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il' k ' ' " ' " . LAN6 * VOL. IX." secasaow Storm in Summer? We never did; but we have i seen the clothing at this time > of the year so covered with | dandruff that it looked as if it I had been out in a regular snow ( storm. I No need of this snowstorm. S. As the summer sun ornnlH * fcv melt the falling snow so will i Aac n Hair vigor melt these flakes of dandruff In < the scalp. It goes further than this: it prevents their formation. , It has still other properties: i it will restore color to gray hair > in just ten times out of every ten cases. 1 I And it does even more: it , feeds and nourishes the roots 4 of the hair. Thin hair becomes 1 thick hair; and short hair be* k comes long hair. ' We have a book on the Hair 1 I I and Scalp. It is yours, for the > aaklnr. ^ If you do not obtain nil the benefit* 9 . k J you expected from the uie of the Vigor, y fl write the doctor about It. Probably B S B there U some difficulty with your yen- K B oral Kjitem which may be eaally re- B ^ mored. Addrena, W B dk. J. c- ay Kit, Lowell, M ai*. & i T? CURE A COLD IH OME RAY Take I.axative Bromo Quinine Tab- 1 lets. All druggists refund tlio mo-'ey ' if it fails to oure. E. W. Grovk's signature on every box. 25 cents. 1. I Mr. J. Sheer, Sedalia, Mo., saved his ' child's life by One Minute Cough 1 Cure, Doctors had given her up to die with croup. It's an infallible cure for cou Rhs, colds, grippe, pneumonia, H bronchitis and throat and lung | troubles. Relieves at once. Crawford Bros. d-w-s | < J. B. Clark, Peoria, 111., says, "Surceo no want oil to ,m ..... r? piles, but, I cured cured them with v J)eWitt's Witch Hazel Salve." It is ' (t; a infallible for piles and skin diseases. * Beware of counterfeits, ( rawford Bros. d-w-s 1 Mr?. It. Churchill, Berlin, Vt., says. "Our baby was covered with running 1 sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve j cured her." A specillc for piles and ? skin diseases. Beware of worthless ' counterfeits. Crawford Bros. d-w-s Bismarck's Iron Nerve. Was the result oi his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If you want these qualities and the fP? success they bring, use I)r. King's New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and bodyOnly 25c at Crawford Bros. drug, store. 2 r ; Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, but iSkin Eruptions ro^ Bucklen's Arnica * Salve, cures them ; also Old, Running and Fever Sores, Ulcers, i Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped h* Hands, Chilblai ns, Best Pile cure < fca on earth. Drives out Pains and Aches. Only 25c. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold bv Crawford * Bros. Druggist. 2. i - * i AST E LANCASTER, S. C~V DARK DAY FOR BRITAIN. J Buller's Defeat Spreads Gloom e From Queen to Coster. < f SAVAGE CRITICISM. ( i Demand tor Gold Which Franco * lie!uses to Answer. ( Krom Greenville Uiilly News. London, Dec. 16.?The follow- ( ing dispatch December 13, added 1 to the Ndismay caused here by i Boiler's defeat: 1 "Nine hundred British colonial f troops have joined the Boers at i Barksly, two thousand at Barkly t East, fifteen hundred at Burgh f ersdorf." While the message was discred s ited at the war oflice the diflicul i ties met by Uatacre and French t in that section of the northern i part of Cape Colony inspired the < fear in the public mind that there l is some foundation for the report ( theough nobody believes the de < sertions have reached anywhere f near those fimiroo London, Dec. 16.?The revised l list of British casualties at Mag 1 erafontein snows a total of 963 of 1 which number seventy are offi- ( cers. ] The Black Watch were the f heaviest sufferers, having rank and file 42 killed, 182 wounded t and 131 missing. Oronje, the Boer f general, claims a great victory, r He says there was terrible slaugh- \ ter. c Londoit, Dec. 16.?General Bui- f ler's defeat has centered the storm 1 of indignation that has been i growing for weeks upon the min- a istry aud the clamor against j Chamberlain and the Marquis of Lansdowne, the war minister, is today fierce and determined. They are the scapegoats on whom i the wr;?th of IIih nation folia ( o. ..... J Uhamberiain is especially the t abject of vindictive invicitive | since his policy caused the war. < Lansdowue iR second only to < Uhamberlain in this denunciation I because of his alleged sloth in putting in too field troops suffi t cient for the work to be done. London, Dec. 10.?The queen t sent for General Lord Wolseley j today. He had spent the night at r Windsor. She ordered him to 1 return to London on a special train. Her majesty is greatly disturbed at Holler's defeat and' la b arvt f ??? .. ? ? -.