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Local Mailers County Supervisor Caskey will not ho in hi4* offjce Saturday, 21st instant, but will be here on Monday fdlowingMr. T. .J McNinch, who has hoen working in Columbia for some time, lias returned to his home in this place. Miss Lizzie Milieu, of Routnan, is the gue?t of Mrs E. W Si?, tare. Iiev it. L. Robinson, of Cams dnn, A In , in <>n a visit to his parent* in this cmuty. His many friends are glad t-? see him. Mr. .1. F. Bell liud u line mule to din here Sunday night Children's day will come off at Camp Creek Baptist church next Saturday. Ever} body invited and expected to bring full baskets. Mr. Peter Robinson, aged abc ut 53 years, who had one of his legs amputated last week on account of tubercular ulcers from which he bad long been suffering, died yesterday afternoon. Married at Pleasant Valley Tues day, June 17, 1902, by Magistrate D. K. Hall, Mr. D. 11 Rich and Miss Bettie Howard, all ot Union County. Died at this place, last Friday night, Gordia, uged 2 >ears and 7 months, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Gibson. The remains vrere interred in the ( town cemetery Saturday. The name of Mr. J. K. Connors ..IJ - _ _ _ 1 - * snouia nave appeared in me ustot teachers re-elected to teach in our graded school, published in Saturday's issue. It was purely an accident that his name was omitted. 1 / ? Mrs. Ada Hough is visiting rel- 1 at.ives in Chester county. I _____ Andy Barnes, col., was sent to , the chain gang by Magistrate i Caskey Saturday in two cases: ( 20 days for non- payment of poll j tax and 30 days for disorderly ; conduct. i I Capt. J.H. VY. Stevens left Tuesday for Che raw. Thursday | Mrs. Stevens und her charming daughters followed. The residence vacated by the Stevens fain ' ily will be occupied by Mrs. M. j H. Adams and family.?Rock Hill Herald. j Mr. J. T. Amos has given the editor a few of his ripe white blackberries. They are very fine. Born to Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. White, Friday, 13th instant, a daughter. ? Rock Hill Herald. Capt. M. L. Red, RoadmAster of the L. & C. Railroad, was shot in his left arm Sunday night at the depot by Bill Williams, col. One of the bones in the forearm was broken but the wound is not serious# Williams was in the cooking car drunk and raising a racket when Capt. Red went in and proceeded to put him out. While being put out the negro got out his pistol and shot the Captain. Ho fled at once. A warrant jius been issued for bis arrest. Mr. K. A. Billings and family, Mrs. R. Miles, Mrs. Alice Mnthis and Misses Ora and Adello 'iflm. rnond have gone to Heath Spring to spend a few weeks. They are tenting out. The Womaus Foreign missionary meeting of t'uu ivoek Hill restrict will conveme in tho Methodist Church Friday evening at 8:80. The Ladies of the community aud members of the local societies are especially invited to attend tho sessions of the meeting. Kcv. Chalmers Fraser loft for Athens, (4a., Monday last to attend the wedding of his sister which will take pluce today. Kev. J. If. Mack, D. D., will hold communion service at Six Mile Creek church Sunday next at 11 a. in. Preliminary service* will begin llio day before (Saturday) at 11 a. mii. Mr. .John C. Milliard will leave today for Yorkville t-> stand the competitive examination for the West Point cadctship. Jin) Love was before Magistrute Cnskey for non-payment of poll tax- lie was given 20 days on tho gang or pay a tine of $7.50. He paid up. Misses lfessio and Ellen Jordan are visiting relatives at ltock Hill. ! ... T.. Miss.L?iiy i'orter, ot ftlgio, is visiting her cousin, Miss Annie Hell Porter at this plu;e. Mr. Ralph Forfter will enter the competitive examination for Jtho West PoinJ, Cadetship at Yorkville tomorrow. Rev. J. M. White will preach at Pleasant Hill A. R. P. church Saturday at 8 p. m., and on Sab. bath at 11 a. m. On Sabbath afternoon at 3:30 he will preach at Gills Creek. feee new announcement*:.W. F. Estridge for county Auditor; L. J. Perry for County Supervisor. Our townsman, Mr. Willis raoore, had a very sudden and severe spell just a'tsr eating his breakfast Sunday morning. For an houror so his condition was criti. caland both the Drs. Crawford re mained with him. He is now much bettor but is still confined to his bed. Dr. T. J. Strait h fi yesterday for Camden where th? candidates for theU. S. senate and for congross will speak today. The Doctor enters the compaign very hope ful and his friends are as confident us the dwrlor. There were 30 applicants, 7white and 29 colored, for certificates to teach before the board last Friday instead of 27 as we published Saturday. The questions given the applicant to answer seemed more difficult this year than usnal. The board has not yet finished examining the papers. Mr. C. H. Deal and family moved to Camden yesterday. The cottage vacated by him will be occupied at once by Mr. Charley Stougb, of Camden, who has been engaged by Porter and Bird as foreman of the brick work on the new school building. Wm Watts, col., was convicted before Magistrate Carnos Monday of malicious mischief and sentenced to 30 days on the gang or pay (15. He paid the fine. This is the case in which it was reported here Monday the no^ro had been lynched, but it seems the nature of his ofence was terribly exaggerated. Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold Laxatiro Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. J A Triangular Shotting Affair in Union County. Special to Tbo ObserTor. Monroe, .June 1-t.?There was a serious shooting affair in the lower i art of this county this morning in which li. A. Barrett, Will Green un<l G us Be Ik, whit ?i,? k. ti,. ivii? Tf V/l U UIO | ? i Hit I j/llio. lilt). are several conflicting versions i tlio affair, but reliable details are meagre. It setma that a few da\s ago a barrel of blockade liqu was sei/.sd on Greeu's premise-. Green said lhat the liquor belong ed to Barrett. Barrett denied knowledge of ii and the treubh arose from thi*. Barrett and Green are neighbors und tl is morning mot by appoiutment to discuss the mutter. Belk was with Green. It is said that Belk proposed to Barrett that h^> lay aside his pistol and tbat^lie and Gietn. who was unarmed, fight it out, and at least relieve their feeling*, if not settle tho difficulty. Barrett, instead of doing this, drew a pistol j fioni each pocket and began tiring at Bclk with one hand and at Green with the other. Belk re- : turned the tiro with a double-barrel shot-gun. Green was shot through the abdemen ami his recovery is doubtful. Barrett received both loads from the shot-gun, one in the side and one in the hip, hut is not seriously injured. Balk's clothes were pierced with bullets, hat he escaped with a whale akin. Tho two injured men were carried to their homes. Bolk, it ie believed, bus goee across the line into South Carolina to await developments. If any legal steps have been taken in the matter, your correspondent was unable to learn of them. Grccu is from Davie county, but has been living in ITnon for three or four years, lio and Barrett liavo both figured J conspicuously in the ITiion courts s: Von are inv Thursday and F this opening the play of i^rLig 'I careful buying b o experience been searched t? ever shown in L age is not suffica deserve it by off* price. The slig alone *?o far as q Here you will mer good, in Sil goods in mercer suits. 50 styles Dotted Swiss an ?these are scare - Mr 150 pieces of 1 If' hite fancy JWai are opening up tions to supply ti where else in '1 pers. - Heath ] ' tor retailing and Barrett w:u tried j { for the nmrder of a negro horo t'To t r three years ago, but cuibo 1 clear. ; C'oe.nty Summer School. I i:e county summer school tor ! teachers began on Monday morn- J ing with an attend nice of l>3 teach- , ei <. 11 will close .July 12th. rhipt. L T. Baker is principal and li > liis hands full lie has nskul for an assistant which will <ioui>t- | 1,. I i < > ? 1 iv --? iiu (M uvmcii i>y i uc oiuie Sit; '. of Education.' 1 i?'list of the leach os - enrolled: Male's- T. R Thompson, J. V. Vincent, M J. Green, A. C. E> .ell, II. 1). Thompson, !?. L. i' v.-i tson, .J. K. \\ elsli. Females ? Misses L. F. Alagill, L >tta doming, Fnnnio Me-' lllwaine, Mrs. Lou K. Riddle, Mi<?es Eva Hough, Uesxie Perry, Grace Kearney, Irene Swnringen, Minnie laylor, Ella Robinson, ^da C. Mrndford. Marie Craig,1 Gertrude Foster, Connie Davis, Eunice Meaty, Sue M. Green, Nettie Green, Maggie Rigisdale, Eunice Long, Eva Robinson, Alice Eutchford, Maggie Tompkins, Annie Neely, Bessie Giles, Mag.. I > . --j? If '* enougn an-over le County. Bis tailored Skirls. I Banking << ijir i oner, .MuuiK! mover. i l>ea(li ol'an Aged Woman. Mrs. Betsy McMunus, of the Wild Cat section, died last Sunday eve., ning at the advanced ago of about SO years. Sho was tho widow of the late pleas. MeManus and lived with her son, J. D. MeManus. She had been unable to walk for neatly twenty years. The following children survive her: John, Sam, Conrad, Preston and J. I). MeManus, and Mrs. Simon Curnes. Her remains were interred at the Arnnl burying ground Tuesday morning. llan Your Kldnefi f Or. Hobbn'Spai iin.it /Mils cure .iU Itlrtney ills. Sans- I C.'frce- At'J. Mcr>'ui* Kuuicily Co..ClitcaKuopN. V I P R IN ( itehto our greti 'riday this week, best jet. Come lillinery. This t y our expert mill id splendid taste. :? bring bet.ire yo ait caster. ?fcl? ent reason to yon Bring; superior in litest look over 01 [uantity, assortnn find the only cor ks, Dress Goods ised Hilk Zephyr i of French Pe d Organdies. A e now. U! Hi white goods Plai Aran, French or$ v 'I he Mcdnl \V#? i?y Stewart Much interest was t:tken in the public debute, under the auspices of the Hampton Literary Society, ) last Friday night ami the courthouse was crowded with people to 1 : ri.? ?