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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-08-24
Local NJ Matters.


Wanted A Cd hand cotton
press, "Boss" press preferred.
If you have one for sale notify us
at once.
There will be services in the
Episcopal church Thursday night
at $3.50 o'clock, conducted by the
Rev j w Cantey johnson.
Remember the primary cleo
tion will be held next Tuesday.
MIR Geo w Allison of Wash
ington, d c., is on visit to his
parents at this place
Miss Mary Townsend, daugh-
ter of Judge Townsend of Union,
is the guest of Mrs j f Carlisle.
B G. Hough is listing Char
lotte, n. &.
Mrs j Wylie Porter has re-
turned from visit to relatives at
Kershaw.
"A Democratic club was or
ganized at Montgomery in this
county last Saturday. Lawrence
Brown was elected president, and
j M Perry, Jr., secretary and
treasurer. 26 members were en-
rolled.
The Lancaster G ii Sub. ALI
ance will meet in the court house
Saturday, Aug 81, at IN. Eve
ry member is requested to be
present. e. Ever all,
Secretary.
Married. on Sunday last, by
Rev. j II Boldridge Mr. Duren
Bailey and Miss Addie Sledge, all
OF this county.
List of letters advertised for
the week ending August 23d, '9s:
B S Sharp, w G Rollins, Miss
Onie May Bailey.
j F Gregory, p. NJ.
MIR and Mrs. r. e. Wylie of
this place, went over to Rock
Hill last Thursday to attend the
funeral of Mrs Kathleen Baskins,
widow of the late Joseph Baskins
Of Camden, mother of Mrs w l.
Roddey of Rock Hill, and only
sister of the late DR.. r f Wylis
of this place. She was about 81
years of age.
"A washuut occurred on the
o X & & Railroad between this
place ard Rock Hill last Friday
night. 1t was a fill about thirty
feet long. Passengers, baggage
and mail had to be transferred at
the point of the washout for day
or so, causing all trains to be
late, but they are now running on
schedule time.
Two persons were baptised
at Pleasant Plain church b Rev
Mr. Bozeman last Sunday.
The editor and his family visit
ed the family of DR. & G Welsh
near Longsville the past week
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-08-24
STATE or OHIO. CRY OF TOLEDO. ,

STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY. "a
FRANK CHENEY makes oath that
he IL the senior partner Of the firm OF
CHENEY & Co doing business In
the City Of Toledo. County and state
Aforesaid, and that said firm will nav
the rum OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
Ia RS for each and every case Of ga.
tarrh that caDnot be cured by the use
OF HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J CHENEY.
- A WGLEASON,
1 SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Caiarrh Cure is taken inter.
MAJ y aud acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the sysl EN-.
Send for testimonials. free,
Address, + J CHENEY a. co. /,
Toledo, o.
seWSold ~ Druggists. 75c.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-08-24

Santiago will be completed to-
morrow. There is much COM
plant regarding the mail service.
No mail has been received in ten
days.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-08-24

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re qnit tobacco easily and forever. be u.s..
nsue. fun OF life. nerve and visor. tsks not.
-. 80, .se worker. that nakes weak ren
ssrcna. All druggists. 500 or si. Cure sps,~.-
seed bookiss ana ssupjs frss 49,
sssrnse Remedy O rAiesss o. Nsv 80
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-08-24
Tire PW
That viii

DR.; c. Ayers Pills will prevent and
~ure bilioesness.
For years have Thoroughly tested AYERS
ILLS, both as a preventive and cure for
bbiousness. They are the best nnodiclne for
tho purpose and do all that fs claimed for
snsm- J. X. KOLB, Shark, Ayk.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-08-24

No-To-B for FIFTY Cents
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC Al. All druggists
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-08-24

Or. Niles Rsys rue are suAraueeed 90 seeS
Ae~eScAsfn In % fnfnutes. 'Ope cont aose-"
--N~O-----
What stops Neuralgia DR.. NfIcs' Paia Pills.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
THE MERCHANT MARINE.