*1 >? ovpn UUIIODU Wl DIDiy hCTHp OI | information received at the war: J office. Lord Wolseley advised the Marquis of Lansilowne months a before hostilities began to send aU treat army to South Africa. Ilis j advice was unheeded. General v His Life Was Saved. Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent ' citizen of Hannibal, Mo., lately r had a wonderful deliverance from t a frightful death. In telling of it he says: "I was taken with TyDhoidKnVer. that, ran intrt I'nan. t monia. My lungs became harden- I ed. 1 was so weak I couldn't even sit up in bed. Nothing helped mo. I expected to soon die of Con- f" sumption, when I heard of Dr. f King's New Discovery. One bot- 1 tie gave great relief. 1 continued ? to use it, and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise.'' This marvellous med- s icine is the surest and quickest , cure in the world for all Throat v and Lung Trouble. Regular size t 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles J" free at. Crawford Bros'. Drug ^ Store ; every bottle guaranteed. 2. f ? ? , R EN SEMI-WEEKLY. /EDNESDAY, DECE1 Roberts supplemented the advice )f his chief. He, too, was ignored, j London, Dec. 1G.?Terrible j icenes were witnessed at the war : iffice this morning. Huge crowds I gathered to learn the details of ! jeaeral Holler's disasters. No lew official dispatches h id been ! given out until noon. The lists of losses are not made Hit. In J f * ' ?n ui mt? utJiHitr, rue one lominant tone of press and pubic conversation is a grim deternination to retrieve the disaster, it is said more troop* will tro to south Africa. There never was a Tiore unanimous call for the prosecution of a war than now comes rom the English people. London, Dec. 15.?The anger md resentment, of the nation are .ellected in the stock exchange ,his morning in the panicky feeing resulting in a drop of one per ;ent on consols, while Africans slun&ed downward six points, bemuse of the apparently indefinite continuance of the threatened icarcity of gold, the elTects of which will be serious. In antici sation of this the Bank of Eng and expects to secure $35,000,000 ;rom Austria and $10,000,000 from ;he United States. The Bank of France refuses to furnish any told. London.?Buller's defeat is the lole topic today. The general eeling is that this no time for sriticism. Every possible means vill be taken to retrieve this irushine: defeat and the English '.overnment will accept all the telp the colonies may offer. More ise will he made of the Cape loy ilists and British subjects ex celled from the Transvaal. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this naner will he ileased to learn that there is at least me dreaded disease that .science has )een able to cure in all its stages, and hat is Catarrh. Rail's Catarrh Cure is he only positive cure known to the nedical fraternity. Catarrh being a institutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Hire is taken internally, acting direct.y upon the blood and mucous surfaces if the system, thereby destroying the oundation of the disease, and giving he patient strength by building up he constitution and assisting nature n doing its work. The proprietors lave so much faith in its curative lowers, that they ofFer One Hundred dollars for any case that it fails to lire. Send for list of testimonials. \ddress, F. .1. CIIKXKY & Co., Toledo, <>hio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Fills are the best. They Should I)o It. tuck Hill Herald. The Southern Railway is doing I i ?jood thin^ for humanity. The j South Carolina department has ssued an order that all employes vho smoke cigarettes must either :ive up the weed or lose their positions, and further, that no nan will he employed in the fuure who is a cigarette smoker. The order may soon I to made 0 apply to all the different tranches of the road Now, if the factories and workshops and merchants would take similar steps they would confer a dessing upon humanity and do 1 good thing for themselves. Miss Annie K. Gunning, Tyre, Melt., ays, "I suffered a longtime from dystepsia; Lost ile?h and became very veak. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure eomtletely cured me." It digests what you at and cures all forms of stomach rouble. It never fails to give immeliate relief in the wost cases. Craword Bros. d-w-s i % * ' . ' * ,4 V ' ' '' / TERF VIBER 20, 1899. Ro\A Absolutely Makes the food more d LIEUT. KKU3IKY DEAI). Gallant Georgian Who Was Dowry's Flag Lieutenant. m Washington, I)*-e. 17.?Lieut. Thomas M Brumby, Hag lieuten ant to Admiral Dewey during the Manila campaign, who has been ill with typhoid lever for several weeks, died at Garfield hospital shortly alter 6 o'clock this overling. n The death of Lieut. Brumbv i.:i.. . . wiiii? nor. unexpected was a great shock lo Admiral Dewey. The relations of the two men for several years past have been very intimate and a strong friendship had grown up between them. Lieut. Brumby went out to the Asiatic station with the admiral and had been there with him until ti?ey both ^turned to the United States several months ago. In Incapacity as flag lieu teaant to the admiral, Leutenant Brumby was thrown with his chief practically all the time and acted as his personal representative in many matters of detail delegated to him bv the commanding officer. lie was regarded by Admiral Dewey as a bright, unnmrot 1 o n ?wl ?. ?..b 1 - j 1 .. ivy aim l^tiptlDlO assisrant, while the devotion of the latter to the admiral was something marvelous. The burden of his thoughts during the latter days of his illness when his mind was racked with delirium seemed to be regarding his work for the admiral. Lieut. Brumby was 11 years of age and unmarried. Nothing def mite has been decided concerning the funeral exctpt that the body will he taken to Georgia for interment leaving here tomorrow night for Atlanta. It is ent irelv i mnr<>1?<1 >!m i lint A <1 !?! > Dewey will accompany the remains but will designate his eecretarv, Lieut. II. II Caldwell, to perlorm that duty. Iaeut. Brumby was appointed a naval cadet from Georgia, entering the s -rvice on the 20th of November, 187*1, ami bis present commission dates from the 24th of August, 1802. Practical ly all the time during the last No Right to Ugliness. The woman who is lovely in face, form and temper will always have friends, but one who would be attractive must keep her health. If she is weak, sickly and all run down- will n*.? ? onh and irritable. If alio lias constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. Electric Bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys and to purify the blood. It gives strong nerves, bright eves, smooth, velvety skin, rich complexion. It will make a good-looking, charming woman of a run-down invalid. Only 50c at Crawford Bro b\ Drug Store. 2 9 i RISE: NO. 78* . j Baking j powder Pure elicious and wholesome ywotw oo., wiw vow*. two years lie lias been with Admiral Dewey. in his report of the battle of Manila Admiral Dewey spoke in very complimentary terms ot the services and gallantry of his flag lieutenant and recommended that he be advanced some numbers on the list of lieutenants. Ilis recommendation was adopted by the navy department and the name sent, to the senate but together with a number of other * promotions made by the department tailed to be acted upon. The promotion recommended placed him about 13 on the list ot lieutenants and ha I it been confirmed lie would in less than a tyear from now have reached the grade of lieutenant comman uer The lieutenant's dentil is the third of those who were closely associated with Dewev at the battle of Manilla who have died since that time, namely: Capt. (3 rid ley, Commander Wood and Lieut. Biumbv. Lieut. Brumbv was presented a sword by the legislature of Georgia on the 2Gth of October, lie remained in Georgia some days after that and returned to Washington about the middle of November. Whoa In Doubt As To Where you can get a pi i Roast ok r|= 1 Steak r?- ~ IMion \o. fil), or rail for t r S S S. T. Hlackinon's 5J;i Market, r/*^ - I , = a,,J 3<Jiir wants will be promptly supplied . u I with the MOST. ^ 1 3 r-i~? . i Nothing but tlrstSi i > class Cattle bought rT i j| I (ormy MAIIKKT. ! \M A MTrn and Hides. I VV M IN I LUi""llli:hcst iMurkvt l'rlcc l'uld. S. T. Blackmon. I Notice! VI.I, parties indebted to the said lirrn of 11..I. Gregory t Co., either by note or account, will please come forward and settle at once. It will be impossible to grant further indulgence, as the estate of the late II. J. Gregory must be wound up. W. T. GRKGOKY, Admr. Sept. It;, '99. 52 tf. Notice to Trespassers. \I,I. I'KRSONS are hereby warned not to hunt, tlsli, walk or ride, cut timber or otherwise ikkscass on our lands, situated on Upper ("amp Creek and bounded as follows: On the north by lands of Carter Adams and Lee Faulkner; on the east by lands of S. I. Robinson and J. K.Craig; on the south by Robertson and Rut ledge, and on the west by Carter Adams anu J. F. Hunter. All persons disregarding this notice will be prosecuted under the law made and provided in such cases. J. J. Mo.ntoombry, i B. 1. Montoomkky. Dec. b, 181)9.