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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
BEATS THE kLONDIK f.

Mr.. A. &. Thomas, Marysville,
Tex, has found a more valuable
discovery than has yet been made
in the klondike. For years he
suffered untold agony from CON
sumption, accompanied by hem
orrhages: and was absolutely
cured by DR.. Kings New Dis
covery Jor Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. He declares that gold
is of little value in comparison
with this marvellous cure: would
have it, even if it cost a hundred
dollars II bottle. Asthma, Bron-
chitis and all throat and lung nf
fectlons are positively cured by
DR.. Kings Few Discovery for
Consumption. Trial bottles free
at Crawford Bros Drug Store.
Regular size 80 cts and 800.
Guaranteed to cure or price re-
funded.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
MANY NEGROES GO TO
MISSISSIPPI.
They Are Emigrating From
Greenwood County-One Re-
suit OF Phoenix Trouble.
Special to The State.

Greenwood, Dec. 20. The
negroes Of this county show a
disposition to emigrate. Several
hundred are likely to leave within
few weeks. The exodus COM
menced a week ago, when two
cars filed with negro families left
for lower Mississippi. Another
car left Sunday night. The 100
negroes that have gone went from
the Saluda section and several
farms there are practically tenant
less. More are going from the
sap2S,n!aSa.
There is no denying tho fact
that the negroes in the populous
sections of this county ure badly
demoralized. They are in some
places still panic stricken on &C.
count of tho Phoenix trouble.
They nave not been molested but
have the unreasoning fear of their
real friends 80 common to ignor
ance. The negroes OF Saluda,
Ninety Six and Phoenix will hard-
ly make contracts for another
year.
Under the circumstances this
exodus is expected to thin out the
over abundant negro population
of this 4-ounty conside, ably. 1t
is the colored renters who are
gettirg yff.. AS consequence
SONS of,tne best land in the county
will be occupied by white renters
hereafter.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
Colonel Banding.
Columbia State.

The Sumter Daily Item has
this to say about Col. James d.
Blanding, the liveliest young
octogenarian in the State, if not
in the country: "lhe marriage of
Mr.. Donald Mcqueen BIanding
induced us to ask Colonel Bland
ing somewhat Of his family.
knowing that 1t was Iuge and
scattered. He permits us to say
that Don is the thirteenth child
he has given away in marriages:
but he has received IN return
more than he has given away
that his family, older and younger,
including sons and daughtcrs>in-
law, number 81, Of whom 81
survive: and these are scattered
over the late Confedcracv, from
Mason and Dixon ; line to the
Rio Grande. What a family
record. And Col. Blaading, the
head Of the family, il still stick
ing to the post Of duty, after -
years of active practice in tho
law and is, We bclieve, the oldcs
law practitioner in the state. -
Col. Blanding is veteran Of the
Mexican war and the Civil war.
and the only reason we can sug-
gest for his not being also
veteran of the war with Spain is
that he couldn't find command
active enough to keep up with
him.
Col. Blanding also went from
Washington to New York through
the big blizzard Of March, 1SSS,
and beyond an occasional growl
about "thls nasty Yankee wealth
er,@ he didn't seem to mind it at
ali.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
One Soldier Shoots and Kills An
other at Greenville.

Greenville, S. T., Dec. 60
Private Murgridge, of the Second
West Virginia Regiment, was
shot and instantly killed today by
Private John Mattice, of the Two
Hundred and Third New York
Regiment, who also shot and
wounded Private Hart, Of the
Second West Virginia. Murgridge
and Hart were vt pistol practice
near the regimental camp. Mat
tice, who was on guard duty,
started to arrest the men, when
it is stained, Murgridge fired
twice at him. Mattice returned
the fire, the ball passing through
Murgridge's body and striking
Hart in the side. Hart denies
that either he or Murgridge fired
at the guard.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
1000 SOLDIERS KILLED.
Results Of Powder Magazine
Explosion in q Chinese Camn.

London, Dec 2O.-A dispatch
from Shanghai to the nswspa-
pers here, says a rowder nsga-
zine situate in the centre of the
Chinese camp at Hong Cow, has
exploded, leveling a square mile
of houses. 1t is. estimated that
5000 soldiers were killed, in
clnding the general commanding
the forces.
Tho American and French mis-
sions are both supposed to have
been damaged but it is said there
were no fatalities among the
Americans.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
ENDORSES M'KINLEY.
An Iowa Post, q. A. r, Passes
Strong Resolution.

