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Hf> # PORT ARTHUR INVESTED. Continued from First Page. London, Feb. 20.?The Rus J sian ambassador to England, Count Renckendorff. has hurried- ! ly returned to St. Petersburg. 1 lie gave private business as the 1 excuse for his departure. < Chefoo, Feb. 20.?Word reach 1 ed here today that the Russian 1 land forces are concentrated be- 1 fween Mukden and New Chwang, Manchuria. Troop trains are ar 1 riving there with considerable precision. London, Feb. 20?A dispatch i from Seoul says that. 1500 Cos ( sacks are crossing the border $ near Wiju and their scouts are . already at Aniu. It is reported in Seoul that Chinese brigades re cently joined the Kussians. They ' deserted from their army. Port Arthur, Feb. 20?An en- ? gagement is reported on Korean c territory between Cossack pickets ti and a small detachment of Japa t nese. The Cossacks captured ? several of the Japanese, with J maps and papers. Paris, Feh. 20?It is stated j that Admiral Alexieff was orderOf) f f\ romuin of A Kn*. ***? ! H VV4 VV IVUKUII (4 \J A ui t aiiuui Ulllll the arrival of Admiral MakharpfT, ( successor to Admiral Stark, commanding the squadron there. A free bottle of I)r. Thacher's Liver and * Blood Syrupwilltiesent to any reader of this paper who will write to the Timelier Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. i . ? . j Colored Farmers Hold Conven- < tion. | Tlie colored farmers convention 2 was a decided success. There i were in attendance over 200 en- < thusitic men seeking for more < knowledge as to how to win j their bread. There is a spirit among the men lo he belter farmers, to stay out of debt, get homes ami squill farms, to raise hogs, cows ami chickens. The convention went on record as being opposed to the unsettled condition among the race. Stay on the farms, it is the backbone of the country. It's the nations source of wealth. All of the questions on the programme we discussed at some length. For lack of time many things needed to be said were left unsaid. As a sign of pro- - press retail Me Inllowinp informa tion from the members: Number I with homes 22, that own hoi sew 68, that own cows81, that own hops 74, that owns wagons ami buppies 04, persons with stock not mortgaged 40, t hat farm without poinp in debt 35. We encouraped every man to J have :i garden and try to live more at home. Slav out of town * and work extra patches. * With the proper encourage merit the farmers of Lancaster county will be able to meet the demands for intelligent farming Each man returned home to I become more independent. I M. D. Lee, Prin. basket Supper. m The young ladies of liopewell school will give a basket supper at the school house Thursday night, March 10. The public are fc cordially invited. The proceeds will be applied to the school house. tl Miss Blanche Lane, ?' " Esther Walters, r< " Sadie Duncan, " Llenrietta Iiinson, J1 Committee. ' For biliousness, headache, dyspepsia |l take Dr.Thacher's Liver and Blood Sjmip. | 1 The latest from the RussiaJapanese war is the following from London under date ol February 22 : There is great excitement at 3t. Petersburg over the persistent reports that the Russians fought a battle with the Japanese advance guards south of the Yalu river and were beaten, losing 2,500 men. The government remains silent and the report is generally believed. The Japanese have takon form il possession of Korea. i\ir. J. M. uempster and Mr, I. W. Ilasseltine, of Kershaw, ,vero botli hero yestorday get ing their brokerage business itarted oiF. 3TQTPD Q1 READ MY jIuILUDi Free Offer rH K COUPON below filled out with youi address, and sent with a iwo cent slump, o Mrs. M. A. Hilton, Kershaw, S. C., withiti he next thirty days, entitles you to a package ontaintng a Home Treatment discovered by ilrs. M. Summers, Notre Dime, lnd, which utes leucorrhea. ulceration, displacement, ailing of the womb, menstrual disorders, hot lashes, tumors, growths, and all femnle trou ilea The free package contains ten days reatment, and if you wish to continue, it will ost you about twelve cents a week to guaran ee a cure. Kill out the spaces below, send tc Irs. Hilton, and you will receive the free reatment by return mail. COUI'ON. ^ it me Town bounty itate iUiOUlBI > 8ond model, sketch or photo of invention for f * free report on patentability. For