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Local Matters ?Ice tit Blaekmon's Market al the time. If. ?Newm.n Piano for salt cheap. Apply at this ofiice. ?The Pine Grove school,taugh by Miss Belle Erwin, had an egc bunt last Friday afternoon. ? Kev. and Mrs. VV. C. Ewar and children are expected home today from a visit to Mrs Ewart'i relatives at Sharon, in York coun ty. ?Twin boys wore horn Thurs day, April 16, 1003, to Mr. anc Mrs. John J. Phillips of Fla> Creek township. ?Attention, Poultry men! Fresl Ground Bone Meal for sale at Blackmon's Market. ?Uev. W. C. Ewart will preacl hiu furnivoll tupmiin *CUI1 ? t ? wvwa* CVL UIUII IW 1JIS OlIUUl congregation next Sabbath at 11 a. ill., and to his congregation ai this place at 3:30 p. in. ? Mrs. Walter Ilays, of Shn ron, who has been visiting hei u.other, Mrs. W. II. Green o: Cedar Creek, returned homo yesterday, accompanied by hor lit tie cousin, Mary Gooch. ?Mr. W. L. Sistaro ol Lindsay accidentally cut his righ knee badly whilo cutting a sprou in his tiold with his pocket knif< last Saturday. Ho has hardly been ablo to walk since. "Strength and vigor come o good food, duly digested. ['Force a ready-to-servo wheat and bar ley food, adds no burden but sus tains, nourishes, invigorates." ?Camptroller General .lonei siys that pension checks arc Lcirif made out as rapidly as possible and will be sent out to pensioner the latter part of this week. ? Mr. B. H. Bennett of thi county was ons of tho jurors it the ease of the post-oflice robber tried in the U. S. Circuit court a Charleston lust week, convicted and sentenced to fiye years eaot in thb penitentiary. ? L. C. Payseur has a beauti ful lino of Ladies' and Misses hat and prices are lower than ever t< save money you had bettor inspec his lino before buying. ?The Many friends of Dr. E C. Brasingtou wdl learn with de light thut he has decided to re main in Camden. During hi stay in Camden the Doctor ha made many warm ft lends and is i most excellent cit zon. ? Cam.lei Chronicle. ?Yon had better see us bel'oi you spend your CASH. Wo'v got some bargaius. Lancaster Mercantile Co. Foley's Kidney Cure make kidneys and bladder tijht. Don' delay taking. T. Eugene Fuq derburk, druggist. ?The annual commencemon of the Lancaster Normal ard In dustrial Institute (colored) begin with a picnic, the 24th inst. Th< exercises of the primary depart lllOTlf ontnn afT mvmv wiuo wu majf AOl, 111C Kil Dual sermon 8;30 p. m., on tb 3d; and on tbo 4tb, 5th and 6fc will be tire closing exercises pro per. ?The delegates from Lancaa ter to the Federation of Woman' clubs in session in Columbia tbi week aro being entertained at tbi following homes during their sta in the capital city: Mrs. J. V Wylio at Mrs. Sam Miller's; Mrs | L. C. Pay sou r and Mrs. Ira 11 . Jones at Mrs. A. M. Meetze's Mrs. M. J. Perry and Mrs. J. '1 Thomasson at Mrs. Pope Math 1 ews'. j ?Send your LAUNDKY t l tho Lancaster Hotel. An puck ages promptly attended to. Lao curtains and table liuen included Try the Model Steam Laundry. Thornr Tillman, April, 4--lm. Agent ? Mrs. Ganson hud a very tine cow to die Saturday. ? Messrs. Krank L. Zetnp and 1 Maurice DeFuss, of Camden, wore in the city last week. 3 ?Miss May Ketchin, of Winns boro is the truest of Miss I.nlu o t Mcllwain. r ?M i?s Muymo Gregory of this place will loaye tomorrow for Att lanta, Gil., to spend the summer 3 with her sister, Mrs. Muson. * ?Miss Irene Cunningham is - over from Winlhrop College spending this week with her par* . ents. 1 ?Capt. It. M. McCroroy t claims to have I ho hrng cow of the town? G1 gallons of milk per i day is what she is giving now. ? Mr. Thos. W. Lang of the U. S. A., who has been stationed i in Florida, brothor of Mrs. L. T. i Baker of this place, spent several [ days hero this week. He is on t furlough recuperating from a spell of typhoid fever. ?The Southern has put on anr other daily passenger train. It f passes Lincastor going South at . 