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' _ ROY? Baking i The strongest, pures wholesome of leavening in price, yet the most ecc able to all who appreciat healthful food, y Our country is enjoyi unsurpassed in its history For every one there ^ buy that to eat which is wholesome. Why should we use healthful articles of fc economy in them ; they < they may cost life. 1 almost daily cases of sicl ing cake, puddings or hi: cheap, alum baking pow In all articles for foe the best. The good he; of first consideration. Alum is used in mar them cheap. It ct Alum is a corrosive dren ! Yet the nt powders arc actual); ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 MARKET. I May 1, 1900. COTTON. . Strict good middling, 0^ Oood middling Striot middling Middling PRODUCE. Butter (good), per pound, 12^ \Cgg?, per dozen, 8^ Chickens, 18 to 20 Corn, per bushel, 60 Hams(nome raised),per pound 10 Shoulders (home raised),per lb 8 Saturday, May 5, 1900. Short Locals. Mr. J. M. Heath went to Char lotte Thursday, returning Friday. ? Born, Majr 8, 1?00, to Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Hough, a daughter. ?A number of the joung people will go from here to the annual Dicnic at the Catawba Falls today. ? Mr. W. U. Clyburn of Haile Gold Mine was in town a couple of days this week. ? Miss Ethel Love,of Chester,passed through Lancaster Tuesday on her way home from an extended visit to Miss Annie Stevens of Kershaw. ?Ton thousand acres of rice in Georgetown are under water and have been for several days and great damage is expected. ?The county Democratic convention meets in the courthouse here Monday at noon. All delegates should note this. ?Mr. Homer Reed of Atlanta, Oa , stopted over here yesterday to see his brother. Mr. Arthur Reed of the National union. ?The Hickory Grove Sun is again shining. It makes its re appearance today, Fdilor Love was in town Friday. ? Mr. A. P. McLure spent several days at his old home in r Union this week. He reports smallpox there. ?Our townsman Mr. R. Young was stricken with a slight stroke of paralysis list Tuesday afternoon and has been very sick ever since. He was some better yesterday. ? Mm. L C. Pavieur left yesterday for Baltimore, Md., to be with her ' daughter, Mrs. G. R. Gattling who lias gone there for medical aid, possibly a surgical operation for appendicitis. w _ - T? t # -a ui* * ? mrn, r*. < * mwiurn icn jrsierusj mormiiK for Atlanta, Ga.t in response to a telegram from her mother who has been there with Miss Susie who, the telegram announced, was not expeoted to live. ?Magistrate W. P. Caskey turned over to the county treasurer Wednesday $07 as fines and costs ^ of his offiae for the first quarter of 1900. ?Dr. T. J. Strait, who has heen housed up for some time with a light attack of pneumonia, is able to be out some now. IL Powder t, most efficient and agents. Not lowest tnomical; indispense the best and most ng prosperity almost , > j is money enough to 1 pure, sound, good, ( cheap, impure, un>od ? There is no mdanger the health, There are reported kness caused by eat- 1 _J i scuit made with the rders. >d buy and use only 1 ilth of the family is \y baking powders because it makes >sts less than two cents a pound, poison. Think of feeding it tochilanufacturers of well-known alum / denying that their goods contain it WIlllAM ST., NEW YORK. For Xon-Faytnent of Foil Tax. Frank Houston, colored, was before Magistrate Caskey Thursday for refusing so pay his poll tax. lie plead guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars or go to the chain gang. lie paid the fliie. Kd Taylor, colored, was also tnade to pay a tine for non -payment of poll tax. Memorial Exerclee* next Thureday. The ladies of the memorial association request all that are interested to meet at the old cemetery, Thursday afternoon May the 10th, to observe memorial day. All are requested to bring flowers to decorate the soldiers' graves. The bell will ring at 6 o'clock and the exercises will commence at half-paat six. All interested are requested to clean off their lots and especially the soldiers' graves. Bankruptcy Proceeding* Started. Messrs. Porter Bros., merchants of this place, filed a petition in i t ?.1 ?. - t biia uuuru otHiwt uuuri at unarleaton Wednesday afternoon, through their attorneva, Cireen <fc lliues, for voluntary bankruptcy the referee being Mr. Chaa. T. Oonnora. The aa8eta and liahilitiea are not definitely known, but the latter are Raid to be the greater. A meeting of the creditora has b >en called to meet here on the 16th inatant. The afore, of courae, has been cloaed for the present. For Tint F.ntbkpkimb Dry Creek Dots. Dry Creek, 8. 0., May 1?The weather still continues clear and warm,?the farmers are busy planting their crops. The picnic at the Steward Place wiil be the 19th instead of the 12th of May, as was stated last week. Everybody ia" invited to attend. Miss Mamie Stover spent Saturday, night and Sunday with Mrs. W. J. Bailey. Mr. and Mrs Ed Blackmon visited the family of Mr. D. B Crenshaw last Sunday. Mrs. Nannie Carter spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. VV. J. Bailey. Guess what young girl walked three miles to get the mail heoause she was looking for a letter from her best fellow? Guesa what young girl reads novels on Sunday until dinner time,?then dike up in her.best looking for her ftallltoi/ hilt fllttfl ta/aa hnord 441* I .