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Local Matters N Mr. VV. D. Ingram, of Columbia, and Mr. H. B. Howie, of - Chester, are iu tho city. Mr J. K Blakeney at?d family moved into tho new Sowed cottage in Wetrt End. % # Mr. John Cmwford of this place has entered for the higp^m rna.i nunt at Lat'u Park race track in Ch-u lotto .1 nl)' 2d. Miss Mamie Muckev returned hfimii laular.lnx f?.* ? >?1 ' J vuwi ?.MJ I & Win (III CAIC11UCU visit to friends at Hartsville. She was aceompinie I homo l?v Dr. 11 N. V uilandingham an>l wife, who will >-pend several w *eks with relatives in this, and Chester county. Court will eonvene heie Monday. .Judge Buchanan will preside. , 1 he term will he a .short one?probably not longer than two days. fl Miss M-tyme Gregory who has been spending several weeks with her sister at .Jefferson, ""returned home Thursday. ?All who contemplate attending the Summer school at Win- ; tbrop should apply to Superintendent of Education McMaban at Celumbia, without further delay, as no one will be admitted after the school opens. The Catawba river was out over the bottoms Tuesday ami in the vicinity of Van W>ck the oat and corn crop is reported ruined. Our friend Mr. J. M. Yoiler, we learn, had a tine crop of both destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. George Feithatn, of -Waycrots, Ga , are visiting their son, Mr. P. M.^ Feltham, 1 the architect in'chargeof construction of the new cotton mi'l. Misses Hattie Miller, Maud Giegory, Blanche Moore, Florence Brown and Nell Hough, students at Winthrop, are at homo to spend the summer vacation. The following teachers have been enrolled in the County Suaimeiy Institute since our last issue: Miss- , es Hattie and Virginia Robertson, Miss Nora Boyd and Miss Lilian Russell?making the total number now enrolled, thirty-seven. Mr. W. J. Gulp of Craigville reports plenty of cotton blooms ! on the Hood farm?two to the, stalk; also Mr. J. M. Harris ofj Elgin, is said to have a lot of' them. Our old friend Mr. Mobley Parke celebrated his fiftieth birth day Wednesday, the 18th inst. His good wife prepared for him a : most excellent dinner which he ! and borne few invited friends enjoyed. Among them was our pepular Sheriff, Mr. John P. Hunter, who says that it was beyond doubt one of the best dinners he ever sat down to, aud k that he certainly enjoyed it, as he was in good shape to do so, and knew too that he was at a friend s ' table, - and, therefore, perfectly ' welcome. Sheriff Honter says' Mr. Parks has one of the best and cleanest crops that be lias seen this year, and he didn't think his garden could well he beaten in the county. He says that Mr. Parks has a pair of fine mules as fat as butter halls, which he raised himself, and has everything else it seems around him that's needful j to make any man comfortable and happy. Hood luck to you Mobley ? hope you will live and enjoy yourself for many more long years to come. No-To-Bm for Pirtf Coat*. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, molten wea'i Often strong, blood pure. KV 41. All di 'Ktrints Miss Marian Thomson is at home from the Greenville Female College to spend tho vacation. The State Supt. of Education at the r< quest of ihe County Supt., has appointed Miss Gertrude Foster ns and assistant teacher in the Coi?ntv Summer School. **Drs. I'oovev nndFundcrburk removed a tumor from the upper jaw of Mr. .1. It. Thompson, who lives several miles North of town, on Wednesday last. Mr. Thompson is gettinj; along well. M rs A. N. Branson continues unite sic.lr at 1 ** Her husband, Rev. A N. BrnnKon, is with her. Our brother and Ins dear wife will be remem bered by his brethren at the throne of grace. ? Southern Christian Advocate. Mr. \V. R. Hagler. has rented Mr. R. E. Evans' dwelling corner of Windsor and Cruwford streets, und will movo his family from Tradesville, S. C., here in a few days. Mr. Jjjiglcr has. been with the Monne Hard ware Co., for some time.?Monroe Enquirer. Letters advertised forLancaster S. C., .Tune 21, 1902. Miss Silva White, Sbaart