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local Mailers 1 Cotton brought 7} cents ont Ihipn.aikat yesterday. K)v. .1. M. Steudman will ! I preach Sunday night on Sixth Commandment * I For Sale or K< nt ! The Cloud residence?ten roi nis? cot i < i o Arch and Flttuh bluets. Apply to T. S. Carter. ? Mr. Miller of Primus, reports seeing h belled buzztrd in that locality the pant week. 130T Pay one A'ear in advance for The Ledger and let us send i you the Home and Fat in fiee for i one year. *"*" i Mrs. S. M. Purrs of (Chester, visited relatives and friends here 1 this week. -?> I We are grateful to those subscribers who have settled their accounts since the beginning of the year, and would appreciate the am? from those still in nrrears. { Only two more weeks in which to ntake your returns. Auditor' Cook will be is his office until the 20th instant to take them. Don't let the tiwp slip by and your returns net made. The next regular examination , for teachers certificates will be , held in court house, Friday Feb. il 19#8. Examination will begin at 10,' a. m., and close 4 p. m. i A. C. Howell, Co. Sunt. Ed. Jan. 18, 1900. (YK> Will Blake, col., has two dogs less today. He hud four yester- j day morning. His sow gar? j birth to six pigs and two of the dogs killed everyone of them. La his anger Will shot the dogs. + +To Rent! A valuable four-horse farm, with good buildings. Farm ] in "BeljTown" about 7 miles west of town. Rent reasonable. Apply at this office. Now is the time to rake around the roots of the fruit trees to expose them to the coki so that they will not be in too big a hurry in crowding the season and causirg the trees to bloom ahead of time. i . * y ' * ? The earlier large broils of chickens arc hatched the hotter Kit J. M. Steadmao has Harred Plymouth Rock eggs for eale at 50 cents permitting. So eggs shipped under $1.00 per setting. .:k The rural mail carriers will be glad to learn thAt the house has passed an amendment to the np propration biJl increasing their pay for the laet four months of the fiscal year from $500 to $<>00. \LOST ! Saturday night last, on the streets of Lancaster, $3*>, in greenbacks ($20 bill and three \ $5 hills). Finder will be liberally rewarded by returning to N. K. Moore. \ / V, Her. J. M. Steadman attended the^jjugionftry institute of Keck Hill ^istrict which was held at Klgin Wednesday and Thursday of this fhpk. The o|>ening sermon of thi institute was preached by Rev. J. T|. Chandler. Rev. Kohl. F, Small, of Jeffer a, and Mia* Nellie Evans, of Rockingham, ^|| ho married next Monday. Mian KV*na hn? a number of friends in OTyoroe. She ij a coueia of Mr. R. K "Evans and , kae visited hern several tines. , Mr. Small ia alio known ?k Mohroe.?Monroe Journal. [ I Mr. II. M. Johnson of Cheraw, is ovci* on a visit. The County Pension board was in session Thursday and Friday. i? i if .. 11 t? itn ^ / oar. 111hi iyiin. u ih. nue <?r Rock Hill nro visiting thw letter's motheri n this county. Mrs. Hula Cuulhen of Ilaath Springs spent khvoihI days this week with Mrs. J. M. (Jautheu of this place. t e#t Mr. Pre?toa Hilton of Weatville vUite'l his brother-law I)r. J. K. liu^ledge, this week. Jim Faulkner, col., whs cam. mitted to jail yesterday chargad with stea'ing cotton from the Hold of Mr. M. E. Jot dan. ' ten Strayed ! From my homo, a black and white s| ottcd Shepherd dog Any information of its whereabouts will he thankfully recaived. J. D. Adams. ?