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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-01-11
Hoar's Greatest Speech.

-. Washington, d. Z. Jan. g.
Senator Hosr spoke today against
expansion in the greatest speech
Of his life.
Thsrs'was death like silence in
the sshste cham Der oil the time he
was speaking. He sounded m
eloquent nots of warning to the
republic.
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COMMISSIONERS WORK.
Maj. Gen. Butler interviewed
in Charleston.

Charleston, Jan. 8. 9.-The Amer
ican commission to arrange for
and superintend the evacuation of
Cuba with the exception of ADJ
miral Sampson passed through
Charleston this afternoon en- route
for Washington, from Cuba.
Maj. Gen. Butler was .oeu by
representative of the Associated
Press and gave some very inter~
esting Information concerning
Cuba, the Cubans and the work of
the commission. He said: eyes,
wo have finished Oar work so far
as further residence in Cuba is
necessary. We were ordered to
report to Washington by the sec>
retary Of war, and arc now going
to that city. Our report is not
actually finished, but very nearly
so, and it will take but q short
session or two 10 the capital to
have it ready to hand to the pres>
ident. Of course it is impossible
to say just what the report con>
tains, as any information in it
| must be given to the public from
the executive officer. can s.y,
however, that the evacuation of
the island has been very satisfac>
tory and no disorders of any kind
arose. The Spaniards accepted
the situation gracefully, and acted
in accordance with the agreements
made between the two commis>
sions. The Cubans, too, conduct
themselves IN becoming manner.
Any disagrseable incidents that
occurred were Of a personal nature.
lis probable that some rows and
fights took place bet ueen Cubans
and Spaniards, hut they we're al
ways the result of drinking and
there was nothing like organized
violence by either faction. The
Cubans are very much elated thai
the Spaniards were sent from
their land, and jubiIa,ions we're to
be expected. The Spanlards were,
on the other hand, crestfallen and
easily provoked, but both nations
alities held themselves we'll in
check, and are to be congratulated
ON their behavior in trying times.
The evacuation could not have
been accomplished with more ex>
pedition or satisfaction, and the
commission is we'll pleased with it's
work and hopes it will meet with
the approval of the administration
and the people at large suppose
that as soon as the report of the
commission is handed to the press
dent that the body will be dissolved
for lack of occupation. 1t was
created for a special purpose, md
that purpose being accomplished
the necessity for the commission
ceases.n
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an Uncertain Disease.

herc is no diScaS. uorc uncertain in its
.,urc than dyspepsia ptyar;ans say that
&C sympt MS of no two -, agree. Itis
iereiore lost difficult 10 make correct
iagnosis. No matter how severe n under
What disguise dyspepsia attacks you, Browns
ron Bitters will cure it. Invaluable in ali
diseases. of the stomach, blood and nerves.
f<rowns' Iron Bitters is sold l,y oil dealers.
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Lectures at Bingham School-In-
terest in Athletics.
special to The Observer.

Special to The Observer.
Mebane, Jan. 6.-The Christ
mas holidays were spent very
pleasantly by the people Of the
neighborhood and about q dozen
students and teachers Of the Bing-
ham School. The Sunday school
had a beautiful Christmas trs.
Tor the evening of Dscem ber 23d
Tuesday morning the half term
OF the Bingham School began and
regular work was resumed. Near.
~ oil OF the old student have re-
turned: reporting q pleasant va
cation. And there is = crafty
ing increase in the number Of
boys The work of,the students.
on their intermediate .xsmin.,
tionsNw&s most fxithfuf snd s.ti,.
faotorJ.
Five or siY lscthres .rs ,ch.du,-
ed FOR tho sprius term, to be de-
livsred by sths prssidsht. Of the.
Ssrious colleges Of North Caro-
lina and OTHER issding educator. ..
The 'athlstic interest. oti,b.
{ school SC 20 lii is beginning TO center on
basket ball which IL = now ,psms
to most Of the boys, and ~bioh
promises 10 become very popular.
Tue score. made by the loot
ball tean ID the season jos. ;c,,s.d
10 their various victories have,
bssn painted on . now football.
which wAswou by Bingham from
Abe Homer School, sod 4. has.
bs.n hdhs npss ! trophy.
~ Sobscfibs to '.fAs Ls3p.r,
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For The Ledger
In the Land of Flowers.