Burns, Mrs. Laura Patton, Mr. W. M. Medling, Mr. Gimmee Dunlop, Mr. W. H. Drummond, Mr. W. 11. Fulton, Mr. J. W. Harris, Mr. L. N. Walker, James Sevilson, Oscar C. Clinton. , Be'lo Nance P. M. Mr. Herbert M.Duolap of Rock Hill, and* Miss Mary Joe Witherspoon, of Yorkville were married at the Yorkville Presbyterian chnrch Thursday evening at 8.30 o'clock The church was beatiti folly decorated and the coromony was performed by the Rev. W. G Neville. Messrs. Harry Foster and John Crawford of this place were two of the gfoomsmcn. ?? The Methodist Sunday School pic-nic last Wednesday was a most enjoyable occasion. It could not have been otherwise at Bascomville with its bountiful shady groves and its clover, hospitable" people. About one hund-ed persons were in attendance and from the oldest down to the youngest was delighted with the trip. The children worn imnml in tlinir innn coot ^ames and sports by the older people who became children again just for the day. Playing marhies, jumping rope,swinging, play ing ball, bull pen, pitching horso shoes, mumble-tho-peg, etc.,made the time fly only too quick. The dinner was tho finest we ever saw at a pic-nic and it was there in abundance. A*i afternoon lunch was served about 4 o'clock and again at sundown. About 0 o'clock the crowd left the grove at Hopewell church and came up to the beautiful grove of the Misses Howze at the station and the time was pleasantly spent there until the train arrived about Q nVlnct ?oh?n nil crnt nhourd ??<-! ~ ~ ? ~ and were soon landed at home. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hicklin, Mr. Chas. Dunlap, the Misses Hovvze and others wore given a vote of thanks for their kindness and efforts to make the occasion enjoyed by their Lancaster friends. Mr. Dunlap was very kind to have the baskets,etc.,sent tothe church and to have them brought back to the station in the afternoon, and Mrs Hicklin will never be forgotten for her thoughtfulness in sending such excellent milk and hot coffee over nt the dinner hour. The Gregory Dairy Farm has purchased the prettiest city deliv. ery milk wagon that could ho piocurednt the factory in Pennsyl 'ania. Look out for it to-day. First Cotton Blooms' A shower of cotton blossoms has fallen in our sanctum this week ami they come from almost every section of the county. Mr. iienry Wright, of Oakhurst, sent us one on the 17th ins!., Mr. T. T. (Iregory of Taxahuw one on the 17th < inst., Mr. \V. J. Cunningham i one on "tbo 18tb., and .J. It. Mas- | soy, a colored farmer of ViD Wycta, one on the lhth. Mr. 1*. Ci. Yongue, of Fort Lawn, just across the river in i Chester county, wuh tho earliest ] of any. His bloom was plucked on the lOtn inst., but did not reach i us until our lust i>suo hud been < printed. All report fine crops, clear of I grass and growing rapidly. i A Sore'.V Afl'iietert Fauiiiy. A Special from Rockingham, N. C., to tho Charlotte Ooserver, June ISth, says: Mrs. M. T. Hinson was buried at East Side Ceiue- i tory hero yesterday at 5 o'clock. Last Thursday her 18 year-ohl ] son was buried at the same place, i Mrs. Hinson was 88 years old and i was loved by all who knew her. i She was sick about three woeks II and died Of typhoid fever. Mr. i M. T. Hiuson, who isiono of the most prominent merchants of this i place, and family have the sym- < pathy of this community. He also : hos a young child at tho ^xiint of j death. j Kershaw Oil Mid. As will be seen from notice of opening of books of subscription i to itie capital stock of that enter-. 1 prise, Kershaw is to have a cotton ' seed oil mill to bo located on north 1 Hampton street whore the corpfU I rators, Messrs. J. F. O'Brien, of 1 BL.cksburg, and J. T. Stevens, II i L. Blackmon, S W. Heath, J. M 1 Carson, T. J. Gregory and NV. r. ' Co ?k, of Kershaw, have purchased ' land for a si to from Mr. B. A. 1 Ililton. The town authorities ' will open the street to the mill site at once and the railroad will I put in a side track.?Kershaw J Era. Items l'rem Hock Hill ilera'tl 1 Misses Annie Witherspoon and * Ivy Crawford, of Lancaster, are ! at the home of Mr. J. C. Wither- : spoon. ' ? Mrs. N. C. Moore, Mrs. II. ' L Crawford and son, of Lancaster, i are visitors at the home of Mr. J. C. Lindsay. 