7:40 a in. and going North at 9:37 a m. The schedule of the regular passenger remains as bof fore?tho train going south passt ing Lancaster at 10:10 a. in., and t going North 7:20 p. m. 3 ?Mr. Waters of tho firm of T Waters & Spratt, Chester, S. C.. was in our town Friday showing f samples of their large line of ' China dinner sets, English dinner - ware and Toilet sots. On account * of his limited time he was only able to see a very few, but will 3 he around again soon. They arc $ wholesalers selling direct to con? 3 sinners and will be uhle to save 3 you money. It will pay you to look at their samples. 3 ?Sheriff Hunter made another 1 big hadl of uegro card piuyers s last Sunday afternoon in tho t woods south east of town. They ? seem to have had out pickets and i have been warned of the sheriff's approach, for they all broke and . tan about the time he got in sight n O s of them He was not fleet enough 3 of toot to capture them then but t he took down tho names of all he recognized and wus busy all day Monday looking thorn up and tak. iog them beforo Magistrate Cas Lrotr .. ? ? I . uoj nuvy |iiuiu^ujr gUVC LllOlIl ftQ 8 ouch or 30 day a It is likely all tbi.teenof the offenders will pay ,i their fines. The Sheriff has u ,, good pair of lield glasses now and he can easily take observations u when ho gots within a few hun^ died yards of a gang. ?Have yon tried the nice drinks that Charley is serving at the Funderburk pharmacy? Ask 8 Charley for a card which will ont title you to 25 drinks at tho founi tain. ?Bubs^nbe to The Lancastkh t Ledger. $1.50 per annum Attention Confederate Veterans 8 Camp Lancaster, No ll&G. e Every Confederate veteran whc llQQ At/At* Knnn nn??/\llft^ 2? -? - u.v. wuv.i uiiiuiicu iu vyuiilj) - Lancaster is earnestly requested e to attend a meeting of the Camp b to be held on Thursday, April 30 , - 1903, at 11 o'clock a. m., to elect delegates to both the State and U. C. V. re-unions. By order of B. J. Withorspoon, s commander. J. E. Stewman, d y Adjutant. A Quiet Marriage. ' Married, at the home of the '* bride's sister, Mrs. A. J. Bass, '? at Norway, S. C.. bv the Rev ' Mr. Thrower, Wednesday, April 15, 1903, Mrs Effio M. Caldwell, widow of the lite John A. Caldo well, and Mr. W. Franklin Williamson, a prosperous farmer of e Orangeburg county. The bride I. has many frionds in old Lancaster, her former home, who will join us in wishing for her a long, hapt. py and prosperous life. A Farewell Union Service. At the Baptist church, on Sabbath uightnext, the congregations of the different chinches of the town will unite in a farewell meeting to Uev. \Y. C. Ewart. Ad drones will he made by the pastors. To l?e Married Cards of invitation have been issued to tho marriage of Miss Annio Young to Mr. Jas. Cobron Williams. Tho happy event will como off at the home of the bride's niotner, Mrs IVitty B. Young, ut this place, Wednesday, April 29th, at 8:30 o'clock p. m. Bethel Presbytery Bethel Presbytery convened at Rock Hill Wednesday night with 21 ministers and 43 elders present. Tho opening sermon was preached by tho retiring moderator, Rev. Chalmers Eraser. Rev. C. (i. Brown was elected inodora tor. Rev. ,J. R. Millard and Rev. S. C. Byrd were