At the extra session of congress Sena-
tor Elkins introduced a bill to amend
section 2,502 of the revised statutes. II
provided for a duty of 10 per cent ad
valorem, in addition to the duties now
imposed by law, on all goods, wares
and merchandise imported in ships OF
vessels not of the United States and in
cases where no duties are imposed by
law on goods, wares and merchandise
imported into the United States there
shall be levied, collected and paid duty
of 10 per cent ad valorem on all such
goods imported in ships or vessels not of
the United States. The bill was re
ferred to the committee on commerce.
a discriminating duty of 10 per cent on
mportations in vessels not of the United
States is provided for in the Dingley
tariff, but it does not apply to importa-
tions in foreign vessels entitled at the
time of such importation. by treaty or
convention. to be entered in the ports of
the United States. The purpose of the
discriminating duty is to promote the
upbuilding of an American merchant
marine.
In recent address by the president Of
the National Association of Manuiac-
turers, Mr.. Theodore c. Search, he eX-
pressed his dSapproyal of n diScrimi-
mating duty, remurking that such dis
examinations we have protested against
in the case of other countries and com
mercial ruptures would probably result,
Al, f,.in Of
themselves admit and very likely bring
us much real harm. "There are many
friendly services" said Mr.. Search, mot
only in commerce, but in other fields,
which one nation must ask of another
and retaliation and tariff wars have
never proved themselves to be good or
profitable things in any country. Dis
eliminating duties as Il measure of re-
yiyng our merchant marine do not
promise II happy solution of the prob
lem" This Is sound view, for there
can be no doubt that such n policy rs
that proposed in the Elllins bill would
prove exceedingly troublesome and more
or less damaging TO our commercial in.
tcrcSts, while aS there could be 10 as
surance of the pcrmanence OF the POI
icy it would undoubtedly fail of It's pur-
pose What, then, shall be done for the
solution of this perpleXlng but most i'm
portant problem? Mr.. Search unqual-
iiledly recommends mail subsidies and
bounties. He points out that this has
been the policy for many years of other
countries and of England in particular,
that government having granted annual
subyentions or subsidies to shipping
lines engaged in the foreign trade for
half century France, Germany and
Italy make regular appropriations in one
form or another in aid of their merchant
shipping, France having been espe-
cially liberal. TO adopt this course, in
the opinion of Mr.. Search, ''wOuld give
our American shipping interests what
they have always lacked and what all
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
PASSED TgE SENATE.

The immigration restriction bill passed
the senate by n vote OF 10 to
2s. This result was expected,
though larger vote against tha meas.
ure was looked for in view Of the nu-
mcrous petitions that had gone to the
senate against the bill. There has never
been n doubt, however, that the meas
ure would pass the senate, since 1t had
practically the same support which
passed the bill that was vetoed by l'rcs-
ident Cleveland. 1t is doubtless safe to
predict that it will pass the house and
will receive the approval Of the pres
dent, although IL Mr.. Mckinley adhcrns
to what he said in his letter of accept
ancc, that we should continue to wei
come to our shores the well-disposcd ana
industrious immigrant, he ought to veto
the measure If it reaches him.
Further discussion OF this bill will
probably accomplish nothing beyond
showing its indcfcnsiblc character. As
was said by Senator Cnffcry of Louis
lana it proposes to take the initiative Of
a Chinese policy. 1t is not American,
but is a reputation of that broad and
generous policy Instituted by the found
crs of the government, through which
in little more than a century we have
become one of the greatest nations of
the world The men who founded the
republic imposed no educational test
upon those who came to our shores to
give their labor and their energy to the
upbuilding of the new nation. They
welcomed, as did their successors for
more than an hundred years. all who
came here to aid in developing our
resources and in increasing our wealth
ana power, regardless of whether they
could read and write. But in these
closing days of the nineteenth century
sclishness and prejudice demand a
departure from the wise and ben2ticent
policy of the pasta policy yindicated
by results unparalleled in the history
of mankind-and politicians yield to the
demand. VIII seltiShncss and prejudice
BE- satisfied with this one victory? Prob
ably not. The educational test will not
shut out so many immigrants as its ad-
vocates expect and soon there will be
demand for some further restriction.
Such is the inevitable tendency of the
legislation that has received the ap-
prOval of the senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
DOES FUSION FUsEs
DcmornIizinE EHccts OF the Union of
Democrats ard PopulIsts.

