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THELSD6EB.! THURLOW S. CARTER, KD1TDU AM) MAN.U.KK. i?ivmmm?????mm i ? > HI'BSUlUI'l'ION f 1 ')(? PFJ' V i :\Ii Issl IM> WKl>NK-U>AY AND SA'll'UOAN WKDNKSPAV AI'KII 13, 1901. Is it any wonder that bias and prejudice against coiporations are so often manifested in the jury room when these characteristics of ignorance and littleness were so much in evidence in the trend of legislation at the last ses>ion of tho general assembly of the State. There is no semblance of justice in tho verdict ^of $2f>,000.! damages recently given by a Greenville jury against the South em Railroad in favor of a woman ! for an alleged insult by a passim ger on a train on which she was j traveling. At Gatlney on his return trip to Washington after spending Raster at hir homo at Helton, Senator Latimer talked a little about national politics and is of tl... i... i ? n i niv; i >|'i ii it m mm iiuu^i; X" sir kit will be the nominee of the I ; ocrutie party. Senator (lorman was in the lesul sit one tune, but he thinks Parker is leading all now. He does not think the Miles boom will amount' to more than a bubble, and that Hearst is not in the race at all. [ For The Ledger. Antiooh itemsMl\. KDITOk: I will give you a few linos from our section of the country, and if tnis escapes the waste basket, you will bear from me again soon. Antioch st in Is secon 1 to no section in the wa\ of a preachei and s. hoot teacher. We have the gospel faithfully preached twice a month, second and fourth Sundu afternoons. The health ol the c immunity i? goo i, i xcept Mrs. Wherry, who has been quite sick for about three weeks. The farmers in ibis secii >u are* very busy ami doing some of the best work I ever saw in this section. 'l here has been some new buildings erected and some old ones overhauled, "butty'is having some good work done on his place in the way ol ditching and taking in fresh land. If the weather don't get too hot, lie is going to have some goo 1 work done. The man that has the blind mule and ox on his farm says lie i can do without one o! them, so 1 Come along, gentlemen, if you wi-di to purchase ei? lu-r. lie *a>s he hrsone ohj.-ciion to the blio i mule?don't drive after night Ami oneoljcti mi to the ox ? he can't. big Ike. j Antioch, April t 2. I < 94 I Ten Killed and Twenty Injured. ' l?v Cyclone In Texas. < t Ft Worth, Texns. April 0.? M Ten people were killed and twen- j ty badly injured as the result of a cyclone which swept over Lime- ; stone county la>f evening. Most of the killed and injured were ne? t groes, who were working on cot * ton plantations. Five negroes were found dead in wreckage at ;l Milk and Luna, which places were struck by the full force of the storm. The destruction among 1 live stock is reported to be extensive. .11 nor. oaok ii.i.. J u Chester, April 1 I. Tic court , of common pleas was called this morning at 10 o'clock, b it on ac. count of the continued ilims if u Judge Gage all jur\ ( ;; w n : postponed joi ? Lane ist? i County Teachers' Ass :c aiioo, Til" V \t tlirt'liu ; of I 'it* Ij IUctiAti r county tVicticV ;i-8cciution will I)*; 1)-*1 : ; i the K<-rsiiaT. grace 1 - 'In ,1 1 uihting ?>n Saturday morning, Mu\ 7, at 11 : >() o'cloc-t. An interesting and in structiv < program has been arranged and the meeting will bo rendered as betn licial :is possi- 1 hie. All the teachers of tho conn- ( ty nro cordially invited to attend s this meeting. : It. A. Dohson, Pres i The Lecture Fiiday Npdit. As previously announced in I ( these C' luinns, (o n. Irvine i | Waltter .vill deliver an address in the scho >1 uuditoriuiu next Friday night, undet tho auspices of ' the Daughters of the Ootift deracy, for tho bent fit of tho tnotiu- j nun' tund. 1']verybody should] attend, not only to enjoy a liter- j , ary treat but for the purpose of helping "lit :i p itriotic movement as well The admission foes will i bo cents for adults and 10c. | for children . , \\*o m o requestod !