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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-04-27

If there be anything in the
claim that the nominees of the
prohibition convention cannot
take the pledge required by the
democratic party constitution, it
is strange indeed that the demo
cratic party chairman should &C.
cept the prohibition nomination.
-Greenville News.
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Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

The best salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns,
and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Crawford Bros.
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War In Cedar Creek.

Abe Patterson and Rev -
Beckham, both colored, had g
difficulty at Mt Carmel camp
ground on Saturday last, in which
Patterson was seriously injured
by being struck on the back of
the head with an axe, by Beck
ham.
The difficulty was caused over
q dispute as to the line on some
land. DR. Kell dressed the wound
OF Patterson and he is doing well.
A warrant has been taken out for
Beckham.
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Will Close Sunday Night.


Much interest has been mani
tested in tho meeting which Rev
J W Little has been conducting
at tho factory the past ton days
The congregations have been
large, tho preaching earnest and
convincing, and the singing, led
by Mr.. Will Stewart, very 6ne.
Seven candidates were baptized
last Sunday afternoon. Others
have professed belief and will be
i'm mersed at the Baptist church
at 4 p m next Sabbath. Two SER
vices will DO conducted daily, at
4 p m and 3 p m until next Sab
bath night when the meeting will
close. Rev Mr.. Little will con-
duct tent meeting next at Rock
Hill, expecting to begin the latter
part of the week.
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"A Columbus Phaeton and

"A Columbus Phaeton and
harness for sale cheap. Also
good combination harness and
saddle horse ut sacrifice.
Ait w. j. Cunningham.
Candidates have announced
In various counties in the State.
Lancaster will have more than
enough in the field to fill her of
fees but they seldom announce
until after the county convention
is held, which will he next Mon
day.
Rev Jno G Williams, ID d of
Barnwell county, one of the ablest
and most popular Baptist preach
ers in the State, died last Friday,
after few weeks illness, at his
home in Allendalc. He was the
father of Prof Williams who
taught the Taxahaw school for
several terms.
Died, near Heath Spring
April 90, 1898 Miss Emma Bow
ers, daughter of the late Ander-
son Bowers. The deceased was
about 50 rea"s of age. She was a
member % Heath Spring Baptist
Church. Her remains will be in
tered at Salem church today.
Mrs. Martha Hagins has pur-
chased the valuable plantation of
MIR. | W Moore at EIgin. Mr..
NJ, will probably live on at Elgin
this year until his crops arc mar
vested, when he will move to Lam
caster.
Since war has been declared
the war fever is high in old Lam
caster. If the United States
should need their services every
man you meet is willing and many
of them ready tn volunteer right
away. Yesterday the following
young men enlisted with the
Chester military company and
will 60 at once to Columbia.
Messrs George Walters, Ed Orr,
Jas McGinnis.
MIR w R Tillman of Van
Wyck, sold IL large home raised
hams here Monday, receiving 10
cents Fer pound for them. He
carried home moro money than q
bale Of cotton would have brought.
The Tabernacle academy will
close its scholastic session on Fri.
day night the 29th inst with a
public entertainment. The pro-
gramme will consist of dialogues
recitations and extracts inter-
spersed with music. Exercises
will begin promptly at 1880
o'clock. MI Green.
Principal.
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Ayers


is a specific for scrofula in its
worst and most malignant forms.
Scrofala n a blood disease. Ayers
Sarsspsrilla is q blood purifying
medicine. Mineral medicines only
drive scrsfula below the surface.
DR.. ]. c. Ayers Sarsaparilla is a
vegetable remedy and it eradicatss
the disease. There Is no remedy
for scrofula equal 10 Ayers Ssrsa-
parilla.
s~I vas cured Of . long -stasding case Of
scrofula by Or. J. c. Ayers SanapariIla.
The disesse fst manifested itself whom I
vas child, by breaking ont in red 5lstshes
all over my body. was not FREQ from the
trouble until / took several bottles Of
Ayers Sarsaparilla. That effected q per-
nsnent cure. "--hRs. T. II. SNYDER, LeAigh-
ton, Pa.
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Local M alters
M Nv EEKL.