NhnNaN NlAg 0Aht NA'''''
Looking back over the campaign OF 1896,
it becomes a question with the Thoughtful OBJ
server whether the democratic party was not
harmed more than 1t was benefited by its
union with the populists. That It gained
some votes by fusion is true, but who can
tell how many It lest? In Kansas city
many democrats voted for Mckinley or for
Palmer. who would have given their sup
port to Bryan had he not been running as q
s'-aight democratic candidate. without any
en'8nElng alliances with the pOpuist party.
In securing the support OF the latter Or
E3niza'ion, Il IS certain that Bryan alien
atcd a largo number OF democrats who had
NJ sympathy with the pOpulistic doctrines
and who feared that the agrarian element
which came to tho aid Of the democrats
would exert an influence upon the adminis-
trStion, in the event OF Bryan's election.
Had the democrats formulated a platform
in 1896 declaring for free trade and .Aimetal-
lism and refused to enter into coalition with
tho populists their chlnces for success
would have been improved, and, even in the
event of defeat, the party would, at least
have been in first class shape for the can
vass of 1900 In the last national campaign
thCTO were plenty of democrats who were
attracted to Mr.. Bryan and who believed
in his personal integrity who, nevertheless,
voted against him becsuoe they didn't like
tho extremists by whom he was surrounded.
Tho process of fusion Is always bound to
be accomplished at the sacriti 2e of principle,
Each party to the alliance is forced to con-
code something which 1t should hold invio-
late. The object. of course. is material gain,
not moral achievement. The scheme is to
attain power and make cure of the Cf1Ccs.
II is a matter of bargain and sale and is
always disgusting to honest men who are
devoted to political doctrines for the good
which is in them.
The effect OF fusion is inevitably demoral-
izinS. In Kansas it has practically wiped
the democratic party out of existence. In
several of the southern states it has ami
hilated the republican party and in the ma
tion It has benefited neither the democracy
nor the populists party. The peoples party
organized at St. Louis is wise to proclaim
as ono of its cardinal articles of faith that
Vt Will keep in the middle of the road and
will unite with no ether organization. 1t
can do no less if it has anything worth
contendins for and in this act it has shown
more honesty and sagacity than the demo
cratic party, which has suffered incalculable
harm by ITS weak and corrupt disposition to
go into any sort of a deal or a coalition
which affords it a promise of securing con
troll of the spols.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
BENJAMIY BTTTERUORTH.

The death of Hon. Benjamin Butter
worth, commissioner of patents, will be
regretted not only by the many who
knew him personally, but by a much
larger number who knew of him as Il
useful public man and an upright Citi-
zen. Especially will the people of Ohio
among whom his life was passed and by
whom he was highly esteemed. mourn
his loss, for in his public career he had
conferred honor upon his native state.
\ representative in congress for several
terms he achieved distinction there
while he made most credit;i6le record
in his official connection with the Co
lumbian exposition. Mr.. ButterwOrth
was an able lawyer and one Of the best
political campaign speakers Ohio has
produced. While always Il republican
he was not so strenuous Il partisan as to
concur in all party policies and he held
very moderate views in regard to pro
lection, having, if we remember rightly,
opposed the Mckinley tariff. Mr.. But
terworth did good service for the cause
of sound money in the last presidential
campaign and is said to have then COLI
tracted his fatal illness. His life, public
and private, was without reprOach and
his career was honorable TO himself and
useful to his country.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Boarding house keepers will be glad to
learn that California will probably produce
100, 900 600 pounds of prunes this year.
The payment of poll tax is not pre-
| requisite of suffrage in Norway, but by re-
cent legislation vaccination is. No virus,
no vote
Mrs. Susan e. Wattles, the Karsas pioneer
who died the other day was the widow OF
the famous Augustus Wattles, the close
friend and co-worker with John Brown In
the underground railway"
William M Singerly, president of the Chest
nu. Street Natioaal bank OF Philadelphia,
which recently failed, is GA years old, but
until recently has shown no signs Of adyanc-
ing age. He ilaS been owner, editor and pub
Usher of the Philadelphia Record for twenty
years.
Nellie Mcconnell young and pretty girl
has been sentenced to two months in the
penitentiary for stealing ribbons and other
decorations from tombs in the Greenwood
cemetery, Brooklyn. She told the judge
that it was a shame to let such nice iinery
go to waste.
The grand master of the Free Masons OF
Peru. who, according to Grand Mcster Suth-
erland Of New York, has committed Masonic
suicide by issuing an edct discarding the
bible eG a basis for morality for the Maacns
under his jurisdiction, bears the contrad.c-
tory Elme of Christian Dam.
John Brown cf Wichita, Kan, a famous
oako walkst, was shown an account Of the
Trainer Park cake walk in which w. X. Van
derbilt WIS lail to have come off the prize
winner and after reading 1t wrote Mr.. Van
derbllt a challenge to a cake walk contest In
Wichita any time this winter for $500 II
side. Mr.. Yanderblts acceptance has not
yet been received.
George Julian Harney. who died the other
day at the age of so, Was the last OF the
English chartist leaders and had been one
of the NEST active, lie eiited the Northern
Star. the organ of the movement, and was in
the forefront OF all the large demonstrations.
For tho last few years he had acted as re-
viewer for the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
and only this year was a recipient OF teJtl-
mOnial from admirers
John G. Carlisle irscrlbes New York" op-
poste his name In the hotel registers, thus
frankly admitting that no his cast his lot
with the greater metropolis. He mas formed
an advantageous law partnership in New
York and the prospects are that the eE-
secretary will make more money from his law
practice in one year than his salary for the
wtlOle term OF his service as u cabinet officer
Mr.. Carlisle is the picture OF Ilealth.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

