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. ' * \ - ' ... | Sfr?'*V? ***' ^ _ '- ' .* M r f > . -V " > . ? 1 ! ' ^Mg=g=! 1 rr... . ..' rrrrx- "uli ~ : ~rr=? ' . 1 I'M II. H IW ma?ppBX33B53= l T 1 .. ' 1 , =ll \ A Ftonxil* V*w*-parp*r For the FrrmwUa* of the MLUomi, AmH 4|HaMHMM ?nmmM j y^== vK a .j ~ . ~Q A S T K t<, 3. '<? ~i \ JS \J \ K Y n k - SPLEI _ . ^ - Z. *? { ' * t " Our High ^tamh of Om i l Prices Lower Th F Notwithstanding tho improve Lower Prices than ever before G CHEAP. Our buyer made a great Marvelous Yalnes. Caught on tho we have set the town ablaze at Thrc Dress Goods a W Beauty Lancaster has never cohtu uc Fabrics, Plain < loth the Best Sellei Broad Cloth, Coverts, Venations, Serges and Granitier in every dosir Skirtings at 50c a yard. Beautifi Dots a> well as the plain colors; E street and evening wear. Struck It Rieli a C\ei 13 pieces 45-inch all-wo>l si at $1 for dress pattern of G yard: LANCi Escaped the Lynchers Tampa, Fla., Jan. 7. ? J? hrx Miller, a negro, covered with blood and bruises, walked into police headquarters today and stated an attempt to lynch him had been made at Port Tampa City, eight miles below here, last night. Several houses were burned there and Miller says a crowd of white men, many whom he knew, placed a rope aroun l his neck and took him out into the woods, where tbey tried to baud him. He managed to escape and was locked up for safe keeping. Help... Nature I RiKIm and children need I ! proper food, rarely ever medicine. If they do not thrive on their food something is wrong. They need a little help to get their digestive machinery working properly. 1 S*B8*S!0? COD LIVER OIL wrm HYPOPNOSPHiTES or LIME 4 SODA ,: will generally correct this ,, difficulty. If you will put from onefourth to half a teaspoonful! :: in baby's bottle three or four times a day you will soon see a marked improvement. For larger children, from half to 1 a teaspoonful, according to ; age, dissolved in their milk, if you so desire, will very soon show its great nourishing power. If the mother's ,, milk does not nourish the ; baby, she needs the emulsion. It will show an effect at once both upon mother 1! and child. joe. inJ $1.00, all druggiata. SCOTT A fcOWN* r.h?mista. Naw York. m*mmH?HI II 'II II ' VDID MS ird of U\rfllenf? <Joods Vei > vu; < M e arc lit ail or Many Years.; sd quality of our goods wo qiote " oods bought CHEAP can bo sold s hit this season; ?coopod in sonic fly 6,000 yards Nice Embroideries ^ ?c Cents a yard. v ronder of ami P]-i/iOT\nocia uiiu ( ?d such a ( hoice Collection of tine % :s. We arc shewing the Fall line, t Melrose, Cushmeres, Henriettas, t able color. >oine splendid IL avy i ll Waist Flannels in Stripes an ' ( iilks in all the New Weaves for t lid 1 med uo llie Lot. Ik finidi Jaquaods,- in nice styles, i i;'34r pieces all-wool double-fold ] 1ST ER Killing of V. H. Floyd. ? Details ef the Homicide in Kerry Couuty. Special to The State. . Nichols, S. C., Jau. 6.?At the inquest over the remains of W. ; II Flevd, who wus killed by Jos. ! Elliot last Friday evening; the jury returned a verdict that W. 1 H. Floyd came to his death as a result of a gunshot wound in the . ban Is of one Job. Elliot. From the witnesses it seems j that Flo>d sad Elliot bad had a| difficulty that moruing, in which Elliot was very much worsted. In the evening they met again. Elliot was driving a wagon for Mr. Avery Floyd. W. H. Floyd pranced in front of the team with a pole in his bands. Elliot got down from the wagen and tired, neither one speaking. The shot took effect in the upper psrt of i left arm and shoulder, entering ! the thorocic cavity. Death was : instantaneous. Elliot has gone to j Conway to surrender to the sheriff. ' The inquest was held by MagisI trate Wilie Floyd, a nephew of the deceased. 