Dubuque, L., Dec. 2O.-Hyde
Park Post @. A. r. has unani-
mously endorsed Pres d en- t
Mckinley's Atlanta declaration
that the time has arrived when
the federal government should as
sist the Southern States IN caring
for the graves of the Confederate
dead. A copy Of the resolutions
were telegraphed to the president
ut Augusta, Ga. Hyde Park
Post is the first in the country to
act on the proposition.
SAME THING HERE.
Lancaster, Pa, Dec. 90
Stevens Post. 157, G. A. r., of
Lititz has endorsed the presidents
speech relating to the govern
msnt caring for the graves of
Confederate dead, and has re-
quested Congressman Brosius to
use his influence to bring about
national legislation to carry into
effect the presidents sentiments.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
LANCASTER. S. g.. DEC. "a 1893,
10, 900 SOLDIERS FOR THE
CONFEDERACY.
Compilation Of Interesting Facts
and Figures Regarding This
States Quota in the Civil
War.

The following i. taken from
the annual report Of Col. J p
Thomas, State Historian, for the
year 1S9S:
The folio wing tables give the
numerical results of the rolls in
the respective departments of
service.
Infantry Field and staff 764,
Of which number 50 died in battle
or from wounds, 10 were wounded,
"A were captured and 50 sur
rendered. There were 7S3 CAP
tains; GG5 first lieutenants, 7SS
second iieutenants, 296 third lieu
tenants, 2,423 sergeants, 2,O39
corporsls and SO, $50 privates,
making Il total of A, 4S6. OF
this number 6,237 died in battle,
$3.50 OF disease, 64s in prison,
6,562 wounded, 1902 captured,
total number of casualties, 10,
420. Tho number surrendered
was 4, 400; deserters 219.
Csvalry-Fisld and staff "A,
died in battle or from wounds 4,
wounded s, surrendered 16. Line
oficsrs-Captsins 1873, first lieu-
tenants 100, second lieutsn-
ants III, third lieutenauts SO, ser
seants 455 corporals 3sS, privates
1857, total, 9,042. Died i. battle
4O7,of disease 401, IN prison Ga,
wounded 524, captured 1874, total
casualties 1 ,661, surrendered l..
551, deserted II.
Artillery-Field and staff 81,
died IN battle 3, wounded 3, cap
tured 1, surrendered s. Line
othcers-captains S5, first lieuten-
ants 12S, second lieutenants 1O4,
third lieutensnts IA, sergeant 9
341, corporals 354 prlvates T.
1873, total S,O75. Killed in bat.
tie 215, died of disease 2O2, died
in prison IS, wounded 29G, cap
tured SO, total casualties 796,
surrendered 1,222.
In the State troop. there we're
l6 field officers. 76 captains, "A
first lieutensnts, 1O4 second lleu-
tenants, 33 third lleutenants, 215
sergesnts, 19l corporals, 4,23l
privates, making II total of 4, ,92S.
The grand total of troops sent
out from the Stats was as f, llovs:
Officers +, ,+56, enlisted men 90
lO6, total G6, 53l. The total mum.
Der Of effective men was 57,4S6.
There were 6,924 deaths on the
field, 725 in prison, 5,6S7 of dis
case, wounded 1890, captured
1,776, surrendered 7,242, desert
cd 3OI.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature 1ssss sss Of &Hzzzzu

Joseph CsrviI, blower in a
glass factory at Muncla, Iud.,
though but 10 years old, stands
& feet s inches in height, weighs
245 pounds, and has strength
fully mp to his weight and size.
He still continues to grow in
weight and is said to be the tallest
and strongest man in Indiana.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24

Collector Tolbert has not ONLY
taken Charleston as = refuge for
himself from the Phoenix rioters,
but he is opening a colony for
his black companions in politics
here slso.-Charleston Post.
@ Subscribeto The LEpGER
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
Beauty Is Blood Deem.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
lcauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
fc clean your blood and keep it clean, by
airring up the lazy, liver and driving all i'm
)anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
ets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug,
gists. satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, Csc, SOC.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24

Beat Tokscse Spit and Smoke Your life Away.
Ts Ssit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nstie. 'uil 81 life, nerve and vgor, take No-To-
Bee. tks wonder. worker. taat makes weak men
sirens. All druggists, SEQ or si. Cure gvarAn-
0sl Beoklst aud ssRple frse- Address
osss1tng RsHsAy O. 1kissss Or New Yerp
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
Don,t Neglect Your Liver.

