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J COTTON AND PRODUCE MARKET. Oct. 29, 1900. VI COTTON. !4fiot >d middling 9.50 PRODUCE. Gutter (good) per pound ....... 12}-? per dozen 12 Saturday, December 8, 1900. 1 .._ .? 1 I.. '.LL ?TT?<*!r~~mTTl Short Locals. ?Mrs. J. M. Hough of Landsford is visiting hero. ?Mrs. W. S. Langley is visiting at Blacksburg this week. ? Miss Minnie Miller attended 'If1'* l - ? meetings ot Conference in ^^Bhestcr. ? Miss Bessie Mackcy visited her parents at Heath Springs } this week. X_ ?Dr. Pry or, of Chester, was in town professionally a few hours Wednesday. ?Miss Maud McManus spent several days hero this week with Miss Delia Caskey. ?Don't forget the Holiday opening, Dec. 11th and 12th. B. C. Ilouun & Co. ?The cotton market has been weak for several days, and yesterday it lost about 20 points. ?1 can do all kinds of brick work either in town or country. Apply to L. A. Parker, T-'lt.] Lancaster, S. C. ?Iiev. J. Barr Harris of Uock ?ill was the guest of Mesdames ollie Perry and Bell Nance a couple of days this week. ?The 3 year old child of Mr. Kichard Ferrell died at the fac torv Thursday night at 7 o'clock from the effects of measles. ?Rev. S. N. Watson and Mr. 1). A. Williams and James R. Knight are in attendance upon the Baptist convention at Greenwood. ?The Rev. J. W. Little will preach at Camp creek Baptist church on the third Sunday, Dec. 10, in this month at 3 o'clock, p. m. ? Married, at White Bluff, Sunday, Dec. 2nd, hy J. N. Es^tridge, N. I'., Mr. J. (J. Williams and Miss Frankey Funderburk, ail of Chesterfield county. gtt-The trial of Rev. W. E. W,A -c i i ?wunimuii, ui i>?wunerg, cnargect with the murder of VV. T. Bellinger,.begun Thursday and is naturally attracting a great deal of interest. ? Don't wait! Come now and have your presents laid aside. If you wait till Christmas week we cannot give you the time we would like to. B. C. Hough & Co. ?The Bates Improved Cotton seed are going in a hurry. If you want some of them you had hotter come and get them. Ay ply to A.J. Clark, Enterprise oflice. J* ?Persons owing me for recording deeds and other papers would confer a great favor by ^^fcalling atul settling when in ^P>wn. I need the money very much. W. S. L. Portkr, It weekly.) c c c. L. c. ?Attorneys R. E. Wylie and Jno. T. Green went to Chester one Jiftornnnn thiu lr / ?? ? habeas corpus proceedings in the case against McCardell, charged with burning a tenant barn on Mrs. M. R. McOardell's plantation in Cedar ereek. Rail was granted. ?List of letters advertised for the week ending Dec. 8. lbOO, for ^Lancaster, S. C: Mrs. Maggie Clinton, Mrs. Nannie Weaner, Annie Casen, Miss Amelier ^Pinlap, Mr. Frank Pea, I bah Thompson, Tom Williams, Henry McCarter. Belle Nance, P. M. i r/ ?Several cases of smallpox 1 have been reported in Union i among both the mill people and < the colored people. The govern ' or has directed the state board of t health to give attention to the matter at once. t I An Approaching Marriage. \ Cards are out, to friends at a ' distance only, announcing the 1 approaching marriage of Miss ' E. Matilda Croxton, the lovely, charming and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Croxton, of Kershaw, to Mr. S. Neeley Miller, of Columbia, the ceremony to take place in the Baptist church, Dec. 18th, , at 11 o'clock Rev. Jaboz Ferris pastor of the bride-to-be oflficia- i ting. Miss Croxton is highly intel ligent, refined and facinating. . She is a first honor graduate of \ Limestone College and has , taught in the Kershaw Graded school for the past two years. , Mr. Miller is a young man of ] high moral character, sound , business qualities, and is an . honor graduate of Columbia ] Business College. lie is at pres- . ent head bookkeeper, with . bright prospects, for Jones & | Williams furniture dealers of , Columbia, S. C. C. ? .. ( Many persons have had the ex- . perience of Mr. I'eter Sherman, of North Stratford, N. H., who ' says, "For years I Buffered torture from chronic indigestion, \ hut Kodol Dyspepsia Cure made | a well man of me." It digests what you eat and is a certain cure for dyspepsia and every form of < Rtomaeh troubles. It gives relief ( at once even in the worst cases, and can't help but do you good. Crawford Bros. d w s A Quiet Home Marriage. 