>v the Daughters to *tate that their homes will be open for the entertainment of Veteran from the country who j desire to attend the lecture. I -O O -*>- - . Democratic Clubs to Meet. t Fxoeutivo Committee Koom-, i Lancaster U. II , S. (J. Pursuant , to .lit- in :truction* of State Chair- ^ man Wiiiu .lone-., we hereby call the several Democratic (hubs of Lancaster lounty to meet on ' April "i.'.l, for the purpose of t electing deb-gates to the County | Cotivi ntion to be held on Men- , day the 2 1 day of M >y <\t L incaster (' 11 , at 1 1 o'clock, a. m., for the purpose of electing dele- * gates t ) the Slate Convention.? 1 Ivich !)om MM'atic Club will be entitled to one delegate for every | twenty-live names on their club list or fraction thereof. Wn urge ' the President- of every club to issue a cali at once. Let. evory ' club he represented in tho May ! Convention. , J. F. Xisbet, i Acting Chairman Fx Com. -'t ile Convention of A.M. I 'In; g:and lodge of t ho Junior Order of I nitcd American Mechanics < t' this State will meet in , this city on the 20th inst Con- | s'uh lahic numbers of delegates will he here and very pleasant arrange- | inents have heen made for their , reception and entertainment. The , convention will he held in the hall ] in lite third story over tho Hock | Hill Hardware Co's stora. Dor- , ing the s sHOii the local lodge and visiting delegates will hy permis- , sion of tin: trustees erect an American ll ig over the Hock Hill graded .school building and pre. , sent tin? school with a bible Hock Hill i lei aid. Lottoi to A. J. McNinch. fMurusler, it C. I)e ir vSir : A big null-owner, t Spartanburg, S (y., wanted A,- 1 )')() gallon- of paint, and bought * by price ; paid A rents less than Dili's ; g .r a "lead-and zinc1' i paint ; hut t ie lead was sulphate i )f 1 ?. ul, t.ot carbonate. Sulphate t josta .ib jut nulfand cover i about I ia!f. ti The p out was adulterated a ibout -i\ ii111 s as nuich as the c > cents p ?id tor. Ho 'saved" v *> cents and i: cost him 30. t Oh no; it cost him more, than hat ; we forgot the labor. Can't <> vork if out exactly ; don't know tow long it'll wear. Short measure besides ; that lone was twice as much as his o 'saving .? cents. o It. whs thin oAi?? , ?uw | OUIUO IU3S hero; don't know how much. J m. ii . 01 I n? ; <? was too much dryer 111 01 Tho maker mado something . n that; ho didn't. Taking it. altogether; ho did ! i r irriko much by that .> cents. (Jo by tho name, : and tho name 1 w Devon load-tin I zinc. si Yours truly, 1,1 K. W. l)r:von& Co. 0( ? New York (ifl Lancaster Mercantile Co. sells S|< it paint. f'tsnpeaings In Tiic State. i \ > ("inonicied b> tin: Alert (JorIC-|>01: atU ()f I'll? Colllttlbiu ^ Stale. sEi;i:?? KKMSTINIS AURKST KII.I.KI) IIV A < "ON ST AII I.K. 4 Orangeburg, I April 11.? Fred Monies, '.on&tuble for magistrate J. r. Uruuson of this city, shot uul Uillcd Richard Shu'er, a ne;r<\ whilo trying to serve a warant. tl.i- uk rning. The negro md his brother, .Icff, who livo ear llethel chore!), 10 mile.