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Local Matters Hi^hont market price paid for hotter uud oggp. ,J. B. Mackorell. Ituy Corn?from .Villiamsllugliof for S2i centrt K?y. .lou Moffult, of Florida, Yisitod Dr. JStrait'u family thi* week. Bought out adruuimor'* line of ? tuple whips?150 kind*. Your choice at Jen than wholesale coat. W. P. Kenuett. ? Mr. J. L. Poag i* having his residence p^intad. P- ?ut?r Ow?n has the contract. Mr. L. C. Paysaur .1 adding; much ta the uppaarnnco of his handsome rosi 'anca by giving; it & frash coat *.<f p.int. Brisk laying on tha pewer housa at the cotton mill will he bagun in a few days. Oraega and Amber eana, and Kaffir corn seed at W. P. Bennett's. Died, at this place, on Thursday afternoon, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Ilorton, Jr., aged one weak. Mrs. Marion Riee, of Philadslphia, Pa., whe has been visitincr the ankle with one of its fwt * probably breaking or dislocating soma of the hoass. Ha is still caafinad to his hums unabla to walk. Lancastar was wall raprssautad at tha 1-swelled, most reoherc&e dance", givaa by tha Girls Cetillion club at Rock Hill, last Monday night. Tha following young paopla of this placa attended: Messrs. Marian Witharspoon, D. Raasa Williams, Leray Dav'kUoh, J. T. Starens, John Crawford, and Misses Connie Witharspoon and Mata Jones. They enjoyed tha affair very much. wr Subscribo to Tub Lerm r. at Dr. Strait's ths past menth, Isft for bar boias yesterday. Ths dib? of ths psstoffics known as Buffalo kas bssn changsd ts Martha by srdsr sf ths Fsstmastsr Gsnsral. Magistrats T. J. Cautksa of Kershaw turned ever $29.SO to thsioounty trsasarsr this wesk-ths amount of fines, etc., collected in his court for the the past quarter. Ths Jr. O. U. A. M? will hold their next regular meeting, Tuesday night, in their new hall over the store room recently erected by Sh-riff Hunter in the vicinity of the cottsn mill. The party of tnillionaiies who recently visited the Catawba falls, cam*- over to Lancaster Friday aad wero the guests of Col. Springs during their stay here. Mr. W. F. Cloyd has moved into the Clou ', house. Mr. J. Murray Porter has noov d to the A J I XA' .a * ? Auanis nouse v? esr 01 ur. TT . M. Crawford's and Mr. W. G. Bew?rs will mora into tho Knight cottage vacated by Mr. Porter. Magistrate Caskey returned from Columbia Thursday. His daughter, Miss Delia Caskey, who has been attending the commercial college there, also returned, having graduated from that institution in stenography and type writing. Mr. C. L. McManus was painfully hurt last Wednesday afterneon while leading a mule across a ditch. The Mule in jumping the ditch struck Mr. McM., on iTojfruni or L<aucaster Music Club The next meeting of the Music Club will be held at the residence of Mr. 11. E. Allison, Tuesday, April S. The follow tug is lbs program for the meeting' Song by Mulo Quartette. Soprano Solo?Miss Payseur. Violin Solo?duo. Edwards. Song ? Mr. Peag. Girls Chorus. Violin Solo?Isabel Davis. Piano Solo?Clarice Knight. Song- Eunice Be&ty. Banjo Sole ? Walter Davis. Song?Mr. Hughes.* Chorus?Club. I .? wr 1 it/vans a' *win ivtirHiisiw i>ra Messrs. S. VYT. He?th iind J. T. Stevens are having a brick office building erected on the 1 >t immediately apposite tha Heatli Banking ?Jfc Mercantile Co's stores. It will have throa apartinents to ba used, S3 ws at a informed, as a law ffice, physician's office and barber shap. Wa ara glad to sae brick buildings started on that side of the street. It will considerably improve the town's appearance. Messrs S. W. Heath, J. T. Ste ens and S. E Hinson, of Kershaw and W. B. Moore, of Torkville, hare bought the Kershaw Branch 1 of the Bedford Telephone System. i Magistrate J. T. Cauthen met with a painful accident laat Thursday which baa confined him to his home. He was lifting and in some ' way sprained his baek. i The artesian well was over one hundred feet deep the first week, and part of the way through rock. Good work. Items From Rock Hill Herald John and Sara Fair, two negro men, half .brothers, engaged ia a , bloody fight at the Catawba dam last Sunday. The men fell out, as 1 is usually the case, about a woman and Sam began shooting at his brother. Three shots were fired, i ' one ef which took effect in John's left side, inflicting injuries from which he died Monday. Sam Fair ! was immediately arrested and car! ried to Rock Hill, where he is still held. Miss Mamie M. Rollins died Sunday at the Chicora Mill, from the effecta of typhoid fever. Mon* day her remains were carried to Lancaster for interment. Miss Rollins was born in Chester Held county and was 18 ^ears ?f age. Little Miss Paulino Lindsay and brother, Albort, wen* to Lancaster Monday afternoon to visit t thoir grandmother. \i... T u \w C. ... u. 