'oi - coino again ana
Will give you = sketch of my trip
in South Florida. l landed in
Sanford on Dec. 23d. This isa
beautiful place situated on Lake
Monroe. The St. John River
flows through this lake. The town
Is laid off with broad streets with
large oaks on side walks. The
town has five artesian wells all
with large supply of water. The
wells are about 600 feet in depth.
The business portion has some fine
buildings, principally brick. -
Among the most important is the
Sanford hotel. 1t has beautiful
park that fronts on the Lake.
Just across tho Lake is a nice lit
tie town enterprise whore you are
accommodated to boa. rides on
tho lake.
Magnolia Spring is the prettiest
little place l saw on my trip.
Orlando, on the j TK& w Rail.
road, is a hustling, thriving place.
Like Sanford it has nice resi-.
dences and fine brick stores. Here
| SAW the finest orange groves in
my travels. | think this place
will ship great deal Of fruit next
season. That is the prospect at
present. Now Comes the great
Railroad center, the lovely town
of Lakeland. 1t is almost an
Island. 1t ls surrounded with
lakes. | stopped st this place
from Friday until Tuesday. O,
how | enjoyed myself eating fish.
l. had trout three times a day, no
trouble to catch them with a spin.
ner, no bait required. This town
seems to be struck by matrimo-
NAL wave -four marriages took
place while | was here and four
christmas trees two on FRIDAY
night and two on Saturday night.
Mr.. Editor, | think the celebra.
tion of Christ's birth should be
after Dec. 25th and not before.
when its anniversary comes on
Sunday, don't youl When the
time came for my departure from
this place | WAS indeed verv sor-
ry. L boarded the f p & G. train
for Hawthorn, arriving at that
place at l p. m, and what do you
Think Here | met F G. Perry
from l.. berty Hill, S. c., shaking
hands with relatives and friends.
All seemed glad to see Frank once
more in our country. 1t is anus.
ing to hear Frank give in his ex.
perience in attending a baptising
last Sunday. He said the preach
er was on due time but failed TO
bring an extra suit to perform IN.
After consulting with some of the
brethren it ws decided that he
should tHrn his shirt putting the
starched bosom in the rear. A he
leaned over to let his candidate
down in the water the naval lap
turned up and reminded one of q
goats tail. Some think this is
one of Franks South Carolina
flies.
The farming interests in this
section do not amount to much.
The attention of the farmers is
to fruit growing and vegetables.
l can't see that the people are do.
ing any better there than here. |
will close for this time.
A happy now year to you and
your readers. .-
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Heavy Failure in Chicago.

Chicago, Ill. , Jan. john B.
Wallace, manager of the Wallace
Electric company, filed a petition
today in voluntary bankruptcy iu
the United States district court.
His liabilities are placed at 1896, :
600.
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Dr.qMoss, D. Hogs Of Rich
mond, Va. The we'll known and
eminent Presbyterian diyi,o and
the forsmost orator il the South
srn Prssbytsrisn church, died Vii
day morning At 9:20 O'Clock.
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Clemson Will Ask for $40. O0C

Columbis, 8. S.C.,Jan. 7.-Prssi>
dent Hsrtzog is here with his an-
nual report on Clemson collage.
The board asks for $40, 200 for
thsyear.
@ Pay your subscription to
LEDGER! @i'" sa
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Don't Tobacco ss't and ssssss Ys.r LIZ. Away.
To cult toeseeo easily and forever, be nag
'nehc. full sf hfs, nerve aad sisor, ts&e NoTo-
Bas. the wosdsr. worker. that makes weak men
strens. All druggists. Sse or 81. Cure susran-
tes4 'nooaist Asd wnpie free: rsSddrosa
5ts~hsg RsDs1y O. 1hisaxe OF New Yorp
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George a Armour has given
$4,000. to Princeton College to
found a classical department in
the university library.
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. II, 1899.