- east p .i i \ i - i. ...i i - a . i ; < ?i iiu^c < ill I 11 , II-III "IUCI1 IIIUICU'O y :i Monro living near then for issault mimI battery with intent to ill!. Constable Foil res lives in the muio neighborhood and the warMnis were given him Saturday, lie went to his home to spend Sunday and while there wa- warn d by both w hite and colored peo)i-> tho 1 the two negroes said they would never bo arrested. Foures slat ted out alone this Horning to make the arrests. Ilo found the negro, Richard, sitting >y llie roadside and as he drove ip spoke to linn. Foures then *ot out of his buggy and told the legro to ci usider himself under ?rre-t. 1 he negro put iiis hands o in- pocket, saying with a vile >nth e<> white man could arrest lim. Foot(s then shot him in he hip and closing in threw him o the ground where ho held him intil a hoy ploughing near by, ipon being hailed, came and mil ho linndenU's on. after which 10 returned to his work. The negro was not con(|Ucred, mit furious and still continued to struggle, cursing all tlio 'while. [ Kinaiiy Koures got him in the buggy hut the handcuffs gave way ^ md the negro rem wed the sTitig? C7 gIo and Foures again shot him, this time through the head. A. loaded pistol was subsequently found 011 the negro. rim.i> kii.i.kd by iiousk. Newberry, ApriU 11. ? A 1year-old son of Greenwood Wash- "j oigton, a negro, was kicked by a liorse here this afternoon and aF k most instantly killed. Vashmgton bad driven his hack into his yard : md unhitched the horse and the :hihl was playing near it The liorso's hoof struck the child on the j iw. The child ran a few steps md iell dead. ItKl'MoN 1>ATK It KM A1 N s AS I IXKO. ! Clitu lcston, April 11. ?The | Into for the ?i mcil i( union of llio 1'mted Confederate Veterans will ^ lot lie changed from the time ori- j 'iniilly set, May IT, lb im<i 11). At a meeting of the exeeutivo ' ^ 'Ointniltee of unan<jenu nts to?j ii^lit, the unit tor was considered, ^ (specially on account of the State )cmocratic convention meeting at ho same time. The i opreseutativos of the rail? ouds appeared before the comnitteo and explained that thetraf- 1 ic arninjji uiciils Imd been made | or the time which was lixed, the! dvertising had 1 ecu conimenced nd any change would re>ult in \ ^ onfusion of the dubs and (k her- ! 1 rise detract from the .success of : a he reunion. 1 I ^ it was then decided to allow the riginal date to remain as fixed. I I UK IN CIIKSTKU. Chester, April 1*2. ? Kirn hroko ut heio tonight ahout JO 'clock in tho building in *%the alley,, commonly known as tho Id jail duo. to the fact that it was nee used far that purpose. It is & vo story frame staucture owned v Mrs. N. T. Moblcy, and at the me of this dipalch, I a. 111., is aclically consumed. A strong ind is blowing and several other otes in tin? vicinity and livery sta ealso owned by Mrs. Mol)loy,and copied by S. (1. Cross, aro in inger. Mm old jail was used as a >re and was occupied by (). L. att. .1 SPRING % M C WiA." rilE HEATH B COM i 0 =0 MI im The ladies and th he date. e The Ladies w :oselect their SIM see and price ours i Our experien A SIMPSOI his season, stud ivtih the latest uly ;vepytl?ng strictl kriti, LI til* ~ * 7r*tut men ( t We are iiavin lire room handso STEStY DEPART lie opening on til L. Mil 5' I v 1.1 i M.MN'i WW r-?- ' "' '"W ' ' NANKING AND PANTS FORM; I NEB V 0 PEN i * I WILL TAKE PLACE ON p 1! 4 M II ?IM iliiy e public generally wil ill find it to thei RING I-IEADGJ superb line of Ha -oo oo oo ce<! aitd popular V. spent several ying and fainiii les. Yen will I 1} up-to-date in 4 4* *4* *4* -4* -4* *4* *4* -4* trrTiririr'Irir g- the front half mely fitted up fc MENT, and it v ie 31 st instant. m k ifff' ANCASTEF ?uf l?. I B^ll INtiRY T _ } I .?,? MVBT k \TTII C iriMvwtn i ihh aL N G o-o a I please not forget V ir interest not ^Alt until they ts and Bonnets, ii ? nilll^l ^ 1 weeks North arizing liecself 'huh therefore, our millinery * of our Furni>r our MfLLIri II be ready for i s. c.