MRS M 4 luggle OF ROck
Hill visited relatives here the past
week.
--Children's day will be obser.
we'd in the Methodist church at
this place on the third Sunday in
May. The children are practicing
for the occasion An interesting
program has been arranged.
Mrs Miller, wife of Senator
b F Miller, has been seriously
i'll the past week. We arc glad to
learn that she is some better.
The profits of the State dis
pensary for the last quarter we're
S17, 1890.
We received pleasant call
yesterday from Mr. j + Norment
of the staff of the News and
Courier.
The ladies will begin in the
morning cleaning off the cemetery
preparatory for memorial day.
ALI persons who can are earnestly
requested to assist in the work or
send hand.
MIR w r Tillman's fine bug
gy horse was badly hurt Saturday
afternoon 10y falling in Mr. B
Cunningham's lot while playing
and prancing about. He will
have to leave il here week or SO
as it is not able to make the trip
home.
Cedar Creek Democratic club
will meet at Carmel school house
Saturday, 3oth inst at 2 O'Clock
pm. Jos NJ Caskey, Pres.
List of letters advertised for
the week ending April 26 1898.
Sentha Cunningham, Hata Nc
Cartel, Abe Flint, Frank n Ora
ham, w G Howell. RF Presson,
j FGregory, p M.
The Pleasant Plain Demo
cratic Club will meet at Pleasant
Plain church next Saturday April
Soth at 2 o'clock p m to reorgan
ize the club and elect delegates to
the county convention.
j N Estridge, Pres.
-Married, at the parsonage at
Heath Spring, on SUI d y Q evening,
April Gath 1898 last, by Rev S
w Henry, Mr. Durham A Cauthen,
Agent of the ORE G RR of
that place, and Miss Edna cauthen
of Millville, Mississippi. The
bride was visiting relatives at
Heath Spring. Mr. and Mrs e
will have the best wishes Of many
friends.
John Williams, col of this
place, has rendered his services to
the Governor as volunteer fol
the army and obtained permit
to raise a company of colored
troops for the war. John will
likely raise a big company.
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No Cupe-NO IpaU.

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GROVER'S TASTELESS CHILL
TONIC for ChilIs and Malaria. It /
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Dh.....en love It. Adults prefer IL To
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ScPOful0 is
Sndke-LIke

h It's subtlety. It lies hidden for
years in the ambush Of the blood,
and when IL strikes It vsids its
venom alike On strength and
beauty, disfguring the one and
undermining the other.
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IARl('NI

TREATMENT-Equal parts of
Wonderful Oil and sweet oil or
glycorine mixed ard three or four
drops poured into the ear from a
warm teaspoon aud the ear stopped
with cotton, bath the external ear
with clear Wonderful Oil.
PARTIAL DEAFNESS.
TREATMENT-Apply Won
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three times q day. Loosen the
wax by inserting the little finger,
and quick withdrawal of same,
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SORE THROAT.
TREATM EN- T-Bathe the
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and garling with mixture of the
Oil and water will cure the affiic-
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two teaspoonfuls of syrup or mo-
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Repeat the dose and external APP
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Children cry tor Pitchers Caeforia
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
Able CoIored Men at the Head.


Hon. Cornelious L. Jones was recent
ly nominated by acclamation Of the
third Missouri district for congress.
He was one of the contestants for his
seat in which he was counted out. He
is a successful lawyer. Hon. J. c.
Napier was nominated from the sixth
Tennessee district. Mr.. Daniel Butler,
an active young man, has been nomi-
mated for congress in the sixth district
of Virginia. L. L. Jones was recently
nominated for congress from the third
Virginia district. Hon. g. w. White
was renominated by acclamation for
his second term in congress from North
Carolina. DR.. d. w. Scott of the
twelfth district of Missouri Hon. G..
w. Murry Of South Carolina, an ex-
member Of congress, was nominated
Hon. w. P. Threet of the fourth dis
trict of Alabama. Hon. w. S. Wheaton
of Minneapolis was nominated for the
legislature. Hon. Y. B. Walker, an
attorney, was nominated by the Omaha
republicans for a seat in the lower
house of the legislature. Mr.. Joe Cuney
of Galveston, Tex, who is brother to
the late n. Wright Cuney, was nomi-
mated for the legislature of the Calves
ton district, and long list Of candi'
dates for various county offices through
out the United States. This speaks
we'll for the advancement Of the race
as every one of those gentlemen above
mention are educated, able and pro
gressive men.-By Des Moines,
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
TIT BITS.