/7v A negro man on Mr. J. R. Roberts' place naar Longsville hud the misfortune to cut himself seriously in the head while cutting cord wood Thursday. The axe caught n some Tines which caused it to slip and strike him .... .w UIHU? mi UI1VI IU III* United States District Attorney to compromise the cases against tbeni?offering to divide among the claimants $30,000, they have oe haed; hut the District Attorney lias refused the offer and will prosecute them to the end. They will he tried at the June term ofceurt in Charlotte. The maximum punishment is-$500 fine aad eighteen months imprisonment. on th? side of the head. rjffa The membem of the Legislature spent yesterday and will spend today at the Charleston exposition. Ileprei-entative Richards of Kershaw tried to have a resolution passed tor the members to get no pay for the two days there, but the House refused te even consider it. -nLetters advertised for the week ending Feb. 8th, 1902: Mrs. Jauie Ferry, Mrs. T. C. Fuoderburk, Miss Merqia Tompseu, Miss Violay Dunlap, Mr. W K. Keekes Mr. Walker Reed, Mr. D. C Jone , Mr. .James Jonos, Mr. Abraham Gaither, care Oscar Sooggin*, Mr. S. B. Benson, Rev. I. B. Benson. Belle Nance F. M. Lancaster, S C. %o% A very pleasuat social event was given by Mrs. W. J. Roddey last Friday. It was an afternoon affair from four to six and was given in honor of Mrs. J. D. Wylie, of Cinesster. The f dlow ing wers present: Mesdames H. B. Buist, E. U. A very, .J. 4. Hull, J. M. Cherry, t. B. Duolap, W. C. Whitner, W. B. Dunlap, O. S. iW? Rock Ilill Herald. - 4Some of the oil milis are paying 90 cents a hundred pounds for cotton seed. Counting tha bushels at 32 pounds this wiJl give 28.8 cents a bushel, ^nw will it be (tetter for the farmer to sell hie seed and buy guano or cotton meal, or use bis seed as manure! in other words, can the farmer afford to put a bushel of cotton seed in the ground as manure, when they are worth half aa much as a bushel of corn will be in the fall ?? Rock Mill Herald. The Amos Owen cherry tree people, through their attorneys, E. ,1. Justice snd Senator Pritch14IVI Ilill'* niuila ui 4? Pardoned by the Governor. Mr. S. .T. Rutledge, who was couvictcdin th? Session# court f?>r Kershaw couniy for vtolation of th# dispensary law and fined $100 o has been pnrdened by the Gover- T nor. It wtis ebown to the satis 0 faction of the Governor that be 01 had been wronply convicted. it , w An OI<l Colored Man Drops Dead ^ Hen Smith, an md colored local <1 preacher cropped dead while chop- j 1 pinjj wood at his homo at Pleasant in Hill Thursday uio? nine. Mr. M. nl Y. Cauthen and another jjentle It I man wi re passing at the time and T saw him whan ha fall. Th?v car- J o< t ied him into his hnma but he j at am (lend when they got in with k him. ! w r Negro Woman Nerloualy Burned di Cornelia Crawford, colored, j si had her clothing catch fire from \r tire around the waah pot Thursday ci and before the flames could he oi extinguished by Rachel Thorn well, tl who was present, she was serious- II ly burned on her liutba and hodv. tl She recoived medical attention m aed is doing rery well. Har ic husband, Paul Crawford, is laid ui up with\ a broken arm having tl fallen off the buss one day last b week. It is an unfortunate, house- w bold. n Tlio McWliirtcr Property SoldThe McWhirter property con? sitting of the storeroom recently ^ occupied by Abernethy's auloon^ ^ on South College street, and the w store now occupied by W. H. '* Hoover & Company, on East ^ trade street, was sold at public auction at the court bouse yester. ^ day for $14 500, the purchaser ^ being Mr. W. B. Wilson, a law* ^ yer from Rock llill, S. C.?Char- ^ lotta Observer. ? _ | b VI Death of Mrs. hew is Cola Mrs. Cole, daughter of the lata F. B. Mobley and wife of Mr. j* Lewis (Hole of Heath Spring, diad Thursday lust, aged about 40 years. Mrs. Cole ha* bud a throat * affection for suae time and a few months ago was taken to New ^ York where an operatieu was ^ performed. She was a tueiul>er of Beaver Creek Baptist church and was an excellent