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THE LEDGER. Tbmrlovp 3, *#a.rtora EDITOR AND MANAGER. 8ATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1903. Notice of Town Election Resolved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Lancaster, S. C., in Council assembled and by authority of the same. That an election for Mayor and i v A l/lnrntnn thn t <\ti> n i\/ T n n?. caster, S. C., to serve for the next two yoars is hereby ordered to be hold on tho 15th day of December, 19C3, in said town of Lancaster. Polls to be open at tho Council Chamber near the Court House, from 8 a. 111. to 4 p. m., and that ?). C. Poster, A McManus and ,1. N. Crockett bo and they arc hereby appointed managers to hold said election. Passed and Ratified this 30th November. A. D., 1903. K. E. NVylic, Mayor. Attest: C. I). Jones, Clerk. The Confederate Bazaar will take place on the Stli of December, in tho Kiddle building The Daughters are making a desperate effort to have it a success. We are not soliciting contributions individually, but extend a general invitation through the papers to please help us in this noble work. Each man, woman and child is requested to eend a contribution. it n VJ . XV V-/ Capt. J. P. Kiug , the L. & C's. popular and efliciout conductor , had a lively experience while bringinghia morning traiu from Chester to Laucaster last Monday. Among his passengers were two men, named Vernon, who were on their way from the Lockhart mills to the Laucaster mills. They became quite disorderly, aud when the conductor and SherifF Cornwell of Chester, who was aboard the traiu, undertook to quiet them tlioy showed resistance, finally getting out and arming themselves with rocke. Refore they could be irrested Sheriff Cornwell had to use his gun, shooting one of the men in the leg, but not seriously. They were brought on to Richburg and there locked up to await the afternoon train to be carried to Chester jail. ? Review. Mr. J. R. Stames, of Osceola, is building an addition to houso and is preparing to enlarge his store room. Mr. Starnes is now one of the Enterprise's regular advertisers and it is glad to learn that his business is on the increase so much so that ho tinds it necessary to enlarge his present quarters. A man's shadow never grows less so long as he invests liberally in printer's ink.?Waxhaw Enterprise. ?A special to The State from Chapel Hill, N. C., says that Mr. 11. S. Stewart, who is a brother of our townsman, Mr. J. M. Stewart, and a student of the ITnirmcOu ?t North Carolina, has been elected captain of the university football team of 1904. Tho team of 1903 won tho championship of tho south with Mr. Stowart, tho fast and heavy centre. The special says of Mr. Stewart, "He is undoubtedly tho best centre in the south, and is given that distinction by all who havo seen him piny, llo weighs 210 pounds and is about 6 feot 2 inches in height, and stands like a granite wall before heavy line plunging " YtuKotv What Yo u arr Taking When you take Grove'h Ta.sto less Chill Tonic because the form ulft is plainly printed on overy bottle showing that it is simply Iror and Quininodn a tasteless form Mo Cure. No Pay. 50c. The Shiloh Hot Supper. ?? # Mr. Editor : The hot supper giveu by the Shiloh congregation, at the hospitable country home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Craig, for the purpose of raising funds towards erectiug a fence around the cemetery, was largelv at tended by Lancaster and sur roundiug communities. For the small sum of twenty-five cents,a plate was served with ham, turkey, chicken and salmon salad, stuffed eggs, pickles, cranberry sauce ; atid bread was passed as often as needed. This course included as dessert, three slices of cake, a 9aucer of gellatine and whipped cream. Coffee was free of charge. Oysters (stewed and fried) \ve~e the only extras. Never was so much heaped on a porson'8 plate for so small a sum of money. In truth no persons can say they left the supper hungry. Shiloh has won a never dying reputation for hospitality. About sixty dollars was raised. In behalf of the congregation, thanks are extended to friends in the towu of Lancaster aud surrounding communities foi their aid in donations and pat ronage. * * * Beautify Your Homes 27 years practical experience lr the papei hanging business. Hon. oral tie work at honorable prices, Have your walls papered with pretty wall paper, which will adc hrisitness to your home. A large and handsome