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Local Matters | Mr. Raleigh Stover of Kershaw spout several days here last wtek. The trustees of the Methodist church are requested to meet to day (Wednesday) at the parsonage at 6:30 p. in The union services will hcgin in the A. 11. 1*. church Sunday evening. Preaching at 8:30 o'clock hy Dr. J. II. Roldridsre. The meeting of the Ladies Purh mage Aid Society has bean postponed from F'iday afternoon to next Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mabel Bruce who has been on a month's visit to friends and relatives at Heath Springs and Kershaw, has returned home. Levi Aden.b, a respected colored man who has lived west of Bear Creek on the W ylie plantation for thirty-five years, died last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Arthur Tillman, of Charlotte, is at home on a visit to bis parents. Mr. Charles E. Carter, of Charlotte, and Mr. CokeV. Carter, Rock Hill, attended the burial of .their little nephews, Capt. McCrorey's children, this week. They will return to their homes* today. Rev. James Russell expects to leave the first of next week for a visit of several weeks to his friends in Boston, Mass.?Chester Lan tern. Mrs. H. L. Thomson, who w> s visiting her son, Mr. W. C.Thomson, of Lancaster, was called back home last Saturday on account of the illness of her little grandson, Leroy Llinson, who is sick with fever.?Camden Chronicle. Mr. J. Walter Simpson, of this city, ha9 been invited and has accepted an invitation to deliver the annual address before the Lancaster Bible Society at Waxhaw on August 16th.?Rock Hill Herald. t Mr. J. W. Westerlund went to Lancaster Thursday on business. Mr. Westerlund has secured the contract to cover the Laucaster graded school building, work on which is rapidly progressing.? Rock Hill Herald. Rev. J. M. White came over .J t i A_- 1__A ?* . iniuj uHiiuumer cuumy ibsi xuonday, to atteod the celebration of the 89th birthday ot his grandfather, Mr. Thomas McGill, at King's Creek, on Tuesday. He returned to Unity on Thursday and was accompanied by Mrs. S. M. Scott, who will spend a week with his family. Yorkville Enquirer. The Rock Hill District conference of the Methodist church which met in Blacksburg last week was presided ever by Bishop Duncan. The attendance of delegates was nousually large. The following were present trom this county: Maj. J. M. Kiddle, Maj B. F. Miller, Dr. H. S. Beckham, Messrs J. W. Harael, Danl Kirkley, H. H. Horton, J. T. L. Stover, Alec Carter, Able Funderburk and R. H. Sapp. The following delegates were elected to tbo next annual conference: Maj. me n?.i 11 . # ?. /i i. j. ai. ivKiuie, 01 i^ancasiei, J. W. Hamel, of Kershaw; Pr W E. Ander on of Blacksburg, and Mr. J. A. Smith of Y'ork. The Dintrict Conference will meet next year at Tradesville. No-To-B?o for rifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak Ven strong, blood pure. 6O0 A1. All di-?sicists Tho latest information from Rev A N. Branson iff to the effect that tho condition of Mrs. Branson, who is still in the Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, is more satisfactory than it has heen. Improvement is slow hut it scams to he sure. -Yorkville Enqiirer. Mi ss Ella Muekey, of Columbia, is visiting her brother, Mr. ,1. T. Mackoy and family, at this place. ('<fi.pt. J. N. So well left yesterday for an extended visit to his children in Kershaw and Chesterfield counties. Among those who graduated at the South Carolina Military Academy lust week was Mr. John M. Beaty*. a son of our townsman, Mr. It. T. Beaty. He has made a good record at the Citadel, and his future career will ba watched with interest by his many friends here. Mr. JohnJ.McKeowu, who has been ill for sevetal weeks, has gone over to his brother's, Dr. McKeown's at Fort Lawn, to re cuperate his health. The Pleasant valley school trustees want a male teacher, one qualified to teach advanced schel* ars. They want a successor to the late Leitner Shurley and would like him to he that type of aman? head, heart and soul. Applications should be sent to D. K. Hall, Sec. of board of trustees., R. F. D.,Route No. 2, Fort Mill, S. C. