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JHK LEDGER. fharlovv ' . Carter, { - i> .. ?" r EDITOR AND MANAUER. :i WF.DNKM?.\Y, NOYKMUKK 5, 1902. | I Court Cxpi-hscs j The expenses of the recent term ( of court were a* follows: Grand jurors $ 73 DO j Petit jurors 1st week 345.30 , 1*? tit jurors 2d week 170.90 ^ f \nwt it I>1 ?>u 04- i>() . ' I \\ ituesses 005.00 Petal $1,589.60 Mill and Uinuer> lturnod , On Saturday night last the . i mills and ginnery of Mr. J. A !' Bowers in the Flint Ridge section ; was totally destroyed by tire. His i saw mill, mill and ginnery were wholly consumed entailing a ] loss of about $1,000. lie carried insurance of $700. on the machin ery. The origin of tho tire is not ? known. The machinery was run on Saturday and it may tie that ] the tire was of accidental origin. . ? ? f CAltD OF THANKS. ! Mr. Editor: 1 desiro to return aiy heartfelt gratitude to my i neighbors and friends for tho many kind attentions shown during my wife's last illness. 1 shall ever appreciate and remember them. Sincerely, J. W. Craig. L Nov. 1, 1902. Deaths. Mrs. Araminta Kennington of tho Flat Creek section died last Saturday anil her remains were interred at White Bluff church on Sunday. She was about 4S years 1 of aire, a nmmhor nf I'lPMsimt Plain Baptist church and leaves : six children surviving her. ?.Mrs. Kitty Neal, wife of Mr. Uriah Neal of the Flat Creek section, died at the State hospital in Columbia where she has been uu der treatment, on Friday last. 1 Iler remains were brought home 1 and interred on Sunday at Pleas- 1 ant Plain church of which she was ( a member. Her husband and ' eight children survive her. ^ m m i Personals. s ? Mrs. J ulia Taylor is visiting 1 relatives at Charlotte, N. C. i ? Miss Rebecca Morgan is vis- 1 iting friends at Kershaw. } ?Mr. .John R. Blakaney and * family left yesterday for Com- * merce, Texas, whore they will * make their home in future. Wo * regret to see them leave Lancas- 11 ter. May they make many ' friends and have great success in " the Lone Star Stato. 1 ?Miss Lizzie Tillman of Rocky Mount, is the guest of Mrs. Minnie Perry. c ?Mr. and Mrs. (\ W. Porter . of Irviugton, visited relatives here this wee k. ( ?Mrs. Drennan, of Richhurg, A and Mrs. Frank Drennan are visi- ( ting Mrs. T. W. McMurray, a daughter of the former at .lack- t sonham. N ?Mrs. R. B. Allison and chil- r dren are visiting her father, Rev t J. P. Marion, and family at Sba ron. I ?Dr. and Mrs. B. ,1. Wither- c spoon, of Charlotte, are visiting 1 the Doctor's father at this place, t ?Misses Weetie and Lucretia s Mobley, of IV nek stocks, arc visiting at their Uncle's, Mr. K. M. 11 McC ro rev's. ] A Fatal .him}) From a Train. Special to The State. I Florence, Nov. 2.?A colored i man named Will Burgess came to y an unfortunate end recently. He J > was beating a ride on No. 23 : < and just before the train reached t Scranton he jumped off and broke jk. bis neck. ; ( Brutally Murdered His Son fterwnrd Fled to the Mountains, Taking a Daughter With Him lie was Captured but No Trace of the Girl was Found. Inez, Ivy., Nov. 2.?Pleasunt I printing, bold for killing his 4 -! ipiie or mis ruct, ltoss caught \ lold of Trammell and held him n intil ho could get his knife out of tl i pocket and open it with his il eeth, when he went to work and d ;ut Tranimell in several places, rhe other young men came back md separated the combatants, but ]( lone of them could testify as to ? vho was the aggrossor in the ? light. Coroner Black held an inquest j iver the body of lloss, and the 13 rerdict was that lloss came to his leath by a wound from a knife in he hands of A. M. Trammell. 