Liver troubles quickly result in serious
complications, and the man who neglects his
liver has little regard for health. A bottle
of Browns Iron Bitters taken now and then
will keep the liver in perfect order. If the
disease has developed, Browns Iron Bitters
will cure IL permanently. Strength and
vitality will always follow its use.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
~ Subscribe to The Ledger
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
ANDERSON CONVICTS FREE.
Had Served Nearly Ten Years
and We're Released for Christ
mas.
Special to The Daily News.

Columbia, 5. G., Dec. %
Alexander Holloway, TuelI Burts
and Dave Boseman, coIored, of
Anderson, were pardoned from
the penitentiary today. They
had served almost ten years
term, which will expire Christ
mas.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
Attorney General Backs Dsrhsm
Special to The Daily News.

Columbia, S. &. Dec. 90
Comptroller General Derham, in
declining to distribute the dis
pensary profits among all the
counties, has the approval of the
attorney general in 30 doing.
oA - II ToRTA.
s...,... s.... u: ~" n]M t,s y. E.. ..r '~s''
A'..''" N1Zzezir
All druggists ssn nr. Mnss' Nerve Ple.>s,,,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
TAXES CAN BE REDUCED.
A Reform Demanded in Govern
mental Expenditure.
keowee Courier.

During every campaign for
years past the masses have made
earnest pleas for reform, the 3.
duction of taxes, and to this end
a corresponding decrease of ex-
penditures. In response to these
demands for reforms many chan
ges have been made in the laws,
some for the better, some for the
wor Q, but nothing has brought
relief to- the purse of the laboring
classes. On the contrary as times
became harder moro taxes have
been exacted, until our people
have become restive under the
pressure. Their demands appear
to have been evaded. While tho
purchasing power of the dollar
mas more than doubled, there has
been no reduction of the mum Der
eIacted.
1t has been said nothing can be
done to chsspen the government.
This induces US to examine more
closely the expenditures to find, if
haply We may, how the desired
end can be accomplished. There il
no valid reason why all good citi-
zens IN a republic should not in
form Themselves as to public m.t-
tors and express their judgment IS
to what is right and proper. They
should be taken into the confidence
Of the powers that be. This 10
their right 'and they should be
content with. nothing leA. The
people are not unreasonable or
rssh in their dem ands, when they
understand the circumstance and
conditions. They do not and will
not complain at tax which is
shown to be necessary to An eff
cient Administration of the State
and county governments.
1t seems to us that some chan
ges could be made, the tendency
OF which would be to reduce sx-
pepses without injury to An efli-
cient administration.
In the first place. tho election
laws of South Carolina are cum
bersome and twice as expensive As
necessary. There are three super
visors of registration, when one
could do the work for the same
salary he now gets. There are
two sets Of commissioners of cleo
tion in zach county and two sets
of managers a each precinct. One
set of commissioners and mana
gers could do the work as efficient
ly. All this machinery is expen-
sive and SO much Is not needed. -
This complicated machinery has
served its purpose in the past, but
it is no longer necessary.
The enactment Of the Austria
liam ballot system would still fur
ther serve to reduce the expenses.
Again there is expended on the
State colleges a vast sum of mon
sy-from 1928, 600 to $175, 900 q
year.
There is reason in all things.
We have five colleges run at the
expense of the taxpayers.
If five colleges were necessary
for the education of the youth OF
the State, the expenditures incur
red would be excusable.
Is it necessary to maintain five
colleges at the public expense in
order that our youth maybe prop
erly educated We think not.
lu this State are many colleges,
individual or denominational, that
afford tho same advantages as the
1 State colleges except Winthrop
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24

No~To-B -Bac for rifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
non strong, blood pure. 500. q. Ali druggistA
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-24
SAY ! DON'T DO 1T!

Don't send off for iewelry.
watches, clocks, silvcrware, or
for anything in these lines, for
the identical thing can be obtained
from Il. Brandt for the same
money and oftentimes for less,
besides you know how often one
is deceived.
Did you ever think of It, that r
Brandt has made a study of ordering
such thisgs for 8 years. and that he
certainly knows bette where to order
from than you who occasionally read
an advertisement or receive a cata>
logue Remember all jewellers are
not so well posted. Bring your oata
logus along and he will demenstrate
what he says. Now, try 1t, he wants
you to ID IL.
Our pri 'es are low and 10 per cent
Reduction makes them q great deal
lower Write for circulars.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12
a LIBERAL OFFER.
Producers of Il Guaranteed Remedy Of
fer to Send Sample Bottles.

