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^ Large Cotton Purchases. fAs an indication of what the high price of cotton means to a i community it may be mentioned f that in the town of Winnsboro t one buyer. Mr. W- II. Flennikin, 8 representing the Sprunts of Wil e mington, N. C., has paid out this d season a half million dollars for t cotton purchased by him in his f territory. Mr. Flenniken is one r of the most energetic cotton buy d ers in the State and has distin n guished himself at various times si by carrying through large deals t for the Sprunls.?The State. c Revolution Imminent. A sure sign of approaching re R volt and serious trouble in your v system is nervousness, sleepless- I ness, or stomach upsets. Electric ? Bitters will quickly dismember t the t roublesome causes. It never f fails to tone the stomach, regulate the Kidnevs and Bowels, stimn- i late the Liver, and clarify the ^ blood. Run down systems beneti- . ted particularly and all the usual attending aches vanish under its P searching and thorough effective- ' ness. Electric Bitters is only 50c I ami that is returned if it don't v give perfect satisfaction. Guar- i Ianteed bv Crawford Bros., J. F. j Mackev & Co., and Funderbuilc R Pharmacy. * From <he Lancaster correspon- (j denco of The State we clip : v The Lancaster Whist club was v Anf tirl tiituwl liv \T re W W Parrv i I Thursday afternoon. To meet t with this attractive hostess as- v s u r e s pleasure. Progressive whist was played at two tables, I the third table indulging in the t less scientific game of fan-fan. c Those present were: Mrs. \V. M. v Crawford, Mrs. T. M. Hughes, s Mrs. K. L. Crawford, Mrs. J. W. { Witherspoon, Miss Edith Stewart, a Mrs. Marion S. Witherspoon and Mrs. J. I). Wylie. A pretty v scene closed the entertainment v when winsome little Helen d I vj* I Hughes, a pet and neighbor ot i the hostess, came toddling in and t was asked to sing, she reiulere<l v two very catchy modern songs, 1 which were encored by the club, a The Crantord Hook club met | last Wednesday afternoon with i Mrs. W H Iteed. An interest- cj ing programme was carried out. t Dainty refreshments were served. I ? Cur*-* Itlooil I'oison, ( iiiK'i r, CI- 1 ffrs, iit'/i'iun, ( iirliu im-Ich, lllv. I Mt dlriue Free. Robert Ward, Maxey's, (ia., say8: "I suffered from blood poison, my head, face and shoulders were one mass of corrup- y tion, aches in bones and joints, burning, itching, scabby skin, was all run down and discouraged, but Botanic Blood Balm cured me perfectly, healed all the sores and gave my skin the j Irich glow of health. Blood Balm i put new life into my blood and ^ new ambition into my brain." Geo. A. Williams Roxbury, face coven- d with pimples, chronic sore on hack of head, supperat j ing swelling on neck, eating ulcer on leg, bono pains, itching akin cured perfectly by Botanic Blood Balm?sores all healed. | Botanic Blood Balm cures alii malignant blood troubles, such \ as eczema, scabs and scales, | pimples, running sores, carbuncles, scrofula, etc. Especially I advised for all obstinate cases i that have reached the second or third stage. Druggists, $1. To prove it cures, sample of Blood J Balm sent free and prepaid bv writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga. Describe trouble and freej medical advice sent in sealed j lntlor ? Bryan will prnhahlv ask us to 1 pay him for telling us what he 1 thinks of Tolstoi, when all of uh 4 are more anxious to know what Tolstoi thinks of Bryan.?Washington Post. <0 Thia aiirnature ia on every box of the genuine Laxative BromoQuinine Table* Dm ranadi that cuiw a teid |g