0 Corn stockings are supposed to ^ ic accompanied with a supply of torn whiskey, and it is probable (j 1iat the real cause of the difficnly v?as an excess of '%moonihine." ^ Trammell is reported to bo in j i critical condition. ^ STAIlTblNO. BUT TitUE i "If every one knew what n p ;rand medicine Dr. Kind's New ii ?ife Pills is," writes I). H. Tur- a ier, Demscytown, l'a., ' 'you'd n lell all you have in a day. Two o vecks' n.-o has made a new man >f me." Infallible for cnnstipti* tl ion, stomach and liver troubles r >."?e at J. F. Mackoy & Co. & "rawford Bros1, drug store. ? Sheriff Hunter brought Alex iove, eol., who was wanted here o cei'vo a soutence on t' o chain ^ [4*111; for disorderly conduct, j lown from Charlotte last Monday ^ nd committed him to jail. He lad hardly rotten hero with Alex 1 icfore he was notified that Paul ' togers, co1., woo was wanted for Uncharging firearms and raising a ; ^ listurhance at a religious meeting I i V n this county, hud been arrested i > * ' ol here. The Sheriff went hack 1 : el ,ebterday to get Paul and will ^ >ring him down today. 1 To Curt- A C? hi in~T7nc l ay. j b Take Laxative Bromo Quinine j w Tablets. All druggists refund j ' ? O noney if it fails to euro. E. W. w irovo' ssignature is on each box !5c- _ ?i A Killing in Greenville K den Boss Stabbed to Death by ti Poinsett Trnnimell V e< Special to The State. ti Greenville, Nov. 2.-Two young h lien named Ben It ss and Poin- d <ett Trammell had a difficulty on e l'uesday night, Oct. 2Sth, about r 20 miles north of Greenville, in 11 which both of them used knives, p and Ben Itoss was fatally stabbed b by Trammell, his death occurring d yesterday at the home of Wil. k burn Gosnell, a short distance h from where the tight took place, t These youug men, with others, e had been at a corn shucking at e Lay ton Williams', and at the I supper table after the corn had t been shucked, Trammell used r some expressions that indicated s his displeasure at something that ii had happened there or elsewhere, j v Me was asked to state his griev- ! b atice, and as he had looked at o Boss the latter said ho was not ! J aware of giving any offence, but o be was sorry if he had done so. s Trammell replied that ho did not ' ? refer to Ross, and the matter was t apparently ended. a When the supper was over the j.1 crowd began to disperse, Boss e and Trammell going in the same ( lirection, along with seveial j others. Not far from the house they began to quarrel, and the * >ther young men told them to 'ft e stop it. Trammell was heard to q >ay that Boss would not pay what v le owed if he had the money, to c vhich Boss responded that Tramnell was a d?d liar, when they ** vent to fighting. Boss said nferwards that Trammell struck 1< lie first lick, which was with his C tnife and severed his abdomen, ho bowels protruding at once, iccording to the strtemenc made ly him to several persons. In i c . .. . ! M( uiir oki son una wnose io?year i Id daughter is missing, is threat11 ed with lynching. Sprading's imily consisted of his wife, 1100 daughters and a son. With is daughters and boy, the futber as herding sheep last Friday, he boy was unable to keep up ith the others The father lacod hi in on a stone beside a pring, telling hun to wait until is return. 