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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-06-21
For The Ledger.
Dwight Items.

Mr.. EDIToR:-The recent rains
have wonderfully revived the
spirits of our farmers as we'll as
the crops.
There has recently been consid-
cradle corn planted in this vicinity
on lands that had previously been
too dry and hard.
Miss Crete Hilton, a charming
young lady from Longsville, is
visiting relatives and friends in
this neighborhood.
The Young people of Dwight
gave sociable at Buford school
house on the afternoon of Satur-
day, 10th instant. Nearly all of
the young people of the neighbor-
hood turned out, and all present
seemed to greatly enjoy the oc-
casion. The time was spent in
social chat, playing croquet,
marble, and bas9ball-In fact the
young people of Dwight always
enjoy themselves when together.
They are not only pretty, hand
some, and clever, but, above all,
they are good. The boys not only
love the girls, but love each other;
they also love and honor their
parents, and they enjoy the love
and confidence of their parents.
Be it said to the credit of the
young people of this nelghbor-
hood that there is scarcely n to.
bacco or snuff user among them,
or young man that can be in
duced to drink whiskey. They
are interested in themselves and
in each other, and a great many
of them are ambitious for an
education. Many of the parents
are fully alive as to the Importance
of giving their children up>to- date
educational advantages; and be-
sides they ale an energetic, clever,
and ger e:ous, people. Taking all
these things into consideration,
we can only predict n bright
future for Dwight.
A number Of the young men
of this neighborhood are pursu
ing courses of home study under
the American Correspondence
Normal. They are we'll pleased
with their courses and are making
nice progress.
Dear reader, if you have made
some progress up the ladder of
life do not look upon those with
scorn or indifference, that are on
the rounds below, but if you
discern their heart-strength fail.
ing, if you perceive that they are
loosing courage, and, in dispair,
are loosing their hold on the last
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-06-21
Attention Veterans!

The Dixie Camp of Confederate
veterans will meet at the court
house the first Monday in July,
at II o'clock, q. m. for the pur-
pose of clecting a delegate TO the
convention to be held in Chester
to devise plan for purifying the
pension roll; also to elect spon-
,sor to attend the reunion of veter-
ans IN Chester next month. All
veterans who are not members of
this camp are invited to meet
with us. w q A Porter,
Commander.
Geo. w Jones, Adjt.
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The First Person Bringing Us a
Correct Answer 10 the Riddle
Below Will be Presented
with 7-PieCe Berry Set.

What the longest and the shortest thing the
wlttest the slow, visblc
the least valued and most regrcc without which nothing
which devours everything ves life
and spirit to everything, however great
Watch this spnce week Riddle
80 cents the Dollar prices, from Close
ass ware Lamps and Vases. . Call and
Blown Cumbers at Is set before they gone
few dozen left \ splendid goblet each.
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Change OF Schedule.

Change OF Schedule.
A change of schedule on the S
G & G extension went into effect
Monday. The sonthbound train
now passes here at 1905 a. m. =,
and the northbound at lis p. m.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-06-21

The hopewell Alliance will
meet next Saturday at 3 o'clock
p. m. to elect delegates to the
county Alliance.
II & Steele,
Pres.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-06-21

The Lancaster Court House
Alliance will meet in the court
house Saturday, June oath at $3.50
p. m. Important business to at
tend to. f. EveralI,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-06-21

Contractor w S Langley has
the contract for rebuilding the L
d { depot recently burned at this
place. The work will be com
menced at an early date. The de-
pot will be about the style and
dimensions of the one burned.
except that the passenger waiting
rooms will open on Main street.
Conductor McCrorey and MIR.
Chas. + Carter returned from
their trip through western North
Carolina yesterday, having enjoy
ed their trip immensely.
Mr.. II Nj johnson returned
hume from Norfolk last Saturday
quite sick and has been confined to
his bed ever since.
The Messrs McWhirter, broth
ers of the late j w McWhirter,
are here, looking after the latter S
estate.
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REGISTRATION NOTICE,