aoa del 1 I Bad Weather in Mew York. Now York, Dec. 25.? A drivng snowstorm, accompanied by urious squalls that at times rose o almost hurricane proportions, truck the city early today. Lowiring, black clouds pressing lown on a bank of sea fog and he dense character of the snow all combined to produce for learly half an hour so deep a larkness that lights were lit in ill the downtown streets and ilong the river fronts. During his period many ferryboats and .4 1 *4- 1 ~~4 4 I 2 ? I 2 pi uui iu9i iut?ir uettriii^s ompletely and the harbor reounded with the whistles of ves els cautiously groping their vay through the gloom. One Brooklyn boat, heading for the Manhattan side, lound herselt oil' he Battery, several blocks away rom her slip. Ocean steamers >ound in and out were compeled to stop and lie to until the larkness lifted. The ferryboat rollti G. Carlisle, carrying imtni ;rants from Ellis island, crashed nto the steamboat Taurus ofT the battery, but both vessels escaped vith slight damage. The dark less lifted almost as quickly as t settled down and the snow was ucceeded by clearing skies, high :ales and a rapidly tailing tern jerature, the mercury going lown 15 degrees, from 34 to 15), v i t hin three hours. So fierce vas the gale during the afternoon hat many pedestrians were brown and in some instances vere seriously injured. Around "Cape Flat iron" at Broadway and Twenty-third St., he wind raged in gusts of almost yclonic lury. Here one man vas dangerously hurt bv being truck wit 11 a fragment of a large ilate glass window, Mown out ol ill adjacent building. Towards evening the wind, trliich had at times attained a 'elocity of 60 miles an hour, lied down, the mercury continu ng to drop until at 10 oV'lock it ouched 10 degrees above zero villi indications (f still lower igures during the night. In all ibout a dozen persons were re >oi ted by the police to have been njured by falls or flying pieces >1 debris during ihe day. The oral snowiau was oniy about mil an inch. NlCURE MORPHINE HABIT Vc Have Discovered a .Marvelous ltcmcdy lor Drug Habits and We (iive it lo You Free. We have found a marvelous] emody lor restoring to perfect i lealth, men and women Bull'erng from the awful curse of drug lahit. It matters not how long mi have had it. now or when 1 oil got it. 1 his is no ordinary Irug or method ot treatment, i iVe aro const..n11y curing the vorst eases of drug habit known uid give an unqualified giiarau ee to cure any case undortai.en >v ns or reliii.,I vonr tin net \V . irne every person suffering 1 r<> 111 Iiih terrible disease to write us ind we will send free a bottle of j ?ur marvelous remedy. We urge, diysicians having refractory : :ases and all who want to be! Hired of tins awful curse to vrite ur today. All correRpondince confidential in plain enve-! opeR. Address, Manhattan Therapeutic Association, Dept. B., [135 Broadway, New York City. Mr. Bryan did not visit Water-) oo. lie knowR enough about the Waterloo business from personal ixperience.? W a thing ton Post. CAPUDINE p Al?o m* alehnoM and \>^JfxCa<Cb VrtTtliri Smh?, <41 aALL HEADACHES SSfiSs aOaot oo brain or baa . Its. Mo u4 Wo butO*. - - No 01(1 Maids but Plenty of ?4 Widows. w In Orownpoint, Ind , a town of ft 2,400 population, there are ninety ft very rich widows, every one good ft looking and not one that wants ft to marry. Another peculiarity ft of that town is the fact that there ft ia not an aged spinster in the ft town, not a bachelor; and oniy ft one widower. '"Old maids" do ft not grow well there and bache- ft lors are considered a* product of ft extinct manhood whose existence ' i is wholly unnecessary. That one , widower has been showing signs ^ of matrimony lately. ' , OABTOniA. Bea? the />1,10 You JJ>2 Alw''*s **y- 17 ;: The Lone Star State. 