11. ?? . otorwitt rauirned Saturday from a visit to Lancaster, where she attended the i Mobley-Taylor wedding. I ! Mia* Anna llobley, accompanied by little Mian Jtsaie Evane, ia apending a few daye at Heath Springa. Mr. J. L. Tillman, of Tan Wyck, who was thrown by _a mule and severely hurt a few weeks ago, an account of which appeared in these columns at the time, does not recover very rapidly. One of his feet was so sever )y sprained that he may not be able to walk on it for two or three months yet. ? VJaxhaw Enterprise. The frosts of the past few nights were general throughout the South doing more or less damage to the fruit crop. The Seuth Carolina Presbytery is appelated to convene in the Presbyterian Church at Abbeville od the 11th of April. l^gr" Pay your subscription to The Ledger, please. I fcSTTay your subscription please Nesbit's 8auje Preserve. Dr. Jiua Nesbit, of New York, has bought a atrip of land lyin* along the Catawba river in Indiab Laud township in Laucusbcr cnun-' ty, commencing below Lv^ 'a ferry and extending iM the direction of the Southern bridge. His object is i to eutaDUbU iu that region a gaum ! preserve which will ha froqueated annually by rich Northern bun- | tors. His lauds extend out l'rotu the river a luile or more. A barbed wire fence of six wires will enclose the place and it will he i sleeked with deer anal foxes, quail aed pheasants, and cottages whsi o the hunters will have their qusrters will bo erected along tho river. Dr. Nesbit in a native of that section. lie has been very successful in New York, hut h*s a fold ess fur the old scenes of his boj- j keod. His game preserve will be on the same river and enly a few miles below the great electric power plant now being eonetruet* ed by Drs. W. G. aid 11. E. Wvie, South Carolinians who have achieved fame and fortune in NewYork, and are spending kindreds f thousands ef dollars in tho development of their native state.? Hock Hill Herald. Mr. and Mrs J. F. Mackey, who hare lived in our town for three months past?Mr. Mackey as pharmacist in the Lynch Drug Store nave left Edgefield for their new home in Unien first going to Charleston to see the Exposition. Mr. and Mrs. Mackey are two very handsome, very high toned and very socially-gifted young people, who made friends on every I side in our community, which friends regret beyond measure to give them up.?Edgefield Chronicle. ET Subscribe to Tho Ledger. S ] You are inv Thursday and F this opening the play of Hpring M careful buying b oi experience ar been searched t< evnr shown in L age is not suflici f C 11 UJ IF lit price- The slig alone ^o far as q Here you will mer good in Sil goods in mercer suits. 50 style* Dotted Swiss an ?these are soarc 150 pieces of ffhite fancy Jlfa are opening up tions to supply tl where else in 1 jpers. - Heath ; i his Last Heps Frustrated. Julius (jil>l>s had a Schsne to Escupe, hut riilked too Much and is Now Chained in His Coll. Special to New* un 1 Courier. Florence, April 2,?Julius (iildis, the negro sentenced to death on April 25, for "the usual crime," arranged a plan to escape from the county prison \cstcrdav but his effort only caused him less freedom than h? has henn nllrnvn?i sine? his trial, for b? is now in chains, securely locked within tko iron cage of the couuty prison. Gibbs had not been safely landed back in jail after his trial before he began to plna his escape. Gihbes intended to make a dash at tho jailor, Mr. Anderson, wh*u he threw the bolt off to open tho door to admit tho trusty, seize him, overpower him, aid to dis? ? able the jailor if he could ami if not to kill bun if necessary. Gibbs told kis Intentions to ono ?f the inmates of the jail and through him the plot was nipped in the bud. The plan was to make his scape tomorrow when the noonday meal was being served. As soon as the jailor learned of the plot he imfotmed tho shoriff, who at once had Gibbs put in chains, and he will be kept thus until the day of his execution. 15F"* Pay ono year in advance for The Ledger and let us send you the Home and Farm free for one year. County Alliance. The county alliance will meet in the court house on the second Friday (11th instant) in this month, at 11 o'clock a. m. A full delegation is requested as business of importance is to be transacted. J. M. Knight, Secy. PR IN i iteci to our gres 'riday this week, best yet. Coini iillinery. This < y our expert mill id splendid taste. 0 bring before yc ,n irx UtW7" un^anici * ft C M ent reason to yoi Bring superior in htest look over o [uantity, assortm< find the only coi Iks, Dress Goods ised Silk Zephy> i of French Pe a 1! ~ u Vft-gitI1U1**S* A 5e now. (Ms! Elk white goods Pla (Iran, French or; enough all-ovei he County. Big Tailored Skirts, N Banking i \. ! Heuater J CUM Certaialv Defeated Little Reck, Ark., April 2.? i Authentic returns give the followi iurevised fijivires on tho I'uited ; O States aena'ership; For Jh*. I*. jClatk, 74 members of the general assembly; .las. K. .Jones, 47: \ doubtful 14. There aro 1 .'