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ft ' III I ! ' ? |(OY^ Absowteev Makes the food more < SOY At lAKtwe I MARKET. March 23, 1000. COTTON. Strict good middling, O^,' Uood middling. Strict middling,. Middling, PRODUCE. Butter (good), per pound, 12.4 Kggs, per dozen, 8!,' Cbtokens, 18 to 20 Corn, per bushel, 60 Hams(home raised),per pound,. .6 to 8 Shoulders (home raised),per lb.,. .6 to6 Saturday. March '24.. 1 won Short Locals. ? The recent cold snap did no damage the fruit. ?Miss Mary Jordan, of Landsford is visiting friends here. ?Mr. J. S. Uladney of Columbia was in town Monday. ?Mrs. A. P. McLure has returned from a visit to relatives and friends in Blackshurg. ?Mr. Q. W. Barnett, a pros perous farmer of Fort Lawn was in town Wednesday. ?Mr. J. II. W. Stevens, of Lancaster county, was in the city yesterday.?Chester Lantern. ?Mrs. J. T. Funderburk and S. H. Luney of Dudley spent three days here recently. ?Miss Camilla Thompson of Camden is spending some time with Mrs. W. P. Bennett, "x ; ?Mr. J. H. Buchanan, editor of the Chester Reporter, was in Lancaster for a few hour Thursday.. ? Mr. John Elliott *-lm boo been in Columbia for some time paid Lancaster a brief visit this week. ?Mr. J no. C. Mobley of Jones ville, spent several days recently among relatives at his old home at Pleasant Ilill. ?Married, March 22, 1900, by R. H. Sapp, N. P., Mr. R. M. ,NV Steele and Miss Minnie Steele reto both of the Jacksotihnm section. ?Mr. Thorn well Anderson of Morganton, N. C , spent seveYal - days here this week as the guest of his kinsman, K. E. Wylie, Esq. ?While unloading lumber , Wednesday, Mr. W S. Langley's . i driver John Crockett, colored, got his left arm broken just above the wrist. ?Miss Corrie Mobley, of Rock Hill, who has just returned from an extended visit to friends in Virginia is the guest of Miss Loche Crawford. ?Mr. J. M. Porter ol the firm of Porter Bros., is here and will move his family here next week. He will occupy the dwelling soon j ,. ' tp be vacated by Mr. R. J. Mack orel. . ?Mr. S. Cherry went to Rock ,'^Iill yesterday afternoon to at il. tend th? fiinAral nl _ . V. iiiv vnu jfK'ai f*" "old child of his brother, Mr. fi s ^ It. Cherry, who died Thursday ' ' ? night of typhoid fever. Delia Wadsleyof Dal timoje, who will be in the mil # ^ finery department of the Gannon season, has arrived ) ?^an<fr?fV-?ngagftd in opening up * / their stock of spring and summer j-! #****'* ?(Candidates are announcing themselves in Chester and in some other counties. It is said that the wdbds are full of people wanting office iu Fairfield. Id Chester seven are announced,'three for coroner, one for treasure^, twn for county surtfcryisor and one for ^ % shonlf. ^ ^fedUtUOl Its Terror* ?n<l MBLSSgBttfj ' " ftS, ', \-?p ? U Baking ! Powder Pure leliclous and wholesome i *OWOIi OO., NtW YOUR. A Bargain. I will sell my storehouse and a small stock of staple merchan dise cheap for cash or bankable paper. Only one other store i here, competing freight, lines. ] Apply at once to C. W. Williams, , Catawba Junction, S. 0. , Notice,?Alliancemen. The regular annual meeting of Lancaster county Alliance is ' called to meet in the Court House on Friday, April 13, 1900. It is I desired that every sub meet and \ appoint delegates to this meeting j E. B. Linqlk, Pres. J. M. Knight, Sec. tf. i Republican Convention Held,. F. R. Massey and William Mc Kenna represented this county in the Republican convention in Columbia this week. That convention elected delegates to the national Republican convention to meet in Philadelphia the 19th of June to name a Republican for President. The convention en- t dorsed McKinley and instructed < their delegates to vote for him. t ^ c To Jie Married. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Elliott have sent out cards announcing the marriage of their daughter, Miss Corrinna Blondelle, on the 4th of April next, to Mr. John B. Mack orell a popular and successful merchant of this place. The ceremony will take place at the home of the parents of the bride elect at 3 o'clock, and will be performed by R.'V. A. N Bronson of Ihe Methodist church. The hap py young couple will leave that afternoon for a week's visit to the t former home of the groom. t For Mat/i "trate at Heath Spvingn. Gov. M S vn'iiey yesterday took nj> !