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jWm t L AN Vol. XII, , To Writ > Adverti It Takes All dering Good Our Stock. 1 an Immen all our De # Our first ship * Millinery, Dress ( went out of stores like he riving daily. We will ha Special Display an ,/ the balance of April. !* List 10 yards Law: cents. Thompson brai sets. Our price i r\ a a i it ucttea ?IIK r ccntr. Our price I ?5 dozen T. cent. Our price i i vVe can t men! i u_ines3 we rent I Come and see us Lancaster I a' \ I 5ASTE LANCAS'l IF y Las | DilCV e sements Our Time Or .s to Keep Up N~e liaireliad se Stock in Dartments. Jkr mcnts of aOOdS, ?i!ks, Etc., )t cakes - New goods a ve a d Special Prices .08 1 A 1 n for Twenty-fiv< "id 116% $1.00 Col" 62 cents. issues, worth 6* ) IS cents. Vest, worth 1( 5 cents. /ion our bareain; Li th ewnoie papei # s [ercantile Co R. EN ER, S. C., SATURDAY, A A Ti aiu's Narrow Escape. There was cosiderable excitement tor a low brief moments at the Southern depot here Monday I morning and a sudden palior spread over a number of faces of those who were quick enough to grasp the situation. As No. 33, X the southbound fast mail, dashed ' past the depot at about a f-9-:nile rate the agent and others observed from the bundles ol lire a* large as a water bucket leaping from under one of the cars, that something was seriously wrong. With a quick perception of duty the agent threw up the red board, but the engine had already passed under t*he white signal. The agent then ran out and signalled to a flagman, who was luckily standing on the rear platform aud in the meintima a <rai<rkt ? " train on the siding blew the danger signil. The train was brought to a stop about a halfmile down the track. On investigation the trainmen were ? amazed to tind, that owing to a box becoming heated under one of the Pullman cars, an axle had been wrenched in twain right at the box and some of tho parts were striking the track in bounds. It was only a matter of moments when there would have been a most disastrous wreck and a matter of wonder that it had not already occurred. The crippled car was sidetracked here and the passengers transferred. The train 1 J - < * i wan crowuea Willi passengers. One of the cars in the rear of the injurod car carried President Roosevelt's body guard, a company of soldiers from Washington.?Fort Mill Times. You Know What You Aro Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly r printed on every bottle showing that Lr it is simply iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No (Jure, No pay. 50c. The Death of Mrs. Maxwell. The Iicv. R. N. Pratt left today for Greenwood to attend the funeral of Mrs. Dr. Maxwell. In f tnAtnni.it nf 1.... . 1.4*1* -1 1-* I .uvuiiyi^ t/i IUC11 liUItj uuu^iuur Connie those two {rood people, I)r. and Mrs. Maxwell, devoted all their property to t he establishment of Hie Connie Maxwell orphanage. The board of trustees of which Mr. Pratt is a inem3 her will act as pallbearers.? | Wednesday's State. ??.: A i aluable Medicine for Coughs and Coals in Children . "1 have not the slightest hesi"V tancy in recommending Oham^ I bedlam's Cough Remedy to all [wlio are suffering from coughs or colds," says Clias. M. Cramer, -v | Esq., a well-known match maker JI of Colombo, Ceylon. "It has ! been some two years since the City L/?sj ensury (,rst called my attention to this valuable mediS cine and I have repeatedly used lit and it has always been JLynoh ficial. It has cured me of all chess colds. It is e[ ly efTectivo for childrou aKjHre dom takes more than one'm^ A> J to cure them of hoarseihByQiJ h ive persuaded manv to tiEf' valuable medicine, and tbw i all as well pleased as mv'^Jr I the results." Eor sale V. .JT 'Mackey & Co. r IT" I 1 ERE PRIL 19, iqo2. f vf;-; Attempted Assault Of a f> Year Old Uirl. Special to The State. Rock