1 , Down in TexaR at Yoakum, is a i | big dry goods firm of which Mr.S ' J. M. ilaller is the head. Mr. < Haller on one of his trips East to ' buy goods said to a friend who was with him in the palace car, ' "Here, take one of these Little i p Early Risers upon retiring and you will get up early in the morn- ? ing feeling good." For the "dark Drown" taste, headache and that logy feeling DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the best pills to use. w Sold by Crawford Bros. A CASTOR i A , For Infant* and Children. nrc The Kind Yen Have Always Bought a,K O - rcc Bears the yOK // sj uei Sifciuutuie of ] of \ U1K ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i Bpftm tbr Th? Kind You Haw Always Bought ?.c 8*:r ?'" Auditor's Notice. L, k> Notice is hereby given that this office will he open from the 1st iluv of January to the 20th iln.v of February, 1 : ?4, for th<* purpose of receiving the f<T] ret urns of t he taxpa}ers of Lancaster j \j|j county. All persons having property in their possession or control, as man- agers, holders or n> hnshaml, parent, 0k giiarilian, t riistee, executor, admini*- V**' trator, receiver, ac onnting olllcer. Ijg agent, at t orney, or fact or, on the First , lay of January 15?U, are required to V list t he same for taxat ion within the ^ time required by law or incur the penalty or Fifty percent whi h at- ? laches in cases ? f failure to do so. 6 The full tax of Due Dollar is laid ; Cui upon all male persons between the yjjt aires of 21 and (ill venrs evcetif tier-I hums who are maimed and unable to I earn a support, and Confederate sol diers. . , | for t lie eon yeuienee < > t the public *"i the A nd i I or or an assistant will at" tend I lie following places in the county on the days named : (.scoulu?Tuesday .Ian. Mil, 12 to it o'clock . CI. I'lea-nnt Valley ? Wed .'an. t? , Itelaii*?Tiie'i'iy. .Ian. 7. Van IVjel.-rii laj, I ?:i. s !> to 12 ?>M (t'clock. jl!*? !?i\ie a. in., Iiwight, ii. hi., Mondav, Jan. Ilth. " r Tradesvilb?Tuesday, Jan. 12'h ;tn< Taxi haw M diiosdn y. J an. I.'ttfi, (|, , flat ?'reek elmrei. Thursday, Jannan I It h. * 'lw I?r- < . <' Welsh's?Friday, Jan. 15 f?0 ITiiiiiis?Sat iir lay, January lot h, to ! 12 o'clock. Mailetjold Mine?Monday, Jan. Is -?>, Kershaw?"I'liesday and Wednesday um Jan. ltd h and 2(M h. I Ileal h Springs?Tuesday, Jan 21st I'leasai.t llill?Friday, Jan. 22, to 'j 2 p in. pe|( liry t'reek?Monday, .Ian. 25th. Under an act <>f the legislature, all persons having a gross income of pri $2.5(10 or more, are required to make a return of the same to the Auditor at the time of making their other >(> returns. (jn. It will be to the interest of every taxpaper to make his return promptly '* of all personal property; also ot all >ni( transfers or improvements on real estate, and save the penalt y of f>0 per cent which attaches after the 20th of ' February 1SK) t. hespt., Ilu J NO. A. COOK, yy County Auditor. Dec. ?, 03-Md l?n f To Cur< I Take Laxative Bromo I Seven Million boxes sold In past 12 rnont] Dgcgygr Bargains for Read am With a view to making some will oiler for the next THIRTY (CLOTHING, consisting of Ch Men's Suit.-; also our beautiful We also oiler a nice lino of II Gents Furnishings at a bargain, for only 30 days. Come and si gain hunters, come and see us. McCardell & Nov. 2W'03, lm. ASHCR ^?Iic sfo disease to which horses and subject is more dangerous that 1 none more easily cured when t t remedy is used. Colic attacks ; lly and oftentimes so severely tin the utmost importance to relieve d at once in order to save its life. Vsiicraet's Coi.ic Mixture gives edily and surely, leaving no bad ;cts. It has stood the test for 25 0 . Every /i.