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Local Matters Hosier's, the only candy, - A trial vill convince you At Mackorell's. ?Rev. W. H. Hodges will leave today for Spartanburg to attend tho Wofford Commencement. ?Mrs. J. A. Porter, of Kershaw, visited her futher, Capt. A. McManus, this week. ?The congregation at Tabernacle are going to paint their church and purchased the paint this week. ?Mrs. Hackney and children of Charlotte, are visiting Mrs. II's father, Maj. B. F. Miller, and family. ?See the now adv. in this issue of E.E.Cloud. As he tells you in his adv he is doing a hustling business. ?Mrs. T. J. Shannon and children, of Monroe,are stopping f l- ** " uvoi- u iew (ia}'8 at Maj. 15. U . Miller's, en rou*e to Kershaw where they go to visit other relatives. ?Supt. Skipper of the Lancaster Cotton Mills went over to Pacolet this week for a few car loads of mill hands to work in the new mill here. ?Capt. R. M. McCrorej was summoned to Greenville Thursday by a telegram announcing the serious illness of his brother, Mr. Jones McCrory. He went on the afternoon train. ?Three more teachers have enrolled at the countySummer school here since our last issue, making 34 in all enrolled. The additional teachers are: J. J. Huilos and Misses Lillian Tin sunt I n.n'1 Mami? Stover. ?It is learned here with regret that Mien Dora Neill, of Unity, has a right sovore case of fever. Her uncle, Prof. R. N. Nisbot, of this place, went to her bedside on- -last Saturday. ? Waxhaw Enterprise. ?Mr. Wells, who has the con. tract for paving with cement the aide walks on Main Street, is progressing rapidly A?itb the work and in a few more days will have completed the East side. ?Bethlehem section is aroused on the subject of education. That community has recently raided $600. for the erection of a suitable school building and will employ two teachers the next term. We are glad to see good schools being established in every section of the county. ?Owing to a washout on the Southern near Claremout, below Camden, the Northbound train Thursday,due here at 6:49 p. m., did not pass until between 1 and 2 o'clock a. ui., Friday. The trama yesterday were also belated. Very heavy rains are reported in the Claremont section. One man it said to have had 500 acres of bottom land cotton washed away. ?The pic nic of the Lancastei Sunday school at Heath 6pringe last Wednesday was most delight ful. The place, the excellent mineral water, the kind and hospitable people of that thriving little town, makes Heath Springe * o the best place io the county tor c pic-nic. All enjoyed the day tc the fullest and regretted the} could not stay longer. There was no accident or anything tc mar the pleasure of the day. There were two baseball games during the day. The Lancaster and Kershaw juvenile nines crossed bats in the forenoon] with the result that Lancaster was badly beaten. In the afternoon Lancaster and Heath Springs played a very close game. Lancaster ex tends thanks to tho good and clever people of Heath Springs, for the many kindnesses shown. * W uwirawirima ii n1iiiiii"nwn"*iirir- "nfiiiffli ? Invitations l ave beon issued , to the marriage of Miss Mary Preston Huey to Mr. .Joseph Henry Foster on Wednesday, June ^ 24th, 1903, at 6 o'clock in the A. K. P. church at Winneboro, ' i S. C. Mr. Foster is a promU neut young attorney of the Lan- 1 caster bar and the bride elect is * a most charming and accomplibsed * young lady ofWinnsboro who has taught in the graded school at 1 this place the past few years. ? Letters advertised as remain- ? ing in the post offico at Lancaster | linortllprl 'fr?r -f?r tKin uiaalr nn/lin ? v? 1 June 13, 1903 are as follows: ( Milley Wright, Mr. Anderson ( Broor, Mr. E. P. Baggu, Mr. W. , II. Doriuan, Mr. I. C. Dorman, F. T. liidge. ] Belle Nance, p. nr. ?Mr. D. Reese Williams, of this place, whoso