atari much la** a finish, would hardly have heen made in that time. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. lite Kind You Have Always Bought i The One Day Cold Cure. For cold in thr brad and aore throat itac m-rn aott * Choeolatea laxative- Quinine, th? " Oa ?r Cat.l Cuta." I c ?1 A Pathetic far story A lTnion Officer Tells How Dr. C H Banister Died Through the courtesy of Mr. lien r y Hennig, of Darlington, Mr. J E Norment, the accomplished correspondent of ['lie News and Courier, is enabled to givs valuable information regarding the hitherto unknown death and burial of a brave Confederate Mildier. Tne details make an oilier of the pitifully sad incident! connected with the sacrifice ol brave mi mi (luring til* lute war an< perhaps it may uot, even after the lap** of an man years, he to* latn to carrv loii" looked for dn tails to waiting and loving heart* Here ia the story * told ??v Mr. Korment iu Hie News and Courier Mr. Ilenrv Hennig, a native oi A latria, hut for quite a numhei of years now of Darlington, lasl Noftmher revisited on old home and birthplace On the steamst Mr. Hennig mat one of hia countryman, a Mr. I'haodora (ir>s haini, of Vienna During the compauionship of the voyage Mr CiroMiaim related the following interesting experience to .Mr Hennig, giving him the papeia with ttie request that they sliouu he puhliahed, and Mr. Hennq has given the facta and the papeti to your correspondent with thai intent. The story concerns i soldiei from Orangeburg and i lady from Charleston, whose nam* will not he published in connectior with the following facta: In September of the vear 1S6.' Mr. (xroaheim was a first lieuten ant iu the Federal trmv, com manding & detachment of the 15tl corps, New Y rk engineers, fta tioned at Wilmington. Hi* worl was very frequently interfere! with by tt(|11w<iw of Confederal* skirmishers lb i e necessitate! much reconnoiteriog and oa one o these sodden marches Lieut Gros heim, with a squad of about t went ies, saw at a little distance th body of a Confederate soldier ly ing on the ground face down ward Lieut. Groaheim called on th soldier to surrender and receive about as much surrender us h would have secured h id tin brave spirit still animated th lifeless body. It was only corpse, hut the lieutenant ap proached w: rily. He had seet much damage inflicted by Con fed erate soldiers when he apprehend ed no danger, tie found the dea< body of a lonely Confederate wit a grim looking hole just above th heart made by a rifle ball Th body had evidently been dea< eveval dav* and thiw was Septeia her 14, 1M55. Lieut Growhein aay* the dead man was about ?i; feet tall, had blue eyes, fair hni aad everything about the bod \ cif.irly denoted the iientlemun Onlv a few paper* were fount on the bod v *ndthe?e wei * takei by Lieut Groaheim and earefulh preserved These paper* hart t>een in hi* possesaio ever sinOv until they were recently given t< Mr. Hennig, who has placed then in the keeping of your eorre?pon dent There are only three of them papers, and all are verv mmd faded and worn. Much of tlx writing list failed out entirely am lie paper used shows that thi? article was scarce. From the fad ?d writing not much eould l>< ma le intelligible and moat of tliii had to be deciphered with the aid >f a lens. One of the papere is i furlough, which clearly eatabliahet he identity of the dead soldier. This furleugh was given to Private C II Itaeister, ol )rangeburg district, aged 3(1 years, 5 feet I 1 inchea high, light lair, blue eyes and by profession i doctor." This last word is very odistinct and possibly may her? ha incorrect. The furlough further recites that Private Banister a member of ('apt. A S H>drick'? company, D, 3d South Carolina cavalry. Thie furlough is for tan dara, dated August 13. 