admitted to tho Presbytery, tho former accepting a call to Winnsl#ro and tho latter to a charge in Union county. Tho question of homo missions received a great deal <^f attention and the Presbytery will enlarge its home missions work, churches have been orginized at Ruby and also at MeBee in Chesterfield coun ty. The following facts in regard to foreign missions are of interest: Yorkville, Bethel and Purity churches each support a missionary. These three churches with Rock llill have given during the O D past year ?2,094 to this cause. There are six missionaries from , this tield: Mrs Lucy L Little in China; Miss Mattio Ingold in ' Korea; Mi.s M. E. Craig in Cuba; Rev. .J. (jr. Hall in Cuba; Rev. ( W. B% Mcllwain in Japan, aud Rev. L. O. McCutch-en in Korea. Tho entire Church Ihis 17(5 missionaries in the foreign field and gave $ 180,000 last year toward this work, i m jr. Wyhe, uf 1 was elected the successor to Muj. A. E. White. Tho Presbytery over-ruled the General Assembly to appoint u permanent committee on tho Bible 1 cause in connection with the American Bible Society. W. W. Ratehford, chairman, read his report on the Bible cause, which was adopted. The commute appointed a year ago to overhaul tho apportionments and assessments made its report, which elicited a groat deal of discussion. Tho four candidates for the ministry?J. J. and J. W. Brown, J. B. Meacbani and T. 11. Spence i ?wore licensed Friday night. Delegates to the general assembly were chosen as follows: Ilev. Dr. VV. T. Hall, Columbia; Rev. ( J. K. Hall, McConnellsviile. Elders, J. A. Maxwell, Blacksburg, and R. E. VVylie, Lancaster. Alternates, Rev. Messrs. Chalmers Frascr, Lancaster, and "?V. 15. Art rowood, Bethel. Bethel Presbytery is one of the largest in the Southern (4pnnml Assembly. It litis on it roll 27 ministers, 56 churches and nearly 6,000 mombers. There are nearly 500 elders and deacons. This Presbytery has the honor of having at this time the moderator of ' the General Assembly in the porson of liev. Dr. Ilall. He will preach the opening sermon of the assembly in May when it meets in Lexington, Va. The Bent Prescription for Ma tar a Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply Iron and Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. BANNER SALVE I the most healing salve In the world. Tho United St:?tct h:is the high* est munler rate of any country in V iho world. , , ulu Eleven per cent, of tho innin- , grants to the United States in tho un,j last four years have been Jews. No Foley's Honey aud tar contains uo opiates, and will not constipate like nearly all other cough modi- iroi cinos. Kefuse substitutes. T. 11 id Eugene Funderburk, druggist. pav The court of general sessions *? 1 has had six murder case* to deal with during the present term. * This is very serious, and suggests the necessity of more careful con sideration. The disposition to J murder is entirely too strong, and tho idea that "solf-defensc" is justification should ho discouraged, for in a large per cent, of cases it was the murderer who was ^ tho real aggressor. ? Yorkville an,| Enquirer. wo Stops (he Coitf/h and Works off plci tho Cold. Laxative Broino Quinine Tab to $ lets cure a ^jUI in one day. No ( Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. ,)l^ Manager Wanted. Trustworthy lady or gentleman to manage business in this County and adjoining territory for well and favorably known House of ... solid financial standing. &v20.00 straight cash salary and expenses, paid each Monday by check direct from headquarters. Expense money advanced; position permanent. Address Thomas Cooper, Manager, 1039 Caxton Bldg., Chicago. ?The Ledger, Atlanta Constitution and Homo and Farm or Southern Cultivator will bo sent for one year, and two estimates given in tho $10,000. port re- i ceipts contest for $2. Remit with estimates to Tho Ledger, Lancaster, S. C. Foley's Kidney Cure i _ makes kidneys unu viaduct right CLOSING | OUT I I Our entire | Stock of | I V? Winter Goods 1 If Not at Cost, . 