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JTHE LEDGER. Tliuf low . v&riur) EDITOR AND MANAGER. I II ! I I ! ! III! Ill " WEDNESDAY HKCK.MBKU *24, 1 'J02, I STATE NEWS. , t ?The vault door of the bunk * ut Mulling whs bored and dinamit i ed early on Friday morning last i and the robbers got away with i $0,000. in cash and some valuable t papers. i ? Tho two young girls recently 1 kidnapped from Asheville, N C , 's were found last Friday at Pickens and taken back home bv the chief of police of Ashvillo. ? Joe Davis stabbed to the 5 heart and killed Tom Hurris in a ( difficulty in Lauren* county last ,1 Friday. Both were negroes. { ?Saturday night burglars broke open tho safe in \Y. PL Boll's store at Kenno in Laurens t county and got away with $500. ?Thomas Pearlstine shot and x killed Bill Creech at tho latter'* 1 home on factory hill at Bamberg, Saturday night, in tho presence of his wife and children. * ? Mr, James Finley of Spar- ( tanburg was hold up Friday night ; by four negroes and relieved of ' 100.50. h ?A negro employee at the Ly- 1 dia Cotton mill w is instinlly killed Friday morning by tho falling of an archway in tho office of the mill. ' 1 ?Tho Circuit Rider, a relig- ^ ions paper, edited by Rev. E. A. Wilkes and published at Rock j Hill, has ceased publication. 1 e ?The post office at Bamberg W>ltt blirorliliMvn/l Wiilra** ni?l>t I... 1 ?. ?UVV? A 1 IVIUJ lli^lll IM professionals. The amount secured was only a few dollars. ?A cotton seed oil mill will be s built at Fort Motto. f j ?The safe of Mr. ,J. T. Sliuler C in Aiken county was dynamited c and robbed of ?soo last Tuesday 1 night. \ ?Thomas F. Davis a promi- 1 nent citizen of lv ill inns, was shot 1 from ambush by Adam Lowman, v col., Saturday evening. Consta '' ble T. C. Thornton went iminedi " ately with a posse to arrest the l' negro and found him in lied with 11 . ? 1 I his gun. While Mr Thornton was 1 pulling him out of bed the negro tired the gun shattering Mr. ^ Thornton's left arm and made his ^ escape amid a rain of bullets from the other members of tb<? ihk<i> who tired at him. Mr T'sann had to he amputated. The Best Prescription for Ma<a ? " o Chills and Fever is a bottle ci Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, it a] is simply Iron and Quinine and ,u tasteless, No Cure No Pay. w Queer Case In Horry County, in w Bpecial to The State. ci Conway, Dec. 19.?A rather di singular case comes before the lh county board of education today, tv One Mr. Cook came to this county h< froui Marion about eleven years to ago and married a respectable le daughter of Green Sea. Recent- m ly a Mr. .Jackson moved from the w same community and charged ad- er mixture of blood in the Cook fain- re ilv TllO (rnttnuii .... .1 m.j a?iv ii uoivcn iu iui umj.li y UA" II] eluded Mr. Cook's children from school and Mr. Cook appealed to the county board of education on the isBuc, and it remains for the p said hoard to determine whether m Mr. Cook is a white man or 110. ? ? 2i South Carolina Postmasters. Special to The State. Washington, Dec. 20.?Three South Carolina fourth-class offices were supplied with postmasters la today as follows: Minnie I). Smith tt at Lavenoir, Chesterfield county; b Andrew A. Stuart, McCoimick, pi Abboville county, to succeed Mrs. r< N. J. Tolbert, removed, and Angus Morrow, Pauline, Spartanburg county. I ill LET. J I ill In1"0 (>n ^ane IJII III place, will st ^.ednesday, LANOA8TKl.lo(.ki ft| tY, e visor. O Mi * Wk ' . _ the State May (Jut More Thau Kx put tel. The State, 20th ins!. Whilo iu lliu city Wednesday Senator Tillman, who has taken up the mattei, had a conference with Mr. Gant'., the incoming see rotary of state, ahout those old war claims of the Slato against .he federal government the sot lenient of which has been direct* )d by the act of congress. The var department will require in the irocess of the adjustmcnt certilicd :opies of the records here t?? es ddish the claims, not only those < elating the facts hut th 1K11 vhiiiu. I i ii?X what interest the money was hawing from the Bunk of the itutc when it was withdrawn. I rhcse copies Mr. Gantt will have i nude at once, lie .