free book, i ' How to Secure YD AI1C UJIDIfQ write* J Fntent^w^^MlMUE^nMnft^^to | kJykAAjU> BO YEARS' E X P E R1E N c E ^Trade Marks Design rrym Copyrights Ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention Is probshlr patentable. Coninumlcatlousstrictlycontldoi 11 .si. HANDBOOK on 1'atcnla sent free, oldest tun my fur securing patents. Patents taLcn through Munu A Co. receive sprout notice, without charge, tn the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.areest circulation of any scicnt itle Journal, 'Terms, I a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MIINN I P.n 3b 1 Broadway, Npw Ynrlf ... V? vw? S1WVV 1WII9 Branch Offlco, F Ht* Washington, D. C. CHICHESTER'S EI;0L!SH fsnkykgyal fills 0% % -SL$A csv ]v| 6"< lufe. Alw.iv. r*-|i*?Me I Mln. auk OrurHl.t fnl l)l<IIIMi:i x in It.-.i and it in*'(A I lie I to .m, *m alwl with blue ribbon, ri-kr no .tllie- ll.-rnw Jiiigi-rnnii ?iii..tluII.mi. an.I i it. it Ml lot.a. Kuy of your DniKKiAt, r -t'ii.1 le. m -.tamp* for Parllrular*, Te.llii.tnlitl. mill Keller for Iji-ilei," in v rein, U ?*nl|. Ill ooo Tofc.ta.c tiin bold by 11 liruKP t CII1CIIR8T1B PHIVIOAI. CO. HUB Ha.li.4in PIIII.A., PA* )yspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. his preparation contains all of the Igestaots and digests all kinds ol >od. It gives Instant relief and never ills to cure. It allows yon to eat all le food you want. The most sensitive ,omacriB can taice it. By Its use many lousands of dyspeptics have been jred after everything else failed. It equalled for the stomach. Child* so with weak stomachs thrive on it. lures all stomach troubles renared only by E. O. IieWitt At Co , Chicago Hm SI. bottiucontains 1H times tbettc. ilaa todol Dyspepsia Cure Wfrti what fm sal. ; CABBAGE PLANTS i Now ready for delivery, ten million Cabbage Plants of the following varieties : ' Henderson, Succession, Flat Dutch, . Selected Extra Early Jersey Wake, Held,and Charleston large type Wake1 Held. Also, Alexander Seed Co'a. - Augusta Earlv Trucker. ( Price?$1.50 per thousand. B.OOC to 10.000 at $1.25 per thousand 1 10.000 to 50,000 at $1.00 per thousand Terms cash with order or plants , sent O. O. I). These plants are grown in the open air on the sea roast of South Carolina. . They are stocky and hardy, anil when replanted will stand severe cold without injury. I have a special low rate with the Southern Express Co., and plants can he delivered at any point on their line at a rate of 20 to 60 cents , per thousand; minimum charge on single package, 35 cents 1 am distributing agent for GLENN 1 SPRINGS MINERAL WATER. Prices and circulars sent on application. WM.C.GERATY. Young's Island, S. C. Telegraph and P.O. feb 3, 4t Elberta Peach Trees, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Red Raspberry Plants. ' Errs for hstcl'InR a specialty. AH inquiries promptly answered. Write for circulnra, GEO. P. MONTGOMERY, Jan 13-St Marietta, Ga. i Hospitality at Small Expense. Entertainment?that is,pleastiro t.O VOlir rrnnatcj rlooo ?-?*\t- '1 " ? - ? J v. ^MVVVW V4VUO liv/t V.ID" | pend on the money you spend, but on your own knowledge of how to receive an extend hospitality. Christine Ternune Herrick tells you all about it. Post paid, 50 cents. E. J. CLODE, Publisher, 156 Fifth Ave.,N.Y. Important Notice. Notice is hereby given that it ip a violation of law for any person or corporation within the limits of Lancaster county to sell or offer for sale any pistol, ritle cartridge or pistol cartridge without first obtaining a license from the county board of commissioners. L. J. Perry, ountv Supervisor How to Make Money A gents of either sex hIioii Iil today write Marsh Manufacturing Co., 588 Cake Street, Chicago, for cuts and particulars of their handsome Alu- J hi in tl in Card Case with your name i engraved on it and tilled with Kill < Call nif or Business Cards. Every | hody orders them. Sample Case t.nd 1 100 Canls, postpaid, 40c. This Case and 100 Cards retail at 75c. You havp only to show samples to secure an i order. Send us 20c at once for case and 100 cards before some one gets ahead of j ou. a?