Three lives were lost and FIVE
people severely injured in the
burning Of Hotel Richelieu at
Pittsburg, Pa, Sunday.
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BILIOUS
NESS

bosses many body and bur
dens many a mind. You can't enjoy
the food you like because you are
bilious. You take all sorts of pre-
cautions, and yet the bilious attack
leaps on you like tiger from asabush.
You know the feeling! The blood
seeming on fire with a dull heat the
boring pains in the eyes |; the head
seeming to open and shut !; the nor
'rible nausea. You know the irrits.
bilty which precedes and the languor
that follows the attack. It's miser.
able, isn't it7 Why not cure the
trouble ! There's a pill that will cure
biliousness. Or. J. G. AYERS PILLS
are an acknowledged specific for this
arrangement.
A. Swsnger, TeIarksaa, Ter writes /:
FOR hfteen years have used ayers Pills.
and ind tkOn very effective in bilious com,
plants. ] have yst to see the cass where
they have failed 10 cure
q: . =; =; - s.'';; :: TRY
a YER1S
PILLS
: = -
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people severely injured In the
burning Of Hotel Richelieu at
Pittsburg, Pa, Sunday.
George a Armour has given
$4,000. to Princeton College to
found a classical department in
the university library.
The insurgents still hold Iloilo
and say if the Americans bonn
bard they will set FIRE to tho
buildings.
A cyclone in Georgia Saturday
afternoon uproofed houses, blew
down chimneys and nearly de-
molished the village of Johnston
near Waycross.
Senator Tillman thinks that the
treaty with Spain is not by any
means certain of ratification. He
says the opposition to the treaty is
organizing and gaining strength.
Major General Ludlow has
chosen John Gary Evans to sue
ceed the Marquis de Estoban as
mayor of Havans, and Mr.. Evans
assumed hl. new dnties Sunday.
Accordin Z to the director of the
mint the amount uf gold now held
in the United States approximates
$3.50, ,000,0 which far exceeds
the amount ever held here before.
General Wheeler has consented
to be present at the Utica, N. Y,
soldiers banquet, to be given
January 25. He will respond to
the toast, ''The Nations Wei
come
The latest cure for rattle
snake bite is coal oil. When bit
ten upon the hand, place in a yes
sci filed with oil, and the poison
will come out AID rise to the
surface Of the liquid.
A party of fifty negroes from
Greenwood county passed through
Columbia last Sunday on their
way to Barnwell county where
they say they can get better
wages.
At Boles, Ark, last Friday, .
school house was blown down in
time of storm aud three of the
pupils wore killed outright. A
dozen or more we're seriously in
jured.
Four men were killed and
several seriously injured in a
collision between two trains on
the Knoxville & Ohio which oc
Cured near Newcomb in Tennes-
SEQ Sunday.
Harry d Watts, q prominent
young man of Charlotte was found
dead in the Merchants and Farm
srs bonded warehouse Sunday.
A door had fallen on him crush
ing his skull and breaking his
back.
Edwin Q Flanagan, the Georgia
murderer, who has been tried
three times, has at last been ad-
judged insane and will be sent TO
the asylum. The case has been in
all the Georgia courts and famous
exports of the world testified at
different times during the trial.
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A HARD FATE.
Spaniard Who Commanded At
Ponce Goes to Ceuta for Life.

Madrid, Jan. 6.-CoI. Julsou
San Martin, who was in con,a,ana
OF the Spanish garrison at Ponce,
Pusto Rico, when tho United
States troops under Gen. Miles
landed in the island and who
abandoned the place without re-
sistance, has h.sn sentenced to
imprisonment for life. He willbe
incsrcerated at Ceuta, the Spanish
penal colony in Morocco, op.
posite Gibraltar.
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Pay your subscription to the
Ledger.
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Are Yeu weaks

weakness manifests itse.:: n The ,os. OF
ambition and aching Bones. Ahe; blood Il
yatery; the tissues are wasting--the door Ia
Ieng opener for disease.' A bottle Of BfbNns'
Iron Bitters tax en- in time will restors rnr.
strength, soothe your nerves, make your
blood rich and red. Do you. more good
than an expensive special course of medicine'
browns Iron Bitters is sold by all deslers.
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The insurgents still hold Iloilo
and say if the Americans bonn
bard they will set fire to tho
buildings.
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The State penitehtiary is di,
rscted to pay $40, BOO into the
treasury the 10th Of January. (
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Gatfney Bonds Sold.