1 Hrt4 The other paper is even more ragged and fragmentary than the first, and iudicates ihat Private Banister had most probably done for some one else what Lieut Grosheim did for him. I'lie fragment* of this paper, or paper*, contained torn* sort of certificate j fr >ns the Muanns ami a lodge of (Md Fellows, given by lodges in Lancaster, New Humptdnr* l bs weal of the Odd Fell ?v\s, much worn and pasted together, still hold* intact, and was wttixwd by "Lodge No 35, of Lancaster New Hampshire." ami was signed v D A Boee, .1 W Barney mid another name (hat could n > l>e de 1 The lest letter, more worn than it b r of the others, \ et nmrr i carefn'lv preserved, is in a deli cite, old fashioned rl)iio^ra|th \ This letter was written from i harl ton, Ninl indicates detinitelv that tli lonely j^rsve <>n the hanks of the ("ape Krai' Kiver hold* the form of one who would soon have led the writer o the altar had not I a cruel bullet ended a \ounu lite forever The initials of the name ( signed ho thia letter are "Lou M. T " I'he entire n..me is sinned, hnl oelv the initials will he neccsI sary should the one who is the i most concerned lie still separated from her dead soldier lover. i Lieut (irosheim, a few dave after this incident, was relating it to aome friends in Wilmington and this chance con veiMation revealed win I'rtvat* ILni-ter met i his death V Federal fficer who neard Lieut (jrosheim's -torv said I that he "killed that very man." } tie said lie, with twelve mva, en I countered a s<piud of four Con ^ federate skirmt?her>, who lir^it upon him: then three left One man remained, coolly tiring, in sp:t* of a call to -urrender. When he a fell they left him, hoping that he was not dead, and that his companions would return and ^et j him. I'rivate litm?iv*r'k <rravo i> trn mile* from Wilmington, on the ) Cape Fear Uiver. The exact spot can (relocated l?v Mr. Therodore u liroabeim, whom address i? SO Sckupeub ?u?r street, Vienna, Austria I'he paper* .-tie now in possession of your correspondent, wiin will lie jjlad to place them in ^ the keeping of those who have the ^ right to thu?w pathetic reminders of the dead soldier. a Will (rot'dmi Kills liis A ife ami ) Wounds (lis Sister. r Atlanta. March !> While in a I drunken rai><\ Will (jordou, a I ne^ro, shot hi- wife arid sister-inI | law, tried to shoot hit moiber-ini i law, act tire to the lied clothe* r | where his wife lay Irlecdinc to I L " i ! death and then escaped. j 1 in* affair occurred lu?t night , about 11 o'clock on Me Mi lun i attest, near Mai iftta. jnat outside the* city limit*. tlanio Gordon, the* mart'* wife, , nan niiot through the kiii ill of thf | i I.nek. ai>d cannot live, ( elia Spikes, , the sigteivin-law. was shot through | the left arm arid tlm liodv, but i the wound amy not prove fatal Gordon had been drinking, ami , whan ha returned home last night i he found that bis wife had bean j to town and purchased a new hat. This marls him angry,a* he wanted i money to buy mora liquor. "It will be not?d," say* The Commoner, "that when a man 1 down not want to rospact a law ha . begins to insist that it is a failure." Yas, we have observed this very fact in connection with hrohihition i ?Yorkville Enquirer. I -CLYBURN HEADQUARTERS FOR MU1 , V - * if" -V? -.