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Short Locals. P ?Mr. Sidney Hinson, of Kershaw, was in.town Monday. ?Born, Dec. 9,.1899, to Mr. *(|r and Mrs. R. T. Beaty. a son.' ?Mrs. S. W. Heath, of Kershaw, spent several days with relatives W- here .recently. ?Postmaster J. F. Gregory spent Sunday with his father at Taxahaw. ?Miss Laura MeCain of Waxhaw visited ?t Mrs. Amanda Hood's here last week. ?A pretty Christmas gift?one of B. C. Houch & Co's 14K. Gold Rines. for 111.00. ?Miss Delia Caskev is visiting relatives in the Dixie neighborhood. ?Mr. Adam Ganson of Sprint field, Mass., came last Saturday and will spend the winter with his brother, Mr. \V. Guison -?-Give the boy something lie ..-.--" 'will keep. A nice watch can be bought at B. C. Hough & Go's for |2.00, boy's size warranted. ?Mrs. W. II. (ireirorv left Mondav for Alabama where she will spend the winter wit s r-d atives ?Capt. B. J. Wither.ipoon, Dr. W M Cjnvfonl and Mr. F C. Secret have gone to Charleston to attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge, A. F M ? Married, Dec. 9, 1899. Mr. Webb Thompson and Miss Kallie Cook, daughter of Mr William Cook at Taxahaw, Rev. T. A. Dabney officiating. ?Our stock is ready. Come today Don't wait till the crowds come. ,\Ve can't do you justice then, and you can't blame us. B. C. Hougii <fc Co. ?We are indebted to somebody at Washington, either Congressman Finley or his private secretary, Maj. B. F M'ller, for cop ies of the Congressional record. ?Rev. R. I). Perry and family, who have been valued citizens ot ChePter for three or four years, are moving to their farm in Fair field county.?Chester Lantern. ?List of let'ers advertised for the week ending Dec 12, 1809: Miss Hetty Cunningham. Miss Nannie Crenshaw, Miss Carry Rosberry. J. F. Greoory, p. rn. ?Married, Doc. 10, 1890, at OdB the parsonage of the Lancaster Baptist cliurch, by Rev. J. II Boldridge, Mr. .1 T. Hunter ami Miss Ella Williams ?Wanted!?At a fair price? cattle of all kinds. Bring me i your Turkeys, Geese, fat Hens and Calves on Monday l>oc. 18, 1899. Turkeys, 0 cents. It. W.A.Davis. ? Butt's panorama, which ex ^ hibited at the courthouse Moii yim- day and Tuesday nights, is pro nouDced 'really fine by those of our people who have seen it. |? __ Another exhibit will be given tonight, and, it vou have not seen it, yon will be glad if you go. ? ? I^ebr A* William* Comely f Company?a troupe thai is well recommended?will give three performances in the Opera House Thuradav, Friday and Saturday fet nights. Frice of admission, Chil I f dren, 15 cents ; Adults, 25 cents ; \<r Reserved seats, 35 cents. Tick ets on sale at J. F. Mackey A Go's. \ I * f * ' ?At the Ope1 a House Thurt day, Friday and Saturday nights Lehr?& Williams Comedy Com puny. Thi< is said to be a first class show in every respect, an well worth price of admission. To fett le the Stomach and Overcoiu the Nausea of Prospective Mother: take Simmons Squaw Vine Wine o Tablets. DtreHitif/ Ifr/metl. The dwelling of Mr. J. F m.. ? - i xvv/j.m.-. <ii i in* .j jh'ksoii nar, neighborhood was burned las Friday. The fire caught in th cook rnoin while dinner wa being rooked Part of his fin nit lire was *aved. II* had $225 0 insurance on the furniture. ?"Mrs. \. R. TiindRAV, of Hook Hit attended the funeral obsequies of ho mother, Mrs NVylio which took plac hero TiiH*iiny. \ew Stable tiuihlimj. Ground was broken Monda, morning lor a large sale, feed aiv !iv. rv st dile on the rear end o the lot in rear of th" Cunnins ham bti Mini, better known a the C?t)?b,a House. It is bein built by \V .1 & T. K Cuunina bain for the ev firm (bat wil open h"re in .1 nun v. be ided b Mr. .1. M. Heath. The stable will be S()x 1 (HI bet, two stories i . I>r. M. A. Simmon-' l.iver Mfdirin searches out all Impurities in the Sys. tetn, and xpels them harmlessly b the naforal channels. It'iMkft Supper. Then* will bp a basket suppe civeti 1?v the you list ladies c Beftuford, at the School house Wednesday night, Dec. 20tk The ptthi'-. are cordially invited The funds will lu* applied to th church. Come frir's and hrin your baskets Kt >i Liable, Mittie Walters, em.... 1/ i--i i ui r.<\ r uiiucruurK, Committee. If troubled with Dizziness, Furre Tongue, Hitter Taste in Mouth, Bloat ed Feeling after eating, Consti patioi or Sick Headabe, use Dr. M. A. Sim mona Liver Medicine. Small Fire Near llich Hill. A cotton house belonging t< Mr J A 1' Blackmon, at Rich Hill was burned last. Friday night, to get her with a lot of corn belong ing to a tenant on the pi ice. Tin origin of the fire was incendiary Jim Allen, colored, was suspecte< of being the incendiary, and wa arrested Sum! ?v by SheiifT Civ i burn and lodged in jail. Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tab I lets, Prevent and cure Palpitation o i Heart, Dizzinuss, Sick Headache Chilly Sensation7 I .1 lteaatif'ul Marriage. On Sunday, 1 Oth instant, i beautiful marriage was solemn j ized at the home of, and by J N. Fstridge, N. 1'. The contract ing parties were Mr. Ilolli I Adams and Miss Nora Faulken bury both of I.ongsville. The at i i ?in I ?i ii t ^ vui.ro Mr M inor A flom. with Miss J a hie Talhert; Mr. W M. Hegler with Mi-s Kttn Mor ton; Mr. Ivl linker with Mis: Arbella Morton; Mr. Mamptoi 'Morton with Mi<s I.nla Minson A large crowd of relatives am friends witnessed the ceremony ])r M. A. Simmons Liver Medicirn has eince IS to steadily risen in publii j favor, and ttie demand for it far ex J ceeds that of any other Liver Medicine i A Man Cremated in A Big Cotto , Five at Heath Spring Saturda ' Night. Firo broke out in a box car i Heath Spring Saturday nigl about midnight and destroye about 400 bales of cotton, tli depot and two freight cars tin ,r were standing on the sidetracl The fire was discovered aboi 12 o'clock, when a box car tIn was standing near the depot an the depot itself were on tire, i' n dicaling, as they thought, tin it the fire had its origin in the r? e which was loaded with cotton (< s shipment. It soon spread ov< - the entire platform and cotto 0 yard, destroying about $12,00 worth of the staple. There wei several hundred bales of cotto I, saved by rolling it away from tli r fire. The total loss will probabl e f. ti liiii. * ? inn lime, li any, snort oi .f 15,001 most of the loss tailing upon th S. O. A* (i. E. Railroad, who, < v course, were protected by it t] 8uranee. Most of the cotton bi f longed to Ileath, Springs & Co but was in charge of the rail roar 8 There were a few small lots < ? cotton burned that belonged t r_ private individuals who ha 1 hauled it there and thrown it o y till they got ready to sell. Anion s these was 11 bales belonging t j. Mrs. Croxton. The sad feature of this lire e that a human life was dest roys y by it. During the day Sunday tl bones of a man were discovert in the debris where the box ci 1* ( llM f U'O J I A t*?i f U 1 OKIV mil u ! II UI/UUI1 " The coroner was notified, an '? Monday morning he went (low ' and empanneled a jury of inquei ' and investigated the matter. Tl 0 evidence taken, outside of Dr. I K J. Hinson's certificate that tl bones found in the debris of tl box car were bones of hutna beinjj, was as follows : John A. Maxwell testified ths he knows Bate Suttle, that. I d lived in Shelby, N. C , that l knew him as clerk at Olevelan Springs, that he married a Mi> Robinson?was a man of slend< build about 5 feet 11 inches higl with dark brown mustache an [> was about 30 or 32 years old, an , that he was a hard drinker. W. L. Bowers said that a ma of that description came to hi b house about 5 o'clock Saturda evening the 0th inst.. and wante 1 to stay all night. I told him s could not keep him. lie thnnkc mo kindly and said he would <; up to town and get some plac to stay. He was drinking, tl " reason I did not take him in. I E. M. Bruce said that he sa a man go into that car about or 0 o'clock the night of the fir I It L. Long said that this ma iSuttle came to the depot und< . the intliience of whiskev ati wanted ;i ticket to tjoto Oaindei . but bo did not have mone s enough?that be refused later I let him sleep in some cotton see . hulls. II. W. Mobley said that I . heard that day that some bom had been found in the debris < the car. He went and loolce i and besides bones, found t\\ nickles, suspender buckles and 1 piece ol brass that had the a| pea ranee of brass knacks. From this evidence the eoi L> elusion is reached that tIks ma who was burned in that box c? was the man who Mr. K. L. Hon I ^ The Union ( ^ ? INSURANCE # CINCINNA ie ^ THE ONLY COMPANY in the it point annually fr< c. W EXCELS IN Highf*t Interest El ? ments. Lowest Ratio of Death It Business, Large Divider it ^ T. L. WIL.L.INGIIAIV t . _ ** and Mr J. A. Ma.wvell say was >r lfate Suttle, an I who was at >r Heath Spring ahout night at tempting lirst to get a ticket to n go to Camden and afterward to get lodging tor the night. If this "e conclusion is correct, the man n burned was named If. S. Suttle ie and was an uncle of Miss Daisy y Iiuey ot this place, and a hrother^ in law of Mr. II. If. Furguson of| lt> Catawba Junction Miss IIii y informs this re 1 porter that her uncle lived at Shelby and that he h d recently " been down near Candon connec ted with the construction of the if Se iboard link between Oheraw ? and Columbia d ^ If you feel Dull, Languid, Rrnken1<r Down, Debiltateii, have Weak Stomach or Indigestion, use Dr. M. A. Simmons o Liver Medicine. is All Re-eltried. ,(] The municipal government ol this