1 ?A candidate out West carries ' a good plow hand on his rounds ' When he wishosto talk to a farmer ho lets his friend take charge of ' the team and keep the plow going. 1 The farmer is generally willing to talk sevoral hours while the "sub" is plowing. This is an example worthy of imitation by somo of j on r candidates. , ?It is not fHong while before < the new pistol law goes into effect, 1 which means that after July 1st ? * 1 the State will practically stop the ^ sale of pistols. Dealers are just waking up to the fact that the i stocks on band are to bo closed 1 out, and if is said that in some towns the dangerous firearms can be bought for a song, at least 1 these under 20 inches long. > . -- ? ? i ? - 1 "* The woman's Foreign Mission- i ary Society for Rock Hill District' i basconvened here in the Methodist i church. Only a few of tho dole- < gates arriv6d yesterday. Mrs. S. ! A. Weber and Miss Ritta Beard, of Yorkville, are guests at Col. i Allisen's, Rev. Mrs. Watson and ( daughter, Miss Louise of Chester, , are at Rev. Mr. Stoadman's, Mrs < J. B. Johnson, of Rock Hill, at i Mrs. M J Perry's and Miss Dora | Flynn, of Newcut. at Mr. R. R. i Kiddles. The other delegates are i expected today. The.. meeting i will hold through Snndaiy. t^T' Su'ncrihe to Tub Lrdjb u t | For The Ledger.) M C. Gardner's Reply to the .Questions Propounded to the t audidntcs for County Supervisor. Mi:. Kditok: Plouse allow me spare in your valuable paper to auswer those important questions propounded by Mr. T. M. Belk to the Candidates for County Su pervisor. If I should be so fortunate cs to la! elected to the responsible position of County supervisor 1 will take charge of tho oiliee with renewed energy and will discharge every duty pcrtaininsr to tho nub ? O I lie roads or any other thing to the host interest of Lancaster County in11 to the best of my ability. Respect fully, M. C. Gardner. Death of Dr. S. M. Devaga. Special to The State. Chester, S. C., Juno IS.? E)r. Humter M. Devaga, after nearly three years of painful sickness, passed away this morning it S o'clock in the 41st year of Lis age. lie was an eminently skillful surgeon and physician and was widely known throughout the State and the south on account of the wonderfully successful work in his profession. He graduated with highest honors from the Charleston Medical college in the class of 1880; having won Dr. Ivinlock's prize for the best thesis on clinics. Ho commenced practicing here beforo ho became of ago and during his life r> o took several special courses in medicine and surgery in Rhiladel jihiu and New York. Ho was always well posted in his profession ind if anything was ahead of it. Until the time of his first sickness be commanded a larse nractice here and elsewhere, having built i n,l ope rated a splendidly equipped hospital here, lie leaves a devoted wife and son and live sisters. His son arrived here today from Paris academy. The Enterprise had something to say recently about a mixture of unions and butter that was being sold on this market. The manufacturers of that compound will loubtless ho interested in the following from an exchange: "A gentleman told the writer that a tablespoonful or two of molasses, mixed in feed for a cow that hus juten wild onions, will destroy the taste of the onions in the butter. He says ho has seen it sufficiently tried. Give it. a trial."?Waxhaw Enterprise. STAN I) L1KK A STONE WALL Between your children and the tortures of itching and burning n D iczema, scald heads or other skin iisoases.?Jiow i why, by using Bueklen'a Arnica Salvo, earth's greatest healer. Quickest cure for Ulcers, Fever Soros, Salt liheum, Cuts, Burns or Bruises. Infallible for Piles. 