woman. Lier husband and several children ^ survive her. Her remains were ^ interred yesterday at Salem bury- ^ ing ground. Wholesale Robbery It has developed here within the past few days that a gang has been c systematically robbing the Ian- i caster Mercantile Company for < the pasty ear, and the indications a are that hundreds of dollars worth t i of: goods ' have been stolen. It i seems all to result frem a trust ef i draymen?and it was a hig trust, t Last Wednesday John Wilson,the < delivery dray mart, was caught Up i with. He implicated others and the number kept growing until up' I to this time warrants have been .1 issued for, and the following per- s AbD' Vinxto Kaom - * ? -J - T^l uvu? ii?*v ai ioiicu tlUHfl Wil?on; J I' Yandle, Plyler and I Deas, Ed Sanders,' colored, and a Dan Bvlce and Wn?. 11 agin*, two t colored draymen who have been * in the employ of the company.?. A The draymen% are charged with taking and selling the goods and the ethers with receiving them, j Wilson, Plyler aud Dean gave I bond at once for their Appearance at conrt. The affair has caused the greatest surprise fo the friends tl of the parties accused. ' jt "C" With a Tall. t The "CM with a tdii is the trade* H mark of Cascfcrels Candy Cathartic. Look for it on the licht blue enam?U/t metal box! ?ach tablet stamped C: C. C. Never sold in bulk. 1 All j druggists, toe. i MmM Tour Hcwrla With C'mmnu. j (toady Cathartic, ?n raaatipaUoa faratSC i fl* [For The Ledger. John A. Montgomery. Johnatban A. Mongomery, one f th? men that ?ai murdered in December last, twelve mil?* from xford, Mi*?, was horn about ue aide north of Dixie poBtoffice, 1 Lancaster County, S and as the eldest son of R. D. Montiiiuero 1 h.. ' < < > i. i mi t * urn 1110 r.\*ri . ate, but think he was horn in $48. Ht received his education, lost of it, neut father's home L what was then ill* Ihlk school. took its name from old unci* ommie Helk, who did more to' locate the youth ?f thnt day than 1 ly man while living. May his indness never he forgotten. It as at this school 1 first met' lontgoniery. Many w?i? the i\s we played together and vuag on the g'ape vine swing hen little hoys, and when the *u?*I war b?gan we were still in tr teens. We volunteered in le same company under Capt. urnes. Co. L 12th S. C. V. In lat company he served to the id of the war, for throe veaia i the army of Northern Virginia, J mter Stonewall Jackson, and lere was hot few battles fought lit what he took part in, and was ounded three times. It matters ot hew brave men ever get to e, for of such that grand army 1st followed Lee and Jackson mui^h three long years on the loody fields of battle in Virginia, (ary lued and Gettysburg, history rill never record the name of aey raver soldier than Corporal ehnathan A. Montgomery. Shortly after the war he, with is father and motter, moved to (ississippi. In his adopted state e married, made Oxford hit ome and while in the discharge f his duty, arresting an outlaw y the name of Will Mat his, he rith one other ofheer by the name f Montgomery, was murdered ad their bodies burned in Mathis' ouse. We see from the papers h*t on February 14th, Mnthii nd two other men will be hung. Mr. Nelson Montgomery, of his count), was a brother and ilessrs, John W. A. Porter, J. Yvlie Porter and L. S. Porter re first cousins to Mr. Montgomery. He had a number of reatives in this county among them Messrs. J. Montgomery Caskey, N. Q. Caskey and John Dave 3askey. W. G. A. Porter. juddeo Death of Mr. J. .1. Nivens. Mr. J. J. Nivens, of Union :ounty, died auddealy last evenng at 6:30 o'clock, at the resilenceof his too, Mr. J. H. Nivens, it|the Atherton Mill. He was in hp pitting room talking to hit rife and his son when he fel rom his chair, seized