Hill, April 14 ?Yester day afternoon, near night, th little 6-year old daughter of Mr Noland Clinton of Ed gem ore wa at the spring with several littl playmates when she was seize* by a black brute named (Ireei Blake, who came upon then suddenly. The little t?irl wn chocked pretty badly, but Ih crie6 of the other little one frightened the negro away. The news got around quickly and soon there was collected crowd of about 50 who began t scour the community for th fiend, llad this crowd gotto hold of him at once he woul have had short shift, but he wa not caught until about 10 o'clocl and then by Mr. Sam Bailey, wh was not with the crowd. He too the negro to Magistrate Reid an they siicceeded in keeping hir sale until this morning when h was taken to jail at Chestei After the first impulse the me were ready to listen to reaso and let I he majesty of the law b preserved, llappily the littl girl is not injured seriouslv. He father is a highly respected farm er of the Edgemore soction. OAQTOHIA. Beam th* The Kind You Haw Always Bough Little Hen is the only son t; J. 1/ V/ilhur, president of tli Ilo^al Trust company of Chioagc ! I'util lien was six years of age h liiul iU'ViiVS add .eased his pnivni as "papa" and 4,mama." The his mother struggled with him t speak to and ol I hem as lathe ! and mother. lie was correcte j many times before he could mak ! up his mind to address them a J she wished One night, whil say in j. Lie pmyoio, he, as n&uai asked Clod to bless his dear pap and mamma. .Suddenly he nioj pod praying and in a period i ! finlntllll 'lllil ri -T\rkr\l f t* I j itiau iv 1 |?vjl l l I* i lllrl li III said: 'Kxouse liio, (i-d, I sboul have said father and mother; hu jS^t^y arothe Ram* old party."? ?ar?> m?l M'orki ol * %Lla*1" Tablets * etire. r % 1 ? Wfmmm I >RTST7 JL Xv ji. - * No. 5 Light Bisctfit Deliciotss Cake Dainty Pp&tsizs i 'ine PtscJdmgs 4 Flafey Cfftssts - A Novel Insult Ot a Dispensary Election ill GlVeUWJod County. Before Judge Gary at CliamL, bers here yesterday was araued a KJ rather peculiar case. It was eDg titled A.J. Davis et al., vs. C. L. Ivenntdv etai., and. involved an j issue arising from ti?e election held in the town of Troy in Greenwood county for a dispensary. The vote stood 10 to 10. One of . these was withdrawn on the "no dispensary" side because he was not a qualified voter. Those who wanted no dispensarv then came | before Judge Gary for an injunction to restrain the establishment of a dispensary at Troy. They were represented by MesersWelch ^ A McGhee and Messrs Greer and Ellis Graydon appeared on the dispensary side. After hearing the argument Judge Gary grant^ ed the injunction.?State. OA.STORIA. Bean the /t lh? Kind You Have Always Bought n I =? ? I? IIV e Headquarters 0 OF TIIB r County Executive Committee. 1 Lancaster, 8. C\, April 12. 1902. The Democratic Clubs ol Lancaster county are hereby n* nfied ' to meet at their respective headc j quarters .hi Saturday, April 2G.li >. inst., in accordance with the . party rules, fur the purpose cf ! reorganizing <nd elrctinff dole8|irates to a County Convention 111 which will assemble at the Court o House in Lancaster on Mondav, ir May 5th. at 12 m. The (' ui.tv j I Convention, v^en so arsembled, 0 ! \\ i 11 elect delegates to the Stute Conventi< n (' be held in Colum ' , '.a .on Iu.v i : next, and I i t?we. t such other business as i, | iiirt\ uc juej^ei. a The Clubs are entitled to send 'delegate **?r everv tven1v-fi'*e v i i / ' j members anu one lor a niajonty 1 tract! in her. !, and ach club, at its meeting on the 26lb inrt., .ohall seleo i. member o the t I enunty execujXve committee.. Resides erecting deieantes to j the State Convention, the (bounty ' i/"onvenuop iyiii eioct n rounly ' ( hnirta' n n momhor of the J4r j. K. Nisbit, Bl^/irk, Chairman. y /retary. 2t \IL "