-v <- 1 ? ' $?f; : ' . ? 'i'AVwv ^ ' ?>< v- <*k %. W'&sfr v "-fr- & > & I Iw^A jS a * - ^vr-'. S . ji >-"* *' ' ''V:>?; CLYBURN WM Ill'h iiTSttfgg1.-; .^Cv-i? BBLia A IIM M . \ I i i N O | ? * 1 *<ti11<I in>i ox|ir.??* tile inptuif of A11iti - l"j "*|>riiiji'i*, of 1 1 2f> llo\Vlir<l *-1 , i'llliftilplllil, I'm , lt wIihii i?Iip found ih it Dr. Kniji's N?w Diko \ i v ?? r * t>ii>uhi|ii ion ' 11 Ml i CUIIlplf <-> \ ?.*?I !'* ? I 11 ? I of H | Rucking ? null 111:11 tot iiihiin vritrsk IdkI nsili- lit.- u Ail j otlifi I'l'iii. <Iii j> <i11<| ?l.i?'ioi > could " . f|Vf 11?-1 Ii I ? Ill *!l< -i. ? I I J this i{> i\ ii ' -i o 11 in. i\ cil I 11 | <? I - >li\ i|i?'-l llllil | ('Mil | limv ii'ir. . i !I > -i in. . Iiin?r | I'll II SI'S. I I ill III II 11. i! I w I If fo| r I ! i Ik.' 111 11111f it* M I it ii i*f* t ii i m hoiit t tu* ( i iv ct si' " | r So ** ill ? i . iv in 11 i. ? |)r , Kill'j'* N v D i o iv tu. :in\ \ \ t | ? Ml I? i I , ! ? -! ??r j Ltl.--i?>. l*t U" 5<ir .ml $ | I l iul ' liotllfi* tif.- nt Cntwf. id Itoh' Drtitr Store; cv.-n iiottle t'liHrattt.f.l I ( m ?? * '7....r..n?w , NOTICE TO PHY IC1ANS |; w' I'l I 1.1 ? III I I- ! ' If M 'I ' ' ' h. \ , oil y V- f hi- ' i a K '' u ? in 1 ? 11. ' f r In- in >< \ i 11 ^ w i l , i-iv- iii.i . ?11 ii it. i.i > ?t y, lrt'li, Miii'i ii *Mll a) I "J ?V U iii I 1 Tin'Hiii*i ey.fu ii i|i!?* w t| In- r# ?|iii t*il ! lO III I lll?ll i II I* HI ll ?-i t 'I'l i e? a' I.in nwii X | ll-t* 'Ii. h1 of w hlr limn Ii- i 11hIi in liul Iii 1 m ii.ii t ki* iii>iil?i lor I ?- >enr I.hi ui la* |i 1 < 11unr t? r v ^ akkky 1 ii - ii v.* r The One Day Coid Cure. !'ur col.U ami v.rt I liio.it os? Kr rmott's Cbnco lairs Laxative owiuinc. taken an catidj ' anil quickly cure. MMllv I The place to go when y i The nicest things on ear'I THE PARLOR G3 i tic liiit->t U nits thai ever Are on it's shelves awaiting Yes, that and even more. The tinest candy that ever sli I.. ,i..i;....ii. -i - > urm nil- morsels, IWIXI ?IH 'the kind that Angels adore. Tlie daintiest crackers, delici The kind tlml your mother u .lust try them and you'll want more Ami our rotToe, jus! try it. t You'll love nil your friends i And our j?riec, now, Sir, listen, ottb For the very West eolfee then Our sugar will make it so sw That one cup of it will make you rel Then our Hour's so white and That when onee you have tri? Co put in your grinders this yellow i Tha* gives you jaw ache to el Our hums ate the finest that < From piggies whose pighood never \ While tit to make hread for a Is our delieioua, "felictnua" Yes, everything nice that pleases inn .lust come here to get it. we i Or, if you'd rather not come .lust step to your phone and ring 78, And he it Father, Mother, I) You'll he promptly answered Who'll send it to you in the snap of By a double, hackactioned Ij In the meantime, believe u I THE LANCASTER PARLOR GR [-HEATH N ,ES, HORS.b BOG IES, I m 11 1 hey Only Y\ ould. If a halt a dozen farmers in a ountry community would till ntlun>ed over the idea of road iu ii ove meul and (? willing to co-op i air to secure halter roads in the ir leiglihorbood, they would he stir- r it i-rd at what they might accomtii?li Juat so loug as we begrudge lie doiug of uu work of thia oil without pnv, and people try o -er how poor a service they can endrr in payment of the public Irttiahd upon them, just so long it will luive poor roads.?Anh-isxti Intelligencer. If VI r. Carnegie can find no ithrr way to net rid of his present fortune, we suggest that he et the pi e?eet congress have a try