washington Dlspatch to the Globe-lDemOcrat.
Ex-Secretary OF Agriculture Norman j. Col
man of st. Louis is here opposing the Loud
pound postage rate bill. He says there is not
a publisher OF a newspaper in the west, or
in the country, that would not oppose it Bit
tcrly If he knew what its passage would cost
and more especially If he were aware that
not a sample copy could be sent without a
postage stamp upon it, to any one, either to
secure advertising or containing marked ad-
yertisements or to secure subscriptions or
to exchanges, or to credit subscribers, or in
political campaigns or to subscribers after
the time they have paid for has expired
Mr.. Coleman insists that under the bill news
papers can only be sent at pound rates to
Legitimate subscribers who voluntarily or
der and pay for the same" When the time
paid for expires each copy must have affixed
upon II a postage stamp
How would this affect the country news
papers," he asks. Are cur country news
paper publishers asleep to allow such a bill
to pass without protest? 1t will cost each
OF them from $50 TO $500 per year, besides
lots of trouble The bill also requires every
publisher to sort and tie in separate bum
dies his entire issue by states, cities. towns
and counties In his own Office, AMI put II up
in United States mail sacks. Every mailing
day throughout the year this work has to be
performed"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
VOICE OF THE NEBRASKA rnEss


Kearney Hub: Tho world.Herald says that
I hardly Within the rccollcCtions OF Omaha
merchants has the holiday trade OF 1891
been equaled in former years. Certainly u
has been far ahead ot any year since 1899"
This Is prosperity item that needs no
comment
Keawcy Hub: Omaha stock yards had a
big business during 1897. Receipts OF cattle
largely exceeded any year since 1899 except
1893 and 1894 Hogs showed an nccensc ot
over 2NooO and sheep Jumped from l99.492
to AO9. .5Ol II is safe to predict that In 1898
the recci"ts will exceed those OF any pre-
vious year since the establishment OF the
yards
Columbus Times: The election OF county
assessor for q torm @! two yCars-an Ct-
acent, thorough business mao responsible
for a ComDptent dtDuty In each township,
would systematic down to business methods
and principles, a business now pretty laNly
conducted, and be a long stride in advance
Of the prCseut manner of cunning that
b-unGa OF the revenue department OF this Of
any other state.
York Times: II we have another good
year Il good many York county farmers will
have money to loan, and In few years we
will be carrying our own leans, York county
will some day have mlIay ouough 20 conduct
its own busuess and some to space to her
ncighbors A country like this cannot al
ways be poor. Some individuals will be
poor wherever they are. but the majority
of people here will have plenty, and many
Of the most thrifty will have money TO
spare.
Schuyler Herald: The arbitrary adoption
of the section lines as the proper place TO
locate couGtry reads is proving itself to have
been not u,oGe very foolish, but a very
costly Cnc. Following a section line no mat
ter whether ii leads across n steep BLUM big
ravinCs or innumcrable creeks is the biggest
piece of folly ever committed by state or
.NF
about IS 900 annually to maintnin our bridges,
which IL the roads could be relocated along
natural road lines could A. reduced to one
expended for read work would be materially
reduced and an attempt might reasonably be
made in establishing permanent roads. As
II now is, the amount Gnnually expended and
for which nothing is to be seen at the eXpira-
to increase as the traffic on the dirt roads
becomes heavier. The Herald is of the opin-
ion that even now, at this late day, it would
tion of certain caction line roads on certain
would naturally belong. 1t is no wonder at
lively heavy. The Herald will endcavor to
taxpayers OF the county are compelled 70
There is nothing so damaging to country
bridge and road tax may be reduced. but
roads and the road laws. 1t can be done,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
RUSSIA SEES THE LIGHT.
Makes Gold the Sole Standard of
Value in the Empire.
Philadelphia Record