Producers of a Guaranteed Remedy Of
fer to send Sample Bottles.
give Drops is the name Of a SIM
pie but effective remedy for rheuma-
tism, neuralgia, asthma, and kindred
ailments. Tie trade mark, IS Drops
is self-explanatory, as five drops is n
dose. The manufacturers of IS
Drops have thousands of letters from
reliable people, who have been re-
stored to health by the use of their
remedy. Many of these letters have
been published, and many more will
be gladly sent upon application. Some
weeks ago the producers of IS Drops"
offered to send a sample bottle, pre-
paid, for 25 cents. They know even a
sample bottle will convince any n of
it's merits. They were so encouraged by
the numerous responses to their first
offer that they have decided to new
it for another 80 days. If you are a
sufferer send this small amount, IS
cents, without fail today, to the Swan
son Rheumatic Cure Co., 167-169 Dear
born ST., Chicago, ILL.,, and receive pre-
paid a sample bottle of IS Drops"
Also, large bottle, 800 doses, for s1.o0
and for the next thirty days, three bot
ties for $3.50.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12
In an important report recently

In an important report recently
made to the interior Department,
Agent Dew M. Wisdom, in charge of
the Union Indian Agency in Okla
homa, where the five civilized tribes
are located, says: THE intruders
must go. The intruders have made
the Indians doubt the good faith of the
government and made it more difficult
to treat on the more important issues
of allotment and the breaking up of
tribal autonomy in the nation to
which the individual Indian Belongs.
A sound public policy demands the
eviction of all declared intruders, and
any measure of expediency on the part
of the department that temporizes
with the intruder or p%ostpones his re-
moval On mere technicalities is falla-
cious and misleading. Let all the
treaties be enforced and all the safe
guards secured to the Indians be up
held in letter and in spirit, and then
the Indians will make liberal conces-
sions aud accept without murmuring
that change in condition which on
fronts them"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12

We have tried to believe that the
year comes in under a faint rainbow
of peace. There isn't excessive war
fare such as came with the advent of
'ninety-seven. The Spariards and the
Cubans are not killing each other, but
merely dying of starvation and fever,
and the Greeks are as quiet as a whip
ped and sobbing. babe. The Armen-
ians are as peaceful as the grave, and
the PHILIPPINES gave out flo new with
the exception of a few unimportant
lies. i,it, good gracious! there is that
Austrian parliament.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12
Foreign Notes.

1t is asserted that the British gov
eminent has decided to ask parlia-
ment to sanction an increase of the
army by 5000 men.
Exports to America from Germany
showed Il falling off during the last
quarter Of sS33,231,S 1913. The decrease
was principally in sugar.
A private cablegram has been re-
ceiyed in New York stating that the
government of Chile has decided to
undertake the construction of the pro-
jected trans-Andean railway.
oarsman, and Augusta. daughter OF
division Of Newington, We're married
in London.
Tine Brazilian government is consid-
ering the sale of the cruiser Abreu,
now building on the Tyne. and the
ing built in GRANGE.
Nj. Pierre Leonce Detroyat, who was
the he.el of the military household OF
Emperor Maximillian Of Mexico. and
later was editor of La Liberte and
other papers, is dead.
The Brazilian government is consid-
ering the sale of the cruiser Abreu,
now building on the Tyne. and the
ironclads Deodoro and Floriane, now
being built in France.
A strike of 10000 hands has &C.
cured in the Province of Vladimir,
Russia, in consequence of the dissatis.
faction growing out of the new gov
eminent regulations for factories.
The pope's encyclical on the Mani
toba school question was read in all
the churches of the Quebec diocese OF
Montreal, Three Rivers, Sherbrooke,
st. H%yacinthe Chicoutimi and Ri
mouski.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12
Criminal.

