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MARKET. May 18, 1900. COTTON. . Strict (rood middling:,.. 9^4 Jl Good middling: Strict middling: Middling:, ." PRODUCE. Hotter (Rood), per pound, 12>$ per dozen, 10 Cbiokens, 18 to 20 Corn, per bushel, 60 Hams(home raised),per pound 10 Shoulders (home raised), per lb., 8 Saturday, May 11), 1900. Short Locals. ?Glorious rain, that yesterday . ?Mrs. D. Ferguson, of- Fort ^ Lawn, was shopping in Lancaster this week. ?Miss Ethel Vanlandingh&m, W of Virginia, is visiting relatives here. ?Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hough of Fort Lawn visited relatives and shopped here this week. ?For Sale.-Two good Milch Cows with young calves, tf. T. H. Bennett. ?Milk Shake, Milk Shake ! For a first-class Milk Shake go to S. Cherry's; 5 cents a glass. May 12-2t. ?Our census enumerators are now equipped with necessary schedules, instructions and supplies for their work. ? Mrs. T. M. Hughes of Fort Mill spent the week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Williams. ^ ?Prof. R. N. Nisbet of the Marshville High school, spent several days here this week with his brother, Mr. J, F. Nisbet. ?There will be preaching at Zion church Sunday a. m. at 11, and at Bethel that afternoon at! 3.30 o'clock. ?Captain I. W. Moore has re turned from Cleveland Springs but little improved. He will go to Asheville. ?Mr. H. G. Mclwain reached here Thursday in response to the telegram informing him of his misfortune in losing his dwelling by fire. ?The Southern Baptist convention goes to Now Orleans next year and I)r. Mullins, president of tho Seminary, will preach the sermon. Asheville lacked onlv a fnw vntou frnttinrr , J ? - ' * """ it. ?All white Democrats who have attained their majority since the summer of 1898, and all those who have located here since that time, will pleuRe report to the undersigned committee on enrollment: VV. P. (JasKey, Jno. A. Cook, J. F. Hunter. ?Wild Jim, a Texas cowboy, gave a "free" show hero Wednesday afternoon, and ^verybody who went wish it had not been "free", for, after they got 1 inrn llu.tr lt.t/1 ? ..O" i v?*vmv , vu\ j mm tw \fi*y ^ lJU(Vi tt'I or he made "to feel bad". He probably carried away $25 of Lancaster's quarters*. ?Mr. Waddy C. Thomson started to Columbia Wednesday to attend the meeting of the Prohibition executive committee, going by Camden, but the Seaboard's schedule was such that he failed to get further than Camden. He returned next day. Master Waddy accompanied his father. To be Reorynnizetl, The old members of the Primus Alliance are requested to meet on the fourth Saturday of this month (the 20th) for the purpose of reorganizing. , Mr. .1. F. Nis bet. will assist in the reorganiza tion. Those who desire to join are requested to he present. Mother* wlahlni? atout healthy elrla abouM irlvo them Simmon* Squhw Vino wine or Tub I eta a* they approach puberty. No Cr* dit in Thin. Candidates and their friends v *' nlease bear in mind the fact vbe $3 should accompany ? .nnouncement. Market?Restaurant Closed. Mr. A. F. Dufft who lias been running a market and restaurant here for somo months has closed up shop and left town, presumably not to return, though his wife and child are here, but until yesterday they did not know his whereabouts or the cause of his sudden departure. AttentionVeterans. The Dixie Camp of Confederate Veterans will meet at the court house next Saturday, May 19th, at 11 o'clock a. m. A full attendance is desired, and every veteran who expects to go to the reunion in Louisville is requested to report the fact at Saturday's meeting. W. G. A. Porter, Com. New Announcements. In the issues of Wednesday and today appear the following new announcements : For Coroner.?R. Young, D. N. Mackey. For Auditor.?L. J. Perry, E. C. Croxtoii. TP />. i n * j'or Kjoumy o upi. Education.? Ernest Blackmon, Prof. A. C. Rowell. For Clerk oi Court.?Jos. F. Gregory. For Solicitor.?W. C. Hough For Sheriff.?J. C. So well. The Drought Broken. This community was visited Thursday afternoon by a good ultnwot* r\f - * * - lam, auu line limitations point to moro this (Friday) afternoon. Kershaw, Oakhurt and Heath Springs had a good rain Thursday afternoon and that night. Heath Springs had a shower this (Friday) morning. LATER. Beginning about 10 o'clock, yesterday afternoon we had a hue season here, several good showers in close succession. It will put a move 011 the vegetable kingdom of these parts. The Fork Hill Ita/ttists litiildi on. The Fork Hill Baptists are building a new house of worship. The building will be 40x60, some largor than the old church. Mr. James Bow?rs has the contract and is progressing nicely with the work, the frame being up. The pastor, Rev. R. J. Blackmon, is highly pleased with the progress the work is making as well as with the character of the work, It is expected to have the building completed in time for the meeting of the Moriah Association in October. The pastor says he has been unable to find