The Afro Americans of Colorado will
have full state ticket. endorsed and
selected by Afro-AmericaH citizens.
The ticket will be known as Liberty
Union ticket.
Rev. Joseph Lee of the A. M. E. con-
nection has been appointed internal
revenue collector for Florida.
49,
Montgomery, Ala. has & colored
"Citizens' Commercial Union
49,
New York is 20 have 4 theater build
ing for colored people, aud only colored
artist will be presented.
~
Chicago, H., has Negro population
of 35, 900; Il Negro county commissioner,
salary $4,000 per annum. The com
missioner has at his disposal twelve
good appointments. There are thirty
Negro policemen, each drawing S10C
per month. There are forty lawyers.
Several Negro men are worth S1G0, 900.
Carlo Watchman.
*x*
The Afro-Americans of Virginia are
to have full State Negro ticket.
-
Arrangements are being made te
erect q monument to b. X. Bruce.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

Modern society casts out the women
who are lepeIs, and take the men into
its parlor.
We generally find the new leaf we
turn blotted through by the records
preceding II.
Some men count it gain to take dis
honesty from their hearts to put in
their purses.
A fool is always smart enough to find
by-path from the highway of truth to
the bog OF error.
My son, make your Efforts upward,
and by the law OF heavens gravity
some return is certain.
You cannot stop being educated if you
stop going to school. The most you can
do is to select your teachers.
The devil is not worrying over the
preacher who puts more rhetoric than
Christianity into his sermons.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
Mound City Items.

Thomas Young and others from here
went to Pleasanton Thursday night to
hear Stanley.
Mr. Hall of Fort Scott, was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Haitian last Sun
day.
The quarterly meeting which was to
to have been held at the NJ. E. Church
last week, was postponed on account
of the elder not being present
A good rain visited this section OF
the country Sunday night
Rev. Walton is the new pastor of the
A. M. E. church.
Miss Maggie Nann went 10 Kansas
CITY last week to attend the karnivel
and visit her sister.
George Fowler, one of our popular
populists, has the position as janitor
of the court house.
The republicans will have big raj
ly here on Oct ed. That is right, old
party: rally on, and on election day
I
rally so far ahead of the people that
they will forget they are existing.
Fred Lacount, the fourteen-year-old
son of Miss Alice Lacount, was sent to
the Imbecile asylum at Winfield We'd
nesday.
Rev. Green preached soul stirring g
sermon at the Baptist church Sunday
night. Rev. Green is now the regular
pastor and will preach again on Oct
30th
One day last week while out taking
drive we stopped at farm house and
as we were looking around happened
to glance up at the top of the house
and noticed something flying in and
out Of the chimney. On asking wha'
it was, to our surprise, we were tolc
that it was a swarm of bees that hac
occupied the chimney all summer
They said they would have to have il
taken down to get the bees and honey
out before cold weather comes.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
Weir City Items,

Prof. ]. ". Bailey, the magnetic
healer, is at 3ls west Main St
After few weeks illness Mrs. Sarah
Hollins is doing nicely.
Mrs. Nancy Clevtllnd is very i'll with
paralysis.
Rev. Berry and wife left Wednesday
evening for the south. The Rev.
will 90 to CINCINNATI, Ark. and Mrs.
Berry, after long aud very pleasant
visit will return to Van Buren,, her old
home.
Weir City and vicinity was blessed
Monday morning with nice rain.
Mrs. Benjamin Johnson, of Yale; is
visiting in this city with her sister,
Mrs. Adam Berry.
Mrs. Sarah Hall is on the sick list
this week.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
THE FEMININE OBSERVER.

Why will young men wear panama
hats?
A chiffon veil often covers a multi
tude of freckles.
Are renewed love affairs ever as
sweet as the brand new ones?
Once let your servants know they
can rule you and authority is gone lot
ever.
Some of us are open to conVictloh'
but we fight hard against letting any
one convince us.
Red white and blue shoes are patrl-
otic, but they make your feet look IKE
the bombardment of Santiago.
Some individuals are SO fussy IN rall-
way trains that they are even worse
than these under the influence OF orlhh'
Women always believed what they
hear-if that hearing is Il love you'
uttered by some one they wish 10 DE-
lieye.
The Sunday school picnic may not
be an incident of unalloyed JOY, put 1t
is an innocent diversica for the Dlaso
city dweller.
How few of us are able o kill mem
ory entirely-if we forget trouble Dy
day it will crop up and possess US oy
night in dreams.
| To please a man, if he is young
guess his age of years beyond What II
is; If he is old, cut off a tull decdoe
from wnat you know it must De.
It seems SO silly that people VIII pay
/ to get seasick on a "razzle-daZzle
while they will forego an ocean voyage
just because they are afraid OF nal de
mer.
II men only knew the narrowing
doubt women feel when they look over
menu they would order themselves
This doubt does rot mean in regard te
what they would like, but what they
feel their escorts can afford.-Pnilaoei
phia Times
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

POLITICAL CHIPS.
Iowa.