-ays that now i here is every indication that the >tato will secure after settling the ; >ld Indian claims with I i.ele Sain ibout si It),000, a larger amount ban had been expected. Capt. Montgomery's Will. Special to The St ale. Spartanburg, Dec. 17.? The vill of Capt.Mohn 11. Montgomry wa- made public today from he ollice of .Judge of Probate J. I. Gentry. The instrument bears late of February, 1899. By its crnis all of his property is left 0 his wife and three sons?Victor d., Walter S. and Benjamin W. Montgomery. His estate is Conor vatively estimated at $400,000. Oach will receive one fourth. Big Blizzard (Jut West. Larmin, Wy., Dee. 20.?The irovailing blizurd is the worst sver known here. All street trafic is stopped The storm is unibntb.l and it is believed that tho oss of life will bo heavy. The ioal supply is short. 1 he Bridge Keeper Near Cam den Foully Murdered. Friday night one of the most hocking murders ever recorded n the criminal annals of South JJarolin i was committed on tho iiitskirts of Camden. VV. F. 1 ludson, a young man about 20 ears of age, and the keeper of ; Iwi 4 M l-l iiu kmi urnifjo across tho Wateree ' iver (in the road to Columbia ras found lying dead across his ( ed with a gaping wound in his nek. The murder had evi., ' entlv been executed by moans of ' double barrelled shot gun and lie wound indieated that both arrols had been discharged. ? j he State, 22th ufst. ixteen Are Dead, and the Total May Reach Twenty. U Martinez, Cal., Dec. 21. ?Asa 1 c ?.sult of a rear-end collision be- ' veen the Stockton flyer and the wl train on the Southern Pa- x tie at Dry on last night 1G deaths ^ ready have been recorded C id I hero nrn lwim-u u," t-4-1 w |/VII1 o 111(11 IliU IU III 1 | ill reach 20. Most of the wounded issengers who were too severely jured to bo taken to their homes, ere taken do the Southern Patic hospital at San Francisce toly and on the way to that placo /e of the victims died. Twent) vi of the injured reached the ispital, where it was announced ? night that R. VV. Post of Fow- j!)l r, Cal., and Lee Sou, a China- 1 a an of San Francisco, probably ? ould succumb. Of the 22 patiits only three were permitted to eeive visitors, so serinn.il v wpv/i S! ey suffering. . | To C'urr A (< ht hi (hie Dap. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine ableta. All druggist* refund fc oney if it fails to cure. E. W. rove' ssignaturo is on each box 5c. 2 - The Princess of Wales gave irtli to a sou Saturday evening. ? Fulton Market, ChicAgo, the ' rgest wholesale meat marker in ? le ciiy, was wrecked Saturday y an explosion of gas and was irtially burned. The loss will inch $1,000)000. j lis sifimaturo is '>" every l.ox of tho gonuim ^xativc Bromo Quinine Tablets s remf'y that enii < III in one ?ln.v ops the Coiif/h ami Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tali ts cure a cold in one day. No I ure, No Pay. Price, 25c. | Marriages Married, by Magistrate VV. P. Faskey, at his borne, on Friday afternoon, Dec. 19, 1902, Mi1. C. I\ Hunter and Miss Inez Mobley, daughter of Mr. ?J. C. Mobley of the Heath Springs section. -Married, on Sunday last, Dec. 21, 1902, by Kev. J. H. Boldridge, Mr. 1>. C. Addison and Miss Ida Stogner, daughter of Mr. F. M Stogner, all of the Douglas section of this county. Truck Farming Pays Mr. \V. T. Gregory has been experimenting with truck farming on a small scale this year and finds that it pays handsomely. From J lowg f It a tt an a/no* 1 * r-w 1 l*n ^ |\ CU tuuu uu ??