with at ieart attack, presumably, and lied almost iaatadily. He w?t n hia seventieth, year. A widow and two aons, Mr. J. I. Nirens, of this city, and Mr. I. J. Nivens, .Jr., of Providence, uivive the deceased. Toe le inins will be taken today tc Aorren church, in Union county, nd the interment will take place here this afternoon. Deceased ?as a devoted member of the ietbodist church.?Charlotte Obenrer, 4th. Uu, Dm ^ As KiU Yw for* Ahaayi Beftt The Charlotte N?wV account of ie Rockingham county boy, now 1 Charlotte, who went to Texas nd struck eil and is now worth 3,00#,000, reads for all the world kh a circus advertisement. Am OU Mm. Ewiy dlj atrengtheni 1kt belief of Mot phydciaae that impure blood k the euM^of the m^ority of omr disease*. rTntfln years ag* this theory ?m mw m a bed* for the formula of Browne' Irea Bitters. The many remarkable on res efboled iy this flu^ooe (Ql^hotMshold eesaedy ase Child Labor Bill Killed. : < Bill Regulating .Liabilities of Railroads Which Maintain Rc. J lief Department* l'a.-aed. ^ _ Special to Charlt-aton l'o?t. Columbia, Feh ?? The Set ate today devoted primly three hours] . to the consideration of lit* hill "regulating tin* lialiil tie* f rail, road companies having relief dct.art mettle for employ < e? " l i e invuellie elled- oitl\ the Atlantic' Coa.t Line mix! tlie 1*111111 system I h in this State. On the motion to j \ at like out tne en cling the vote ^ was a t*e, being IS to IS The H Lieutenant Governor cad the ?le- ^ ciding vote, which \>a> against * * striking out the emoting \v >rd% and the hill than went to a third j_ rea ing The hilt provides 'hut , emplox ees who re < ivo benefit from this relit f fin d ?li ill not thereby losa their right to hi ing action ? against the railroad cotnpan\, as h the railroads now provide in their ^ contracts .villi employees 1 a The bdl to adopt the new code 1 was given its second reading after ' it had heeo found that the code " must l?e adopted before any acts can tie ratitied and Iteca lie laws. 1 ^ ."V In the House there was an.'t her 11 . y fu 1 debate on the child lahor hill h and it was finally killed by a vete 1 of 54 to 52, on a motion te inde- >1 finitely postpone. Tha hill providing for munici- _ pal courts in Columbia, Green vilhi and Spartanburg passed its second G rending. The lawyers take the position ^ that nn hill can he ratified and become an act till the code has been adopted. Therefore the new ^ jury law, now ready for ratificaticn, u held up. E. <J. W. < to writ* for our confidential letter before applying for patent; it may be worth money, wis promptly obtain U. 8. and Foreign PATENTS and TRADE MARKS or return ENTIRE attorney s fee. Send model, sketch | or photo and we send an | MMEDIATE I FREE report on patentability. \ve give j the beet legal service and advice, and our cbargee are moderate. Try us. SWIFT & CO., Patent Lawyer*, pp. U.S. Patent Office,Washington, D.C. I Sold Out All the $1.5*Sets, have sour $2.00, $2.50 and $.'1.00 ones left. Head Stones, Tablets an<< Men* intuits from Vermont, Georgia %*fi Italy Quarries. Call wr write. Pricewill pl^u.-eyou. A.J. McNinch, LANCASTER, S. C. ' 1 CTATU M? CAWTU P A DAT T W i , umiu vi ovwiLi imuvmnn, ? COUNTY OF LANf AHTER I P?y < hi*. D Joutu, Feiiuird Probate , Judge. Whrkeu* w p. I . Porter, Clerk ' I of? ourt made unit to me. to grant . Imn Letter* of Administration or >lr? dere'lct estate and effects ft Wylle R Duren. ileoniHrd, These arr TilERKFOKR to cite and admonish all and tne s'UKUlar the Kinored a d Creditors of the said ! Wylle R. Duren, de< ea-ed that they \ b* and appear hef? ? mo. in tlie ('our 1 of Probate, to he held at I.ancaster, C. H . ri. C . on thv 7th day of Match ! i ext after publication tti-rcof. at 11 o'clock in iho fo-ei?o-?n, to show cause, ' if any they have, why the aaid Ad ! ministration ah< uld no/ lie granted Given under tnv Hand and *>eal ! tbi? *3d day of J inuarv Anno Domini ' 19 >2. j n a 1 OH A P. 1> JONKrt, 1 * Judge of Probate 1 \ < Phone 117 } WHEN YOU WANT NICE FRESH Mill- I E.J. Math is ; & Company. , Proprietors of the Coraer Market, a The One Day Cold Cure f i Kermott'a Chocolate* Laxative Quinine for . ?old in the bead apd aore throat. 