\ /y.\\V- nt nil tmi test rcsii Mi l ? fore thes ?/J vitahty o COLIO IN LAST STAGES SOc. I lAWFQRD BROS AND 5$S* JfiffSlCTHINO S %OC*^"?8 Or mail -o coutn to C. <J roB Eruptions, Soros, Colic, Hivos, )rms, TEETIIIRTA C E EFFECTS OF THE SUMMER S H .......... .1 isiiuas iiotmuy Kail's Vfil Snullit>rii Kaihvay. I'liit Sou: horn Kail wax will ho.I ^ n.-inj f II li'lftv Kxciii'mimi <i ,ci l?i'i?i'en all j> ?i Is fuinl. I ^ I'm' oiii.ic ami ( )' in ri v :*s | : < - in i i" M s-1 - ij '>i nv< i*. I hmiiiu S'. Louis. Mil.. lor ? :.?' I i':i" 11>i fi' li -5 Ha s 11 .ii.d . . i way 'i'f-. pin- 25 ron?' lor , i minimani i i'??J M I' .X I ? ' (? - ll'll 1 > 't'llli. J- j ' 24, 2.">-li0 !) 1. f'.Mt.'L ami .1 m-' y lsi, 11)04. with final limit J' uiarv 4th, 11)04. ?? I'lu-y will iilio soli upon pro 11 aI i?>ti rftul Mirnm'rr of r; i' fi H ck ML'tii'd liy Fiipi-rinteiiOt'O! , < nopals or pr?*si?lonlH ol tho . ion* Mist 11 ui ions, December ( 10 22. I'?() '{, inclusive, wilt, I1 11 limit January 8di, 1004, to ' cliern and students ot school.* t 1 col leges. Apply to any agent of the ithern Railway, or Robert W. int, D. P. A., Charleston, S. (J.; " II. Tayloe, A. G. P. A., At 8 ta, Ga. tl Dec 31 i a Cold in On< 1 Quinine Tablets. / !? . This signature, w > Bargains December ]: ? I Profit* < . changes in our business, we \ > . DAYS our entire stock of M ildren's, Youths, Boys' and , ' line of I'ANTS AT COST. < , ?ry (ioods, Shoes, Hats and , Clothing prices are good < ; ?e us while they last. Bar- ? Wo are here for business. < Allison Eros. ' AFT'S ixture aii uiv;o X'l'iiff i colic, j/i^z/fA jf& he cor- ^ * jyp 'tyrf/ffj? ; relief ^ after- ^ fc COLIC IN FIRST STAGES. years. horse owner should keep on hand es a supply of this remedy. The Its are always attained by applylixture in the earlier stages be- W. pasms of pain have exhausted the f the animal. nly Asiicraft'3 Colic Mixture e and tried remedy. V Jottle. Sold by J. F. MACKEY & CO. ETT'SJPBB Cures fliolera-lnTantum, 'fiT TjiarMWiW I K| Diarrhoea,Dysentery, and |Th1H the Bowel Troubles ol Am Children of Any Aqe. A<ds Digestion, Regulates 3W0KRS)nU the Bowels, Strengthens . n . . _ the Child and Makes at IfragglStSt TEETHING EASY. I. MOFFBTT. M. D.. ST. LOUIS. MO Thrush. Romovos and Prevents, OUNTERACTS AND OVERCOMES IEAT UPON TEETHING CHILDREN. Fish, Oysters. *!ace your orders fur o\ sters ami ilsh nth COLUMBIA FISH & ICE CO., olmnhia, S. C. Satisfactory prices, nick service. You can make money ow ce 11 mi k our larxe Soulli Mullet i hi e etc, are so very high. I )ec !l. 'ilit Citation i 1 AT K OK SOi: I II CAROLINA, Lancaster County. ?y .1. L. Mewman,K-<i .I'robate .1 iiiIijh Wheieas, Mrs Sallie .1. Caskey lias ^ uiile suit to me to yrant her Letters f Administration on the estnt- of ml effects of Joseph M. Caskey. 'hear* are therefore to cite ami adiuiiisIi ail a <1 singular the kindred ml creditors of the said Jier|>h M. 'askey. deceased, that they he and pp. nr before me, in the Court of 'robate, to tie held af Lancaster, S.C., u Wednesday, I (ft It Dec,., next, after inblicatioii thereof, at 11 o'clock in he forenoon, tn show cause, if ?n u hey hi!vp. why the aid Admini*t raion should not he granted. Oiven under my IihihI this 2d day l i>io?ru?ber? Anno Domini, 1JHW J. K. ST K W MAN, l'robate Judjje &odoi Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat* 5Day | ly / on every I box* 25c. J