1 The marriage of Mr. K. Manly Oroxton, hook keeper in The Hank of Lancaster, and Miss ' Daisv Bruce of lleath Springs, was solemnized Wednesday after < noon at half past one o'clock at 1 the home of the bride's mother, Mrs Bruce, in the presence ' of a few of the immediate friends < arid near relatives of the contracting parties. The ceremony that ] united these two into one for lile 1 was pronounced by Rev. A. M. Oroxton, pastor of the Baptist church in Monroe, N C., a , brother of the groom. Immediately after the cere t mony, the happy couple boarded the North bound train for Lan caster whore they will make 1 their home. They are boarding at Mr. W. B Knight's. The Knteki'kise joins in hearty congratu- ; 1 at ions and wishes for unalloyed connubial bliss. Among the tens of thousands who have lined Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and la grippe during the past few years, to our knowledge not a single case lias resulted in pneumonia. Thus. Whit Held it Co., 240 Wahash avenue, Chicago, one of the ( most prominent retail druggists in that city, in speaking of this, says; "We recommend Chamberlain's Cough j Remedy for la grippe in many cases, i as it not only gives prompt and com- ' j i plefe recovery, but also counteracts any tendency of la grippe to result 1 in pneumonia." For sale by J. K. i * Mac key it Co. | < A (theater (Jouptr Married Here I Thursday. I < .Mr Win A Corkill and Miss I Moultrie Buchanan, both of Chester, were married Thursday j I afternoon at 3.15 o'clock at the residence of Mai. B, K. Miller, i; where the young lady had come, the day before to visit her friend . ... 1 and college mate, Miss Minnie Miller. Mr. Oorkill is bookkeeper in the Exchange Bank of ('heater, and Miss Buchanan is the daughter of Mr. J. II. Buch ' anan, Editor and proprietor of, the ('heater Reporter. The cere- 1 mony was performed by Rev. J. j E. drier, pastor of the Methodist church Jin Chester, who came 1 over with the groom on the noon ' train. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple and a few intimate friends who wit- 1 ' ^ r. .W"' I nessed the nuptials, entered car riages in waiting at the gate, and Irove to the L. & C. depot and boarded the afternoon train for their home in Chester. In the absence of anything to the contrary, the public might in Fer that this was a run away match, but we are assured that it was not so, but only a "freak of Cupid,'' to use the language ot lur fair informant. When von neert a annthirtn healing antiseptic application for any purpose, use thoorininal DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, a well known cure for piles and skin diseases. It heals sores without leaving a scor. Beware of counterfeits. Crawford Bros, d w s Christina* I* Ahead It lit ff'r Are Ahead of Christinas. Call and see the pretty things already hero. Looking round involves no obligation to purchase. We are glad to have your present praise : we will let the future take care of itself. A half hour in our store will prove x liberal education in the latest and prettiest. It is not too early. Many of our best things are being laid aside already, ind if you would be in at the hest, come along. We thus expect everybody here next Tuesday night and Wednesday, lur holiday opening will take! Mace at that time. Ilememher I die date, Dec. 11th and 12th. Are you afTected with palpitation of the heart. Then take a full breath before you read this :, B. C. Hough Ar Co. offer a dioice, in six patterns, in first juality Carlsbadt Dinner Sets frOO tft f J- 1 " >> v;i ill f iur ?T I U."U. That $2.50 Set is now $1.75. That $1.10 Set, in gold band, is now 00 cents. Rig lot of Teacups and Saucers, just in, 25 cents a Set. We show the biggest line of glassware ever offered the people of this community. 