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THE LEDGER. Tliurlow t;. Cartor, EDITOR AND MANAGER. SATI UDAY, .JUNK 20, 1003. [For The Ledger. VAN WYCK ITEMS. Furmers are about through planting Corn. Some low lamia will have to ho replanted but as a general thing the stand is good. t I. r. 4! I I A 1 ouicu iiiu IIIIU MUUSMII ui UIM werK u good many peas have been planted, and some sown broadcast for mowing. The cotton crop is getting pretty well to a stand and growing, regardless of the grass. Another week of sunshine and our crops will tie in very good condition. The wheat crop is about harvested, and is very poor. Oats have improved very much since the rains, but the crop will be very short. ? Wo have a tine blackberry crop which is now ripening and the sons and daughters of Ham are in their glory. ? Messrs. Johnson and Turner of Spartanburg, medicine men, have been canvassing this coinniunity for tho sale of their preparations. Tliey sold some and our local doctor can rest for a while, until the Panacea which they placed with the unsuspecting is exhausted. Our people did not catch on well?and they decided to ship their drugs back to Spartanburg and return home to save expenses. ?Our people were surprised and shocked to leurn of the troubles of liev. ,J. Barr Harris of Boseniun, Montana. Mr. Harris lived hero sevoral years and has many friends here, who believe ke is innocent of the charge for which ho was convicted. They believe ho acted imprudent and ni8 enemies used tins tor nis nun and pushed liitn to the wall. If he is innocent, it is hoped he may be exonerated and the guilty brought to justice and make proper retribution. ?Dr. S. 11. Ez/.ell has been kept quite busy for some time. His practice is so extensive that he found it necessary to buy another horse. He is going almost day and night. ? Master Edward Tillman of Lancaster, and one of The Lodger's "Devils," visited his grandfather J. L. Tillman, Sr., this week. ? Mrs. J. L. liodman of Waxhaw spent a couple of days with her brother Mr. J. A. Hyatt and family. Mrs. Hyatt has improved some, but is very unwell yet, and confined to her room. % ff I /\ /I A. 1 1*1 ? Mrs. tj. v^ousun and eundreii of Fort Mill are visiting her father Mr. J. T. M. Rogers. ? Mr. J. M. Nisbet visited Monroe this week on business. ?Mr. John VValkup of Waxhaw, who is traveling for The Southern Presbyterian, passed through Van Wyek the early part of this week. He says the crops that he has seen in his travels are very poor and very much behind in growth for the time of year. He says our crops are up to, if not ahead of the average. The prospects are indeed discouraging. ?Prof. T. 11. Thompson came up from Lancaster last Saturday and was around shaking hands with his friends who are always glad to see him. The attractions around Van VVyck for the little Professor are too great to bo eas. ily broken and his visits are welcomed lie returned to Lancaster to be ready for the Teacher's Summer School on Monday. ? Mr. .1. II. Me Man us spent last Tuesday in Lancaster. ?The regular monthly meeting i?f Cedar Camp \V. <>. W. will be next Saturday afternoon, Juno 27th ut ;? p. ni. All members should come out as business of importance will come before the ('amp. ?The trains on the S. A. L. which had been very much demoralized after the Hoods on lirond Kiver washed away the trestles on the (j. C. N. division, have resumed their regular schedule and arc making them on time. The company have their painters at work, repairing the bridge over Catawba River. They are painting the Iron works black, trimming in white which shows up h nndsomely. OITIMCS. Horrible Tragedy in Ashe Conn1 .. X? iy, i> . A most horrible tragedy was enacted in Ashe county, N. C., last Sunday night at the home of Crick Davis. Two old friends of Davis, Alfred Barker and son, Levi, who lived in Virginia, had stopped at his house on their way to see their relatives in that section. Davis soemed very Cleveland insisted on their spending the night with him. They consented and when bedtime came every one in tho house retired. The two visitors occupied the same bed. Davis and his wife occupied an* other bei. close by, possibly in the same room. Hardly had they retired when M rs. Davis heard a noise, and on looking toward where the Barkers were sleeping, saw her husband with the axe, cutting the Barkers' to