it it We can assure him that his Tear of dung rich would vanish rerv speedily if he will try the ixporiment.?Montgomery Ad- j vertisetVj. <>ri it ^Atkinson, founder j ?f the College for Women at Col ii nib'a, S C., died at W illiamsport I'm , Wednesday hist Ilia remains were iaterred at Columbia vesterUy afternoon. ihrh? i u i r :: J l ii want to get QCERY STORE. g re w tt l? inty lips* oils cakes set I to I uike, lie finest that grows, in<l forget all your foes, v life per pound & is in tins town, eet ami delicious igiou*. I makes such glorious hiscuit mI it, you'll nevermore risk it. sh stutr hew it, hecause it's so tough. L'ver have g~unted ,vas stunted, saint or a Hard elegitnt lard, lids pnla*c surely have it. , lie it early, or late, I unghter, (preferred) or Son by Tom (Jonvington, your tinker monster nigger, the sHina aa before OCERY STORE. IULE CO.; (l/ACO^'S, HARNESS ETC. J-^y~\VE HAVE the finest lot of mules ever offerer oh hi* market, and we will sell them at reasonable prices, for cash or good paper. nut tt'CICFi The Anchor Bittfgy, A Wren Ruj?irv and the renowned Tyson & Jones **?- always in stock Yom, and at prices ll.nl ?,;il ..I..no,. . .... i imi niii jnrnnr aim o The celebrated Onexhoro, Kentucky, Wagon, is the hast and cheapest on t he market. ? o r^-( 'onto one. come all. Up will make you th* heat satisfied nod the heat pleased you ever were. ? o ..? Prices low Terms reason( rULE CO. The L'amperdnwn Stranded. Bftauford, March 5. ? Tha Britiih eamihip t 'amperdown, hound for naw Yol k leaded with 520,000 sacks of sit^ar, is stnodad on tape Lookout shoals, seven rrtilai from the haach The captain of the lifa xaviag craw has made three unsuccessful attainpti to hoard ami render aaiiatence hut ewinu to tha at rone head current, high ?ea and kouthwast wind, is unahle to do SI I THIS WAL PLEASE I .Fust receive.t a carioad of t'olumhia and Jewel Buggies |\?p and open, all the different kinds of springs and color* These buggies ar? tieyond douht the nicest and he?.t wearing that we hava handled We have also a latere lot of Bugey Harness, from $ii 00 tw$ls 00 per act. Plow and Wugon Bridles, from the cheapest to <l.a We still sell the host Mules and Horse* for the least mono of uny other dealers in the up country We have n number of extra jjood Harness and Saddle horses. Our Iivery outfit is the best and we can always furnish a nice turnout at very reasonable rates. ('nine and see us. ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD Hales Improved Cotton I have for sale a limited (plan* titv of lhe Mates Improved cotton seed, a variety superior to any ever <;rmvn in this part of the country, a variety that this rear yielded 4.'i Ihs of hut to the lurt |MMinds of seed cotton hiuI mud* I nine hales to tlie plow. Kvery 1,? 2UI) pound* ??f tliin cotton in the seed is worth at present price# shout $1 1 oo h hale nmio than the ordinary cotton. Belter get some of the seed hcfo'e they are all gone. 1.00 ii luidiel. 1 paid f3.? 00 a hnshel f- r them. A. J. Clark, Lancaster, S. VIGOR MEN Easily, Quickly and PermaNantly Restored HMSiUTin jafivme in ?i vj 11 i_i i i W 11 LJ L I I 1 M 111 in mill with t* written ?uwr?ii?e** t* eure tiiHoninia, Fit* LMBiineaa, Hysteria, Nrrvoua Debility. bt>?i Vitality, Heiniintl I-ohw*, Faili'iff Meum?\? the NfUll of Ov*i-work, Worlr, Worry, Sickuem, Krrnra of Youth nrOvur. inrtulKent e t*rtco $1; ti boxes |W>. By mail iu ieatu partake to any address on rei-eipt of price. HoJU on y bj Crawford Hum, l>rnagi?i?, Agents, IiMii uMter, c.