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Local Matters ' 1PPOINTMBNT8 OF RE". J M ^ ITK <Unity, 1st and 8d Sabbath ( Gills ^reolt, 21 nml 4th Satbath, 11 * m, l'bus;?nt Hill. 21 an J 4th Sabbath, g |? m. j When you want Candy, j When you^think of Candy i When you go to bet Candy ' get ^t i V Mackorell's. 1 ?a?raw?gemn?lain ? ? Dr. Allison, of Louisiana is | here on a visit to his niece Mis. I Leroy Springs. ( ? Mr. M. L Llinson, Sr., one of the Ledger's oldest subscribers made the editor smile vahIoi-iIhw v. He is always among tho first to L settle his subscription every Fall. ?The Catawba Power company has moved its office from Rock ^ Hill to Charlotte and is quartered l' in the Trust building in the latter * city. * - Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hansel- ^ tino have the sympathy of the j community in the death of their ^ little babe, Claudine, aged about j 2 months, which occurred last f Tuesday night, 18th instant. ? Mr. K. N. Estridge has \ gatheied from one aero in corn on 1 the H. L. Belk place near Creek t 1,038 bundles of fodder. It is > estimated he wiil get more than a 100 bushels of corn from this r acre. ( ?The timely discovery of a small blaze in a pile of stove I wood near the stove ia the cook room at tho jail last Wednesday c night saved the building being c damaged. c Mies Alta Fewel went to Lau- a easier yesterday morning to take c a position in tho office of Williams b & Williams, attorney at luw.? S Rock Hill Record. I ? Kev. J. VV. Littlo bus been P called to the pastorate of Wax- ? haw Baptist church. It is under- ^ stood that he will accept the call of the church and expects to move ^ his family from Wingate to this place about the tirst of next >car. ^ ?Waxbuw Enterprise. w ? M iss Minn 10 Massey left the j ^ city Monday night for Baltimore o where she will enter tho John Hopkins hospital to bo treated for rheumatism. She was acconipuni- ^ ed by Dr. J. E. Massey, Sr.? Rock Hill Herald. Ci In the case of George Funder- u burk aflrainst. th? Snnn???<iin Jvo_ r? V 6?""" uwl" ton Mill hoard at Chester last a, week, the court awarded Funder- ^ burk a verdict of $1,800. The p plaintiff sued for damages oecas ? ioned by the loss of a leg while u in the employ of the company. el ? We will open in theCunning E ham building, next to Crawford n Bros.' Drug Store, Saturday, t< Sept. 24th the biggist bargains in 1 Men's clothing and Gent's furnish H ing goods, also shoes and hats y ever offered in Lancaster County. Also Ladies' Jackets and Skirts. Yours for business. g Deitz Bros. ft In the second primary last Tuesday Magistrate J. J. Roberts of Flat Creek township whs reelect- _ - ? g ed. He recoived 140 vote* and ^ his opponent, Mr. J. M. Stroud j 143. The vote was as follows: ^ Koberts. Stroud. ra l'ritnus 18 7 r( Hnilo Mine 28 33 Kershaw 0 6 Taxahaw 34 17 Flat Creek 7 48 ^ Welshes 59 32 r< "1 always settlo for the Ledger out of my first cotton," said Mr. H. W. Sisturo as ho handed us p| $1 .50 yesterday. He has sold I four bales this week. <0 )f11ciul l?ei?ort Second Primary Election, Sept. 13, 11>03 Following is the official return f the vote in .he secoud primary election tield in this county last Tuesday for Railroad Cotnmisdoner: Precinct. Etude Mobley. Lancaster C. H. 93 122 Dotton Mill 0 119 llelair G 22 ^an VVyck 7 17 Thornwell 3 0 S'ewcut 9 11 Tradesville 0 8 [)\vipht I 19 Taxahaw 31 19 Flat Creek 25 29 Welsh's 19 71 daile Gold Mine 10 52 r * \ersnaw 59 5S death Springs 92 18 r'rimus 27 13 ^armel 11 1 i ilgin 7 20 i Total 412 605 | )eatli oi' tlio Oldest Citizen of the County Rev Jonathan Ogbirn, of Flat J reek township, died last Saturlay, Sep 10, 1904, after a promoted illness. For several years le has been confined to his room rorn a stroke of paralysis. Mr. )ghurn was in his 99th year, hav?? ng been born in the spring of 806. He was twice married, lis last wjfe survivos him and the ollowing children