Special to The State.
Gatfney, Jan. 5.-F. M. Stat
ford OF Chattanooga, Tenn. .,
bought the $1S, 900 Gsffney civ
wateiworks bonds day or two
ago for Sl05. 90. The contractor
who will put in our water system
will begin work early next week.
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The supreme court Friday de-
cided that the Lee county act was
passed without constitutional AL
thority and is therefore null and
void. The commissioners are
:perpetuslly enjoined from per.
forming any duties. :
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BY n head-on collision between
two passenger trains on the
Lehigh Valley railroad, at West
Dunellen, N. j., at 12:47 p. m.
Monday, 13 persons were killed
and over 95 we're injured.
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~ Subscfibs TO IN. / a.. Il,
gE Fsr .asre.-,t =
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A cyclone in Georgia Saturday
afternoon unroofed houses, blew
down chimneys and nearly de-
molished the village of Johnston
near Waycross.
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Over 1000 ducks, 1000
chickens and Is cows were de-
stroysd by fire, which consumed
the buildings on the farm Of
Patrick McAvoy, about Eve miles
from Trenton, N. D., yesterday.
wcAvoy, makes q specially Of
raising poultry. ..a
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
AN EAR WARMER.

The Censor cat at Manila is
out of the bag and the bag
turned inside out and the news
paper men have done it. No
honest. or concise description OF
of the condition of affairs in the
Philippines has beenpernitted
to reach the American citizen
for ninety days. Otis (he is not
a lone to blame) has wilfully
held up the news and deceived
Americas politicians and pa
triots. To send young men
there to fight is like pouring
water in rat mole, they dis1p'
pear. The representatives, OF
six Of the leading metropali'
tan papers have had two consul
ations of three hours each, in
which they plead with Gen.
Otis for permission to send the
truth to their papers, the re
: quest and pleading was for
uaught. They then sent one oi
their number to Hong Kong aud
from there sent Il joint note
I to their papers and the
! world, stating, THE American
people have been deceived,
many reverses and disasters
Aav' hsen coacea ea. Ultra
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
FRATERNAL. !

August the 3rd, Monroe City
will open her gates to the world
and invite it and its many wives
and children to come in and
play in the Front Yard. The
Fraternal Societies are prepar.
ing to give a picnic that will be
Il picnic aud an eye opener to
all suburban towns. 1t will be
a rouser, one that the Societies
and the city can look back to
and point to with pride. Now,
put your shoulder to the wheel
and at least two fingers IN your
pocket, for that is what it takes
~ '''"''e = "orfect Success
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
THE CITY'S POPULATION.

Howard Elliott, Gen. Man,
of the Burlington Route has
written his representative (J.
L. Lyon at this point, to learn
the number of citizens Of this
flourishing town. The census
of 1890 gives it only 1880 but
neither time nor the city has
stood still. The next census
will soon be taken, then the
exact number will be known.
A conservative estimate at
present would be 1900 with
the chances in favor of 2,400.
There are 657 school children
and the population is fully 200
greater during the four winter
months than at any other time,
The white population of Mon,
roe is greater and the colored
population is less in proportion
than any town anywhere near
hose gsares,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
TO MONROE co. TEACHERS.

10 MONt<OE ". EAOhERS,
Our institute will be held in
Paris, beginning July 81, and
every effort will be put forth to
make the work pleasant and in
structive.
At the request of State Supt.
Darlington we have decided to
use the new institute outline.
This course offers several
branches not given in any pre-
vious outline. and though the
amendment to the institute law
does not go into effect until af-
ter our institute closes, it will
be an advantage to teachers to
study the new work as they
will be the better prepared on
the additional branches requir.
ed for certificates in the future.
A professional course will be
offered to those holding first
grade certificates. Those hold
ing this grade will not be re-
Quired to take examination in
all subjects, provided they at,
tend tie institute for at least
twelve days and do creditadle
work in the professional class,
Teachers holding second
grade certificates and desiring
to have the same renewed will
be permitted to enter this class
Any teacher who expects to at
tend the institute, may secure
an institute outline by sending
postage stamp to G, B. Hugley
Paris, Mo.
I ( .ra3t .lat crr"E tcacs2
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
AN INTERVIEW WITH MAI. R.
B. BRISTOW.