1 This is the third homicide within the township in three years. We have one ef those "great meral institutes," a dispensary, in about the centre of the town?u:~ I ?ui|;. Governor Asked to Appeal to Churches and Schools. Gov. Nash of Ohio, who haw iuat issued a proclamation on the subject, and President William R. Day of the McKinley National Memorial association, hare by wire asked Gov. McSweeney to make an appeal to the churches and schools for special exercises and contributions to the McKinley monument fund on the birthday of the martyrdd president?Jan. 20. Gov. McSweeney haa not as yet acted in the matter. This will he the 53th anniversary ef the birth of the lata ' president. The One Day Certl Our* P?r coldi ?4 tort t hrtwt M( KtrwaH > UtM 1,asatire QnWm. EmUjt Hkw ? n<?eurre> ' ' SPE.AY Q1 ' * J re at I > Improv* ,?? rior to out Lin allowing a Si Irocodins, beautiful colors, at 75 con 00 pieces yard-wide dress Plaids; tacked on the bargain counter at 10 < arn-and-a-half wide, the.^1 kind, a ;ains is a lot of fleece-lined Flannelet lipping tli- in in at 5 cents to clinch uses of taudard Calicoes at a low pi !iome Soft Snaps Blanl 10-4 Cray cotton Blankets, tli iood g'ay wool mixed, the $2 00 kii vliite wool Blankets the $3 50 kind t >'C $5 00 r i??d for ft3 00. Coruforta it $h and 25. A few real down Wholesale House closing out, wo see ;ol?red b^d spreads at a big discounl he benefit. Come quick before the\ Clothing Better Prices Lov Our guaranteed $5 Suits ard i sliio. They make our customers gla have never seen anything to equal tl hit n t\ n M tKl Schlej Appeals 1 To the President. < From Majority Report of Court of Inquiry Bringing Out Soma j New Facts. < i Washington, Jan. 7.?The oh j ject of Admiral Schley's visit to , the White Housa yesterday was j to request the president to enter- , tain and caasidar an appeal for f the reversal of the action of Sec- ? rvtary Long and the disproval of | the majority judgment of th? | court of inquiry. The interview was satisfactory, toe president ( granting the admiral's request, i ( Messrs Ray nor und Teague to- , day will assist Admiral Schley in the preparation of the appeal. The interview with the president* was arranged in advance and at its conclusion Admiral Schley left I the White House in a satis tied < ! frame ef mind. He had been! given a full opportunity to prosvnt the case from bis standpoint , and to acquaint tbo prosidont with naany details of wbich tbo lattor could not havo any knowledge. ' While Admirial Schley would not make any statement regarding the , | matters discussed, holding that an ; interview between a naval officer I and bis commander in chief should ) be regarded as confidential, it is , understood that be brought to the ' president's* attention many of the alleged injustices and discrep?" cits of the majority report of the court of inquiry. Admiral Schley's interview with the president was the result of bis I determination to exhaust evjry means in his power to overturn | the judgment which has eeen 1 rendered against him. His new | appeal will he different from that submitted to the navy depart* 1 meat, bringing out some new facts which have an important bearing upon the controversy. 