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C Ujv ??r??i ' iiy II -fa .utiivifoitlluli li 4<>* i37j ti i tua City I2 31K 7 tef A ml VKM Inriou I jii, 7 **? (i .FI'M.'i I?H N? H. . SOUTH BoUED. > 14 rs.. i?. litlAT K8. atTnsy Ic 4<>a 6 Wp herokee Falls I I 'km I 5 Op AhlVHS ilHCksl-uin <1 :0>? fl l&p NuK'i ii n<>i; n i>. No. 1ft. > . U. Leaves. llMcksnu h 4 Sop H Ate hernkt Falls 4 flop 9 On IK1TES. Isflllrv t lup y tv * 211 Mll.Ulee I"..i <.l. I.el. Note?TIHII >< > '? 32 Suil 9.8 *r* perut d d Ml > Ttains N i- .>4 3) II I-. i3. 14 15 ii.il 10 are??,? mif d..nv rxorpi e?ui?? lay connections made bv a. uthksn THAINS Ai Mario- : N . ??. c ninuVH ut N^ajion with ? 1111>? 11 1 {? tisli. .So M vliieh arri\e? hi Marino mi 8.28. h in, ^ roiD Cht.ttai o>>tf?, , s*l evil e miic! iusrmcdiute | < i f?. At Blacks! iir^: No. 34 and No 11 oir.iects with .- utl.ei. Ily r in N?> 10 which ari.v - at I in k loir* ?.t 7 45 i in, fioin Atlanta ( ' a vi.n*. Hj.?r? Mul'iiric hi d int* line i.iio |??>in ? At Yoikvi i : o 34 o ? in etri with "J A N W train No 70 wldeti tvartc i'ork* ille hi 10.-48. h hi for Hasten in. r.eno r and in It i rued i te | .iin??. At Hock Hi : No. 32 and 34 con left- with ! *? ilnrn I y i*hiii N? Hwhich leaves it ek Hi I u 3:30. p ir>, N?r Cheater, v ? until.. ami intense liute nointft At Caihwba Jet; No's 32 acid <14 ^ntuu i?tu arirli > A I f niia Mm '-U Aliirb pn Ms Cataw m Jet. ^ p f^r Monroe and teriin ?1t tie p? infc?. At Lancaster: N V 32 i?r<1 14 c*uneol* will L A irvi N". 32 which '?aves Lar canter u/4:41 p *? torilieatar ami inteiim thate t otitis. At 1 amdet : NY oh v ? l< (N W ?'J S C ) for ( liar et?l?ui "umttr Flor lie* DrtHliinlrt", \\ Iiiinmoit ami intermediate po'iita. I r i h N" 0>S wliiti* leaves i amden ?i -I; 1 ">, putt'ON N FCTION8 Jl 1>F I; v N iKTHM.N TkATNs' , At Camdet : With A / I. (N W ??f S i ) No 71 ir< m Char e ton F.otete* I) it linvton, VVllminirtnn Sumter at d tutunndiaie |H>ii.t4 wh eh nnivm at Uumden at ' 1:1") i m wdh **outk/eni Ky train No 77 f om Kir x?viite which artivea at'' nideo at 11:55 a m At I.anoaster.* v,. :u cmm-ifa at Lancaster w.ih ]. A, ( tiain No, j? rt>< ['Intiter ami in'erinedi<tte p lot* At t atawha Jet: No 3J ami M co? JfCts Willi S A L ir-ln No 32 wiitch leaves Catawba Jet at. 7M p m fo* Moor e ami intermedial* t?ol?ta. At I lock Ull!: N-. 31 un* 35 eon iecs at Rock Hill w th ^outhirn Ri rain No 34, leavi. a R ot Hill at H W6 !> ? for Chat lotte and po t t* notth At Hlackabu'K-' No 33 oonneow \ ith Southern It V Cuius N?>'a 12 4:3* ? m.tNo 33 at 7:t 5 p m. ami No 4o i t i.45 p on, for poigtn n rlh No's IK o <1 35 conm-cta with southern Ry rain No. 35. leaving HI icksburg at 1:25, p to f< r points south At Mari- n: No, 83 connects with Southern Uy train No 35, leaving clarion h( 11:40 p ni for Ashevtllw, 'hattaiiooga and intermediate taunt* TMioiikY -ar>frvice withmit chaim*tetween Mat ion ami ? hut eatoti on rnina No's 82 aud 35. E. H. iSH AW, (Jen'l. Pa^wng* r Agaut A1! persons indohtod to us, <ithor hy note or on account, nust conio forward and settle nomptly, us our Met chandi.se and intino accounts and notet weit i I due the 1st of Nov. We have vuited patiently on our customers ,nd must insist up ?w them coilnp forward and settling with us >r< mptlv. Heath Hankiag A IfarcaatiU