any one who can tell him when the old church was built. Some of the older people of the community remember when the old building was overhauled, but none know when it was first built. Notice-Lancaster Oratted School. To all whom It may Concern : Take notice that pursuant to a petition signed by ten voters and freeholders resident in Lancaster School District, we, the undersigned, Trustees of said District, do hereby call a public meeting to be composed of all those voters who are resident in and return for taxation in said District real or personal property of the value of not lass than one hundred dollars, to assemble in the Court House at Lancaster, 8 0., on Friday the 2Mh day of May, IWXi, at 4 o'clock p. ni., for the purpose of electing a chairman and secretary of said meeting, Ave trustees of said school District and of determining what special tax, If any, not to exceed live mills,shall be levied, as the majority present shall decide, on all real and personal property within said School District for the maintenance of the puplic schools of said District. This May 7, HMM). B. F. Miller, W.T. Gregory, W. .t. Cunningham, J. K. Taylor, , C. T. Connors, Trustees of Lancaster School District. f n wit SfeBPSOUS #/f? ?f li Tie &AW ad. WWOm^Sd Z Tho dorangemants of "J)" tho female organism thai r?r breed ait kinds of trouble !jre and which ordinary prac- !iri( tloc does not cure, are the jt j very things that give way promptly to l.yaJn ?. Pink- 'lH ( ham's Vegetable Compound. Uterine and ovarian ()(,v troubles, kidney tr cables, < ulcerations, tumors, tin- t usual discharges, hack- ()fii iches and painful periods , . ? these arc the ills that .m(* hang on and wreck health * and happiness and disposition. I Lydia E. Plr.kham'* Vf.<;rtaM* Coir.pound ^6, ? ' -??J p re has a wonderful record the cf abscl&ij' r.uros of these doi troubles ? a constant series of successes for u thirty V -- ...^j*nda of women vouch for this Their letter." crrrtantlv # apy. cnr in it. piv ? pat FOREIGN TRADE OF CHINA. Car Commercial and Financial World. China's foreign trado, and especially her trade with the Uni- . ted States, developed very rap- wo| idly in 1899, as is shown by a tjle statement just received by the t Treasury Bureau of Statictics. Wc The statement in question, from ed the "Returns of Trade" by the Imperial Maritime Customs Service of China, shows especially j()C| rapid development in the sec- qie tion where railways have recent- 1 ly been opened. Tht The following ate extracts iug from the report in question : a be "The foreign trade of China win during the year 1899 was char- Bia acterized by an astonishing de- ou* velopraent, and merchants, both 1 foreign and native, made hand- ^ei some profits in almost every branch. The political situation, on although still unsettled, gave try rise to no immediate fears ; ex- wa> change remained remarkably ant steady ; the rice crop was abun- Ka dant; the Spring weather dur- Th< ing the critical period for the dit silkworms was unusually favor- doc able ; and, except for a recrudes- . 1 cence of piracy on the West ln River, there wore no disturban- . ?' t it i ces to check trade. The grat- l~v< ifying result was that the year beat all previous records and en{, showed an advance without pre- Bp? cedent. The total trade was "Is valued at 460,533,288 hnikwan the taels, (the average value of tin1 her Haikwantael was $1,148 in 1890. rI $0,697 in 1898, and $0,722 in at 1 1899) a rise of 91,916,805 haik- the wan taels on 1898 nn<l mAro than double the figures for 1890. The internal trade of the coun- _00 try was also unusually brisk, ^ and the very important changes can which will be brought about by fled the extension of railways have F already been proved. Newch- she wang and Tientsin have prompt- 8tai ly responded to the stimulus of better means of communication, [l,a and the trade of those ports lias leaped forward, although the . former suffered from a severe gta| outbreak of the plague. It is aMfj found that immediately trains j,re begin to ran, districts through ed i which there was little traffic, 1 such as between I'aoting and the Pekin, suddenly commence to mei hum with life and activity and the there spings up a flourishing ln ' trade which was formerly undreamt of and iinj ossible f. 1 for want of cheap transport. | The Russian line has b. ?n com- p0? lileted :is fur iiort.1i n? find tho extraordinary richnoHH ere Manchuria will noon become e<1. evident. Tho Lu-Han Railway, 'I from Pekin to Hankow, makes Sw steady progress. Within six iny months it is expected trains will St< be running as far south as tw< Chingting. Tho difficulties In sov j the southern section, where ex- itu tensive tunneling is required, make construct ion slower there, but rails have been laid for 40 ^ kilometres northwards from Hankow ; the track is now being r made as fur as Sinyangto which MWl place it is hoped to run trains pre hin two years?and the j ole line of 1,200 kilometres is j * be completed