1t is in politics as anything else a
matter of busint "sinterest and concern.
We help those wr.o help rs and our
friends What We ate last year is do
ing US no good this year. We must
have substance now today. Today
the good books say is the accepted time;
tomorrow is promised to no man.
Therefore, consider well now what we
say about our friends.
-
The election of Hon. w. E. Smith of
Kansas City, Kans, on the supreme
bench Of Kansas would attach signi-
fcance to the judiciary. Mr.. Smith is
a gentleman of rare and excellent legal
attainments, deep thinker, profound
reasoner, and man Of cool, calm,
deliberate judgment, possessing as he
does all the qualities BETTING jurist.
The republican party has chosen well
aud the people will ratify it on the sth
day Of November by giving Mr.. Smith
arousipg majority over his opponent,
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
Neosl,o (Mo.) Gieanings.

Editor Wichita Tribune,
Dear Sir:-I send you the following
names who have subscribed for your
paper, which you will please send di-
rect to them. Please send them q re-
ceipt for their subscription.
John Stone, Neonho, 3 mos, 40c paid,
Mrs Emma Wallace, Ncosho, mos,
4Oc paid.
Mrs. Mary Walker, Neosho, 6 mos,
75c paid,
Mrs Francis Gibson, Ncosho, mos,
40c, not paid but will collect
from her in few days.
SO you will please find enclosed Sl,55
l,ss cents for postage. ! sold pa
pers for cents aplece-total enclosed,
81 20.
also send the following news for
publications
Mrs. Joanna Houston has been very
sick with fever but is mendiug slowly
Mrs. E. Wallace sends in a subscrip-
ton for the Wichita Tribune for three
month S.
Mr.. Will Gibson has gone to Sapulpa
on business, and will visit old friend
while there.
Hazelwood Sunday School gave an
entertainment at the school house Oh
the evening of Oct. 1st and quite rep
resentative crowd was present. Mis-
T. Hurst of Springfield, Mo-, was clerl
of the confectiouers. Miss Young O
CRANKY, our corresponding clerk of tn
S. s. convention, was present W
jackson addressed the assem- blage, an
all who were present report gran
time and say it was good for us to b
there The Sunday Schools profit wa
$4.2O.
Mr.. John Stone sends in a subscrip
! ton to the Tribune for three months
Mrs. NJ. Walker of Neosho, now teach
ing school at Pleasant Hill, sends in
subscription for the Wichita Tribun
for six months.
We will send in the names of ou
mechanics and professional men an
women in our next writing.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
~ LII L
Eor governor, While speaking

"a iis .Sl1io4sfor governor, while speaking
in Hamilton hall at his Topeka meet
ing, said among other things that the
republican party had given to Kansas
the best public school system in the
world. He pointed with pride to the
fact that there were now in the state
5000 school houses, 200 teachers and
500, 900 pupils Of school age; also, to the
magnificent permanent school fund,
consisting of more than $6,000,00
which had been established by the re-
publican party.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

When you are asked to support
Negro enterprise don't talk about what
you did in the past-and SO and so
put your shoulder to the wheel and
your hands in your pocket and help it
along. Stop finding fault with others
who try to do something to build up
the race, when perhaps you are for
yourself. - Peoples Advocate, Nash
Vile. Tenn.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

Have you seen those fine l0-4 doub-
le blankets worth 75c now selling 42c
Have you seen our 1O-4 double
Cinnamon colored and white
blankets at Observation-Disclosures. 4Oc
Have YOU seen our extra size ia
double blankets good weight at $I.Io
Good clean OF cotton bats. ..... o5c
Robe comfort prints, waranteed
fast colors o5c
Beautiful line of Vicunas, pretty
patterns, warranted not to fade,
especially made for wrappers and
childrens school dresses ..... Io<
Beautiful line of hannelet cloak
ings for children, we'll worth SOC
to csc, price now ... 80. I5e
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
Republican County Tick
GRESS.
To Our Agents and Correspondents

Please send in the names and ad-
dresses Of the Negro mechanics, pro-
fessional men and women and their
avocation. The contemplation is to
organize Negroes National Profcs-
sional Confederation.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