1 * if. But 10c on ? the Dollar | Less Than H I COST. L Our $12.50 Suits now at $9.50. C Our $10.00 Suits now at $7.50. """ 1 Our $ 5.00 Suits now at $3.50. < Our $ 3.50 Suits now at $2.tf0. All of our BOY SUITS now 1 at 10c on the Dollar less than they COST us at the Factory. A BIG REDUCTION in Men's and Ladies' Shoes. Don't forgot to call and see us. Wo don't want to carry over any of our winter goods, therefore this explains why wo arc selling 10c on the Dollar Less Than Cost. R. MilesIn Riddle Block* ( liu"ir U Hut You un Takimj ; VTlien you lake Grove's TasteChill Tonic because tin form- | is plainly printed on every hot- 11 showing that it i> sitnph Inn :m Quinine in a tasteless form tin Cure. No Pay. 50e. !Si< . Cc - Wantkd! To buy scrap an i, all kinds of Metals, and les of every description. Will highest market price. Bring ny shop. J. K. Pattkkson, " Lancaster, S. C. P dar. 4, 1903?2m. cu ijf ? m r i a m T I li s w nat \ <m c That Ma Y"ou can savo money by lmyin r business has been much better si wo thank all our customers for n know how to appreciate your trad ed on us for goods come right alor used with our treatment. Biggest bne of Rugs ever showi ?5.00. Rig lot of remnant Carpet jvcrytbing in our lino, and it will r. PORTER & S] In Masonic Building. I V5 ? *?? **T'" *** - > For Drui ANI Ci O! Uall at the Conn T. EUGENE FU Sept. 3, 1902. v i J- ? *.a?EJKeM9Xzsz&ez*?iBEZ. ntt-iir 5SKXSSKK~ sr 6~3* ?= 5X8 Mfe In Prune 1 A niee lot to go California Peaches olina son dried A fine fresh Cakes a California Lemon Cling Ft let Pears and White Cfc ready for table use. ICE ! ICE! Ico from now on in any size it to your interest to b J. B.Mac xr- >xs offins. ram 0 o O < O 0 ijwl i i We now have and will contimn complete lino of 1 burial CASKETS. () nil sizes nnd finalities. t'i COFFIN up to Handsome CALL and see us or send us y fortunate as to have a death n Within the RE liiiiK^Irr in LANCASTER, S. C , Notice of Discharge. Notice is lu-rcby given that at a. ni., April 21), 1903, 1 will ike my tinal return and settleant as Guardian of my son, K. ilnoy Tillman, to the l'robato >urt for Lancaster county, S. C., (1 apply t?> said court for a linal schargo as such Guardian. A N N 11: K. Ti I J.MAN, Guardain. Mar. 21, 1903?td. o/ey's Honey and Tar res colds, prevents pneumonia. lave kes You llieh. g your FTRNITU 11K from us. nco wo opened than wo expected, taking our business grow, and c. To all who have not as yet lg and you will ho tnoro than 11 in this town?prices from 25c cheap. Wo have a big stock pay you to see us before you fEPHENSON. Lancaster, S. C. [1 UNDRIES dv Drug* Store. NDERBURK, DRUGGIST. r. t i"TT*vy rar^?s?g?;gM?| s~ .?xs-; --cer-r-?c:3~.^az<-z zz Mbt | I iusiness, I 7 ii i oil' CHEAP. 13 i, North Car- J pples, lots of J ml no end to * s mches, Apricots, Bur- * icrries, Full Syrupoil [, ii ! ICE !!! i r quantity. Will make jf uy Coupon Books. KORELL. j s-c-TxsiL'-ixxr - ^rsa- -?B! lCI O O () O O O \\ COFFINS. in stock, 0 to keep, a COFFINS and ur stock embraces om the plain, cheap i METALLIC cases, your order when so un1 your family. PRICES ACII of ALL. real h. Oct. 15, 1902.?tf.