*pt 16-Sm j I TO WHOM IT MAY CONTEMN: j XT in once is nereby given that I ^ I the County Board of Commis i 1 sioners will not approve or pay ^ any claim against the county for work, such as repairing roads or ground bridges, unless ( the same shall have been authorized by, or a contract | made with somo member of the Board. L. J. Perry, County Supervisor. W. B. Bruce, Cler*. Trespass Notice ; All persons are hereby warned not to hunt, fish, or in any way 1 trespass upon any ot the lands ' owned or controlled by the undersigned, under penalty of law. H. W. McGinn, T. 11. Barber, W. L. Patterson, ii m i>..? ti. i.i i atici null) i 0. Barber, 1. A. Patterson. to 3-15-'04 AAA BANK DEPOSIT J Railroad Para Paid. 800 7 rail Courtot Offar?d. ' B. ' it Coat. Writ* Quick GEORRIA-AUBAMA ttl I f? fclllli t I - 1 One Minute Cough Cure | For Coughs, Colds aud Croup, j 0 81 t^~ ln^aB^^^B HJ A planter in Georgia, just as his cotton pit I The Standar jw at the rate of one hundred pound* to the i jjH per acre than Irom a similar lield without Ni 9B Twelve similar trials in Alabama showed ai Kg I want a Cotton Planter in every county it SB on a smaller scale. 1 will furnish the Nilratt i Absolut jfig! If you will use it as I direct and report ac W I). Hunter, U. S. Department of Aerie K combating the boll-weevil, the early nt ^ bring a crop to maturity from one to two a send name I and com- -JTj '' < Vw* I piete address f' WK [ Southern R THIS GREAT RAILWAY RUN GREAT COU1 CONVENIENTLY UNITING ALL THI OF THE SOUTH. W.A.TURK. S. Passenger Traffic Manager, Gene Washington, D. ( W. H. TAYLOE. Asst Genl Pass. A How to Fatter For fattening and giving life i poor condition one 25-cent packagi is equal to 10 bushels of corn. T1 :ion creates a healthy appetite, tin lothing passes through the animal Asheraft's Condition Powders ind every stockman who uses it g< "I had an old horse in verv 'virl ind had a blood disease which wa jave the horse three doses of Ash 1 days and fed him liberally. The from the first few doses and he ga week, and he was made almost a r mend Ashcraft's Condition Powd Farmer, Monroe, N. C." 25c. Pa CRAWFORD BROS AN1 Choice Flowers. Excellent (tarnations, 75 cents per Vrtistic Bouquets, Baskets ami Dei lozen. .Send for price list of llower ar ROSE HILL G TO QUALIFY foh aoon POvS/r/oivs QUARANTCID IN WRITINQ. 5U0 FREE 8CHOU^.0/TF.MM, OA.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE. MACON. OA Money to Loan. On a recent visit to New York City [ made ari angeinents by which I can negotiate loans of $800.00 and upwards on first mortgages on improved cotton farms at 7 per cent, interest >n sums of $1000.00 and over, and 8 jer cent, interest on sums of less than 11000.00. No commission or brokeriff* charged?only a reasonable fee or abstraot of titie. K. K WYI.IE Attorney ai-Lsw. I Lancaster, 8. C., Sept. 10. '03?die. *1 __________________________ ants began to form squares, applied broadcast H d Ammonlate -1 ? of Soda I 1 ?ere. The yield of lint was 127 pounds more irate. 9H n increase of 120 pounds to 400 pounds per acre. 1 the COtton bell to inalte a similar roi?/\n ?- -* iiit-ir-, recommends ss the only means of laturing ?f the crop. Nitrate of Soda will reelis earlier than when grown without its use. tv*; AILWAY WE RUN THE I IS THROUGH A BEST VESTI- I BUlE IRMNS I AND HAVE THE H. HARDWICK. BEST DINING ral Passsnger Agent, DL"31 ulnlnu c- A ? CAR SERVICE >C?nt. Atlanta, Ca. ? TY /v .a-v B?? a~v y-? a-fc. 1 a ruur 1 iur^c and strength to a horse or mule in 2 of Ashcraft's Condition Powders le powders by correcting the diges2n all the food, is assimilated and undigested. is a strictly high grade preparation its full value for his money. I condition generally. He was thin s causing the hair to come off. I craft's Condition Powders a day for i appetite of the animal improved ined 52 pounds in flesh during the ie\v horse. I most heartily recomers.?C. C. Sikes, Liveryman and ekage. Sold by ) J. F. MACKEY & CO. Seeds and Plants dozen. Roses $2.0 > to $3 50 per dozen ligns. St ronk rose bushes, $2 00 per \ id garden seeds, bulbs, etc. 3EENHQUSES, Columbia, S. C. 6EN. JOHN B. GORDON'S * OWN BOOK. MEMORIAL EDITION. AGENTS WANTED in every city and county. 100,000 copies will be sold. Agents should apply quickly for territory. The Martin & IIoyt Co., 2t Atlanta, Ga. SHAD,SHAD,SHAD Now in season. Dace your ordtya for oyatera and dab with COLUMBIA FISH * ice CO., Columbia,S.C. Satiafaotttrj prieea, quick aarvice. You can mnlip monay now aellinir our largo South Mullet while egg*. etc, . ara ?o vary high. DaeV, 'Jtit 4