1 The sunreme court vaiterdav I handed down a decision, ia which ! it is hald that a hank cannot bald a guarantee company responsible on a bond of an officer who spec ulates and the bank fails ta notify the company of the fact. F NEW I i d. The Stjle a e Formerly Can tock el Goods ! ts for dress pattern t)f 8 yartlsV $5 the 20 cents kind, have been we cents; 14 pieces fine Broadcloth* yo 09 cents; one of our best est tes, always 10 cents, but we ate a j trade. Picked up a couple of ve ice and they will go at 4 cents. in F vets and Quilts. ?i ie $1 00 kind at 50 cents a pair.' Fi ?d at $1 00 a pair. 25 pair tine( f .. if A .? c -ii ? i " u ea ou. n,xira une an wool, " ,bles for everybody. Full sizes' comforts at bargain prices. Big ?oped in a great line of white and t. Our customers, as usual, get ' are all gone. O Lhan Ever, a ver Than Ever ! * marvels in quaiity and workmand and our competitors sad. We pi lem. The history of these famous g< UNTIL [suae M. Bryan, Esq., of Green ^ ' ville Will Enter the Race. Special to The State. ! Greenville, Jan. 7 ?Isaac M. Bryan, Esq., a member ef the ] Greenville bar, has teday an- ] aounced himself as a candidate ' for the United States senate te i i succeed MP. McLaurin. Ur. ' i Br^ an will not run especially | against anyone, but in the lan? j 2uage of the late Alexander H. , Stephens of Georgia, he will "tote ,, bis own skillet." The only political office ever held by Mr. > Bryan was the position of Preei- i dential elector at large on the Cleveland and Hendricks electoral ucaet. nr. uryan win enter m* primaries n*xt summer and canvass th* Stat* from the mountains to th* sea, and if *l*ct*d will represent th* wishes of th* Democratic party of th* stat* in cengress. stvfd at rave* brink 4,1 know I would have long ago he*n in my grave," writes Mrs. S H. Newsom, of Decatur, Ala., "if it had not been for Electri* Bitters. For threa years I suffered untold agony from the worst form of Indigestion, Waterbrash, Stomach and Bow ell Dyspepsia. But this excellent medicine did me a world of good. Since using it I can eat heartily and have gained 35 pounds." For Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles Electric Bitters are a positive, guaranteed cure Only 50c at Crawford Bros and J. F. Mackey & Co's drug store. Thursday morning the railway saf* i* on* of th* offices at Carlisle was blown open by burglars and over $1,000 in money st*l*n. notice. Having closed our business run by Elliott & Crawford, all parties indebted to thorn will find their notes and accounts at our office. in i 1 11 si 1 : we nave muveu hii iueir imggies, wagons., etc., to our stables. Remember the celebrated Columbia Buggy and Mitchell Wagon. This business is no# Closed up and all parties indebted to them musi ettle, as we cannot carry them. Lancaster Mercantile Company. fALL GC lid Quality l ied in This Jla Second to i\oii Suits is very simple. We struck > OHppened to have it. 48 odd co ur choice for $2 50. Two lots al t and reliable at $4 00 ? suit. In ^reat line. Our vest suits for litt ry cheap. 'few Style Jaek< Jackets are .lie popular gam egant line in correct lengths. W< ars ever brought to this market. ^111* l oi?ir 7 V1JL ITXilllllUl y ment Rusl The success of our opening wo milliners cant keep up with th rbody delighted at the very reas< i igh class millinery this season. '] tiout 400 pairs Ladies fine shoes 2 50 will be closed out at 75 cent* idies fiue shoes to select from luality at f2 00, *2 50 *3 00. J ants at 60 cents on the dollar. V oods. Come to us for the best of ECOM There was a Hot Time at a Hot Supper. Special to The State. Darlington,Jan 7?There was a aot supper given by colored people on Bread street last night. There eras quite a large crowd and things were going on as usual until one of the men thought that he had been insulted; wheroup n he pulled his gun and began tiring, saying that he would break the entertainment up. He emptied his pietol twice shooting down 3 persons one ef them a woman. Ooe man whs also badly cut across the neck. Tbe man whedidthe shooting got away but he of the knife was taken. Those who were injured will probably recover, but the wonder is that many had not been killed. The guests took t.: the windows for safety. KOI 1.8 .A OKA El. V ATTACK 'My wife was so ill that gooc: physicians were unublo to tiel( her," writes M. M. Austin, o Winchester, Ind., "but was com pletely cured by J)r. King's Nov Life Fills." They work wonders ii siomach and liver troubles. Cun constipation, sick headache. 