in five years, \m hiding the difficult engineer* I feat of bridging the Yellow ^ rer Tin line between Taku, ntsin ana Pekin continues to ranco in prosperity, and the elision bojond Shanhaik wan rards Newell wang, will rtly be connected by rail with capital. Difficulties reding the question of control hampering the concession38 of various other lines, hut a to be hoped that these will n be satisfactory arranged, there is no longer any doubt t tqe effect of cheap transt will lead to an enormous elopment of China's trade. H 'The net value of the import :le was 264,748,456 hk taels, ng an advance of 55,1670,122 taels over the previous year I double the figures for 1800. * * The value of the exts was estimatod at 195,784,! hk taels, an increase of 747,683 hk. taeld over the viovs year's total, and, as in case of imports, more than ible the figues for 1890." isacre on Hoard a Passenger Ship. Copenhagen, Mav 16 ?A d is ch from Roping, Sweden, re ts that hh the steamer Raping t night was passing the I'rinz ia a man sprung upon the deck lie latter vessel and shouted: any one comes near I will ot," at the same moment a nan was seen hanging over ship's eide shrieking for help, he man escaped in a boat, ten the I'rinz Carl was boardit was found that 12 men on rd had been shot, six ot ira, including the captain e dead. The r_*st were found ked in their quarters. One of wounded has since died, tie murderer is being pursued. ) wounded say they were playcards in the smoking room >ut half past 11 with other men bti somebody put his head in room and exclaimed : "Look , there's u massacre on board." it the same moment shots re heard and all sprang to their t in order to leave the cabin ; , they found the door fastened the outside. While they were ing to force the door a shot a iired through the window 1 hit one of them, a man named j riaon, who fell to the floor. ? other three. Schneider, Ron j or and Lindquist host the1 >r Lindquist, who was the first step through, received a hullet his head. Disregarding the und, he ran alter the assassin steering room. The fngi a shouted down the speaking j ie : "Full speed ahead." Then j lines were already at full | ed, and the engineer replied : I that the captain?" receiving answer, "Certainly. Drive! to the devil." 'he engineer put the engines | 'nil speed astern. The assassin j n ran down to the engine room i 1 threatened to shoot the eneer if he didn't obey. The en- j unr hu r ri<>ut!o/l ? n ' m. it that moment the Roping | le along and the murderer | I in a boat. urther details from Roping w that the man suddenly rted shutting all the doors of cabins and saloons and the n, with a revolver in either id and with a dagger and a fe in his belt, he began firing jverv one he encountered. He bbed the captain in the back I a lady passenger in the ast. with the dagger and hackr bov with the knife, le also shot the mate through shoulder, and of four gentle, n who were playing cards in smoking room, one was shot he temple. 'he I'rinx Carl was stopped ping and the murderer seized opportnhitv to jump into a i boat and row away as fast as si hie. inarch of the steamer discov. d seven dead and five woundni. . a i - c 4 ..i. - ? i [ic i rjtucsiniMi 01 m nojjii , eden, report that a man giv; the name of (Ironkist, of ckholm, yesterday secured > revolvers which he fired oral times to test their qunlts. . \ helping word to one in uhle is often like a switch on ailroad track, hut one inch heeon wreck and smooth sailing )sj>erity.?Beecher. TIIRONG OUR EVERY rH E people know gains. .Our salesj =^-=the run. Many cm ^ their turn to be s< have literally par J Time merchants ca ^ and it has not take ^ it out. Cash buyen ^ they can do the be: ^ Now For Ui K | SHOE B, t *7 In order to red f we offer the grea ? S3 shoes in tan, vie ^ $2.50. The entire ? Terry & Co's. $3 ^ black, at $2.25. Ladie ^ low-cut ties and slipp They must be sold at s ^ time to buy shoes che; i i Doing a ' I Shoe E A K Our clothing sales h; ^ yet we have some of t ^ so come quick before t ^ still have some of that ^ ly imperfect, at 50 cen mi j rt i 1 I mat mock ^ To Arrive ^ We are nearly sold & but will get a fresh then we will be able ^ We find it pays to s (P prices. We are doin business ever done in 4b '$ THE6A $ CAS $ Lancaster, S. C &% * ' i MDS STORES DAY. where to find bar>eople are kept on >tomers have to wait srved. Our prices alyzed competition, n't compete with us :n them long to find s naturally go where 5t. iprecedented mm. lice our shoe stock t W. L. Douglas i and Russia calf at : line of Craddock, shoes, in tan and s', misses and children's >ers regardless of cost, iome price. Now is the ap. IVmriflndniic! 11 U111U11UUU0 iusiness. ;ive never been so large, hose great bargains left, ;hey are all gone. We job lot of pants, slightts on the dollar. of Millinery u This Week. out in this department, supply this week, and to supply the demand, ell millinery at bargain g the largest millinery t - i /antiiMCi . NSON H STORE. I ?