by his first vife: T. J. Ogbnrn, Mrs. W. ,1. Xilliams and Mrs. Thomas tobertson. He was a minister of ho Gospel for more than 50 'pars, i hpin a firuf o .a* wv V* af^viu JUlOb U 11 U fter wards a Baptist preacher. H is emains were interred at Flat >reek church last Sunday. lettael Presbytery Bethel Presbytery, embracing ountie9 of York, Chester, Lanaster, Fairfield and Chesterfield, ontaining fifty-seven churches nd twenty-four ministers will onvene with the Fort Mill Presbyterian church on Tuesday night, leptember, 20th, at 7:30 o'clock. The opening sermon will be reached by the Kev. H. J. Mills, f Hidgeway, retiring moderator. double Crop Experiment Mr. Wilson Rowel! of the 0. [. section is experimenting this ear with corn and cotton in the ime field and he is well pleased rith the prospect. He selected wo acres to make the experiment n, laying off the rows four feet part and putting tho same amount nd kind of fertilizer in each. He lien planted two rows across th*' eld in cotton, tho next two in orn, the next two in cotton, etc., ntil the two acres were planted. We are told that from the two cres he expects to gather forty ushels of corn an 1 fifteen hundred ounds or seed cotton. He is so 'ell pleased with the experiment sat another j-oar he will plant his ntire cotton crop in this way. le Hays that the cotton fruits inch better and that the sun grots ) it better after fodder pulling, t will pay other farmers to try ins mode of planting another ear. ... ( ? Ne are selling a great many oods regardless of cost. Come ] nd see before you buy. Lancaster Mercantile Co. i One thousand dollars is pretty ;' ood pay for 12 acres of land in 1 Inion county. That is what Mr. ! . L. Long has paid Mr. J . A. ' 'uldwell for that amount ono,J lilo northeast of town.?Mon- ' ? !, w hnquirer. ' The Camden Cotton Mill has ( arted up again, an 1 wo under ' and will run for several weeks. ' >'c do not know when but Water- ( se Mill will likely begin opera ' on within a few weeks. The ' am of these two Mills would be loasant music.?Messenger. < ?Subscribe to The Ledger. 1 Official Returns Delayed By Storm. Tbo Total Vote Will Be More Thau Eighty Thousand ? Eight Incomplete Returns The State, ltlth inat. Because of the storm in the eastern section of the Stuto some of the county boxes have not yet made official returns of Tuesday's primary election. The reports from ten counties as given below aro incomplete. But there is no j possibility of any change being J made in the results as indicated ! yesterday and the nominocs for the Democratic party for the several offices will he those who have the greatest number of votos according to the following tabulations: Railroad Commissioner. Eailo 44,887 Mobley 37,188 Lead 7,099 Congress ?Second District Patterson 6,651 Mavtield 5,522 Load 1,129, Congress?Sixth District. Ellerb6 7,063 Ragsdale 5,324 I Lead 1,739 Tolicitor ? Fitli Circuit. Tinimerman 6,680 Rem her t 4,550 [ Lead 2,130 Storm Does Damage All ?=?" I Along Atlantic Coast Greatest Loss of Life at Wilmington Del , Where The Tug Goes Down With Eight of Grew New York, Sept. 15.?A number of lives were lost, much property damaged ami several ships were wrecked in the storm which swept up the allnntic coast last night and today. It was one of the fiercest September storms on record?tkunderjand lightning adding terrors to a howling gale which swept dronching sheets of rain over sea land. Tonight telegraphic ro ports say that the storm has swept out into the ocean and from the Canadian Coast. The groatest loss of life was near Wilmington, Del. The tug Israel W. Durham with a crew of six men and four others I employees of the American Dredging company was swamped in the Dolawaro river today during the height of the storm. Eight of 10 persona on the 1 itlle craft were .i i ... uruwiieu. r rom iartner <lowu , .Jacksonville, Fla., comes the report that five men were drowned off