admission to tho bar has already been noted in ( these columns, graduated in tho law class of the South Carolina College this week with highest distinction. The Ledger congratulates Mr. Williams and feels proud of the honors ho has won. Having made the two years course in one year, and beiDg one of only two of the class highly distinguish ed shows ability that should command admiration and make us all feel proud that he is a son of old Lancaster. ?The subscriptions here for the ] relief of the sufferers from the flood at the mills in Spartanburg < county amounted to $200. Of 1 this amount Col. Springs gave ' $75. The announcement of May- i or Calvert of Spartanburg on i Wednesday that the relief funds | already in hand were sufficient brought Col. Springs to a halt in his canvass to raise $500. in this county. Ho doubtless would easily have raised that amount for he found general and liberal response from all whom he saw. 1 ?M iss Katharine Richardson I died last Saturday at the home'of her nephew Esq. Win. McWhorter, of Jackson township. "Aunt Katie," as she was called in her neighborhood, was 89 years old j and was a good woman. She was i a sister of the late Mr. John Rich- < ardson and was an aunt of Mr. J. I? Qimr\OAti a# M /\mu/vA M unup^uu, ui 1UUU1UO. IUUUroe Enquire. ?NOTICE. ? When you want your well cleaned out, or a well dug, and want first class work, cull on me. Leonard Harris. 3 ?Miss Alice Beckham returned to her home in the Waxhaws Saturday. Miss Beckham was a student at Winthrop the past session. i ?It is stated that a printing office in Michigan is opened and closed with prayer. This is a rare exception to the rule, as from i time immemorial it has been the i custom for printing offices to be opened by the devil and closed by > the Sheriff. 1 ?J. T. Wylie came over from Lancaster Sunday, returning home Monday morning. He is well > pleased with his new home and t says that Mr. Cloud is already ex periencmg large sales in his branch t store of that town.?Rock Hill . Herald. " ** ?J. W. Moore, who was so i seriously injured and maimed for i life in the explosion ai the dam on > May 23d, and was placed in the ' city hospital for treatment, was i discharged from this institution > last Friday and left for his home > in Marietta, N. C., accompanied ' !?v hi? arm I( xxraa tknnnkl Km , -J ? .?W?6u? *JJ I the physicians in charge at the I time of the accident that the sight > of one of his eyes could bo restor' ed, but not so, and he is totally ' blind.?Rock llill Herald. I m _ , OABTOniA. Be*n the Yon Haw Always Booght T'C&ymsfc Will Endeavor to Get Change of Venue. Columbia Record. Counsel for .lames II. Tillman lave been in consultation hero for i day or two and last night Colonel Jroft announced that an applica;ion for a change of venue would i>e made on the ground that TilK ruin cunnnt trot a fnir t.rml in this jounty and affidavits will be ?ervedon the solicitor next Friday, rho court decides in what county :ho case shall be tried in case a molion to change is granted. The court convenes the fourth Monlay in June and Judge Townsond will preside. Dr. Frank Bright Must Go To Jail After All, and Must Pay *100. Jharlotto Observer. The Amos Owen cherry tree case came up again. It will be remembered that when several convictions were secured in this case, about one year ago, Judge Boyd gave the defendants the oplion of paying back the money nany women had been induced to put into the swindle or pay fines ind sorve sentences in jail. Most )f the defendants havo made arrangements which are satisfactory to the court, but Dr. Frank Bright was not among the number. He, with others, was unler bond to appear at the present term 01 court, auu wheu the case was called yesterday, Judge Boyd sentenced Dr. Bright to serve a sentence of six months in jail and pay a tine of $100. The Missing