THEPUB BLTCW WILL TAKE notice
Il that the Registration Books wiz
be open. at the court house. for the
registration Of parties entitled to reg.
lister under the Constitution, on the
lat Monday i'm each month, until SO
days preceding G next general eiee-
ton
WIG A PORTER.
Chairmsn Board Registration l. G
Lancaster. 8
Dec 6 1893.
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spent several days here with rela>
tives this week. She left yester-
day to visit her daughter at Rock
Hill.
Mrs. Hettie Williamson and
son, Sam Williamson, of Monroe,
n. g., and Mrs. r l. Simpson
and son, Robert Simpson, of
Danville, Va, are guests of Col.
j n Crockett and family.
Mr.. w f Cook of Kershaw,
spent Sunday with his kinsman,
Auditor j A Cook.
Ganson will begin taking stock
in two weeks. TO close out rem
nants before stock-taking be offers
some wonderful bargains IN his
ad. to-day.
Lewis Barnes, COL, was COM
mitted to Jail Monday to await
trial for assault and battery with
intent TO kill.
Tom Barnes, col. has been re-
leased from Jail on bond pending
an appeal on conviction in Magis-
trate Caskey's court of carrying
concealed weapon.
There will be service in the
Episcopal church Thursday after
noon at $50 o'clock, conducted
by the Rev. j w Cantey johnson.
Messrs. j G Elliott, l. S Elliott,
Probate Judge Jones and Senator.
Hough, are attending the Floral
Horse show IN Columbia this
week.
jim Barnes, col, was sent to
the chain gang Monday for 80
days. He was convicted before
Magistrate Caskey for violating
laborer's contract.
Solve the riddle IN b C Hough
e Co.'S ad. today and get the re.
ward. The first to solve it will
be the one to get the seven piece
Berry set.
Patrons of the public schools
in the various school districts
throughout the county should not
forget they are to meet next Sat-
urday to suggest Trustees for
their various schools.
List of letters advertised for
the week ending June 90, 1899:
Emma Brown, Joseph HEY,
Grant Laney.
j + Gregory, =. Nj.
Fine Livery. This is the cap
tion of Elliott & Crawford's new
ad. to-day, but they tell you about
much more than their fine livery.
Read it. You may need n horse,
wagon, buggy, or set of harness
and they can furnish it cheap.
j w Walters of Tradesville,
brought us cotton boil yester-
day which was pIucked on the
18th. He says he has plenty of
cotton now with two and three
hollis to the stalk.
Mr.. Spurgeon Cherry exhibited
a curiosity in the way of rat to
the editor a few days ago. 1t
was rat in everything except
that it had the head and color of
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B. {. HOUGH & Co.

job Printing.
Law Briefs, Minutes, all kinds
of Blanks, Bill and Letter Heads.
Envelopes, and all kinds of job
Printing done in the best style
and at lowest prices. Call at The
LEDGER Office and see samples Of
my work and get prices.
HUGH WILSON,
Abbeville, S. G.
Press and Banner Office.
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No morphine or opium In DR.. Miles' PArs
PnIA- CuB1 All Pain. "ons cent dcseN"
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Local MattGrs !.
Miss Ida Huey of Rock Hill, is
the guest CT the Misses Hood.

Rev. A MacFarlan requests us
to announce that there will be no
service at Hopewell Methodist
church next Sunday.
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Mrs. j w Moore of Hunters
vile, n. g., visited her sister,
Mrs. j F Hunter, at this place,
the past week.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-06-21

Mrs. j T Nettles of Camden,
spent several days here with rela>
tives this week. She left yester-
day to visit her daughter at Rock
Hill.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-06-21

MIR. Spurgeon Cherry exhibited
a curiosity in the way of rat to
the editor few days ago. 1t
was rat in everything except
that it had the head and color of
leatherwing bat and made a
noise like bat.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
Allan Line Steamer Wrecked.