Scaton Perry, for many years one of
the leading dry goods merchants OF
Washington, has committed suicide.
James Murphy, George Woodruff
and George Gordon, p%ostoftice bur-
glars, have made their escape from the
federal pe%nitentiary ut Leavenworth,
Kas.
Edward Duff. aged forty, a me-
chanic, shot and killed his wife and
mothcr-in-law at their home at New
Haven. Conn.,. after trying to induce
his wife to live with him again.
At Port Townsend, Wash, customs
officers seized 42O quart bottles Of
whisky on the steamer City of Seattle,
just before she sailed for Alaska. \
small quantity on the City of Topeka
was also found.
William ID. Won Meier, an eX-lieu-
tenant in the German army and Il
nephew of retired Admiral WeaZel OF
the German army, is accused Of petty
larceny by Leon LemoS, q Market
street tailor in San Francisco.
Rosario Lunso, Il Waterman at Uni
ty, Pa. on the Pittsburg Bessemer Il
Lake Erie railway, was fatally shot by.
an unknown negro beca;ise he refused
to give him food OF money. The negro
escaped.
EX-City Clerk Il. G. Hoagland Of
Rockford, ILL.,, was indicted for the al
legged embezzlement of $4,000. He
had made the amount good on de-
mand, and the Indictment causes sur
prise.
Henry Il. Straight, who was arrest
ed in Jersey City Il week ago, charged
with swindling business people in
Wilkesbarre and Harrisburg, Pa. and
Baltimore and New York, has escaped
from the Jersey City Jail.
More than thirty unfaithful en-
ployes Of the Adams Express compa-
NY in New York city, it is said, re-
Gently succeeded in stealing between
$4,000 and $4,000 of money for goods
delivered G. o. d. Suspected drivers
and helpers have been arrested.
Herman G. Him., who went from
San Antonio. Texas, at Christmas to
visit his mother in Brooklyn shot and
killed his brother-in-law, Otto Diehl.
Him. then walked to a police station
and gave himself up. He said that
Diehl, who had married his only Sis
ter, had been brutal to her.
Edward a. Knight. confidential
clerk to DR.. J. +. Canning, a Boston
banker and broker, is reported to the
police as missing, and with him are
supposed to have gone diamonds, jew
elry set with precious stones and
$1,000 in cash, the total value Of the
property being somewhere between
$25 600 and $4,000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12

A German paper suggests a combi-
nation of the European powers against
the Monroe doctrine. and a French pa
sistance in case of a fight with the
United States with regard to Cuba. An
ardent desire to be mean is thus de-
veloped; but behind it is the older
meanness that has wanted these many
years to break up the natural protec-
ton against war in which every Amer
lean, north, central and south, honest
ly believes. What mischief Cuba may
provoke cannot be predicted; but Mr..
Blaine's pan-American congress ought
to have another session.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12

A coast defence gun now in process
of construction by the United States
government is to be a wonder in ord
nance. An expert estimates that the
striking energy of a projectile from
this gun will be equal to the blow of
a six-thcusand-ton steamer ramming
at sixteen knots speed. To complete
the comparison, the expert adds that,
while a vessel in collision strikes all
along her cutwater, the damaging pow
er of the gun is concentrated on a cir
Gle having a diameter of sixteen
inches. Should the gun ever be used
against an enemy, the fate of a vessel
receiving the blow could not be doubt
full. Such a terrible engine of war is
a peace agent Of a persuasive sort.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12
People Talked About.

Francis Anna Maria, Dowager
Countess Russell. widow of the cele-
DRAFTED Lord John Russell, is dead.
Rev. Charles Iutwidge Dodgson,
Better known by his pseudonym of
Lewis Carroll, died at Guilford, Eng.
Jacob G. Ncatie, president of the
Neafie & Levy Ship and Engine Build
ing company, died of heart failure at
his home in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Harriet Shafter, wife Of Brig.
Gen. William r. Shafter, commanding
the department Of California, is dead
at her home at Fort Mason.
The late William Terriss, the vic
tim of tie assassin, Richard Prince,
left nearly $1Os. his widow and
children.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12
Perhaps.

Perhaps.
Freddie's father had just been strug-
Cling with an old fashioned bureau and,
retiring disheartened from an unsuc-
cessful effort to open M of its conl-
partments, he moved to the window
and looking out upon the lowering sky
he exclaimed: It's mighty strange
that the weather bureau can't give us
a change of weather" Maybe" shy
" %interposed Freddie, they can't open
the bureau drawers.'-Boston Courier.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12
CRSualticS.

Bunker Hill. has., lost $4,000 Mon
day night by :he burning Of it's public
school building.
The Yestcr block, a large office build
ing on Fifth avenue McKcesport,
Pa. was totally destroyed by fire.
The block was erected two years ago,
ut Il cost Of 100000.
Three men were seriously and two
fatally burned as the result of Il boiler
explosion in the Fcrnclitle distillery ut
Louisville, Ky. The fatally injured
arc John Kenny and Phil kirb.