25 casks at one shipment and they are yours, for what they 2ost others, at wholesale. Our 10 cent counters will surprise, even our old customers, this time. No end of dainty Jewelry. No limit to our willingness to show it. No question as to the fairness r>f our prices. No such stock of Silverware in the county. No equal to our Watch Stock. No shortcoming in any our guarantees. No repairing too difficult for lis. No customers unsatisfied. Come and bring the children. B. C. IIouoh & Co. P. S.?We are closing out all )ur Guns at cost. [2t. When the stomach is tired out t must have a rest, but we can't ive without food, lvodol Dys nepsia Cure "digests what you sat'' o that you can eat all the ;oc tood you want while it is estoring tie digestive organs :o health. It is the only prepara don that digests all kinds of food. Jrawford Bros. d-w-s For Tho ILnt?rpr1i?P Kershaw Kicks. The stores are taking on gala \ppearance as the holidays draw near ; there is also an increas-l II CT Cl'fUl'll i tl I iwtr I I f ../?.? .In.. <n v? v * v* *?t fw h u ii win uu^y tu lay. There lias been a large nuni-j ior of baloa of cotton sold the t)ast week. Wo are glad to note the im[irovement of Professor N. T. Rhodes. Miss Elizabeth Miller, Misses hois, Lilly and May Mobley of Heath Springs were in town Thursday shopping, Mr. Trenholm Ilasseltine of die Columbia Machine Shops is i I, V ' v. >i ^ ^ v.- " > ' S' V i The Oldest and Best. S. S. S. is a combination of roots late and herbs of great curative powers, ^ j] ami when taken into the circulation searches out and removes all manner inst of poisons from the blood, without fMn] the least shock or harm to the system. On the contrary, tie general health f 111*1 begins to improve from the first dose, for S. S. S. is not only a blood purifier, hut an excellent tonic, and strength- ~t- v ens and builds up the constitution while purging the blood of impuri- (j ties. S. S. S. cures all diseases of a blood poison origin, Cancer, Scrofula, Rheumatism , Chronic Sores and . Ulqers, Eczema, Psoriasis, Salt Rheum, Herpes and similar troubles, e(l j and is an infallible cure and the only antidote for that most horrible disease, PaP( Contagious Blood Poison. in t A record of nearly fifty years of rPpr successful cures is a record to be proud- l4, of. S. S. S. is more popular today "u than ever. It numbers its friends by ing the thousands. Our medical corres- njjj pondence is larger than ever in the , history of the medicine. Many write 1 to thank us for the great good S. S. S. of c has done them, while others are seek- Qf ing advice about their eases. All letters receive prompt and careful Hnd attention. Our physicians have made 12 a life-long studyof Blood and Skin l)iscases, and better understand such cases than the ordinary practitioner who Hi'* makes a specialty of no one disease, gesl ^'e are ^?'n? j-u|j humanity through eho partment, and invite j you to write us if you have any blood j eari : or skin trouble. We make no charge ! intc ; whatever for this service. | pori THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. OA. I .... ! 1 ne the at home for a few days. her l f r i r n . . f * jur. .jonn 1 witty was 111 town! ixef ' this week. ! Kaz Rev. Jabez Ferris is attending * 811 L.i r. .? /-1 "iK the State Baptist Convention . , [this week. |,U 0111 ? ltev. W. A. Betts will proacli wor ' his farewell sermon on Sunday thai and leave on Monday for his a r appointment at Jordan. Mr. c'?l Beits' many friends will hate toj see him leave our town, hut wo must "he subject to the powers that he." Clair. . ' Kershaw, S. C., Dec. 7, 11)00. ,w 1( to v ? a?o Don't use any of the counter vou feita of DeWitt.'s Witch Hazel "(.?e Salve. Most of them are worth j * less or liable to cause injury. The j J original I)e Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is a certain cure for piles, ion 1 eczema, cuts, scalds, burns, sores ' ~av and skin diseases. Crawford Bros. mei d w a put From The Waxhaw Enterprise, 'n~ December 0. i 'l l1 Mr. Lleese Belk, who lived ,k about ten miles southeast of here ^ on Cane Creek, died last Friday night after a long and lingering illness. He was thirty eight yeais 'ie y old and leaves a grief-stricken 0CC1 wife and five children, not! to a without sympathy in their dark ' " hours of ?