pieces. She sprang out of bed and tried to keep her husband from killing the old mnn D "J and immediately Davis gave her two blows that sent her to the floor. Levi had been killed by the first blow, that had split his head half open as clean as one splits a hog's head in slaughter* ing. Alfred had been saved apparently by Mrs. Davis, as he had time to crawl out of the bed and into a iield of rye closo by. He was bleeding like a hog, having received the axe up to the hilt in his stomach and having his right arm cut off. From the field Alfred could hear the terrible blows that fol lowed on the body of Mrs. Davis, as her groans became fainter and fainter. But she was not killed | outright, and after Dayis had quieted down and found that his wife was still alive, he washed her wounds and did what ho could to relieve her suffering. When the neighbors arrived, the alarm having been given by Davis' little girl, who escaped at the beginning with the baby in her arms, they found Davis sitting by his dying wife trying to administer to her wantH. To his neighbors he said, UI guess I have killed lliem, but 1 did not know it." No motive can lie found. One theory, however, is that Davis is insane. Another is that Levi Barker was once a sweetheart oi his wife and dial this visit stirred up jealou.-y, luit this is not believed, as Mrs. Davis was a woman of tine christian character and had never given the slightest attention to Barker since her marriage. CT4.3 U7ASTXNO AWAY The following letter from Robert R. NVatts, of Salem, Mo., is instructive. 44I have been troubled with kidney disease for the last live years. 1 lost flesh and never felt well and doctored witii leadinc n physicians and tried nil remedies suggested without relief, finally I tried Foley's Kidney (hire and less than two bottles completely cured me and 1 am now sound and well.." T. Fugene Funderburk. OASTOIIIA. the /) l^8 K'n(J You HlW Always Bought e"T" ? Happenings In ^he State. tn AD As Chronicled l>y the Alert Cor- ^ resp indents of The Columbia wl State. in A IIKAVV HAILSTORM. jle Lane's June is.?This place re and vicinity was visited by the m, heaviest hail storm known to our <ii, oldest citizens. At 0 o'clock this Ht, evening the hail attained a depth tu or uoout initio inches on a level ()f] and ranged in size from one to live inches in diameter, stripping cn the tiees of leaves and small branches. Gardens and crops in bji its range are completely destroy- 8t( ed. (1. L. O. ar ? sit t1ik 1iokh1hi.k dkat11 ok a neoro. Chester, Juno is. ? Hill Wash- g0 ington a negro farm hand on Mr. a : C. C. McAliley's plantation, was le' killed Tuesday evening by being ttt dragged by a runaway mule for a (quarter of a mile. The negro, after his day's work, was riding home in a careless manner, when m the mule shied, throwing the ne- th gro to the ground. In some way he was caught in the traces. This e(] territied the already frightened a animal, which ran, dragging the ,]t negro fully a quarter of a mile. At a creek the body caught in rtr some bushes, which stopped the tii mule. When aid reached the fp place the mule had turned on its ftr victim and was pawing the man- tli gled body of the negro. p ? B A YOl'NU MAN WANTED BY A FI.OR- tl; KNCF INSURANCE COMPANY. tr Elorence, June 17.?The Com ()i mercial Insurance and Trust company. a local organization, is en- k deavoring to catch a young man n< from York county, who has been et soliciting business in Darlington and hos failed to make proper re* ki $10,0( WORTH OF my . Tinuc niiiTii nuno, ulu i n HATS. ETI To go at prices -To Cash We quote prices on a few items Our entire Stock of White DressC e<l Lawns and Organdies?from 500 yds, wide Percales at 7?c 1000 yds. Barker's Bleach at S^c 1 yd wido Taffeta Silks at 75c per 1 yd wide Taffeta Silks (guarantee $300.00 in Notion Samples?less Splendid Bargains in the Sampl chiefs, Hosiery, Suspenders, Be 3500 yds Swiss and Hamburg Edg Prices that defy competition. 