The Castilian Went on the Rocks Near
Yarmouth, N. s.---AII on Board Were
Rescued---ship and Cargo valued at
sI,5OO,OOO.
The new Allan line steamer Castilian,
from Portland for Halifax, went ashore at
Gannett Rock, near Yarmouth N. s.. at 4:3O
o'clock Sunday morning at low tide in
dense fog her compasses being deranged.
The Castilian arrived at Halifax from Liv-
erpool ten days ago on her maiden voyage,
and went to Portland to load cargo for re-
turn She is 5000 tons net register, being
the largest Allan line steamer ahoat The
ship was in charge of Capt. Barrett and
officers, formerly of the steamer Partisan,
the entire crew of the Partisan having
been transferred to the new boat. The
steamer was due to embark mails and pas
sengers at Halifax for Liverpool.
The steamer began leaking Immediately
after she struck, but the best discipline pre-
vailed among the passengers. They re-
turned to their berths and were called out
again to don life preservers, which many
were wearing when they reached Var
mouth on tugs at S:15 Sunday evening,
Fifty passengers and the crew all saved
their baggage. The place of the disaster
Is u lew miles from WDeTe Jne MOThNldn VI
the Allan line was lost some years ago.
The Castilian had been moving slowly,
with sharp outlook in the haze. The of
ficers wanted to give wide berth to Cape
Sable, which they feared they might be
| nearing. Nothing of whistle or buoy was
| heard or seen, and no sign of land until
the shock, which was so light many passen-
gers thought it was heavy wave. Engines
| were reversed, but when it was found the
| steamer held fast the boats were got ready
and the sleeping passengers awakened, and
told to pack up in case it should be neces-
sary to send them ashore.
Goodness was displayed by the whole
| crew. Rockets were fired at intervals,
and at daylight the first officer and the
purser went ashore in a small boat to Tus-
ket. They drove nine miles to Yarmouth
| for assistance. During the time the pas
sengers were waiting for help the sea be-
gan to run high, and the rolling of the
| ship became unpleasant. In the afterno Don
the boats were launched and the passen-
gers and crew told off to them.
| Shortly after the whistle of tugs were
heard, and at o'clock all hands but the
| captain, engineers and some of the crew
were safely taken off and conveyed to Var
mouth.
The Castilian was valued at about $780,
600 and her cargo at $3.50, 900. This is the
most valuable cargo that the Allans have
ever shipped from Portland The princi-
pal items were grain and provisions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
AnAdventure with Lions.

| had lain reading for some time, and
after putting out my lantern had curled up
in my blankets, when the lions began to
roar again. This banished sleep; so, get
ting up, | went outside to listen and
made out that they were coming nearer
and nearer through :he cane. Taking my
binoculars, l lay down in position to use
them through the opening of my tent doors,
which were tapping quietly in the night
air, and my rifle lay also under my hand
ready for any eventuality.
The roaring continued, and the volume
of sound swelled-nearer and ever near
er the angry voices echoed in unison; but,
in spite of binoculars, it was some time be-
fore | made out the forms of any of the
great beasts who were breaking my rest,
till two of them moved up to where the
crest of the sand rose against the horizon,
and their forms doomed dark against the
sky. Having satisfied myself in this way,
l then moved back into my blankets, and
lay with my rifle alongside of me, my long
hunting-knife stuck upright in the ground
beside me, and fell to wondering what
would happen next. 1t was the first time
that l had heard lions roaring within so
yards, and was interested in listening to
the harsh low "gurr" which one can only
hear at very close quarters.
Fancying that the lions were really NOV
ing down TO the river to drink, l lay listen
ing, when suddenly the noise ceased in
simultaneously and was succeeded by the
silence of the grave-a hush that could be
absolutely felt seemed to fall on the night
and l knew lnstinctively that they had
got my wind, and that if they meant giving
trouble it would not be long in coming
Crash, bang, clatter and all was
uproar for moment, as the charging brute
came on the top of me, pressing in the can
vas as he lit, but bounding instantly away
behind my head, scared, suppose, by fall of
all the tin plates, dishes, and cooking uten-
sils that my Kaffir had left at the tent corner
uncleaned, and which he had luckily hit
hard as he sprang, bringing them down
with clatter that was too much for his
nerves. This was coming it little too
strong; so, showing my rifle barrels outside
the door, fired a shot low, TO make the
hollow bullet sing, then turning round,
repeated the.tune in the opposite direction,
which l thought the lion had taken; and
soon l had the satisfaction of hearing
them all roar again in the cane, but now
a good two hundred yards away Bad
minton Magazine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Bold Band of Burglars
Have Operated Three Times Within
Week Near BInghamtOn, N. Y.,---One
HnId.Up In western style.