% am ii. i iic ijuu-mmiii, .\ re sirs of Conquest Justifiabler* was splendidly urgn d 1?\ both sides, mid it was with t illieulty that tho judges ( Messrs. d. I". Green, R. E. Wylie an '. W. Mel). IJrown ? ..... reached a decision in tuvorof the allinnative. I'lte d? Inders who had I icon elected 1?, the s cietv to discus ti e. qnc-tion wcie Wad iy Thomson and Pe-sie Stewart on the allinnative, ami l'aul Moore ami Ethel Vaniandinglmm on the negative. The gold medal for the best debate which was offered by the society was won by Miss Pi ssie Stewart and was presented to her at the close of the debate in a very appioprnitc little speech by m .. t 1M I . VII Wll. The Tableaux and music which cauio after the debate were also very entertaining. Nejjro Woman Drops Dead. On Sunday morning Inst, Lou Cunningham, col., who lived at C? * Mr. T. W. Cnlp's at Pleasant Valley, dropped dead while walking in the church yard. Magis- j trato Hall held an impiost. it is supposed she died of heart trouble. ? ?.. -? So-To-llac for Fifty C'-nm. Gunrantocil tol?:iot*o liai'it ?'iire. rnnl:os won men strong, LlooU pure. Luc *1. AllOi 'u~ 1 have a nice lot of milch cows with young calves for sale or exchange for dry cattle. J. M. Hood. To Cure A Ct ld in One t><nj. Take Laxative llromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refun 1 money if it fails to cure. 10. \V. drove's signature is on each box. , 25c. JSgT'Subscribe to The Ledger. [j 1 II 0 it Opeitm "^ale Aprs! 3<l ami 4ili ! and >011 nilS set W exhibit is the res iiier, Miss Mae.11 I he markets < in tiie ISnest arc; mow that asking 9 for giving it. tin dncemcnts in sti ur stock., will sh ent, style and |H*i npSete stock ot S and Wash <GSoodi 'S, very desirabh rcales, Lovely I fen assortment ,| | I id muslins and st gaudies and pers Embroideries, values, sueli a> Dress IFaisIs an k Mercan Clioler ? or iu?:?-t of having her polic foice one of the tallest men in the stuto. No one can wnlic over him. While ho was att< i ding a camp meeting .service one t me, cvervbodv was standing up. the minister, thinking that Mr. Darby was taking an advan^ tago, told him to get down off the nencn. air. warov toiu inn) that mi mm eould make him get otT the bench en which ho was standing Chester Lantern. Keep Your Bowels Strong. Constipation or diarrhoea when your bowels are out of order. Cascarots Candy Cathartic will make them act naturally, (lenuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in oulk. All druggists, ioc. NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. All persons at e hereby warned not to trespass by walking, riding usmng, miming, cutting wood or in any other way on my lands in (jillst Teek township, 4.1 milenEast of Lancaster C. 11., containing 72 acres, hounded by lands of 1). A. l'onderburk, Kev. (i. \Y. Gardner mul.J. Wylie Potter. The law will lu rigidly enforced against all persons disregarding this notice. \V. A. Blakeney. dune 10, 1902. lm. FILES "I *nfl>red th? torture* of the dtmntt with protruding piles broupht on by constipation with which I was afltieted for twenty years. I ran across your CASCARETS In the town of Novroll. Ia.. and never found anything to eijual them. To-day X am entirely free from plies and feel like a new man." C. H. Keitz, llll Jones St., Sioux City, I* CATHARTIC y. -y TRAOe MASK ncorsrvitco PlflRsant. Palntable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good, Novor Sicken. Wenketi, or Gripe. 10c, 21>c, 50c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Starling It.ra.fly Coir|v.ny, ( hltii#, Slonlrtftl, It.* York, tit II O-Tfl-53 A f* Sol.l and guaranteed by all drugHw? ! if'UnU iiists ;o tl'Kli Tobacco Habit Too One Day Gold Cure Kermott's Chocolates I,nxative Quinine fo* eold in i lie head ami sore throat. Children talc* them li'-e candy. Q . wfiich occurs e will snake our grand disuit of weeks ol art in. a milliner uf the East have ay ?t millinei fm* ViiiiiP nohmn*. j ?'in \Fm il: that we must le, quality and ow that it stands ees go. |>j'ing and Muins HVetty wash 3 tor waists and ISastiste Lawns, of linen suitings Hll rt . ripped Slasfiate. ian Lamas. H'e ftdgiogs, ioseryou eau get no id 6 Souse wrapTILE CO.