collection of new and pretty wall papers to selec from. All work clone in the bes possible manner, at the lowo* possible cost. % If yoj contemplate making your home beautiful, i will give mc great pleasure, and. will bo very thankful of the op portunity to talk to you about it Very respectfully, yours to serve CHAS. KITCHKLT, Lancaster, S. (J. Residence, Lancaster Ilotel. Darns liurnecl. Special to The State. Newberry, Nov. 30.?Mr. B W. Bar re lost his barns by fir< Friday nitjbt. Mr. Burro is j prosperous farmer who lives abou six milee. west of Newberry, Tb loss was considerable. lie kep his feed for his cows in his ban and the loss was total, there beinj no insurance. The (ire issuppos ed 10 have boon the work of ai incendiary. Contractor is Missing. Union special of Wednesday t the Charlotte Observer: Som half dozen business men am equally us many laborers, woul< like to know the whereabouts o F. M. Johnson, a contractor who, it is alleged, skipped fron tho city and state, Saturday last after drawing tho money to pa oir his laborers and bills, buthav ing failed to do so. The last see of him ho is supposed to hav purchased a ticket to Knoxrillc Tenn. Up until this time hi credit or chaiacter were neve brought into question. Ho has family here, with several chil dren. ?Mr. J. L. Walkup present The Enterprise with 11 larg Thanksgiving turnip, which mens tires 23 inches in circumference and weighs 7 12 pounds. It wt raised by Mr. ,J. D. Potty nec Marvin. Mr. Walkup sayr thi turnips are cheap and plentif: and that he occasionally sends customer a mess to get to sell hit some meat. Waxhaw Enterprisi That there is any necessity fi a law and order league in Sout Carolina is a pity; but novertht less it is a fact that there 11 net essity for such an organizstio and ull good citizens should b< ong to it. If the organization ompleted in all the countios, an t is held to its declaration < urposes, there is groat work fc t.?Yorkville Enquirer. Monnignor Quigley is Dead. Charleston, Nov. 27.?Mgr. D. J. Quigley, vicar general of i tbo Human Catholic ilioceso of 1 Charleston, died this afternoon at his 1 evidence in this city. lie < was born at Paisley, Scotland, i aud came to this country at age of thirtoen years. He settled at Luncustei, S. C.? where he attended school and later became the bookkeeper for his uncle, Patrick McKenna, who was in business there. At the breaking cut of the civil war, ho enlist ] ed in a company which wau being raised at Lancaster,but he concelled the enlistment at Iho call of , Bishop Lynch, and came to Charleston to outer the priesthood, lie studied under Bishop P. N. Lynch and was invested with tho tonsure and given authority to , preach, liis first sermon was at . St. Joseph's church, lie had . previously taken a short course of . studios at Mount St. Mary's Coli lege, in Baltimore. In 1863, Mgr. Quigley sailed from Wilmington, N. C , with Bishop i Lynch, as his private secretary, for France, where the bishop went to see the Papal nuncio at Paiis, . as the accredited representative of tho Confederate government, for the purpose of counteracting tho efforts of Archbishop Hughes 1 of New York, who had beou deputized by President Lincoln to endeavor to secure the Pone's fa I * vor to tho United States in the war with the South. Dr. Quigloy was appointed monsignor, and is said to have been the first Roman Catholie prelate in tho south who was so honored. Two Wagons Crush a Bridge ? Killing Three Mules. A Special to tho .News andCourier from Columbia, says: An unusual and serious accident occurred in the upper part of the county, Mr. Oscar F. Chappoll was coming to Columbia with two ? wagons loaded with cotton, llo o " wus riding horseback uhcad of the 1 t teams and safely crossed the Ce0 dar Creek bridge. v Both wagons t got on the bridge when it gave 3 way, resulting in The killing of y three mules and the serious injury 3 of another. Harmou Neal and a Henry Irby, tho two negro drivers, had a narrow escape, for thoy fell in among the debris of the bridge, wagons and cotton. They were badly hurt, but it is not be- J 0 lioved that their injuries are ser0 ions. The bridge wus about thirj ty-tivo feet in length and no sat'sj factory reason ^is given why it f. should have collapsed with the load that was on it. > John W. Coward Gets 8 Tears y for Manslaughter. n Bennettsville, S. C., Nov. 29? e John W. Coward, who was on trial here for the shooting and 18 killing of Pearly Langley, on