(: m.it;er of the apecia) presentment of the grand jury of r Lancaster county. Pending ac tion. Gov. McSweeney has re ? ferred-to Senator Hough of Lan caster the recommendation tor the appointment ot a successor of c Magistrate Cant hen, whose re moval is asked for. lie will not r act until this customary formality ( has been gone through with.? , The State. Senator Hough informs us that he will endorse the man recom , mended by the grand jury, Mr. 11. NV. Moblov. _ n Telephone Tine Completed to the a Dixie Section. c Mr. Thom:is?on, manager of the 1 telephome system here, called us f up yesterday just before wo went to press with the inside of the paper, and when we asked him v where he was he said ' at Mrs. t Kllen K. Belk's near Dixie." . a lie h?gan at Lancaster yester- h day morning to put up the wire a on this new line and he says he s will reach 1)wight early next t week. The distance between f Lancaster and that part of the .1 county will be practically anni- e hilated. j While The Kntkrprisk office t was connected with Dixie Mr. n Thotnasson and Mrs. Bulk's fami a lv could actually hear our engine g and press running, printing the n outside of today's Kntkrtrisb. If Miss Belk had have struck the ^ keys of her piano we could have c heard the notes in the Kntkrcribk \ * *4 4 ' S * office. a - - - A ? An llonrNt Mrdlrlnf for I.a ?>.. ? wrappir* Oeofge W. Waitt, of South Oardlner, Me., ?a)'n: "I have hail the worat cough, cold chllla and grip and have . taken Iota of traah of no account but ' profit to the ^vendor. rhjimberlain'a c <)6ugh Remedy i* the onIV'thing that ha* done any srOod \*hate?d?r. I have d need otie_bottle of Tt and! the chill*, r col^kud grip have aifciHlt /hie. I conxrdtti111 rera of an ^Weiil by .1. I .| v,,': Death of Mr. IF. L. lilackmon. Mr. William L. Blackmon, an aged and venerable citizen, died yesterday morning at half past 2 o'clock at the home of his son, Mr. S. T. Blackmon on Dunlap street. He had been in feeble and declining health since last October and had not been able to be out much, if any, for two or three months. Mr. Blackmon was born in the Flat creek section o. Lancaster county on Oct. 20,1830; and on Dec. 22, 1850 he whr mar ried. His wife survives him. To them were born Reven children, live sons and two daughters, all Df whom are living, except two, and are grown and married and ioing well. At the age of twenty he professed faith in the Saviour and united himself with the Fork Hill llaptist church, and ever 6ince hat day he endeavored to live as a christian should. His example was good and he was rarely, if 3ver, on the wrong tide of any juestion that he had to deal with. He was a good man, and an excellent citizen, and his example o I. .. 1 ? * ' ' o nuiiu.yui cmuunion. runerai services weie held over the body it the residence of Mr. S. T. Ulackmon at 4 o'clock yesterday ifternoon, Rev. J. II. Bohlridge, issisted by Rev. S. N. Watson ifficiating, and the remains were hen laid to rest in the new cemjtery. 4 Short Court. As we went to press Tuesday jvening the court was engaged in he trial of the case against Richird McManus, charged with mur ler. The verdict was, "not guily." This was the last case tried, he jury having been discharged ipon the assembling: of the court Wednesday morning:. Nothing vas tried on the civil side of the :ourt, about the only business hat was transacted being that of aking orders. The following is he report of the grand jury : To the Honorable James Aldrich, Presiding Judge : The grand jury beg leave to nake the following report : We have acted on all bills of ndictment handed to us by the Solicitor and have made a report in same. We have examined the annual eport of the Board of County Commissioners and so far as we mow fini sanie to be correct. iVe also find that the recommenlations of the former grand jury lave been complied with. We lave through a committee ex imined the .Jail and Poor House md we find the prisoners well ared for, as also thu inmates of he Poor House. We recommend hat three water closets be built it tlie I'oor House. We have, also, examined the ajious public offices of the coun y and find the same neatly kept nd systematically arranged. We lave also examined t he dispensary t Lancaster and find the gross ales for January and February o be $4306 30 and the invoice or the same months to be $3440 0, the gross profits to be $926.00. xpenses to be $244.94, the net irofits to be $681.06 ami also find he dispensary to be well and leatly kept. We have appointed committee to examine the Ker haw dispensary and report at iext term of court. We have, also, visited the chain ;ang and find the prisoners well ared for and humanely treated. if- a\ . mi? " tp, aiso, report i nomas small nd Hoxie (Harris for living in dultery, witnesses to prove the ante, Thomas Small and Ren Imall. * In cftmduBion we thank your lonor for the aid and assistance ;iven us in the discharge of Suir lut es. All of which iq, respect's., ully