community h >s again been 10 placed in tin* hands ol' the same ul mayor and board of aWh'rmon ir lint have fo satisfactorily man 1. acted the business of the town for ,d the past two years. The election n Monday confirmed the action of st tho mass meeting and the following ticket was elected : S. FOR MAYOR: NVADDY C. THOMSON. le FOR ALDERMEN: t. . jv< mi i vi li xi iu f l' W. T. GREGORY, L. C. PAYSEUR, W. McD. BROWN, J. E. TAYLOR, E. E. CLOUD. }T * Pains in Head, Neck, Shoulders, (1 Rack, Fi ont; Sides, Hips and Limbs i are readily cured by Simmons Squaw a Vine Wine or Tablets. II It Must He Stopped. is There was a school entertain- , v ment at Tabernacle on Thanksd giving night, and some parlies I were there who had been and d were drinking. Revolvers were drawn on the grounds, shots , e tired, ami profanity used. The to laws of our State are very strin] j^ent against all these things w | about a elmreh, a sehool-hou3e $ or public highway, and while e- we are <;1 a< 1 to have visitors who n will come and behave thetn?r selves, we wish it most distinctid |\* understood that at all enterin taintitents in or .about the Tab iy ernacle sehoolhou>e hereafter, to men will be appointed to secure d e\ id" nee against anyone violating the law. They will hereto ported to i lie 4 iraml .Inry and is the law enf??rced. i)f By order of the ('ommittee. d' -I. II. Stkwaut, 0 M.S. 1'i.vi.eij, Lewis Uowki.l. 'I ? W. T. Ycouman, I.urny, S. C., writes : I lave used Dr. M. A. Simmons l.iver t Medicine ten years. It has cured En- i 11 largeinent of tlie l.iver and Insomnia. Think it as far ahead of Xellin's and ir i Black Draught as day is ahead of ( o night. i WWWWV* Central LIFE ^ COMPANY. # n, ohio. r land that made gfllns at every ^k )in 1893 to 1897. irning, .Safest Possible Invest- ^ i Losses, Rapid Increase of ^ ids to Policy-IIolders. i, District Representative. W Cure Stomach Troubles, Cold Feet and Hands, Excessive Menstrual Flow, with Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. Lancaster's Market. On Tnt's inv, Dec. 12, cotton and produce brought the followin:: prices : COTTON. Strict good middling, 7% (iood middling 7W strict middling 71^ Middling, PROOIICIt. Butter (good), per pound,.... 10 to 12^ Eggs, per dozen, 12 Chickens 15 to 20 Corn, perbushel, 45 Hamsfhome raised),per pound, .9 to 10 Shoulders (home raised),per lb., 6J^to7 The above prices are paid by merchants for any of the above named products, and is published for the benefit ot those who have i hem for sale. As a cure for rheumatism Chamberlain's 1'aiu Balm is gaining a wide reputation. D. B. Johnston of Richmond, I ml., has been troubled with that ailment since 1802 In speaking of it he says : "I never found anything tnat would relieve me until I used t Imnilmrloin'u n-i... >? ?*- *!1 ? . . ?... ua i in. 11 UCIS lIKf iTiajcie with me. My foot was swollen and paining me very much, but one good application of Pain Halm relieved me. For sale by J. K. Mackey i% Co. Death*. M iss Mollie Hudson, tlie 18 year old daughter of Mr. L. L. Hudson wlio lives near town, died Sunday of fever. Iler remains were buried Monday. Mrs. Cartledge, a very aged lady who lived with a Mrs. Baker whom she reared, died Saturday' morning, at the cotton mill, of old age. Her remains were buried in file iii'W cnmeU.rv Miss Maggie Stewman died last Saturday at the home of her mother, Mrs. S. B. Stewman, near Elgin, of consumption. Although she had been in poor health for about three years, sinwas not confined to her bed till about three weeks before her death. She was 25 years of age. was a sister of Messrs. W. J I., \V. S. and O. E. Stewman. Her remains were buried Sunday afternoon at St. Luke Methodist church of which sin* was a member. A telephone message from Dr. L. T. Gregory at Kershaw announced the death yesterday (Tuesday) morning of Mrs. Dr. (J. \V. Gregory at Jellerson. Mrs. uregcrv nad Ucon in toeble health |\?r several months. She leaves, hesiaes her hushainl, (our oliil (hen, all daughters. A SI KK Ct ltK FOIt CROUP. Twouty-Five Years' Constant Use Without a Failure. The tlrst indication of croup i hoarseness, and in a child subject to that disease it may be taken as a sunsign of the approach of an attack. Following this hoarseness is a pecui- < iar rough cough. If Chamberlain's ?, Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse,or even after the eronpy cough appears, it will prevent the attack. It is used in many ttiousands of homes in this broad land and never disappoints the anxious moth- ? ers. We have yet to learn of a single * instance in which it has not proved ,, Hl'ectuaV No other preparation can show such a record?twenty-five years' constant use without a failure. For ... sale by J. F. Mackey & Co.