Have Operated Three Times Within
Week Near BInghamtOn, N. Y.,---One
HoId-Up In western style.
Eight masked men entered the house of
Patrick Maloney near Binghamton, N. Y,
Sunday night. Mrs. Maloney, the daugh-
ter and the hired man were tied fast. Fire
was then applied to the feet of the older
woman until she disclosed the hiding place
of the valuables in the house. The men APP
peared to know that Miss Maloney had just
secured her months pay as public school
teacher. They secured $40 in money, a
gold watch and some jewelry. This crime
is believed to have been committed by part
of the same gang that committed the bur
glary in Waverly the next night and who
operated in Binghamton a few days earlier.
A hold-up in true western bandit style
occurred at Waverly, n. Y, at 2 o'clock
Monday morning Eleven masked and
armed men entered the power house of the
Traction company and ordered three en-
ployes to hold up their hands, bound them
securely and placed them in an empty car,
where they secured them by ropes around
their necks, attached to a handle bar above.
Then leaving one man to guard them, they
blew open three safes in the office and Sc
cured ST in cash. About o'clock one OF
the employees succeeded in freeing his
hands and the others were quickly cut
loose The police were summoned, but nc
clew was found. To Judge by their work
the robbers were professional cracksmen
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
BARRELS OF SAMPLES.
Over Two Hundred Thousand Bottles
Sent Free by Mail.

By special arrangement with the manufactur
ers of that justly famous Kidney medicine, DIR.
David Kennedy Favorite Remedy, the readers
of The Vermont Phoenix are enabled to obtain
trial bottle and pamphlet of valuable medical ad
vice absolutely free, by simply sending. their full
name ard post Office address TO DIR. DAVID
KENNEDY CORPORATION, Rondout, N. Y,
andImentioning this paper.
OF course this involves enormous expense to
the manufacturers, but they have received so
many grateful letters from those who have been
benefited and cured of the various diseases of
the Kidneys, Liver, Bladder and Blood, Rheuma-
tism, Dyspepsia and Chronic Constipation, and
all weaknesses peculiar to women, that they
willingly send trial bottles to all sufferers.
Upon investigation it was found that 81 per
cent of those who had used the trial bottle had
received such benefit from it that they purchased
large sized bottles of their druggists,
1t matters not how sick you are or how many
physicians have failed to help you, send for a
trial bottle of this great medicine it costs you
but a:postal card, and benefit and cure will most
certainly be the result.
Put some urine In glass tumbler and let 1t
stand "a hours, if it has sediment if it is pale
or discolored, milky or cloudy, stringy or rspy,
your. Kiddeys or Bladder are in bad condition
DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy speedily
cures such dangerous symptoms as pain in the
back, inability to hold urine, burning scalding
pain in passing it, frequent desire to urinate, es-
pecially at night the staining of linen by your
urine and all the unpleasant and dangerous eff
fects on the system produced by the use
whiskey ,1wIne or beer. DR.. David Kennedys
Favorte Remedy is sold at all drug stores at 90
for large bottle; six bottles for $500,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
DisgracetuI Scene at a Hanging.

Mrs. Cordela Poirier and Samuel Pars-
low were hanged at st. Scholastique, Que
bee, Friday. They were charged with
numbering the woman's husband. Mrs.
Poirier, who said farewell to her relatives,
was firm and collected throughout. She
took the parting mass and on the scaffold
shook hands with the hangman without
tremor or fear. The crowd inside the jail
jeered at her and at the suggestion of the
executioner she turned and faced the jeer-
ers and stood erect and prayed to the last.
Parslow, who exhibited much less courage,
was more dead than alive when the drop
fell. The condemned pair were taken to
the scaffold separately and prevented from
seeing each other by screen placed be-
tween them Six hundred men, who re-
manned up all night, witnessed the execu-
ton. Outside the Jail there we're 1000
more who tried to batter down the gate of
the Jail yard and could only be made to de-
sist by the provincial police firing revolvers
into the air. The behavior of the crowd
inside was such that one of the priests,
Rev. Father Meloche, had to reprove them
from the scaffold.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
Snakes Are the Cats of Philippines.