> flliction. Mr. Belk wasjfarr well known throughout this sec. sou tion. Ills remains were interred I (|on at Tirzah church on Sunday. j Mr It. .S. Gamble and Mija Sal "he lie Yarboro, both of tins commu still nity, to the great surpise of their A people and many friends, rode {met away to Belair, S. C , last Sunday I pliri levening were married by Capt., tlire j.Joe Howie. Not a whisper ?f!ena [their intentions was heard until the news came back with them from South Carolina. May their little barque thus continue j I to glide smoothly and unopposed I | down the stream of life. j ... L.= , Air. ,J. IWalkup, who lives about live miles South of town thfc , laud who is well knovn in this county, is in some respect, a re niarkable man. Although 80 years ohl, ho is full of life and Tiy energy and lea Is a very active XV (life. This year he made 125 , bushels of corn, one 500 bag of cotton, and worked bis truck patches, all by Ihh ow n labor. He is in very comfortable circumstances, having plenty of old cotton on hand. And yet there are ( I numbers of robust young men in! the country who can find nothingl 1 1 to do but howl calamity and stir I wo vation on account of corporations . tIn ami bad laws. j* , ? - ? buy The moat, effective little liver I pills made are l)eWitt's Little Th* Karly Kisprs They never gripe, bou Crawford Bros. d-w-s p^c l.i* | Ulls Agent* Wanted! a,,<^ The position of resident special agent of tho Equitable Lite Assurance Society for Lancaster and lV>or vicinity is open to a man of good an character and ability. A val- ' uable contract, carrying renewals #an will he given to the right man. Addreis, W. .1. RoddkYj tf. fiock Hill. 8, C. Ei 40 Hon Sale. lie personal effects of the; S. A Mclhvain will be sold lie home place oil the 13th ant , consisting of stock, ^ ninK tools and household liture. 11. J. McIlwain, v.] Adin'r. lis Highest Compliment. 'hen Minister Wu, suite and was last in 11; <* city, lie visit inioriii other place*, a r?ws-' 1 Br office, At one of th desks i he city room sat a woman | irter hard at wt.i k upon a rrv" feti ty. She kuoyr nothof thn intended visit of toe Daman, and h?-r Mir prise iua\ magtned when, at the patter ~ uahioix d fri t ^nd the rustle i silken sl.Tt*-. ate hokcd up ehw planted oelure her (.leak ^ smiling Celestials, Minister at the head, the others, in J 1 a n file, t - * hit <! I im?his pv< ry I i tire and motion being faith- 4 y copied iht n., just us thei[ rus copy ?hv priitical in a] neso comic < f)cr?. Lory: and j| uoslly did Mi.iisar Wu smile |" > the e} s of tf;? woman ro- 1 ( ter at h 'r desk before hirn.i*' I % u he ilt.i.H'r. tcs> picked up . (j sheet of pv ' fi 'Wi. tinder,' fingers and road it through, lacing u.o si.n.;, he resumed j11 ing into I.or ? \ os. Then, with h nilo that alio wed fie was pay- (?' her the higi.ooi cotnpliino.it j his repertory, and with a fas- j' tting little fiult between each c d, \Vu said : "I do not believe c t you are a woman. You are J :ian dressed in a woman's |\ Still Tool-. By the way," said the man ) > had stopped at a l'arni iiouse ' i< vater his horse. ktMft#?nn vcnrJ1 a poor boy came this way rod \ took him in." 'Yes," ried the farmer, somewhat i arised. You were kind to him," went \ the stranger. "You led him, t 0 hi in words of encourage t it, and an old suit oi clothes, <j live shillings in his pocket 1 sent him on his way rejoic c He told you at the time l t he never would forget your t ilness. Am 1 right?" t 1 believe you are," replied farmer. He said that il Jhe prospered vould see that you never had is ion to regret your kindness poor, struggling lad Land's sakes?" exclaimed the no's wife excitedly. "It (ids almost like a fairy tale, 't it?" Well," continued the stranger told me to tell you that he is 1 poor " tnd a-? he drove away the far went out and kicked the up viciously, while his wife ?w a rolling pin at the chick signature is on every l>o* <?f the genuine ixative Bronio-Qiiinine Tnhi.