\yi v; \n ln 11U UV I1U9 ) marketed this year 07 bushels of | unions, and now has' 240 bushels nf lino turnips put up in hills for the winter market which he has gathered from the same small < piece of ground, and of smull tur? I nips an abundance still remains in j the patch. lie also experimented ' with Irish potatoes, raising two j crops on a small plat ot grouud His second crop, which he is now marketing, was line, some of the best tubers weighing as much as pounds. Notice of Sale! 1 will sell at public outcry for cash at tne residence of .J. A. Bridges, neur Heath Sprit gs, on the Olh day of January, 1903, at 10 a. in.; one red male yearling. Sai l yearling was taken up for trespass and damage on the premises of suid J. A. Biidges and will be sold to satisfy same. II. W. Mobley, Magistrate for Pleasant Hill Township. . Dec. 23, 1902?td. Dissolution Notice The Firm of Funde^burk Co. will on Jan. 1, 11)03, by mutual consent of the parties composing said firm- A. L. Funderburk and II. Y. Fundeihurk?be dissolved. All parties indebted to us by Note or Account will please come j forward and selfle AT ONCE, or make satisfactory' arrangements. * Tliis notice is intended for all alio owe us. Respectfully Yours, Fundkkburk Co. Dec 12, 1902.? 3 w. CLOSING OUT SALE! 1 o o? tl On account of the Dissolution f our Firm?a Notice of which ppears elsewhere in this paper? c| re are now offering our entire b itock of Dry Goods, Shoes and u /lothing AT anil BELOW Manufacturers COST! 114 IN WOMION 8HOE8?We offer alV ur $1.00, $1 25 and $1,50 lines at 85c, $1 Oc and $1 00. Our $2 00 line at $1.10 'e ml $1.15; and < ur $2 50 and $2 00 line go t $1.75 and $2 00. IN MEN SHOES?We offer iplit Ties worth $1.25 for 85c. lest at $1.10. Best Oak Kip _ 'ios for $1.20. Good Sheeting at 8c yard. Best nd heaviest made at 5e. ar We will give you good plaids M 5 in. wide for 4.1o yard, ltiver- M ido, best made, tit 5je. 1 IN MBN SUITS?Wo offer the >Ont that money will buy from 13.50 to $10.00-,-U.L AT COST. Our Stock of tb radios Dress Goods AT COST, tr ^tidies Capes, and Skirts, and ill ;inds of Cndorwoar and Shirts vo will sell at ^ r viam;factukek's cost. It Funds; bark Co ~ STE TH?R5 ISSN STE/OY ma 4* i m u\ T'Mie our IN< rny month in th (^tend to sell as One reason l< intelligent tradii ing Counties re; that WE BUY a PRICES, add 01 ? 5^-IMPORTANT FOR Y( ?M/1 fn JUKI [licit V X I llllllllllgS. Ladies and Misses Jackc t^gT" Blankets and Comforts? Underwear?All kindsFurs?Wo have the ham i |55?D Hosiery ? We sell espec gJW Rugs and Art Squares? Clothing?A new sup pi; SHOES?This is our br nothing but all SOLID I from the manufacturers. Remember we have no o WIL1 lotice to Debtors and Creditors - of W. S. L. Porter. All persons indebted to the es. ite of W. S. L. Porter are herey notified to mako settlement at nee; and all persons to whom ho ras indebted will present their laims properly sworn to or be arred in twelve months, to the ndersi^ncd. Julia J. Porter, Adtnx. Dec. 5, 1002 ? lm. MONEY _T0 LOAN. On a recent visit t?New York f'lry, ma le arrangements by wliiuh I cao ^gotiale loans of 00 and upwards i first moitgages on improvetl cotton rms at 7 pei cent Interest on sums of ,000 00 and over, and 8 per cent in* rest on sums ol less than $1,000. No commission charged, only a redouble fee for abstract of title. R ill. WYLIE, 8ept. 1, 1902?Cm. At'y at Law. A. R* SIMPSON, - Builder and Contractor ? - Lancaster, S. C. - ( Holiclts a bid on Carpenttr work of, y kind you may wisti done Dec !. 