Postmaster Turns Up in Atlanta. Bethuno, June 9.?L. L. Cope- . land, Bethune's missing post mas*, ter, has at last been located in Atlanta, Ga., where it is claimed ho Is undergoing troatment for insan- , ity. j WARNING. I If you have kidney or bladder . trouble and do not use Foley's Kid- ! ney Cure, you will have only your- \ self to blame foi results, as it I positively cures all forms of kid- | ney and bladder diseases. T. j Eugene Funderburk. ?Spartanburg correspondents report that the total stor m loss in that county will amount to $3, 855,000. This does not includa the loss caused by the suspension of work in the mills, or the damage to the railroads from interrupted traffic. More than sixty mill operatives perished in the storm. No money can pay for these lives. To Curtt A Ccld in One t*ay. Take ..Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove' ssignature is on each box 25c. Division Chief Howie, of the dispensary force, located in Charleston, has been transferred a. _ n # a /ii * ?* * io neauiorr. oilier rioimes Das been ordered. from Beaufort to Charleston. ?The Breakers, a winter hotel * at,Palm Beach, Florida, was burned last Tuesday night. Loss estimated at over $250,000. ?Treasurer W. O. Guy is the owner of a cow, noarlyfull Jersey, which gave birth to a calf on last Tuesday and another on Thursday. The calves are both heifers, well formed and healthy.?Chester Lantern. ?A rise in the Mississippi river has deluged East St. Louis and renrlarPlI 10 OOO nonnln -- ? ' ???/ * v) vw ^/w|/iv UUIUOSCS9 nuu made thousands prisoners in garrents and on house tops. Eleven people were drowned in East St. Louis yesterday. Chronic bronchial troubles and summer coughs can bo quickly 10 lioved and cruredby Foley's Honey and Tar. T. Eugene Funderburk. [ For The Ledger. VAN WYCK ITEMS. I Fine ruins have fallen, which ' 1 has broght the cotton to good stands. Crops are growing and our farmers are wearing smiles. The patrons and trustees of 1 school District No. 5, Van fVyck, 1 mot last Tuesday for the purposes of olociing a teacher forVanWyck school, determining his salary and length of term, l'rof. T. K. Thompson, who has successfully managed the school the two past terms, was unanimously elected i teacher at a salary of $35 per month for a term of ten months. Vail tV VPL- ai'Knnl > J - w\y?VV/l UU3 l? ?l IgUl future before it. It is located in a very healthy community, surrounded with good moral christian atmosphere anil influences. It ( is a tii st class school where hoard 1 and tuition can be obtained cheap. Anyone looking for a school of this ^ kind, Van VVyck is the place and their patronage will be welcomed, t On last Thursday, Messrs. J. ' A. Hyatt and J. M. Voder as a Monumental Committee of Cedar Camp, \V. O. W. went to Waxhaw cemetery, near Waxhaw, N. ? C. to inspect a Monument placed at the grave of Sovereign J. A. Estridge, of Cedar Camp, W. O. W. of Van Wyck, by the Carolina Marble and granite Co., Monroe N. C.?Mr. J. E. Efird, manager ofjthe company, superintended the erection of the monument, which is of Georgia Granite anil a substantial, handsome piece of the new style of Granite work. Cedar Camp, W. O. W. will unveil this monument with the beautiful and inprossivc ceremony of the W. O. W. order in the near future. Georgia granite is good, but we believe we have granite equally as good within sight of Van Wyck station. The only thing needed to bring it to notico and use, is to havo our quarries developed. Miss Emma Fudge is visiting her father and friends at Fudge's and Fort Lawn. Miss Loma Nisbet is visiting at M arvin and other places in the old North State. Mr. Clyde Yoder came over from liock Hill, Saturday to spend some time with his father at Van Wyck. His eyes are ira .proving, but it will be some time yet beforo he is ready for his Railroad duties again. orriMUs. To