GoyERNoR-W. Z. STANLEY
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR T. Richter.
SECRETARY OF STATE-Geo. a. Clark
TREASURER Frank +. Grimes.
AEDITOR-George 4. Cole
ATTORNEY 6 SERAL-A. A. Goddard.
SUPT. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Frank Nelson
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE-W. II. SMITH
CONGRESSMAN-AT-LAR W. Bailey
CONGRESSMAN, 1th DiSt.-Chester I. Long
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

Thirty-three years Of the Negro
emancipation has been more to him
than 200 years bondage
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

The Negro has every thing at stake
in this contest. Will we do our dirty?
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

The Negro is in politics for business
interests and concerns. The race must
be elevated We can do it. Will we?
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

Our old friend, d. L. Borders, of
Weir City, is setting pace for the
boys.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

Ladies' calf shoes, all solid. 80. $I.I0
Ladies' kangaroo calf shoes new
coin toes, button or lace, early
buyers price. ........... $I.6o
Babies kid button shoes !. !. ... ISc
Boys late style Fedora Hats, with
silk bands .... .... ....... 63c
Boys good wool hats. ......... 24o
Boys good winter shoes ... .... 08c
We are going out Of the clothing
business and will sell of our odd
suits, odd coats and vests and odd
/. pants at less than cost of manu-
| facture.
We have boys schools suits from
rs cents up
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
His Concluding Remarks.

NATURALLY these letters together
with hundreds of others Of like illit-
eracy were suppressed by me and 9TH
ers written in their place.
"Mv Dear Governor, think of per-
son dying of chronic exhaustion and
Of being taken few days before her
death by a general weakness and
seemed to succumb, after having been
kept on medicine for some time, or
person having periodical fever every
afternoon,' or sadder still, having a
deep-seated 1nelancholia more sys-
tematiZad than it has been at any
time since it has been there and then
YOU can form an adequate idea OF
the unfortunate position in which 1
have been placed and the difficulties
with which have had to contend and
from which you have been unwilling to
relieve me. And while you are think
ing about it, think also OF the many
people over this state who have friends
and dear ones who are victims to such
gross ignorance and incompetency, and
this in state which has provided so
generously for their care. AS these
conditions promise to continue, feel
that can no longer be even indirectly
q party to them These are some OF
my many reasons for my resignati on.
am. very respectfully,
(Sipnedl C. II. WETMORE."
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15

the waste basket and re-write the n
myself after personally informing
myself as to the condition of the
patients about whom inquiry was
made. l learned that the stenographer
was in the habit of remodeling the
letters dictated to her by DR.. Scott for
the purpose Of correcting their many
mistakes and incongruities, so gave
her positive instru ctions to transcrib9
them exactly as they were dictated,
and as the letters were to go forth
over my signature 1 required her to
submit them to me. l herewith in
corporate copies of several letters as
samples of the Ignorance and incom-
potency with which 1 have had to con-
tend, and invite your careful attens
tion to them and pledge you that the
moral character and the professional
ability of these gentlemen are in keep
ing with the letters.
Topeka Kan, Sept. 20, 1894
Mr.. P C. Johnson, Bern, Kan
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter OF the 18th
where you make inquiry concerning tbs 4a~.a
of Mrs. Eliza johnson. will say that she died
from chronic exhaustion and mania She hal
been going down hill for some TINA She re-
fused to eat but once day but we fed her vita
tube. She improved little prior to her death
but was taken few days before her dea.
with general weakness and seemed to sue
cumb to the trouble heretofore msntion ed.
She was hopeless case and seemed to bS
from the start Yours respectfully.
w
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-15
Topeka, Kan. Sept 20, 1893.

IOpCKa, AHH, o5p~ %, Io5o
Mr. Charles F. Meader Junction City, Kansas.
Dear Sir-In reply to your letter OF Ssptem~
Der 2Sth. concerning the condition Of Mrs Als
lie Meader, will say that she has been suffering
acute mania, having periodical fever every
afternoon, temperature running as high as 1898
and 104 with very dry secretions. She has been
very irrational and easily agita5ed, but yester-
day her fever was not nearly so high and SIZE
took great deal more nourishmelt than she
has ut at any tins since she has been here. AZ
to her hair, we have no intention OF cutting it
off, rs she can be treated successfully with her
hair in the condition that it Is as well as to cut
1t off. Yours Respectfully