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Mr. Judson W. Hasseltine and Miss Daisy Belle Cauthen daughter of Mr and Mrs.j. I T. Cuuthen at Kershaw at high noon on July 10th 1902. The ceremony will take pluce iu the Kershaw Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Ila8seltine is head hook keeper of tha Kershaw B and M. Co., and is well known and highly esteemed throughout the county. The prospective bride is an amiable and loveable young lady and very popular in the community whers she lives and wherever she . i has in idc acquaintances. Children's day will bo observed at Tirzah church next Saturday, July 5th, services begioing at 11 o'clock. A pic-nic dinner will be served in the grove after which several addresses are expected. The public is invited. A collec- j tion will be takon for Foreign: Missions. T. B. Nisbet, Supt. S. S. Mrs. J. M. Perry was badly frightened about midnight last Sunday night by the discovery of a man at the window of the room in which she and some young lady boarders were sleeping. Ther fellow ran as soon as discovered and she was unable to tell whether it was a white or h)ack man. On Monday night Mr. W. F. Swaringen was awakened by a man try* ing to open the blinds of a window of Uid 1%/vvma U ? ? 4 WD UIO iiuuic. JJ.O SUUb H 11 111U or two at the man aa be fled from the premises. Mrs. M. J. Ferry and Mrs. Bel Nance returned from Chester Monday where they were summoned last Friday to the bedside of their grand-mother, Mrs. Margaret Clinton Simril. Mrs. Simril died Saturday about 1 a. m., and her remains were interred at 6 o'olock Saturday afternoon. She was a native ot York, for many years a resident of Chester but for the past few yeirs she has lived here with her daughter, Mrs. M. Johnson, and her gr uid-cbildren, Mrs. Ferry and Mrs. Nauce. Sho was 87 years of ag? and a highly esteemed lady. S! was visiting her son at the time of her death. Two I>entli.s lit Ono Household Sad indeed it is when Death enters nnv homo and la> s his icy finger upon u precious loved one of the household but when two visitations are made in the same household in as many days it i* inexpressibly sad. On Sunday evening last. lit?l? Albert In to, aged uhout two months, the t?ahy i _ r % ? % ? ?? ? out ui ivir. ann xurs. n. xvi. mcCrory, after six days illness of cholera infantum, succumbed to that malady so fatal to chi'dren. A'Idle his little body was being interred at the cemetery Monday afternoon, another child, llcuhic Mobloy, ago 3 years, their only other son, who had been lingering for some weeks with bronclrtis, also passed awuy to the bright beyond, and yesterday afternoon his little body was laid to rest by the side of his baby brother. Rev. Dr. Bold ridge and Rev. ,J. M. Steadraan conducted both funerals at the home of Mr. McCrory. [ These fond parents have the deepest sympathy of everybody in this community in their sore i heroavement. May the; find comfort in this truth, "Afflictions from heaven are angels sent on emhasics of love." ui narvey *J jraiie Mr. Harvey J. Faile died at his homo near Flat Creek about 1 o'clock a. ru., last Saturday after an illness of two weeks of typhoid fever. He was about 42 years of age and leaves surviving him a widow and four or five children. He was a son of Mr. J. Thos. Faile and a brother of Mr. John It haile, Benj. F. Faile, Mrs* T. A. McManus, Mrs. James Faile and Mrs. J. E. McManus. He was a member of the Baptist church and an honest, conscientious, peacable, good citizen. For the past few months he has been engaged on the Stato'<constabulary force. His remains were interred in the family burying ground near John C. Blackmon's Saturday afternoon. Death of W K Lung oy Mr. W. liobt.n Langley, an operative at the Lancaster Cotton Mill, died in Chester eai ly last Saturday morning. He had