the Patrons ol* tlic Various School Districts ol' Lancaster County. You are hereby authorized and rctjuwsicu 10 meet ui your regular place of meotiug in your respective districts, on Saturday, Juno 20th, at 2 o'clock, p. m , for the purpose of electing three trustees for each district. The said elections to bo conducted publicly and under the rules governing State and county elections. Present trustees will conduct elections, appoint tellers, etc. In case a trustoo cannot attend he must have a representative. In case no election is held, we tho County Board of Education take it for granted that tho mattor is left in our hands. Clerk of the board of trustees will rennrt immediately after the election is held. A. C. Row km., H. E. Coffey, L. T. HAKKK, Co. Board of Education. Notice. Notice is hereby given that the County Board of Control for Lancaster County will meet at Lancaster court house in the ollice of County Supervisor 011 the 3rd day of July 1903, for the purpose, among; other things, of electing two dispensers, one for the dis pensnry at Lancaster court house and one for the dispensary at Kershaw in Lancaster county. J. E. W. Haii.k, Chr'm. of Co. Bd. of Con. |June 1, 1903.?lm. 1 ^ S4'.'' i ? Second hand Thresher, in good condition, for sale. Apply to Springs Hanking and Mercantile Co., Heath Springs, S. I . The Bi:*t Prescription for Maluku ' Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grrove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, it is simply Iron and Quinine and Lastoless, No Cure No Pay. ."his signature Is on every box of tho Ron nine Laxative Bromo>Quinine Tablets txo remr'y that cures it in ?tn? divv It's What You That Mi You cun save money by buyi Dur business has been much bettor ! ind wo thank all our customers for wo know how to appreciate your trj sailed on us for goods como right al pleased with our treatment. Biggest Ime of lings ever sho to $5.00. Big lot of remnant Carp >f everything in our line, and it wit buy. PORTER & S In Masonic Building. - '. 'A Tsr-.'Mssac For Dru AN s Call at the Con T. EUGENE El Sept. 3, 11102. *-T"?r?- -?r?~ -r rt-7 ! REME 1 When YOU I r | F ai PICNICS 01 l . or uny time to give me :i call rl L and quality. For leo Tea yo ]h good 1 have got it, and remo it Kggs, Cheese, and Fruit, wl - -- Ii! itioy will not he stale. Call & I have for you. Very Tr I J. B.Mac fL HEBnTII O 0 O C O 0 "'"FBI ,Vo" now ha^ and will contir complete lino of burial CASKETS. all sizes and qualities, COFFIN up to Handset CALL and see us or send \\\ fortunate as to have n loath Within the 111 | LANCASTER, S. C , You tin >tr If /tat V. it tTaking NVlicn \un take (irove'h Tastele> Cliii! T? nic 1 icj.uso the formula is 1 >1*11n 1 \ will pi! iin nvurv l>..i tie showing that it i.s simply lr.>r and Quinine in 11 tasteless form No Cure. No l'ay. 50c. J. JI. UiJl)' FOSTEJl, . //torn ri/ a I Loir, LANCASTER, S. C. tntf" Col lection 4 a specialty. Save ikes You Rich. ing your l'TKNITl.'ULO from us. since wo opened than we expected, milking our business grow, and ide. To all who have not us yet ong and you will bo more than wn in this town ?prices from 25c et cheap. We have a big stock 1 pay you to see us before you TEPHENSON, ?**??? v n# Lancaster, S. (J. GS ID UNDRIES lor Drug store. [JNDKlvBUlllv, DKUGGIST. r - ttt.?t.?i j>.-;-Tnr- atv?acTa lcs- c:: : : * s : : >x* c* MBER | want | iiey Stuff'for | \ DINNERS I & I can please you in price u want something mild and ? mbcr also I keep Butter, IaI lien I can get it, on Ico. J* :,!l to see me and see what all u w "ly, ;korell. i !j ?rs .~s:x? - - >rx< ~ cx? s >-< 1I $ n ? ? ? ? ? ? (IIS, COFFINS. i ro in stock, me to keop, a COFFINS and Our stock embraces from the plain, cheap ne METALLIC cases, s your order when so tin in your family. PRICES 5ACH of ALL. railile b. Oct. J5, 1002.?tf. ? V ?- * ' * -