nuhmitted? * V ? r Thomas Fatim / /? Jvw-<i4tah. J .prygcr^ -?agg - IF?,' r-.C. -V"" The New Engineer. Friday morning last several of the neighbors in the vicinity of the Faetory were aroused from their peaceful slumbers, by an unusual noise, and as a report had been circulated that safe crackers were going the rounds, it was thought that perhaps the gang had struck Factory Hill. This fear was aleviated when a closer investigation was made, and all rejoiced with the father, Mr. D. I'. Hardin, of a now engineer. It is claimed by some who was first to arrive upon the scene, that he was walking up and down the street hollowing, "A new engineer! A new engineer !!" It is a boy. Attention ! Veternnn. The members of Lancaster Camp U. (/. V. will meet in the > " v/uiiiiiiuiisa in, Aj iucasier on i5.ii urday, March 31, 1900, at 12 o'clock tn. A full attendance is earnestly desired. Come pre pared to pay annual dues, which is 15 cents per member. Dele sates to the reunion at Louisville, Kv., are to bo elected and ollicers for the camp to serve 12 mouths. Come, comrades, and let us have a bis turn out. The people of Louisville promise us such a re ception as only Kentuckians can give. Let us once more mingle together, as the time is fast draw ing to a close for the reunions for many of us. By order of Camp Commander. B. J. W 1 rUKKSI'OON, Commander. J. E. Stkwman, Adjutant. No other meillclno HuiMs Up anil Forttllos the my Mil an against Miscarriage as well as Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. In a case recently tried in Chicago a man had borrowed $225 of a loan coucern and had paid back $300, ouly to find that he still owed $221.50. The interest rate was $15 to $50 for three mouths. The borrower paid $10 a week and renewed his notes whenever the time limit had exDired. An interest was compounded he found the principal growing larger, and soon concluded that it wa? useless try to keep up with the iigures of the rapacious loan shark, and he accordingly defaulted on further payments after hav tug paid $300. The Judge ruled that the various assignments of wages made by the plaintiff in favor of the loan concern were of no force or effect, that his indebtedness had been fully dis charged, and the usurers were ordered to cancel all notes held by them against the plaintiff, and were assessed $150 costs in the suit. lhe experience of the vie tim wah by no mpann unique, of courae, but it is seldom that, such eases eet into the courts. Ludli'fi denirin? a contcn'cd and happyoUl age should use Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets, commencing at in years old and conInue during "Change of Life. ? Lost, a 4 months old pup pup?answers to name of Sport. Liberal reward will be paid for his return to stables of Elliott & Crawford MWAS FROM Ho Torture Equal to the first befo Itching and Burning of lend ___ dun This Fearful Disease, tion Eczema?which in more thnn Hkin-dee] cations of ointments, salves, etc., npj the rent cause of the trouble, ia in the through the akin; the only war to rf Hut I.Lw.d Mr. Phil T. Jones, of MixerRvillo, "I had Eczema thirty years, and i of treatment my leg was so raw and s< constant pain. It finally broke into a began to suread and grow worse. Fo six years I have suffered untold agony all hope of ever being free from the ( been treated by some of the best ph; taken many blood medicines, all in faith left I began t take S 8 8., i made the Eczema w? rse, but 1 know I way the remedy got rid of the poi 8. B. 8., the sore healed up entirely, clear and smooth, and 1 was cured pei Eczema is an obstinate disease and only a tonic. Swift's Specific? S. S. 3. FOR ?is superior to other blood remedies I not -each. It goes to the bottom?to the worst case of Eczema, no matter, \ the only blood remedy guaranteed to ,,oti. r mineral, and never fails to cut *vpo.?on, (lancer, 'letter, Rheumatism. uft?t nc-H. $.; fiottuup eiv^tali.'* ?ts ph ~ RfcokB On-rWe*** diseases will be mi Otitic Company,* \tlanta, Georgia. ????? t; r THE HORRIBLE CHIME , OF "PREACHER" JONES. With Axoand Torch He Commits Five Murders, Mother and Three Small Children. Iialeigh, N. U., March 22.?The most horrible crime in the uistory oi North Carolina was perpetrated early this morning at Cramers, tire miles east of this city, when a negro, Tom Jones commonly known in the county as "Preacher" Jones, murdered Ella Joues nd her oldest daughter, Ida Joues, and then set hre to the beds iu which lay the bodies of the murdered victims aud lour others, all children, rauging- in years from a baby oue month old to the largest boy who was not more thau live years of age. The work was