-ts remedy that curvw u cold In one Ui?? I lore Mules J Coming! !' Vcs, and Horses, Too ! i laving well nigh sold out tin* j i carloads of stock we received j ' other day, our Mr. (Crawford ; l low on the western markets ing more Mules and Horses our rapidly increasing trade. carloads of new stock being ght by Mr. Crawford are ext <111 t A o rt'i i'A Itti C.?t i? ??<1 ? t? 1 i I V?I IW f?i 1 1 t c tin *; uni UMiilV MI j ' i week, so don't, fail to call j 1 see them. You'll ?ind in the Lot ne rare beauties in both Mules 1 Ilorses. And while you are king at our line stock, you take a peep at our handsome [day of vehicles?Buggies and i igons. LLIOTT <* CRAWFORD, j without P Potash your crop will be "scrubby." Our books, telling about composition ol fertilizer* :st adapted for all crops, are free to all farmers. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. Auditor's Notice. jANCASTER, S. 0., Dec. 5, 1900. S~otick i8 hereby Riven that thin office will be open from FIRST >A\ OF JANUARY to ihe SOTH > JAY OF KEllKl'A KV lifbl, lor the/ uirpnse of receiving the returns otfj he taxpayers ol Lancaster county.. All persons having property in their' iossessioii tir control, as managers, lolders, or as husband, parent, guarlian, trustee. xecutor, administrator, eceiver, accounting otlicei, agent, atorney or factor, on i he tir.^t day of auuary UK) I, are required to list the aiue lor taxation within the time retired by law or incur the penalty of 'illy percent which attaches iu cane u l hi lure to do so. 1'he poll lax of One Dollar is laid ipon all inme persons between the ges of 21 and 0(1 years, except perotis who ire n.alined and unable to urn u suppnri ; also Confederate sol:ers above t tic age of 50 years. The Auditor or an assistant will atend the following places in the couuy on the day named below for the onvenience of the public, sioola?Tuesday, January aih, 11 na. Ica-aui Valley?W dufsday, Jan vih, lelair?Tliurs lay, J.m. loth. "an Wyick ?Frt lay, Jan. II ill. iix.c, a in., iiwigiu ii ai.,?amiiJuy, Jan- ll'.b, 'rudesvillc?Tuesday, Jan. I5tb. 'ax.diaw ? Wednesday, Jail, Itlth 'lat Creek church? 1 hursduy, Jan. liih >r. C. C. vVolsli'.-,?Friday, Jau. 18m. 'rlnius? Saturday, Jan. ivth. laile Cold Mine?Monday, Jan. 2lst. ter.-diaw?Tuesday und Wed , Jan. 22dand28d. loath Sprit gs?Thursday, Jan. 23d. 'Iha anl Iiill?Friday, 2 p. in., Jan. 25th. )ry Creek 1*. O. ?Monday, Jan. 28th. I'nder an act of the legislature, all tersoiis having a gross income of #2,00 or more are required to make a eturn ol the same to the Auditor at he time of making their other reurns. It will be to the interest or every axpajer to make his return promptly d ull personal property; also ot all ransfers or improvements on real state, and save the penalty of 50 per lent, which attaches alter the 20th of February. All persons sending their returns o this otlice by mail, will please uigu he oath at bottom of return before an iflicer who is authorized to take the ame. JOHN A. COOK, County Auditor. Dec. 8. 1?00. hue f "Sing their own praiw." During the Past 58 Years, ~m StieflF Pianos [Ilive fulfilled every requirenont of the most exacting nanists and amateurs all over lie world, and today stand Without a Superior In either tone, action or worknanship. Sold direct from the actory saves the middleman's profit. and this Saving Pays For Many Lessons under the finest teacher to be procured. Write for terms and prices. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Piano Manufacturer, Baltimore, Maryland. North and South Carolina Factory Branch Warerooms. '213 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, N.C. C. 11. W1LMOT1I, Mgr. Dne Tttnln# and Repairing B?!l Pimm- 1W