B. BRISTOW.
1T you ask me touching my
knowledge of and connection,
with the Jester Case Il have !
only this to say: l never
try my cases in the columns of
a newspaper. 1t is not general
iy profitable TO the client and
is veryapt to he hartRfui. A
great deal has already been
published concerning this case.
which is mere rot, / notice in to
days Republic 18th an interview
had with Judge Bashaw OF st.
Louis; the only remarka bic
thing about his interview is
that Judge Basllaw ever gave
utterance to facts herein al
legged or expressed, or the legal
opinion Eattributed to him. ]
know Judge Bashaw to be both
Il good lawyer and a careful aad
conservative judge, and it he
made the statement ia said ar
ticle or expressed the opinion
therein attributed to him, all
that l have to say is that the
judge has wonderfully changed
since he was aa.honest, discreet
and safe country lawyer and
counselor. Now, as to Judge
Rouse's connection with the
(Jester) case, if he ever had any,
it was simply because of the
fact that he was a partner of
Judge BashaW. When. Jester
was arraigned before the court
Judge John II. Redd announced
that he had no attorney and h&t2
40 money with which to employ
one; thereupon the court ap-
pointed Judge BaShaw aud my
self two brieAess sprigs of the
law at that time) as counsel.
This the records at Paris show.
Upon consultation with our eli.
ent it was Thought best to take
Il change of venue. This was
done. aud the case seat to Mex.
leo, Audraiu County. Jester es,
capped before che next term OF
court at Mexico. At that time
went carefully over the case
with my associate, Judge Ba
shaw. Our opinion then was, il
the case was to be carefully and
fairly tried it was necessary tC
remove it from Monroe County
where the prejudice against
Jester had been thoroughly anC
systematically aroused. l dc
not care to give details of the
evidence as / recollect it, eithel
to fortify the state or prejudice
the defendant, nor do | wish t.
express an opinion on the Law
of the case. l do not know
whether l will be called upon Il
assist in the defense of Jeste
or not, and if called upol
whether will or not. Thes
questions concern only Mr.. Jes
ter, his present attorneys an,
myself. Sufficient unto the da
is the evil thereof,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Optomestic views have been
sent out not sustained by facts,
nor shared by army men. Gen.
Otis is afraid that facts would
alarm the public" 1t is Il hard
comment, but nevertheless true
the suppression of facts by the
administration and Otis has
never been equaled by any one
except Weyler the butcher.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

The veil has been raised from
the face of the Globe Democrat
by its own hand. Here is its
latest utterance in regard 10
trusts. TRUSTS are ubiquitous
and omnivorouS. They are
found in all countries under
every kind of revenue system,
and they cover all sorts of in.
terests and activities. Except
as to its abuses, which the Re
publican party is pledged to re
move and will remove, the
principle of combination is
development of civilization. It
is based upon one OF society :
immutable laws. Legislation
can no more control the opera
tiou of tins prime iple within ~
legitimate sphere than it can
reverse the movement of Jupt.
/ ter in its orbit,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

The Democrats of Cole couN-
ty in convention instructed tor
Judge Shackelford and will
back him in the con"eut ion
Aug. 3 for congressman of the
L;gh'H District:
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.


The idea that a young man
must go west to make 4 living
or eventually pile up a compe-
taucy is all oosh as has been
proven in this city more than
once. Attention to business
which is conducted on the
Golden Rule principle is more
apt to win out in the Queen of
Prairies than is luck in farther
west. Here is your illustration
ON demonstration of tue state
ment. In 1891 two young clerks
Walter G. Williamson and
John w. Ragsdale concluded to
enter business for themselves
and did so. They opened up
small stock of groceries in the
brick room 20x60 feet at the
corner of Main and Summer
Streets. Their fresh stock and
polite afiable manners coupled
with fair prices soon attracted
attention and trade. They con-
tiuued as they commenced and
their trade grew in eight years
SO it was impossible to carry
the stock demanded by an ever
increasing trade. In 1893 they
fortunately secured the COM
modious Bouiware building
30X100 feet, almost opposite
their old stand. They moved
into it and changed their stock
to department. In II short
months they were again com
pelied to change by making
additions to their shelving Cd.
plcity to accomodate their ever
increasing stock and trade. The
shelving has been run up to the
ceiling a distance of fourteen
feet to make room for their shoe
stock and the large Queens
Ware rack that formerly 'occu.
pied the center front of the
room has been moved back some
thirty feet, giving the room an
inviting appearance to one up.
on entering it. Their I addition
to the shelving capacity gives
them plenty of floor space for
the shoe department which is
now a prominent feature of their
business. Their dry goods and
and notion department is still
on the North side of the room
and at the rear of those long
shelves filled with pretty things
for the ladies will be found the
order department tor gentlemen
The time has past when a young
man in this section of the coun,
, try can move across the creek
and take up a farm. but the
time has not passed when {
young business man can do wei
} here as the foregoing shows.