Charleston. This report was brought in by one of the coast lines. Halifax, N S. is tonight mourn ing a $500,000 hre. While tbisj fire was not directly due to the 1 storm the flames were fanned and i dtiven forward by the high wind which prevailed. New York suffered comparative ly little. The wind and rain and lightning and thunder were tcrifir, but little damage was done. Nineteen coal barges went adrift in the bay tonight. Their wreckage streaks the jhore from the Battery to the Na.rows but no lives were lost. Several small Jvessels also went ivuuru uu various parts of tbe ;oftst near New York. One fa:ality was reported in this city !vhi)n a piece of cast iron tire es;ape was blown from a building ind 6truck Carl Hartzner, killing lim. Avoid fierious results of kidney >r bladder disorder oy taking Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by Funderburk Pharmacy. 1 Bi'ieau Cotton Report. |A* It Show*a Fotol 300,414 Il.lts i Ginned to September let, Against 17,587 for the c Sumo Period L ist v tin l ear. rut hie W ushingtnn, Sept. 15.?The . n ' 1 ini cotton report of the Census Liu- ^ l'eau igscud today shows :i total of 390,414 commercial bale* pressed wj at the ginneries, ginned from the ^ growth of 1904, prior to Sep- ^ temlnr 1, against a total of 17,' r ' mc 5s7 commercial bales in the corre ^ ^ 8ponding period of last year. The ^ ^ rnwm ulin.i... T kc" ? - * cjw.y.t i,.jui ginneries operated ibis season prior to September 1, while tho number operated to the corresponding date in 1903 was 2,170. The report points out that in comparing the sta- 8P( tisticH of tho two years, due allowance mu>t be made for tho 1,1 dillcreut conditions of tho two *()< seasons. The total commercial wc bales which would number but NV1 374,821, if the round bales were counted as half bales, comprise r358,790 square bales, 31,187 round bales and -131 Sea Island crop bales. The crop by states and terri tories follows: Alabama, 20,459 commercial bales, total corresponding period last year, 1,314; Arkansas, 70 commercial bales last yeni, 17; Florida, 1,850 commercial bales, last year, 572; Georgia, 33,193 commercial bales, |nt,t .1 nun. 1_ i? ' < ??a-. yuur, d,zoo; inuinn .territory, 1,055, lust year. 4; Louisiana, 5,~ 570, last year, 448; Mississippi, 2,703, commercial bales, last year, 4S4; North Carolina, 134 commercial bales, last year, 35; Oklahoma, 43, commercial bales, last year, 0: South Carolina, 4,215 bales, last yrnr, 254; Tennessee. 2 commercial bales, last year, 1; Texas, 284,011 commercial 1 js, last year 6,761. Burglars In Wajt.eshoro, (4a. Agusta, (in, Sept. 14. ? A special to the Chronicle from Lb: Waynesboro, Ga, rays: ? An itte?. pt was made to rot) i the Citizens Hank hero this mor- I ning. A largo holo was dug un- ' der *he vault, Gut the metal was | not pierced. During the night the homo of Cashier Benin of the same bank was robbed of silver *vnro and jewelry. In pursuing the rob-1 her Berrin fell and broke his Unco cap. ~ Boy Dies While at play. ^Jnooio 1 / * VA.?i? ' iu nows mill V^ouricr. ' i*0| Marion, Sept 13.?Clarence shi White, of the Godhold section of 101 Marion County, died suddenly hl( while nt play in his mother's yard last Thursday morning. Clarf-nee and his three year-old brother were at play in tho yard and of course were not missed from the house, though out of sight. j.oj The younger child, it is said, r0! came to its mother and told her inj something that indicated there was something wrong with Clar- I enco, and upon investigation the dead body o? the child was found. ri1' ? Henry Gran by who killed Ote Mace with a boer bottle in a Greenville dispensary recently has been released from jail on a bond of $2,000 WHAT IS LIFE. *ki In the last analysis nobody knows, but wo do know that it is a1' under strict law.