?5 members. lie({aired to eloct a senator is OS. I The elect ion of Clark is now assured. Complete retures from the Seventh congressional distriet show that R. Miner Wallace de feats W. V. Tompkins for congress. I'noflicial estimate from the 'J'bird district place Congreacmas Hugh A. Siaasmore a majority over J. C. Flo yd eon a popn lar Toto estimated at between 100 and 200. WANTED, Hickory, Dogwood and Persitnmou Logs. Southern Hardwood Co. Churloston, S. O. CAN'T KKEI' IT A SECRET The splendid work of 1 )r. King's New Life Pills is daily coming to light. No suoh grand remedy for Liver and Bowe' troubles was ever known bofore. Thousands bless them for curing Constipation, Bick Headache, Billioustiess Jautidieeand ludigestion. Try them. 25c at Crawford Bros, J.F. Mackey and Co's., drug store. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons aro hereby warned not to trespass in any manner ou my plantation situated in Buford Township, Lancaster county, and bounded as follow*: North by lands of T. L. Doster, East by Lyncbe's Creek, and lands of AlvSn Mnacav U?? I.? am j.?*.??novj , KJVS141M in lilDUS in Alvin Massoy, and West by the Throe Notch road, the same being known as tho Elijah Walters homo place. Any person trespassing will bo prosecuted to the full extent of the Law for each and every offence. H. Mines. This March 1st, 1902.?lin. li i 0 0 it Openin ??ak April 3d sand 4th ! and 3ma nil! se< exhibit is the res liner. Miss MacM The markets > hi the tiaest sari* :now that asking i for giving it. bn iducements in sfr ur stock.- will sh enit, style and pri nplete stock of 8 and Wash <Nood s, vtrj desirabl< rcales, Lovely 1 few assort mennhtafe! I id muslins and si ? ganuies and per* ' Embroideries, values, s?ch as I>i 'ess JTaists ai & MERCAIn ? yv ? ,rS> NOTICE OF ELECTIONN WHBHKA8, a petition has been pre- \ senteU to the Trustees to the Lanoaator school District, signed hy more than one fourth of the freeholders learning in bald School District, praythat ?n election he held to deter' mine whether or not coupon bonds of said school district shall be issued by j M?id Trustees to the amount cf fifteen thousand dollars, for school purposes, I'm tot forth in uu /let passed at the Ia<? session of the tieneral Assembly of South Carolina, entitled an "Act to authorize and empower the Trustees of the Lancaster Hohool District toor? dei an election and* to issue Coupon bonds of wahl School District for school purposes," approved Feb. 1902. Now, therefore, we, the under* , binned Trustees of said school district, I in compliance with snhl . " "" 1 ' Mllu ! pursuant of the power vested iu us j by suit! Act, do hereby ortfer that an I election be held, in accordance with j euid Act, at Lancaster Court House, j s. <: , (?ii Fu'day.the 111It day of April, i 1902, between the hours of S o'clock a. m. add l p. 111., to deternii whether coupon bonds to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars shall he issued for I school purpos-s, that is to say. "for the purpose of purchasing a lot or lota of land, erecting one or more sohool buildings, or purchasing or adding to, or remodeling existing school buildings. us stated in said /let; in which election only qualified electors, residing in said school district, shall bs allowed to vote. That, us is required and directed by said Act, the trustees will have printed, and ou hand at the \oting place, for j the use of the voters In said election, I an equal number of ballots, on one set of which will he panted the words: "For the isui-dng of bonds," and on the other set. the words: "Against the Issuing of bonds." That llie following persons, who have been appointed managers there .of shall conduct said election, direct Itml ild'l Q ra flto t ???ii 11 -"-1 ? 1 ...... ... w.?.v ....i <ouii cuu iuuko re* turns thereof to salil Trustees, to wit: J C Foster, J P Gregory, D Reece Williams, I nunaster, 8 C, March 14, 1902. 11 F Miller, J E Taylor, W T Gregory, W J Cunningham, I has T Connors. Trustees of the Lancaster Hchoo! District. Maivh 17 ? t?l. Curo Cold In Head. Kermott's Chocolate* Qrnkmimm. mm t take and jwk'lr to care cold to hni im sn dwooU 77 s, which occurs . We will make e our grand dis>ult ot weeks of Lartin, a milliner of the i<ast have ay of millinery for your patronit that we must lie, quality and ow that it stands ? ices go. pring and Sum. s. Pretty wash e for waists and Bastiste Lawns, of linen suitings w!tripped Bastiate. iian Spawns, ife ^ inner* you can get no nd House wrap(TILE CO.: A* * ^ .- ' ' * ' ' i'** . ? m -*