done with an axe, the murderer, according to the story of little seven-year-old Laura Jones, who escaped with her youuger sister, deliberately and coolly striking the mother four limes aud thou making two heavy strokes into the body of the oldest child. The house was completely destroyed by lire ami the bodies of the four youngest children were so frail that they are uww di&triJtLuted among the ashes, which alone remain to tell the story of the coiitl igratiou. The body of Ella Jones and that of Ida, the /ilii ?? L > ^ 1 * ~ j.u-j vui uiu v.iiuu, ni-iu ull runa do yond recognition, and are Jyiug od the ground charred crisp and with the whole bodies cut open and displayed to view. When those who heard the story of the murder from the lips of the little ragged negro went to J ones'house to arrest him they found that his clothes bore the stains of fresh blood and his hands even showed Rpots of hu man blood. Though there was talk arnoj^ the negroes of lynching, no attempt was made to do so and Jones was brought to this city arid placed in jail to await trial for his crime. The two children, having no relatives, were taken to the county home to he cared for. Jones was arrested on the evi dence of the seven year old pirl, Laura, who escaped from the burning house after he had gone She took with her, in her arms, her little sister, Sid, who wae sleeping in bed with her and an elder sister, Ida, who was mur dered. They went to the house of a neighbor, half a mile aj \v and told what had happened. Those who went to the fi ? could see distinctly the bodies on the \ d ; it- i ? * i * iiieiuoiue miming UUllUing, out it was too late to rescue them Today the charred remains of the two murdered women were taken out and buried. The four small children, except the baby clasped in its mother's arms had been en tirely consumed. The child Laura is very bright for her age, and though she told the sforv of the murder many limes todav she never varied from her account of it given last night while her home was burni <g. She said : " 'Pro aeher' Jones came to oui house last night about 9 o'clock. 1 went to sleep. Then I woke up ?mother woke me screaming 1 saw 'Preacher' .Jones strike hei four times with an axe. Th?n he I ECZEMA! >t much attention it often paid to the symptoms of Eczema, but it is not long re the little redness begins to itch and i. This is but the beginning, and-witf to suffering and torture almost unenible. It is a common mistake to regaitl ugliness and redness of the skin as dy a local irritation ; it is but an indioaof a humor in the blood?of terrible p. and can not be reached by looal appli>liod to the surface. The disease itself, blood, although all suffering is produced inf>h IKa (I ianaun ia ??? ?..W ?- .uvwuv, fiiyiriwin( to VIIIVU^U 1 can Cured by a remedy which it Tr'^LOOD . ifopuao ^ "lueniCB which they oaa the cau?V^ 'iHoape?and will care rhat otherTfc^'.ent hit failed. It ia be free from ahjiiftercarj Of an* a FcroTtia, & W^n(agi<F'^ iJlooa Qpefiiigfea, L -er*v Hoilifc f4f rlnaiat .jjgSjp&k After in my arms ? her in my nrma ajfW K Ji , Mrs. Winter's an** 'Preacher' J one Tom Jones but he doe* n >m plain his wh*K fie admiUjjbftt w same name. the crime. to die several times, yet 1 am J to tell how I was saved," writ A. A. Stowe, 237 N. 4th r Jose. Cal. "1 had vaf trouble so severe thv nounced ^joneMwo The valvgf^'V* work ?, to ^ ' satisfied it^L fr ' is sold by all drwvi' first bottle benefits , Book on heart and a > Dr. Miles Medical Com The Curative Propurtfw ' root of Dr M. A. Si#* 1 al ways the name. Tt ?-22m niw 1 ?1 : KHir \ Q. I 5*S l , bette : * ir? Mule:f ! m-m, Mu_ t - now' cone t the qm^ajft doc . and frisk* ^fron^dffirin each plug to the eunMgryouM(jn > mule. Anoth4?c*r loiW} J*' latter kind reoeived last weeF Re member, we sell either fc ihe CASH or GOOD PAPER. Our present stock*** **A' cannot be beat. one saddles and h Call and see kinds. We'll alof the best a?and Wag<> * JSL-Ji'D * i |i?- L. Registration Notice. VI TIIK PUBLIC will take notie&^l the Registration Books willT w open at the COl%Jg 'flOUHK for registration of paWtea entitled tti. ^ ister under the constitution, otli ? FIRST MONDAY in eaoh mot' until HO ilaya preoedlng the jrenct election. J. M. CASKRY, ?v Chair Bd. Reg. Lyfn&HjtfNL March 7. 1900. SALESMEN (KNCLOSK STAMP PA^TIOUI^. Will ritrulKht^p OurlmaMj^pil'Bli*' out Injury to l ~*r amm ^ J i\> Report. *'A.^ jTW# DARRAGH ^jMk^Vlve^/IW , Feb. 14. W K 8ltr>V\V t'aiob, ,;Thad <fv*!??n^U overA^L ye?r?.*?lUor*and metlietnen wUrtMit beifche t. vff*4L^ to w Kndol oAtotiii-tl.. ?1 wrom th" Hiari. 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