25 at Crawford Bros and ,J. F. Mack ey & Co's drug store. TRESPASS NOTICE! All persons are hereby warne not to trespass by walking, riding hunting, cutting wood or trespass ing in anyway on the lauds of tli undersigned, two miles West < town, known as the "Jasper Cur ninghnm" and "Chafee" place: hounded hv the public road, lane of D. A. Williams, ,J. S. Fumiui burk, Leroy Springs, VV. ,1. Cm ningham and ethers. Also on ni place known as the J. P. Hunt< lands, two miles South of towi i hounded hy L. Tillman, \V. i Howel), the public road, at others. ; The law will he rigidly enforce against any and alljiersons disr garding tuis nnuco. W. B. PLY LEU. Nov. 91, 1901. Goveraor Ayceek of Nor Carolina has named February ! far tha hanging of aix whita nv for various crimes. ?OjuL? i ket e in ilie ? 'c a Jew that needed the mole y and >ats worth from $5 r>0 to i 5 0<\ 1 wool hard tinistt cass-mora hot knee j>unts suits for hoy- we ha> > le mon are beauties and the juices its, Capes, Furs. iCutH this season. e have u;i e are show ug the nicest line of l*i ices range from *1 0 to ? 5< . Depart ictl with O? *dC'VS is shown by ?he orders piling nj>. em work in ft day ant night 1\ voluble jirices at which we are selling [bargain shoe sale began this week, ranging in juices from 25 to i and $1 00. Two great lines of lie Imperial Shoe'' and the Queen list jdeked nj> s-miple lot im n's 1'e are headquarters for first class everything. PANY. A Tragedy in Hampton County. Special to Tho State. Garnett, Jan. 7.?An unfortunate tragedy occurred at Hamilton Ridg? yesterday. Maj. Hal Richardson and his on, Warren, found a number of perchers on his tram? preserve. All trespassers threw their guns up to the shooting attitude and Warren Richardson tired killing a man n uned Porter, who is said to hail from Georgia. An inquest was held and young Rich ardson was justified gi his action by the eorener's jury. FI.P.L i i (l - ~ I HOW'S THIS f 11 We offer Oue Hundred Dollars Ile ward for any ca?e <? ' a'arrh 'hat cani not be cured by Hall's 1 atairh Cure. F J cHENfcV <k ?'0., Props. To? leu >, C) We tho undersigned ha\ e known F J Sheney f ?r the ia-1 15 years, and believe him p?rfeclly honorable in ail business transactions and financially able 'o carry oui any obi igntions rnadt, by their Arm Wksta I'kuax, Wholesale Druggist. I j Toledo, <). ) i Waudino Rinnan a Marvin . j Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in-. - t rna'ly, acting dire-tly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tho system, j Price, 7oc. per bottle. Sold by all a I DruggiaU, testimonials free. 0 j Hall's Family Pills are the best c - ? Ta Pay Confederate Soldiert. Washington, dan. 7. ? A hill of much interest to ex-Confederate aldiara today was favorably acted r upon by tha house committee on war claims. It prevides for pay to ing former Confederate soldiers >f for horses, saddles, bridles ami l" tide arms taken tram them in ^ violatian of tha terias of sitrreader made by Gens. Lee and dohnson ^ with Gans. Grant and Sherniaa. ly The Gill wat iatroduced by Kapraer santativa Padgett af Tennessee. u? , id T II K IM(II)K OF IIKItOKS Many soldiers in Ihe last war wrote to say that for Scratches, es Bruises, Cuts, Wounds, Corns, Sore. Feet and Still Joints, Btu:titan's Arnica Salve is the best in the world. Same for Burns , Scalds, Boils,Ulcers, Skin Kruptions and Biles It cures or no pay. Only 25c at Crawford Bro*? n 1 nnd J. F. Mackey *Sc ( o's drug ^atore.