- Abuse that law ^ even slightly, pain results. Irregular living means derangement of tho organs, resulting in constipation, Headuche or Livor trouble Dr. Kings new lifo pills ijuickly re adjusts this. It's gentlo, yet thorongb. Oidy 25c at Crawford So Bros J. F. Mackey & Co , and Funderburk Pharmacy. ?Por Iteut! Five room cot tage. Applv to J. M. Hood. M% rcn I' ?If yon land or lots to ' M'H hi \vi>h to purchase land hoc I tin? uinl(M>i<:t>c?l r. S. Carter. ... .aiaMnrnw I'KOKICslON A Ii ( Attn. i i l)u M I* Ck.\\vK'?ui? I)i; It c Hk?i\v\ 5 <K WVFOIil) iV IJItOWX, I'll? Hirians timl Surf, his. I r, S. < I 'InMliiiiji.t <>r tin in ami llitoi a ! ( ( vi:?l( Tails |>r<>inp'ly auswi :v?l day or lliirllt ()lll !> 11i * 1 riuf.nil Ur/.j A Bargain in Next Sixty Days. Buy you a fr Vandyke enamelei Your II I I MIS (Q? CLOUD'S IS M H' To l)iiy good merchandise idy for full business closing on ipment. A good season's basin linants and odd pieces tint wo >ro this week. It may be the v xious to get rid of and will tak N1CI SKI We have a good stock of goo ike low prices for September, cents gpods, special price 30 c "t fabric fast black, the yard 425 >e has been selling at 75 cents, * br?ttor! Hnnniiil valnn nil nonlc 40 INCH BRf one of the host clothes we ha i serge, very line and soft, was 30 inch new Ycbolion, two c i yard 25 cents. 45 inch suitings, splendid foi TAILOR Mi .Vc ha.o just received a goo< irts. Ono of the best numbers plain grey material at $2.00. wool mixtures at $3.50, equal I TAN OXFORDS AT COST. lN OXFORDS at cost. Only ;ir size is gone. CI CTHINR tt ba w ai DM I II M Wo are still making n BIG It its and Par.ts at SPECIAL Pltl E. E. l A<i?vl Man i^'ei iniisly Burnec Rescuing block. Alonetta, Sept. 15 ?Mr. M. N. dstoiu lost two I>!irlis by lire eduesduy in -ruing bet veer dmght ami day. Mr. liolstcin i out in his night clothes to fret i stock from the burning build ?s which ho succeeded in doing, 3 n > t was very seriously burner d is now coiiliucd to his lions* th a doctor in attendance. Mr. dstein is a near neighbor of Mr. id lew 15. \V at sod, who :? few mthn ago, l<?r-t his canning esdishment warehouse and much Inable farming machinery hy p. Hig Jail lCscape. Mobile, Ala, Sept. 14? A jcial from Camden, Ala, says it all the prisoners c mfincd the Wilcox County jail escape lay. Four alleged murderers re in the party . llloodhounds II be put on thoir trac k rtason Fruit.! and Tops. Also Fruit Jar | I) UR Kioto. l*h >nos: () 11 X 17 >; lio i.lonco* Nos. 11 Kiit! {Business i^duca,tion 1 PAYSL.VKUK DIVIDENDS! vol i?<?*??I u j r.i'ti ':?1 business ?*?| ; uc.ition Wo yu iiatitt't! siltisf.u-lioii. ("ouvsosof audy inlorseii us I? ?ii?kr Die j most praeticul; t! oy liav?- no supeiio , Instruction t?iv??ti is llrst oluss. Xo ' oilier btifriutm o ?I!ok<m o'l'-r l?e'ter mli van! iir^s. PI iii'i' now and prepare I < r a iterative si 1 n. Our Kia<luat< j .:r i ?1<>iii tU(i Let uh assist yoi wo [haw a IiuihIi'imIs ? tliey are in I iouis. Wo oll'cr special rates j Mni foil's S. C. Business College* j Columbia, S. C. j Aug. til), 1H01 -tf. 3^ -7^=z=;i ars, Extra Rubifa j Wrenches. Tobacco for the uit boiler of the 1 ware, acid proof s Respectfully, t/1 Tiawnui cii? ?F : THE PLACE : # % * % * # I y *' * 1-W 1 " i advantageously. Wo are getting t stock and m iking room for curly ioss has has loft us ?juito a lot of will sell very cheap. Visit our ery thing you need wo are most e your price. r&ra /p/FMV'* r\ da suitable for Skirts and Suits and Ut..?L. 11:11.i i?i iiniiLiuu >uu i msire mo ents. 30 inch l\?plur cloth, :i new cent?}. 42 inch host 1 >omcstic Mel for good wear and fast hlack notli iSS BE ALMA. vo oversold at $1.00 45 inch Su$1 00, special the yard 75 cents, olors, Navy an ! Cirav. 1>1(4 JOH r making skirts, the yard 30 cent-. IDE SKIRTS ;1 line of medium price walking is a perfect litt'ng, well made skirt There are some very pretty skirts of lo the average $5.09 Skirt. We are closing out our stock of ahout one dozen left. Call before* RARfiAIN? UN, closing cut mens' and hoys' Cloud.