1 Tho boy, becoming tired, be- J an to peel tho loose bark off a ee that overhung the spring. Vhon tho father returned he askd the boy who had stripped the roe. The boy replied that he ad. 4<I would rather have you ead than raise you to destroy very thing on the farm," is the oply tho father is said to have lade, and then, it is charged, he lcked up a stone and struck the oy on the head, knocking him own. Then, it is alleged, he icked the prostrate boy in the ead until he had killed him, and, liming to his daughters, threatned them with a like fate if they ver told what had occurred. Aferward ho went home and said j lie boy, while chasing sheep, had un against a treo and killed hinielf. Becoming alarmed Spradog took his eldest daughter and rent to the mountains. His wife ired neighbors to bury the body f the child and then went to udge E. Hensley. She told him f the death of her son und said he suspected her husband, Bio told her he was going into he woods to hunt squirrels, and dded that at different times he ad threatened to kill tho whole amily. .Judge Hensley present d tho case to tho grand jury. )ne of the little girls told the nry that her father had kicked lie hoy to death. Shortly aferwards, a sheriff's posse captor- 01 d Sprading in the woods but his e Idest daughter was not with him. 'ho posse is searching for her, ^ diile Sprading is held on the ^ barge of murder. tops the Cough and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bronio Quinine Tab ^ )ts cure a cold in one dav. No !ure, No Pay. Price, 25c. ^ A Freeze in Texas. 1 El Paso, Tex., Nov. 2. ? A old wave has swept over this action during the past 12 hours nd reports from the surrounding Q lountain regions indicate that Q ae snowfall has been heavy on Q :io slopes in New Mexico. Hunreds of shoeps caught unexpecidly and unprepared in the open ^ are perished, and below the city g l the Rio Grande valley the ^ )sses have been numerous. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA > county of lancaster, In the Probate Court. 4 iy Chas. D. Jones, Esq., Probate J udge. Whereas, P. . T. Twitty f said County and State, made lit to me, to grant him letters of I i i! # iL n . - - n tUminiHinuion 01 me Hisiaie 01 ? nd effects of H. Furraan Twitty, rt eceased. $ These are therefore to cite and u tlmonish all and singularly the S( indred and Creditors of the said I. Fur man Twitty, deceased, that ley bo and appear before me, in m lie Court of Probate, to bo held t Lancaster, C. II., S. C. on tho | 9th day of November, 1902, after ublication thereof, at 11 o'clock l the forenoon, to show cause, if ny they have, why the said A<L illustration should not be grantd. Given under my hand and seal ^ lis 3r ' dav of November, Anno . )omini, 1902. 1 . y . Ciias. D. Jones, ' J' '' Judge of Probate. ALWAYS 5 1 )UR ENTIRE LINE OF COOPS ABE I EXAMINE. 1 'Something new" is an oxpr day in the week, as every new and good ide cially is it a fitting expression at this season than last. We hardly think yon havo seen i DRESS PATTERNS in this city than we'ai boon very cnrcfully selected, cannot he UNI thoroughly understands how to select your ' the "NEW THINGS." Dress Goods. ABLE SHADES, soft wool fabrics in Albe Armours for STREET DRESSES. r black trimmings-- t:vn,tni dress pattorn in black, ecru and cream applique, pat-smentries, nets, braids, chantilly and escurial laces. wE 8ELL THE KIN OIlA/JlilO-- THAT giveentir SATISFACTION. Ot lino for fall and winter are beauties and tt largest assortment in LANCASTER. BARGAINS- *3555 20c Boys' Ilats at 5c, 25c Caps at 10 and 1 Men's Suits at $6.00, and $5.00 Men's Suit: Pants at 75c, 25c Boys' Pants at 20c, $1.21 Covers at 50c, 7Ac Brown Drills per yard 5< writing about these BARGAINS, but we I! POSSIBLE. You don't have to buy?it's PRICES to WIN TRADE. Cn FAIR trc E WILLI AN Wo have a beautiful line all sizes of RIJGS. ANNOUNCEMENT I ?All part I hereby announce myself as a : 'ott & Crawl mdidate in the approaching gen. j ward and set ral election for the unexpired ' papers must irin of the lut6 lamented R. Lanca oung, as Coroner of Lancaster ounty. ?Subscrifc - J. Montgomery Caskey. , Ledger. $] The