~?.w ? . w.?v ? ?? " W'? \4 n ? V I II K 1 v in only sompbody else riding his mule." Guess what two girl worked faithfully, in the branch to catch a flsh and when they caught it found it to be only a tad-pole ? Guess what young man went to see one of his hest girls and when he got there his heart failed him and he passed on? Guess what two young men ploughed in the rain, one preached and the other prayed? Guess what girl keeps her letters in the Bible? If rsti.ee. For The Kntorprlae. Current Comments and Heath Springs Happenings. BY ROSK BKNN. Ileath Springs, May 3, 1900.? Mr. Editor: The weather is now propitious, and the songs that are heard Irotn the soil tillers give abundant evidence that it is being used for all it is worth, by those who are planting or preparing to plant their crop. We are glad to see that the Alliancemen of the county are waking up and that there has been more than one reorganization. The Alliance did a noble thing some years ago in breaking the back of the jute trust and it seems now that they will have to mass themselves this year to fight, the price of bagging. Then, "Lay n\ McDuflf and damned be he who first cries enough." liev. Mr. and Mrs, Rankin and family, of Newberry, visited Mrs. Rankin's mother here last week, then visited relatives at Kershaw, whilo attending the union meeting. Mr. Rankin preached in the Baptist church here on Tuesday night and left Wednesday for home. Miss Bessie Perry whocr? ?ehool at Russell Placo closed on last Friday, spent Sunday and till fhe up train Monday in town as the guest of Miss Emma Mclhvain. Mr. Will Miller who has been working in the depot here has accepted a similar position at Catawba Junction. Mr, Cloud Miller who was formerly there passed through stopping one day, on his way to Elko, Ga., where he has accepted the agency of the Atlantic Coast Line. The stores were to have begun closing at six o'clock on May the 1st. but some of the clerks are disappointed in not being able to close them as their special friends, "the loafers" hang round all day and just at closing time walk in for something, or "to look" at something. Some of our young people intend to go to Catawba Falls on Saturday, to-day, to the annual picnic. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bridges spent Monday in Lancaster, also Mrs. P. T. 1 witty and S. L. Bruce. We were glad to meet in town Monday our former townsman, Mr, Ed. Mobley, who is now in Lancaster. While this scribe is a simon pure prohibitionist, he hopes that the various county conventions will instruct against putting a ticaet in the field this year, as the Prohibition oartv. with Feath erstone at its head, made an ass of itself in 'OS. More anon. 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 k^ep her health. If she is weak, sickly and all run down, she will be nerv oub and irritable. If she has con stipation 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 eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich complexion. It will mttke a good-looking, charming woman of a run down invalid. Only 50.*, at Crawford Bros1. Drug Store. 2 EX HHERIFF W. H. HOOI) KILLED BY LIOHTNINU. Struck While Riding From His Field Near Cheater. Leaves A Hood Record. Ohos! er, May 3.?Ex-Sheriff W, Harvey Hood was struck by lightning this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and instantly killed. He was riding his horse from the field to the farm house to get out of the rain when the stroke befell liirn. His horse was also killed. When found ho was lying beside his dead horse, foot in stirrup, horribly mangled about face and head. He met an awful death and the scone at his home when the sad news of the sudden bereavement was broken to his loved ones was pathetic in the extreme. He leavos a devoted wife three daughters and one son. Sheriff Hood was a most popiilar riti/nn llo t?m?j .>I.<T" ? .... * V ?r?n nun III 1*1 Chester county for twelve yearn from 1884 to 1806 and made n moat faithful and efficient public oflicer. Ho was a candidate foi A re-election to this oflice at the approaching primary. He was in the fifty-eighth year of his age. The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Presbyterian church of which he was a member. A large circle of friends mourn with the grief-stricken family in their distressing loss. THE LOUISVILLE REUNION. Col.Ualdwall Furnishes Information for Veterans. In view of the numerous inqui ries he has received. Col. D. CalcL well, commander of C&.np Hamp ton, has furnished the following information : The Southern railway will run two trains from Columbia, that is the regular and a special train which will leave the union depot at 8 30 a. m., May 29. They will run solid to Louisville via Spartanburg, Asheville and Lexington, Ky. If .U.i -II ? > 1U 10 oA)jcn;iou Illilli Mil WUO in* tend to take the trip from Columbia and points south and east of it will concentrate here in time to take the 8 30 train on the 29th. Others to whom Spartanburg will he more convenient to reach are expected to assemble in that city and join the party which will reach that city from Columbia. Both trains will be scheduled to