the ir 6th of last July, was, last night, a at 11 o'clock, found guilty by the jury of manslaughter, and was sentenced by Judge Gary to eight [g years at hard labor in the penir0 tentiary. One other homicide case goes over until the next term of Ja court. A POLICEVIAN'3 TESTIMONY it ,1 J. N. Patterson, night police? a man of Nushuu, la., writes, 4'Last n winter 1 had a bad cold on my 3 lungs and tried at least a half dozen advertised cough modicines ,r and had treatment from two physicians without getting any bene3" fit. A friend recommended 3 Foley's lloney and Tar and two ,n thirds of a bottle cured me. J ? consider it the greatest cough and 1H lung medicine in the world." I(| Sold by T. Eugeno Funderburk. >r aaa?ftte Yonr With Ou?iri?. Candy CulharUc, euro constipation toravat Kfctto. II C. "J. O.druoaUureluud moaM School Children of Tho State. According to the report of the J superintendent of education, Hon. O. B. Martin, almost 20,000 more colored than white children are enrolled in the public schools of South Carolina. Statistics from Marion county are missing and as a result tho report to the general assembly is not exact, but us far as can be estimated theenrollment for'1903 is 286,802, there being 138,076 white and 153,816 colored.?The State. Mr. S. Heyman, a prominent merchant or Chester, S. (J., died at liib houie there Friday evening at7:30 o'clock. Application for Final Discharge. Notice is hereby Riven that at 11 a. m., on Monday, January 4, 1904, I will file my fi'ial return as Administrator of the estate of ft Furman Twltty, dec'd., and make application to the Probate Judge of Lancaster county for discharge ss such administrator. P. T. Twitty, Adrur. Dec- 2, 1903?lm If You Want a Watch I Can Interest You. 1 have in stock at all times watches ranging in price from $1.00 to $50.00, and each one guaranteed to he just as represented. Also best lino of jewelry of all ki*d, silver novelties, silvorware, also clocks, fancv fronds, etc. My stock of Weddlug atld | Uhristmas gifts is better than over. As Usual My Prices are . Moderate. B. C. Hough. trespass ioraiT" A'll persona an* hereby warned not o trespass by riding, walking, hunting, fishing or in any way on fire lands of the undersigned in Pleasant Hill ami F;nt < reek towm-hips. 'i'he iaw will be enforced against any und all pe.stp.s disregarding this notice Mrs. I . J Hins'in, J. B. Hinson, K O Hit.son, M. ' . Hinson, Jr., J. A. Bwers, Nov. 14, 1903 ? lm SHERIFF'S SAld. STATE Of SOUTH CAROLINA County of Lancaster, Cou' tof ('omni')u Pleas. Mary Jane Est ridge, Jacob Faile, Alice Blackmon. Fannie Hunter and Sarah Faile, Plainti t. AOAINST Martha Faile, Atzjnia New and Jerome Catoe, Defendants. PURSUANT to ail Order made by Juc'ge James Aldricli, in the above stated case Octuber.25th, 1902, I will' ell at Lancaster C, H., on the first Monday in December, within the legal hours of stiie, the following tracts of land, to wit; First, One Tract of Seven (7) uteris, more or less, in Lancaster County in said State on the>waters of Flat Creek and b unded North by thoestate lands of John O. Catoe; East by land o Amos Mungo; South by lands of said Amos Afungo and West by lands of J2ich flinson Second, one trnct of Twenty>three (23) Acres, more or less, and bounded North by estate landB of John (J. Catoe; Ea9t by lunds of Mary J Est ridge; Southland West by lands of Eli/abet h Tiinson The same being in Lancaster County iu said State l^-Terms of Sale CAKH. Pur chaser to pay for papers. J. P. HUNTER, ? Sheriff L. V. R E. \VYLIE, Atty. for Plaintiffs r mr i Anive i u mm m /^i i mi -lioig uWe moan shoes. Wo -are selling more shoes this season hy double than wo did last. Why ? Because the people are fast findiug out whore to get a good shoe at a reasonable price. Come and see for yourself. Respectfully, Cherry & Co. Heath Bankings Me LANCASTER, [ OUR SPEl j DISPLAY FALL AND Wl MM JIM o o ITHTJRSDA Octobc rpm a v IJL JL 9 Octobe] ?o 0 0Our Milliner 5 Simpson spent thi in the Northern m lecting our stock, a styles of this seas will be shown in Beavers and Felti line of the newest in all colors. | The latest weavt for Shirt Waists, Skirts will be disp o I A WELCOME IS I EXTENDED j ?4 AT Heath Bankings M< LANCASTER, ; ir " V . ' .% rcantileCOo s. c. ZlflL ' OF INTEB 5RY, Y, sr, 1st, I ! . 9.nH. f ? \ diss Julia ree weeks arkets send correct on's Hats i Yelyets, s. A full I Suit Hats I ;s in goods Suits and layed. i TO ALL 8 I*? I Tcantile Co. s. c. *