The snakes are the professional rat
catchers in the Philippine article, and
every well-regulated household must have
its snakes. "Nearly all of the older bunga-
lows in Manila" a correspondent writes,
'possess what are called house-snakes,
huge reptiles generally twelve or fourteen
feet long, and as thick as a fire-engine hose,
that permanently reside up in the roof and
live on rats. These big creatures are harm
less and rarely if ever leave their abodes.
Judging from the noise over my cloth cell
ing, pair of these pets find pasturage up
above, and l can hear them whacking
around about once a week in their chase
after rats. They are good though noisy
rat-catchers; but since they must need eat
all they catch, their efficiency seems to be
limited to their length of stomach. The
only way to get rid of the rats seems
to be to buy more snakes, and this is sim
pie enough, for you often see the natives
hawking them around in town, the boas
curled up around bamboo poles, to which
their heads are tied"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
OverrIpe Hay.

One of the most common errors is in al
lowing the hay crop to become overripe.
This not only reduces the dlgestibility of
the crop, but also greatly lessons its palata-
bility, fact too often overlooked in the
feeding of dairy stock. 1t would be econ
omy, in case large amount of hay is to
be harvested, to cut part of it even before
the crop is fully grown, rather than to al
low any considerable portion of it to be-
come tough and woody by standing until
the seed is formed. Late cut grass is not
only less digestible and less palatable than
that cut while in bloom, but also requires
large amount of labor ON the part of the
animal to make the food nutrients available.
The difference in favor of early cut is ID
per cent for the portein, 81 per cent for the
fat, per cent for the nitrogen free extract,
and III per cent for the fibre. In other
words, early cut grass averages about 10
per cent more digestible matter than late
cut American Agriculturist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
Germany WIN support NIataara.

The North German Gazette, in promi-
nently reproducing an article from the
Cologne Gazette discussing the aspect of
the Samoan question, gives to the article
the stamp of official approval. 1t con-
tends that Chief Justice Chambers exceed
ed his jurisdiction in declaring Mataafa in
eligible for the kingship of the islands.
This, it is held, was an international ques-
ton which did not concern Justice Cham
bers, who had merely to decide who had
been elected king according to Samoan Gus
TOM The opposition of DR.. Raffel, late
president of the municipal council at Apia,
to the resumption by Mr.. Chambers of his
office of chief justice of the supreme court
is condemned, as is also the latter's atti-
tude in the Grossmuhi incident.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
The RIotous CoIored Immunes.

Further particulars in regard to the con-
duct of the 10th immunes were received
at Raleigh, N. c., Friday from the towns
along the Seaboard Air line. Between At
lanta and Monroe they shot flagman Sam
Sealy in the heel, inflicting a painful
wound. At Monroe the soldiers raided the
dispensary, carrying off about 70 packages
of :whiskey. At Henderson they came
near killing an old white man named
Crozier. In Weldon, N. c., John Bat
tie, a respectable colored man, was forced
to drink seven glasses of whiskey. Battle
fell down senseless soon after drinking the
liquor and died before physician could be
summoned. The riotous troops forced
their way into stores and saloons taking
what ever they wanted. A switchman who
failed to run at their command was fired
upon and the people on the streets insulted.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
Flood of Japanese Laborers.

News from Tacoma, WASH, March 10,
states that labor circles in the Northwest
are much agitated over reports, which are
received with general credence, that hun
dreds of Japanese contract laborers are
being brought into Puget Sound cities
Every month from from 500 to 1000 Japan,
ese laborer are being landed at Tacoma.
Vancouver ana Portland. Practically all
pass inspection, the requirements of which
that hundreds of these men are finding
employment on various railroad lines.