friends of Mr. David B. P tovek announce bim as a candiate for the office of Coroner in le approaching general election. f elected Mr. Stover will resido 1 the town of Lancaster. , We kcc| 1 "w- Accuracy an< TRESPASS NOTICE. *> ?os All persons are hereby warned ot to trespass by hunting, fishing foQt r in any other way on the lands Package8 , f the undersigned in Cane Creek ansffere(f fr0 jwnship. Said plantations ad- r )in each other and are situate | # etween three and four miles Sent 3 outhwest of the town of Lancas- ' sr. J. Wren Tillman, ^ L. P. Funderburk, ?* W. T. Sistare. Pf|||F| Jno. L. Tillman, Jr. vUllI Oct. 27, 1902? lm. O O O MONEY J -LOAN. On a recent vinlt to New York 'my. made ar/MUReiiisitiH by which I can egntiuie loans of $100 UO and upwards n first moi(gages on improvetl c .(ton irms at 7 per cent Interest on sums of 1,000 00 and over, and 8 | er cent injreet on suing oi 1^8 than $1,000 | No commissio ' charged, only a roa- i )nable fee for abstract of title. R. fc. WYLIE, qq Sept. 1, 1902?6m. Atty at Law. CALJ \J tv fortuoat LANCASTER MARBLE Will GRANITE WORKS, for Good Work and Low Prices.! I fill I. J. McNinch, "Ml LANCASTER S. C. | LANGA 1 11 II I ... >OMEHING NEW. FJLL AND WINTER NOW READY FOB YOU TO ession that wo can apply to our store almost any a that comes out usually finds u place here Espe* for every season finds our stock just a little better a PRETTIER line of novelty DRESS GOODS and -o SHOWING Goods m this department have )ERSOLD, and are being shown by a lady who 1'KIMMINGS, ETC. Below we mention a few of * * Wool Poplin, satin faced Prunella, Soliel, Camel's Hair. Venetians. Tricots Scotch rhnvintu Homo. spuns, tine French Flannels in all the FASHIONtross, Cashmeres, Veilings, Broucles, Broadcloths, T IT" ^ As for SILKS, our stock cannot be -Li-IVlCj"" excelled. All widths guaranteed Tuffetta, Moire Valeur, fancy stripes and Persians. ... * .1 ?r^ %jf I A We are showing the ** xa.V^'XV.JZj A k5""~ correct styles, new; est cloth, best material, best workmanship in JACKETS, CAPES, FURS, COATS, ever sent ' out from NEW YORK CITY. D , E ir ie IE have we had so many REAL BARGAINS in lcpartment of the store. 50c Men's Hats at 2"5c, 5c, $1.00 Shirts at 50c, 50c Shirts at 25c. $10.00 s at $2.50, $2.00 Men's Pantsat*$l.25, $1.00 Men's > Shoes at 95c, $4.50 Rugs at $3.50, $1.00 Table ;, 4c Brown Sheeting at 3c. WE might go on NSIST on your VISITING OUR STORE soon as a PLEASURE to show our goods. We rely on mtment to retain it. Respectfully, IS-HUGHES CO. Davis & Demorest Sewing Machines are going fast. ,K'" I Rent Notice! luiii uiuei cuuiu iur tie at once as these ,n)' absence Mr. L. S. ElI i i liott is authorized to receipt for 7. cotton rents due Fitzpatrick & ster Mercantile Co. Bro., or me as agent. ?e to The Lancaster ** Fitzpalriek. 1.50 per annum. ?ct 3? 1902* {est and Purest idieines Are None too Good for the Sick. p a full line of the BEST DRUGS that money can buy. i Purity is our Motto and every prescription entrusted pounded by a graduate in Pharmaoy. e line of Toilet Articles and Patent Medicines alvvays on ilso carry Rubber Tubing for fountain syringes At 8?c lelivered promptly to any* part of .the city. - Night calls m residence on Elm Street. UGENE FUNDERBURK, 1902. DRUGGIST. Corner Main and Church Streets. " mm. amis. We now have in stock, and will continue to keep, a complete line of COFFINS and burial CASKETS. Our stock embraces ill sizes and qualities, from the plain, cheap >FFIN up to Handsome METALLIC cases. L and see us or send us your order when so une as to have a death in your family.- PRICES 4-1% -v DP 4 nif U A X ^ mi iuc iv rjii v 11 oi ALL. asler limit k lSTEK, 8. U., Oct^l5, 1902 tf.