1902.?3ni. .ij . . ir\ i j - i ? i". once 10 ueoiors ana ureaitors of 8. Furman Twitty, Deed. All persons having claims *aiost K. Furman Twitty, de>ased, are hereby notified to pre>nt the Hame duly attested at ace, and all person-* indebted to le intestate will mako payment > roe. P. T. Twi'ty, Administrator. Nov. 28, 1902. ?r. E. S. McDOW, H Y8ICIAN and SURGEON CATAWBA HOUSE, South Side, Up Stairs. OFFICES OPEN DAY ANI) NtUII mr Phono OR. ;ady fl p to be a flow of cip no etnsc it 19 31 *5 I unt M ? * i aveinber Sales* vv e history of our much iu the ne: * i>r our increasing ag public ofXauc ilize moi e and n t the VERY L( ii our Small Pro, LET IT ( )U TO SEE IS OUR Dress Good its ? Monte Carlos in the most fashi -A large assortment of these Cheaj -Men's, Ladies', Misses' and Child ilsoiuest on this market, ially good numbers at 1C?, 15c, 20t All kinds here?The large velvet n y just received. ag lino and we are gaining the Shot jEATHER such as the Hamilton & Id stock to offer?everything brigh Respec JAMS-HUG - CASH STORE|The Best and Pi Medicines A G We ktep a full line of the BE Accuracy and Purity is our Motto to us," is compounded by a gradual Comoete line of Toilet Artich hand. We also carry Rubber Tufc per foot. Packages delivered promptly to answered from residence on Elai S T. EUGEN E F Sept. 3, 1902. Mnifi ? >-' uvi iuatu UUU " "SHERIFF'S SALE""1"".J STA TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF L \N0 \8TER, In Court Common Pleas. WJI lam //. Wallace in h sown right, and as ad no in is tin tor of the Estate of H Jackson Wallace, deceased; Elsie Wallace, Martha Wallace and Jones Wallace by their Guardian ad litem. James H. Htewart; G M. Plyler and L>. It Happs. Plaintiffs, % AGAINST H. W. Histare, Nancy J. Histare, Maggie E. Histare, 0?-orge Histare, Pr?ssley Histare and James Histare, Defendants. PURSUANT to an order of court madeintho above case by Judge J aims Aldrhdi, November 11, 1902, I will sell at tin court house door within the leg il hours of sale, to the highest bidder, no the First Monday tn January, 1003 being the fifth <1hv of the month, the following described land, to wit: All that piece, parcel or traot of land containing Three Hundred and 3ev* enly-five (375) Acres, More or Less, hounded on the N^rth l?y the North < Jarolina fSlate line and IhikIh of K. a ivalihin; on ilie K .at by IhikIm of William H. Wallace and B. F. Miller; on the r'outh by land- ofT. E. Neal and lands known hh tho "Mcllw.in lands"; and on the West by lands of A. W. Berth. Terms of* ale Cash. Purchaser to pay for all neces ary p ipers. J P. HUNTER,* Hherif! L. C. C. D JONFA, Plaintin's Atty. ?Tho Ledger (sonti weekly) and Tho News and Cornier (semiweekly) one year for $1.75, pay- i able in advance. ; v ' ? i* r? w OW X ** ITOKERS AIL TIMES ere Greater than bu< iiiess but we xt 20 clays. * sales is that the aster and adjoinno re every day IVVIiST CASH fit for Cash and i0 1 Is and Silks, with all the NEW ionuble shapes. P roil of all aizos. 3 and 25c. igs going fast for Xmas presents. > trade of the County by offering Brown, and Wolfe Bros., direct t and new at rock bottom prices. tfully, .HES CO. f irest re None too ood for the Sick. IST DRUGS that money can buy. and every prescription . entrusted o in Pkni*i*?nA.? w iu a. uui naicj 3S and Patent Medicines always oa >ing for fountain syringes at 8^-e any part of the city. Night sails treet. UNDKIiBURK, DKUGGlbT. Church Streets. BMMBaaaaaflMMHMMBgrMBacsHgyygB I The Lancaster Cotton Mills 1 I Has employmeat to afar to Two Hundred and Fifty Families in the new Mill to be ia operation in January 1903, and will teach beginners in the old ??:ii ~*ii ^ mtii uuni mey are ready for work in the new mill. Employment for boys and girls from twclye years up. Good wages, prompt pay. Comfortable houses at reasonable rent. (The rent beginning after able to earn wages.) Good drinking wator, and a good school for small children t* attend on the place. We prefer home people if they want the employment, and will give them the opportunity and help of learning. For further particulars apply te or write to, C. B. Skippbs, Superintendent. Nov.. 17 ? 6w. Lancaster, 8. C. nHMonaaBaBaMaawMBMni Go to .the LANCASTER MARBLE GRANITE WORKS, For Good Work and Low Price*. A. J. McNinch) LANCASTER, 8. .