20 Suits (Job) in Crash and Liner Our all Wool $7.50 Serge Suit f 50 $10.00 Suits?odd lots ? at $< i Odd Lots in Men's $2 00 shoes, t< 1 Ask to see our Brogan at $ 1. OUR ENTIRE STOCK OK MEN LADIES AND MISSES OXF( If you have not hut 5c to spend y< a 10c pair of Suspenders?a 10< chine Oil, 10 Balls Sewing Thre too numerous to mention. Do not fail to < We will make whether You B Little. Yours i Funderb rus. A few weeks ugo a young man plied at the company's office r a position as a soliciting agent lieh was granted him. He he n working for the cotuproy ound Timmonsville and later went to Darlington. He made ports at the office but sent in no >ney and stated that the people ^ il not cure to pay money to a runger, so no polities were ised. It was learned later at the ice that .lackson had collected out $40 which hud not been uct i I i ?;n. i ? i uuiuu lur miki una iiuuu in mill uied the sample policies given in to work with. It is nailer >od that several other partios e looking for the sanio man for J liilar offenses. 4'Strength and vigor come of r mil food, duly digested. 4Force ready-to-serve wheat and bar^ y food, adds no burden but sus> ins, nourishes, invigorates." Must Go To Trial. Wilson. N. C., June 17. ?The otion for continuance made by 0 attorneys of Ward, Allen, ich, Morgan and Whitley, charg1 with the muader of lnsuranca gent J. Percy Jones, was today mied tiv Judge Shaw, who or>red a speciul venire of 250 men, id said that the cuse would be 4 ken up for trial Friday. The j /e defendants were arraigned ^ id pleaded not guilty. As to i ic other defendants, Broom, I ittman, Bass, Walls, Piver and times, it was decided to continue teir case for the present, and its ^ ial will depend on the outcome f the other case. ?Mr. C. (J. Wilson, the well own arcnitect and civil engi3er of Columbia, has been seloct1 to make plans tor the new 250,000 hotel to be built in Aien. wmT"1 GOODS. N0ING. SHOES. L ITC.i ' special interest Buyers.to substantiate our claims : joods?including, also, Color3c to 25c per yard, per yard, per yard, yard. id) at $1,00 pr yard, worth $1.25 33^ and 50c on the Dollar, es in Shirts, Towels, Handkeri~ aits 6lt'. jings? Inserting to Match, at i at $1.50 the Suit, or $4 50 i 50 and $7.50. > clone 08c per pair "Matchless" 15 the pair. 'S Low Cut SHOES, AND 3RDS.TOOO At FlliSt COST. ?u can get a 10c pair of Hose 3 Bottle of Refilled Serins' Ma n tad or a hundred oilier nrthicles ome to see us. it PAY YOU, UY MUCH or to Serve. URK CO. IMG1CL i r.w . wan^ -.mi The Chej Is All Everybody Delij Style of Cuttir Turning Thing! The People Ho oring for Jus Where they c Best Class i a a i _ A. AT blOSCbUt f We did not anticipate such a j 25x80 feet has been a veritable *'E loors were opened. Hundreds jrreat Bargains have gone out in c worth is a big advertisement for ut 25 to 40 per cent less than the usu Tho i ush of business lias caus A good many lots nearly gone, ?tl only be a matter of a few days tlu ling with new and better things. Railroads hot with new orders and We cleaned i 12 1-2 and 15 c tiste and Dimil yard. We coal< as many. The in regard to tli goods explains i K. K. Cloud, Esq., Dear Sir : In would HHy 1 send yi tine Lawns and thin values I have ever i say that this lot clei same will do you gi for favors, I rem air The goods referred to in at prettier and tiner than anything tc cents. They are going like wih purchase. We are makii fine black dress The Priees rai THIRD LESS paid*. Our Bargain \ / made up of 12 ribbons, is quit* 10 cents the Y ONLY, and Y< EVERY HAN GO 10 CLOUD'S It means simi m 1- - V>iOUU 18 SClll cheaper than ar and there is no More anon. i \ ? Yours to Her\ E. EC * 1 MP! I *-|i ft* Xt. Store rHE Go. ,?htecl with Our ig Prices and s Loose Cheap. ve Been Clamt Such a Store an Buy the very if Merchandise Pricesif Jt'f nt? it aud welcome. Our little store, IEE HIVE" from the moment our and hundreds of dollars worth of very direction, and every dollars i, because the prices range from lal price paid. ed our stock to bp badly broken' jers cleared out entirely. It wil mgb, when our store will bo bristWe are keeping the mails and the I new shipments. up tlie lot of 10, ents Lawns, Baties at 5 cents a d have sold twice following letter e same class ol itself: reply to your letter )U 99 pieces of those k they are the best *okl you. 1 would ins me up. 1 trust nod. Thanking you Yours truly, >ove letter have come in and are > be found in the town at 1C to 15 1 tiro and we would advise quick ig quite a run on goods for skirts, nge fully ONEtlian is usually I Ribbon counter, 1-2 and 15 cents i an attraction at rard. One week et You hear on 1/ FOR BARGAINS [>ly THIS: That ing good goods ly house in town, mistake about it. re and to PleaMe, t n tt n LU U JJ. ' X