been taken over to Chester Thursday before to Dr. Pryor for an operation for some bladder ailment from which he had been suffering intensely for ton days. The operation was performed Thursday evoning but it was too late to save his life. It was found that the bladder had hurst and that mortification had set in which made the case hopeless. Mr. Langley lived, however, until Saturday morning. He was about 32 years ef age and leaves a wife and four children.' His remains were interred here Saturday afternoon. West Point Cadetship. The committee that conducted the competitive examination for the West Point cadetship, last Thursday, announced the result on Tuesday afternoon. Calhoun Ancrurn, of Camden, stood first; John R. Ashe, of Yorkville, second; and W. S. Chaplin, of Rock Hill, third.?Yorkville Enquirer. Fire Works for the Fourth All are invited to attend the celebration on the evoning of the Fourth, to be giyen by the Baptist ladies, in the grove in front of Col. T. Y. Williams' residence. There will be 4 Balloon Ahokx* sions, the first at 7.30 o'clock. Al so a display of fire works. Come and bring all the children, especially the boys. Ices of various kinds will bo served. Seals will bo furnished froe. fc^fPay your subscription one year in advance and we will sond you the Home and Farm free one j year. Stoics All to Close ?lu'y 4lli The merchants of the Town of Lancaster have signed an agree-* mint to .close their respective place* of business on Friday next, duly 4th. The drug stores will ohservo Sunday hours. All persons will hear this in mind and govern themselves accordingly. n i .... | 1 Mil on HoihI Judge AMrieli has granted hail t<> Aaron Williams in the sum of $3,r?00. Mr. IS. D. Blakoooy appeared for the motion and Capt. M. L. Smith contra. Although! the bond is quite a heavy one it j J was promptly gotten up and yes- j terday Williams was released from jail. llis bondsmen are: Messrs. S. W. Heath, K. L. Biackmon, L. C. Hough and \V. K Williams, of Kershaw. Williums is represented by Messrs. W. D. Trantham and E. D. Blakenev.?Camden Chronicle. During the storm last Thursday night the stores of Messrs. R. L. Bell, nt We&tville, and J. E. Creed, of DeKalb, were struck by lightning and burned, the flames covered the building so rapidly that it was impossible to save anything from them. Mr. Bell and Mr. Croed both suffered heavy losses. The stock of Mr. Bell was valued at about ?4000 and that of Mr. Creed about ?2000 l<Vifc/?nrrio,1 only about $1000 of insurance. The postoffice at each of these places wore also located in these buildings.?Kershaw Era. [For The Ledger. Farmers' Institute at Dixie. There will bo a farmers' institute at Dixio on July 23d, and speakers from CU inson College will be there to address the people. The speaking will begin at 10 o'clock a. m. A Picnic will be had on that day, which the public is cordially invited to attend with well tilled baskets. This invitation is to all professions and lo all sections of the county. Come one, come all, and lot us have a day of education and enjoyment. ! Remember the day?July 23d. \V. (i A. Porter, Dixie, 8. C. Cu urm in Com. Following is the committee on decoration for farmers' institute at Dixie: T. L. Langley, T. M. Belk, R. L. Usher, R. J. Flynn, Mesdumor Alieo Porter, R. G. Elliott, Ella Langley, Mitlio Steele, Fannie Porter, Misses Dora Flynn, Beulah Flynn, Minnie Caskey, Dora Porter, Minnie Steele, Bessie Giles, Ida Riddle, Estah Walters, Janio McManus, Henrietta Hinson, Bertie Usher, Allie Williams. The committee of arrangements for the institute is as follows: C. L. McManus, J. O. Porter, John H. Steele, T. S. Riddle, H. C. Steele, W. G. A. Porter. Will Alsobrooks, a negro desperado, was captured at Haile Gold Mine last Tuesday by policemen T. L. Ingram and J. C. Hough for general disorderliness. He was caught in the pond at the Mine, the officers having to wade out to him to get him. He was sent to the chain gang by Magistrate Cauthen for 90 days.?Kershaw