reach Louisville the next morning in time for breakf st. There will be ample sleeping car arrangements for all who desire such accommodations, but i all who want to avail themselves 1 of them should send in their noti- . fication to Col. Caldwell at once. The best possible service will be given in this particular if due notice is given in advance that it is desired. The price for the round trip will be $11.25. Tickets will be on sale May 27, 28 and 29, and will be good to return until.June 6. The Southern has a double daily service between Louisville and Columbia, one train leaving in the morning and the other in the evening. Tickets will be good on either of these trains. It. is expected that at least 25 will leave here with Camp Llatnp ton, but the rate is good for any Confederate soldier or son of a veteran, and ladies and citizens as well. Col. Caldwell will be glad to give any further information de sired, but generally everything npcessarv mav hp learnpd from any agent of the Southern. When you ask for Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, see thai you get it and not some worthless imitation THE MARVELS WE HAVE WROUGHT IN ONE HUN ORE!) YEARS. By George B Waldron, in May Number Ladies Home Journal There were hut 3,500,000 peo pie in America when this century opened. France had five times as many people; Germany, and even Austria, had four times America's population; Italy had three times as many, and so had Great Britain. Even Spain had double our nnmKar i\f nonn! rx nrwl lit# I *-v I).. .. w? |?v xrj/ic, lltllC 1 UI * tugal was almost our rival in numbers. We have more people now than any European nation except Russia, which alone leads us. We have as many people as live in all Great Brit inn and France now combined. We have one half more peoplo than Germany. We have, practically, 75,000,000 people in the United States, and 10,000,000 more in our new possessions. There were only five large cities in America in 1800. Philadelphia, i with GG.O00, was the largest, the seat of goveinment. and the con tre of wealth and culture. New York was next, with 00,000. Baltimore was third, with 26,500; Boston fourth, 25,000, and Char lesion, South Caiolina, fifth, with 10,000 people. Chicago was unheard of in 1800 The century was three years old before the Government even built | a fort where Chicago now stands, and it was not until thirty years lalnr thot ! nilv moa U,/Mirrl>? - ? and incorporated, i There was no Western city. The mighty, modern cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, Denver and Kansr.s Citvwas unheard of. There was only a small trading post, at St. Louis. That was all. The Pacific Coast had two or three missions under Spanish control. All the !. rest of the West was given over ; to Indians and wild beasts. In what are Illinois, Ind.,Mich' igan and in Wisconsin now there Plnkham ??&' /t'rs. Pi::Mtam persona/Jy attend# to her tremendous currez u:: donee with suffering women* Wrr trained assistants are all women:* Tho letters from women are opened L y women only* T!fzr.y are read by women oniy* Thsy are answered by wsr:' ?n and amy wjifcn. IVrc oorrcapondenoo Is sacredly confidential* Write for a book Mrs. Pinhhanz has fust puhlie hod w*'* "nh cc.r*ts 'ms totters frtini the fury or ci Lynn, the postv sjrior of Lynn and cfJst'.rs c>f tzcr own city who have made careful Investigation. PirAfoam has 1 helped a mtttiion women who suffered with female troubles* Sfoc car, euro YOU. tier address is Ly:wr F~7: r.s. lived 0,000 people in 1800, they spread over that whole territory. The "Far West" was then Kentucky, Ohio and Western New York. Heyond the Alleghftuies was practically a wilderness. Now i 53,000,000 people live within the area that belonged to our nation in 1800. The United States is larger now than all Europe in point of area. It has 3,600,000 square miles?ono fourteenth of the land surface of the entire globe. In 1800 we had just 825,000 square miles. We are the richest nation on the globe. To-day our wealth is estimated at over $100,000,000, 000; in 1800 it was $2,000,000,000. A man worth $300,000 was then considered abnormally rich; to-day we have several hundred men who are worth $3,000,000 or more. Uncle Sam spends each year, on his government, $550,000,000 not including the extra outlay occasioned hv mir late war anH the new accession of territory. In 1800 he spent $ 1 2,500,000.1n four yearn he now spends more than the entire wealth of the nation in 1800. It is Amazing how people lived in 1800, judged from modern standpoints. Half of them dwelt in log huts. Window glass was a luxury even in the coast towns. Some people used oilpaper; others ha * simpl" opening." in tiic nniSn, 7,'hich '.V!Ht?T nlnapfi with plank split from logs. The iron stove was a positive luxury ; t he furnace was unheard of. Great fireplaces supplied heat, but could not keep these huts comfortable in winter. There wan no Kerosene nor Gas; both were unheard of. The tallow dip was the standard light, and on the frontier* even tallow was scarce.There the torch of the forest was much used. Lamps tlun were in the homes of the very rich, fed with whale or vegetable oils, but th? y were few, and the tlame hardly brighter than the candles. For fifty years into the century these