For the past twenty years the Russian
government tcs been preparing itself for the
dcfnite establishment of the finances OF that
country on a gold basis. The final steps have
now been taken, and 1t has been officially an
nounced trat gold will henceforth be the
sole standard Of value In the Russian en-
pire. The new unit OF currency will be n
rube containing 07742 grams OF pure gold,
equal In value to 61.4 cents In United States
gold. Silver will be issued for subsidiary coins
only. and one ruble will ccnatin 1902 grams
of pure silver, as heretofore. The State Bank
CT Russia will be, as heretofore, the only
credit institution which will nave the right
to issue state credit notes eXchangeabe at
par with gold iu the State bank and all dts
branches 1t may issue such notes to an
unlimited amount. Both gold and credit
notes are made legal tender to an unlimited
amount.
The issues of the credit notes by the Snte
bank, if needed by the expansiCn of com
merce, will be so regulated that the amount
OF outstanding notes will not be allowed
to exceed by more than 300 900 600 rubles
the value OF gold coin and gold bars deposltel J
in the State bank for their redemption. Tho
amount Of outstanding state credit notes
December last in bank and in circulation
was / 1,0GS 900 900 rubes, and the amount of
gold IN coin and in bars in the bank wds
/, 100 100000 rubles. The exchange of state
credit notes at par with gold is guaranteed,
in addition to the gold reserve, by the whole
state property-about coo, 100000 acres of
forest and 5000 miles of railroads besides
government lands, etc, Silver in tae State
bank will not be included in the metallic
reserve of the bank for the purpose of re-
demption.
Silver hos been ooined to the amount Of
10000, 900 rubles, and the character OF the
legal tender Of the silver rubles has not been
changed b. the recent laws. Until II shall
be deereed Otherwise, silver coins viii be
O legal tender for all taxes end dues to the
government in an unlimited amOuat, but not
so between private individuals The Russian
government will roy all its loans and Inter
est in the money in which euuh loans were
contracted, according 10 the tenor of the con-
tract
The experience OF Russia has been almost
precisely the experience Of the United States,
Thet government, like ours, hes been embar-
mssed by war debts and by the emission OF
q great volume Of legal teuder paper cur
rnCy. Russia is also a large producer OF
silver, The means by which currency reform
has been accomplished in Russia may be
studied with profit by our own statesmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

other interests in this country have for
many years past enjoyed, namely: pro-
lection. We should thus avoid all pro-
tests and commercial rupturcs that
would follow the discriminating duties"
The evidence Of the good results of thh
policy of European maritime nations in
regard to their merchant marine is I'M
questionable, but there is public sant!-
ment in the United States against sub
sides and bountics so strong that 1t Is
doubtful whether any party will venture
to disregard It, Unfortunately. there is
perhaps no subject about which people
generally know less or care less than
that OF the merchant marine ana yet
there is no question of greater impoE-
tancc in its bearing upon our CONNER
cial progress.