Krn. Summer School for the co orcil Teachers A Summer School for Ihe colored teachers of tins county will he held in the building of the Nor* mal and Industrial Instituto beginning July 23. I). W. Davis of Hartsville will have charge of this school. All of tho colored teachers of the county will ploaso bear this in mind, and avail themselves of this opportunity. Respt. A. 0. Rowel I Co. Supt. of Ed. CducalD Your ttnwcln With Cititraruta. I Candy CnthurtU. euro constipation forever I | I0c 26c. If C. C. C. fall, 0*ugKlsta refund money I | For Tho Ledger. VAN VVYCK ITEMS. Mi:. Editor.? it seems that Optimus, Sr., lias lieen neglecting to \vrit< for the Inst week or so, so Optimus, Jr., will give you a fo v dots of tho happenings around Van Wyck. We are having line seasons and crops are good and growing. The fanners have tho promise of malting a good crop. We had a very severe wind storm lust Thursday night. The wind blew a great deul of fruit ol? the trees. Rev. J. O. Strickland attended the District Conference 'hat convened at Blaeksburg last week. Mrs. ?J. E. Strickland is visiting her father, Mr. J. N. Hardin of Chester, S. C., this week. Miss Edna Hyatt visited relatives in Rock Hill last week and upon her return her two cousins, Misses Aonice McFudden and Ethel Hyatt, accompanied her home. Miss Hnttie May (tlasscoek is visiting Mr. J. A. Hyatt's family this week. Miss Emnie Fudge of Fort Luwn iSjVisitiug Mrs. R.H. Massev this week. % M I ? mrs. orown McradUen and two little daughters are visiting Mrs. J. A. Hyatt this week. Miss Edna Jlyatt gave an icc cream supper to the young folks Saturday evening. Mr. John McManus went to I Matthews, N. C., Sunday and up on his return his mother Mrs. ii. J. McManus accompanied him. She will remain here the greater part of the summer. Master Cecil Yoder expects to visit his brother, 0. E. Yoder, who is agent of the S. A. L. Ry., at Oglesby, Ga., this week. Mr. J. M. Smith, of Waxhaw visited here last Sunday. The ladies around hero are very busy canning blackberries. They seem to.be plentiful. Mr. J. E. Stephenson, of Char* lotto, N. C., was the guist of Mr. J. W. Hates this week. Mr. .1. L. Tillman, Sr., has improved greatly from his in juries that he received a few months ago. OPTIMUS, Jit. STAND IjIKK A STONK WAhli Between your children and the tortures of itching and burning eczema, scald heads or other skin diseases.?llow i why, by using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, earth's greatest healer. Quickest cure for Ulcers, Fever Sores, Salt Rheum, Cuts, Burns or Braises. Infallible for Piles. 25c at Ciuw ford Bros.", and J. F. Mackey & Co's drug stores. tegf Subscribe to The Ledger NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. All persons are hereby warned not to trespass by walking, riding fishing, hunting, cutting wood or in any other way on my lands in GillsCreek township, 4A milesEast ofLancaster C. H., containing 72 acres, bounded by lands of I). A. Funderburk, Ilev. G. YV. Gardner and J. YVylie Porter. The law will be rigidly enforced against all persons disregarding this notice. YV. A. Blukeney. June 10, 1902. In. PILES "I euflbred th? tortwree of the damnat with protruding piles brought on by const ipatlon with wbloh I wsa afflicted for twenty years. I ran across your CASCARKTS In the town of Newell, la., and never found anything to equal them. To-day I am entirely free from piles and (eel like a new man " 0. 11. Kbitz, 1411 Jones St., Sioux City, la M CATHARTIC ^ t*?<db mask axeisrrnto ,(gtf^> Pleasant? Palatable. I'otent, Taste Good. Po Good, Mover Hicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, 36c. Wc. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Lrll?g C.np.nr, n,lri|?, Raw York. tit Hlt.Tn RAP Hold and guaranteed by all <1rng RU* I U'uRv guts to til HK Totaceo Habit To ('are A Ct.ltl in One i:ay. Take Laxative l?romo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. rove's signature is on each box. l25c. I liavo a nice lot ot milch cows with young calves for sale or cx? change for dry cattle. J. M. Hood. SHiiEiiEir" ' 0 EXTEBSIIIS 8.8. COMPABY General Passenger Department. .Schedule; Effective Jan. 15th, 1902. Eastern Time. south hound. No. 32. No 34 No. 12 Daily. Leaves. Marion 8 4 *>a 2 OOp Thermal City 9 20a 2 4ftp Rutberfonlton 9 60a 3 20b Foreat City lOOfta 3 4&p Heurieltu 10 20a 4 100 Shelby 1053a OOte Patterson Spg 11 OSa 6 lfp Akhives Blacksburg ' 130a 5 4ftp Leaves. Blacksburg ll3ftp Hickory Grove 12 05p 9 10a Yorkviile 12 85p 10 20a Rock Hill 1 10p 1 lfta fAitswlin If! ' "J"*. " ? -- ?v% A Ad 1V/JJ Riverside 1 45p 3 10p Lancaster 2 05,} 3 60p Heath Hprin^s 2 30p 4 40p Kershaw 3 42p 5 30p Westville 3 17p H OOu ARRIVES. Camden 3 50p 6 50p north hound. Lkavk?T No. 11. No. 35. No. 38 Dally t urudeu 8 30a 12 lOp Westville 0 80a 12 45p Kershaw 10 50a 1 Oip Heuth Springs 1130a 1 40p Lancaster 12 20p 2 06p Riverside 12 45p 2 2Ap Catawba Jet 2 4op 2 40p Rock Hill 4 Odp 3 OOp Yoikville ft 20p 3 30b Hickory Grove 0 05 4 OOp I Arrives. Hlacksburg 0 50p 4 28 p ukaves Blacksbutg 4 48p Patterson tspg 8 HOi 5 12p Shelby I) 2oa 6 25p Henrietta 10 50a 0 06p Forest Ciiy 11 20a 6 22p Rutherfordlon 1145a 0 37p Thermal City 12 30a 7 05p Arrives. Marion ' 1 20p 7 35 p GAFKNKY BRANCH. south boon 1). No. 14 No. 10. Leaves. GatFncy 10 40a 5 30p Cherokee Fulls 11 OOa 5 50p A HIVES. Blacfctaburg II 20a 0 lOp NORTHBOUND. No. 15. No. 13. i Leaves. i Blacksburg 4 30p 8 50a (. herokee Falls 4 oOp 9 10a A HIVES. Gallney 5 10p 9 30a * 20 Minutes for dinner. Note?Trains Nos. 32 and 33 are operated daily Trains Nos. 34, 35, 11, 12, 13, 14. 15 and 10 areoperated daily except Hunday. connections made by southern trains. Ai Marion: No, 32 connects at Marion with southern Ity train No 30 which arrives at Marion at 8:28, a in, 'rom Chattanooga, Asheville and intermediate points* At Blacksburg: No. 34 and No. 11 connects with (Southern Ry train No. 30 which arrives at Blacksburg at 7 45 a m, from Atlanta, Greenville, Spartanburg aud intermediate points... At Yorkvllle: No. 34 connects with O & N W train No. 70 which leaves York> ille at 10:48, a in, for Gastouia, Lenoir and intermediate points. At Rock Hill: No. 32 and 34 connects with Southern Ry train No 75 which leaves Rock Hill at 8:30, p. m, for Chewier, Columbia and intermedia te points. At Catawba Jet: No's 32 and 34 connects with 8 A L train No. 32 which pa-ses Catawba Jet. at 7.<54 p m for Monroe nml intermediate (mints, At Lancaster: No's 32 ami 34 conuects with L & C train No. 32 which leaves liar, caster a I 4:45, p m. for Chts> ter and intermediate points. At Camden: With A C li (N W oi 8 C) for Char.enton, 8umter, Florence Darlington, Wilmington and inters mediate points. Train No. G8 which leaves Camden at 4;15, pm. CONNECTIONS MADE HY NOPTHERN TRAINS, At Camden: With A O L (N W of 8 ( ) No 71 irom Charleston, Florence Dirlington, Wilmington, Humter and intermediate points which arrives at Camden at 11:15 am with Houthern Ry I rain No 77 from Kingsville which arrives at Camden at 11:56 a ni At Lancaster: No. ;33 connects at Lancaster with LA O train No, 1G for Chester and intermediate pi ints. At t atawba Jet: No 33 and 35 cobWilli %-i A f. h'A*n Va rwlilol* i'h\orf ( ato\\ l>a Jet at 7 54 p ni foi Monr c d'iiI intermediate point#, M ltni'U HiH: No. 31 and 35 conmrsn' hook Hill with Southern H\ train No 31, leaving R LI ill at X. 20 l> ? fori ion lotto and points north. A' Waek stung.* No. 88 eminent* wiiti - uthvrn Ity t'altisNo's 12, 4:3S l> in, No 3S at 7:< 5, p n>. and No 40 at 7.45 t> ni, t>u noigts i). rtIt No'a 83 n (I 35 noiiM-nt* with ."outliein llv train No 35. l?a\ing Hlaokahnrg at 11:2~> : o I. i |.oinls south. At Moiiiii: No, 33 eon met* with S -uito r>. I y tru'li No. 35, leaving arion a/ >l:4<? p in for Ashevllle (i> tilaiioo.'a aii'i intermediate points Ti rotig'i ar ai rvioo willimit ehante liel io n Ma:ion and < hat teuton on trains No*.- 32 and 35. K. H. hH AW, CiOit'l. l*ay*?'inj{tT Agent