lights were used, for it was not until ls{>8 that petroleum was discovered. Look in Your Mirror Do you see spnrltllng syes, a hsalthy, tinted si: In, a sweet expression snd a graceful form t These attractions are the result of good health. If they are absent, there Is nearly always some disorder of the distinctly feminine organs present. Healthy menstrual organs mean health and beauty everywhsna. McZLRECS Wine of Gz*rdui makes women beautiful and healthy. It strikes at the root of all their trouble. There is no menstrual disorder, ache or pain which it will not cure. It is for the budding girl, the bnsy wife and the matron approaching the change of life. At every trying crisis in a woman's life it brings j health, streng'.h and happiness. It Coats fi.no of medicine deal -s. | For advice in cases requiring special tiuoi u?h->i nuuiew. ?yiii}UOlns, "The Louies' Advisory Department,'* The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattan?x>ga, Tenn. MItS. BOZF.NA T.KWIH. of OrnnTllle, Tovrvs. any.: - "1 ? u tmuulrd nt monthly Interval* with terrible iiaH:, in my head and bark, but have been entirely tkllit nl l>y Wlno <>t Cardul*" 'aMHHBaaaal and, even in 1851, kerosene was very expensive, costing sixty cents a gallon. There was no such thing as a match. The flint and steel of the old family musket was the means of kindling a Are; or a live coal was brought from a neighbor's,sometimes many miles distant. When the friction match came, in 1827, people were afraid of it and would not have it in the house. Today we in America alone use over 126,000,000,000 matches each year. The cooking-stove was unknown. The cooking was done in the fireplace in pots and kettles standing on long, slender legs well above the coals. The old brick oven was fired once a week to almost blazing heat and filled with appetizing dishes. Table lien was made by the housewife. and it was beautiful. China and silverwear were lacking. The pewter spoons and steel knives and forks were choice heirlooms and highly prized. Hand-made wooden trenchers, platters, bowls aud noggins comprised most of the tableware in use a hundred years ago. On the frontiers meals were often eaten off chips freshly on' from the forest trees. Gtarn.ents were spun by hand, every member of the family doing a part. There were a few cotton-spinning mills in operation, but the spinning jenny, the carding machine anu the loom with flying shuttle were almost unknown in America. The century was thirteen years old before the power loom was set up?at Waltham, Massachusetts. # A woman could spin from dawn to dark from forty to sixty knots of yarn. Now, with modern machinery, one operative can spin 160,000 knots in the same time. (Continued in next issue.) His Life Was Saved. Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen of Hannibal, Mo., lately hart a a'lirulorfnl rlaliDaraimo ? a frightful death. In telling of it he sayRt *1 was taken with TyphoidFever, that ran into Pneumonia. My lungs became hardened. I was so weak I couldn't even Bitupin bed. Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of Consumption,-when I heard of Dr. Kiug's New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it, and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise.'' This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Regulai size 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Crawford Bros'. Drug Store; every bottle guaranteed. 2. There 's more Catarrh In this section of the country than nil othor diseases put together, and until the last tow ynara was supposed to be iucurablu. For a (treat many years doctors pronounced It a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it Incurable. Sctenoe has proven catarrh to be a constitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co , Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constititutional cure on the market. Is taken internally In doses from ten drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mncousisurfacesof the system. They offer onk HUNDKRH itoi.i.ARS for anv case It fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best Registration Notioe. fTIHE PUBLIC will take notice that X the Registration Books will be open at the COURT HOUSE for the registration of parties entitled to register under the constitution, on the FIRST MONDAY in each month, tllliii mi (iayn preceding t!ic griucTa! election. .1. M. CASKKY, Chair. Bd. Reg. Lancaster Co. March 7, 1900. Stylish Livery?Cheap Livery? Handsome Turnouts; Single, Double or Tandem Teams. Will send you anywhere you want to go?from Lancaster to any old place on earth. Any number of equipages furnished on short notice for weddings, funerals, picnics and other pleasure parties. The nicest kind of turnouts for afternoon drives, also easy riding and tre title saddle Iiopsas o Anything, in fact, you want in the livery line call on or 'Phone Elliott & Crawford, Lancaster, S. C. 'Phone No. 26. g.tf And don't you forget that we are still headquarters for vehicles of all kinds?Buggies, Carriages, Wagons, also Harness and Saddles ; likewise Horses and Mules. E. A C. For all Kinds of Groceries, Go to S. M. Mathis <& Co., ?.i u_. vvi v-?lll 111CII1 L)y Phone No. and they will deliver anything from 5 cents up. S. M. Mattiis & Co. i