25c at Claw ford Bros., and J. F. Mackoy & IVs drug stores. The president and secretary ot war have been considering for some time the advisability of gracing amnessy to all Filipinos formerly engaged in insurrection, ind there is a possibility that an amnesty pruclamatii n will be issued as early as July 4. * TU- # * no success or one man means much to a community. For instance, if one limn succeeds, it 9pcourag?8 others and is the greatest stimulus to ambition. No mar khould envy the success of his follows, tint should take it as a spui to his ambition, and lift him-ell up to an enviable place. ?Man oing Farmer. Bow 4?v Tonr Eldnryi f J&l. llobbn'Srar iiri.a <*UUcureall kidney Ilia. Sawtft trvv Add. Storviifi Remedy Co .Cblcngoor N. V (leu Honhnin Very 111. Special t<> 1 lie State. Anderson, June 19. den. M.L Ronlmni is desperately ill and it is feared that he cannot recover He was attacked with erysipelas suddenly on Friday and now blood poisoning has set in. His condition is desperate. Ilo has been unconscious all day tut was reported as resting easily at 9 30 tonight. I'nless there is a speedy change for the better lie cannot recover. A Nebraska editor staled that a certain girl's breast was tilled with rage and the printer got it rpgs, and now the editor is camping out og a rise northwest of the town where lie can get a good view of the landscape from four i /liHni'hnt i \ i inwd * ,?*> Villi VUI WUVMl.T. liA, TUc Hist Prescription for Mahirai Chills and Fever is u buttle of Grove's Tustdfess Chill Tonic. It is simply I roil tiad Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. ? Blackburn Wilson Johnson, a lino son, was born Monday in Birmingham, Ala , to Lev. and Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson. |3gr~Pay your subscription one year in advance and we will send you the Home and Farm free one year. One hundred and fifty landladies have been summoned at Vienna for taking in boarders without the permission of the police. Lord Kitchener reports that most of the trouble with remount's in South Africa was duo to the newlv enlisted soldiers knowing nothing of the care of horses. Keep Your Bowels Strong. i Constipation or diarrhoea when 1 your bowels arc out of order. Cas! carets Candy Cathartic will make | them act naturally. Genuine tablets f stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists, ioc. The London school board lias just opened a scoool for cripples in Wbitechapel. Dinner is prov.; itled and the children are conveyed to and from the school by an ambulance. Attention Members County l>emoeratic Executive Committee All membol's of the County Fx ecutvve Committee are hereby notified. and requested to attend a meeting of said committee at Lan caster Court Mouse on Monday, Juno 2o?*d inst., at 1*2:00 p. in. II. 10. Coffey, Chairman. 2t. This signature is on every box of tho genuine Laxative Bromo=Quinine Tablets tho remedy that cures a cold In one day NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. All persons arc hereby warned not to trespass by walking, riding fishing, hunting, cutting wood or in any other way on my lands in GillsCreek township, 4.1 milesEast ofLancaster C. 11., containing 7*2 acres, hounded by lands of 1). A. Funderbnrk, Ilev. G. ,\V. Gardner and J. Wylie Porter. The law will be rigidly enforced against all persons disregarding this notice. W. A. Blakcnoy. . Juno 10. 1902. 1 tr PILES M1 snflfored the tortures of the damnif with protruding piles brought on bv constipation with which I was afflicted for twenty , years. I ran across your CASCARETS In tlie town of Newell, la., and never found anything to equal them. To-day I am entirely free from piles and feel like n now man." C. II. Keitz, 1411 Jones St., Sioux City, la CANOV Jf 1, CATHARTIC Twaot maun a?atm??o - I niiiiauic, I Uii-m, I nit; uwwu, I'w Good, Never Sicken. Weaken. or Gripe. lOo, 36o 60c ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... BUrllng R??.<y rnmpaaj, Ckl.Mto. oatraal, Maw York. 819 MII.TO.RAP Hold and guaranteed by all drug HU? I U-DAU giau to CMUUK Tobacco Habit V To fare A Ct lit in One fay. Take Laxative Bronio Quinine Tablets*. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. K. W. rove's signature is on each box. 25c. I have a nice lot of milch cows with young calves for sale or ex* change for drv cattle. J. Al. Hood. QOIMUiUIA&GEIlliU 0 EXTE1SI11B. H. C81PAIY (lent ml Passenger Department. ^elie?!ule; Kfleelive Jun. 15th, 1002. Eastern Time. SOUTH HOUND. No. 32. No 34 No. 12 Dally. Lkavkr. Marlon H 45a 2 OOp Thermal City 9 20a 2 45p Kutherrortllou 0 60a 3 20? I Forest City 10 05a 3 45p I Henrietta 10 20a 4 l<m Bhelby 10 63a 6 00a Patterson Spg 11 08? 6 15? Akuivkh Rlacksburg '.130a 6 45p Lkavks. Blacksburg 1135p Hickory Grove 12 05p 9 10a Yorkviile 12 Sop 10 20a Hock Hill I 10p 1 15a Catawba Jet 1 30p 2 40p Riverside 1 45p 3 lOp Lancaster 2 05,j 3 50p Heath-Springs 2 30p 4 40p Kershaw 2 42p 5 30p Westville 3 17p 0 00n ARRIVKH. ( atndeu 3 50p 6 50p NORTHROUND. Lkavks. No. 11. No. 35. No. 38 Dally <anuLh S 30a 12 lOp Westville 9 30m t.? ifin I * Kershaw 10 50a 1 06p | Heath Hpiangs 11 30a 1 40p | Lancaster 12 20p 2 Oftp Riverside 12 45p 2 25p Catawba Jot 2 45p 2 40p Hock Hill 4 (Mp 8 00n Yorkvllle 20p 3 3<Jp Hickory drove 6 05 4 OOp Arrives. Hlacasburg 6 50 p 4 28p lka vks. j Blucksburg 4 48p Patterson Hpg S 30a 5 12p Shelby !) 2oa 5 2flp t Henrietta 10 50a 6 05p Forest t "ity )l 20a ti 22p ; Kiitl.eiTorilton 11 4oa ti 37p Thermal City 12 30a 7 05p Akkivkh. Marion 1 20p 7 35p CJAKKNKY BUANCH. 6o0tii hot'so. No. 14 No. 16. i l.eavks. Oall'iu> 10 40a 5 30p Cherokee Falls 1100a 6 50p A It IV Kb Blackahurg 11 20a 6 lOp north hound. No. 15. No. 13. j leaves. BIucksi U'X 4 30p S 50a I ( herokte Falls 4 50p 9 10a I A HI vks. Gaftney 5 lOp 0 3Ua * 20 Minutes for dinner. Note?Trains Nos. 32 and 33 are operated daily Trains Nos. 34, 35, 11, 12, 13, 14. 16 and 16 areoperated daily except Hunday | connections made by southern trains. At Marion: No, 32connects at Mariou with -outhern By train No 36 ' which arrives at Marion at 8:28, a m, | from Chattanooga, Asheville and in: teimediate points* At Blackshurg: No. 34 and No. 11 : connects with Southern By train No. 36 wlileh arrives at ltlnelrMhii p? f i u m. from Atlanta, Greenville, Spar* i lanhurg ami intermediate points.* I At Yorkville: No. 34 connects with ; CJ & N' NV train No. 70 which leave* York\ille at 10:48, a in, for Gastonia, , Lenoir and intermediate points. At Hock Hill: No. 32 and 34 coui nects with Southern Hy train No 75 I which leaves Hock Hill at 3:30, p. in, j for Chester, Columbia and intermedia te points. At Catawba Jet: No's 32 and 34 ! connects with SA L train No. 32 I which pa'ses Catuwl a Jet. at 7.54 p ill f<,r Monroe and ii termediate points, j At l.aneaater: No's 32 and 34 con! nects with L A C train No. 32 wliiofc | 'uivtH I.ar caster a? 4:45, p m for Chester and intermediate points. At i nniden: With A (J L (N W of S t ) for ( liar eslon, Sumter, Florence Dai ling ton, Wilmington and intermediate points. Tra ti No. f>8 which leaves Camden at 4;15, p ni. CONNKCTION8 MADK BY NORTHERN TRAINS, At Camden: With A C I. (N W of S < ) No 71 Irom Charleston, Florenqg Darlington, Wilmington, Sumter and intfinwdiate points which arrives at Camden at 11:15 a in witii Southern Hy train No 77 from Kingsville which ai'ives at Camden at 11:55 a na m Lancaster: No. .33 connects at ' Lancaster with I. & (' train No, 1H for i Chi-Mer and intermediate p ints. I i atawha Jet: No 8IV and 85 cobdeeia with S A I. train No. 32 which b hv(m Cat/iu ha Jet at 7 54 p m foi Mmir e a ol intern.ediute points, j t Ih ek Hilt: No. 3? and 35 conI in e sat hock Hill with Southern Hy | Haiti No 81, Itavii u H ck Hill at 8.26 , |< f<>r i li-nlotle and points north, j A' lihick-bu g: No. 33 connects with * i>ulIn ru Kv Cams No's 12, 4:38 jpm.No 3S al 7;< 5, p in. altd No 40 at 7 45 n m. h?r n i<ns n rtti N?.'s 33 i ?i e.oni. el- wit?i -outhoin Hv r mill N > 35. haling .'Mi'kshurg ai 11:25, ; to ' r points M.-ith j ,> i Mui n No. 33 ? on in eta with S..i Horn Hy tram No. 31), leaving u uf l:4o p n- lor Asheville < li oivn H 11 ' ill) MI t-iiui'w | 'I > I I I I S I uy'i ?.i ? ri d i* limit i huiivt Inn .> > i. Ms i<i|. i lid ( )l;il n? !miiis Ni.*> fill h it dr>. ?v. H. HllAW, fJon'l. Pn>?stMiyer AroiiI