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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
For The Ledger
Flag OF the 4th Regiment S. G.
Cavalry.

As regards tho flag Of the 4th
Regiment South Carolina Cavalry
which was presented tc it by the
patriotic ladies Of the old Wax
haw section of Lancaster county
5 C., and Magills store jackson
Academy | have this to say that
have made diligent inquiry and
search to tind, but am sorry to
say have not as yet succeeded,
still this much l have learned in
regard 10 it. When General Wade
Hamptons cavalry command was
ordered from Virginia to South
Carolina to meet Shermane invad-
ing Army, l. I Jacks son, a mem
Der of Captain j G Fosters Com
pany H 4th Reg, S G. Cavalry
now living near old BeckhsmvilIe
in Chester county S 6, informs
me that he brought it back with
him to South Carolina and de-
posted it in his house for safe
keeping and that Sherman's men
must have burned or otherwise
destroyed it when plundering and
burning all houses that came in
way, or otherwise must have it yet
as grand trophy Of that ever
memorable and never to be for
gotten march. Should this be
the case and | trust that it NAV
be, it may yet turn up to delight
and qualification Of the old 4th
Regiment. Baptized as it was in
the very best blood of the chlval
rous sons of the old Palmetto
State, whose folds ever waved in
triumph DER many a bloody field
and which is eyer dear to the
hearts of each and every member
OF that glorious and gallant band.
Respt.
T r Magill.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
QUITS SOLD CONTRABAND.
So did Commissioner DOuthit,
and Probably Others,
What Miles Says About the New
Dispensary Scandal.
Special to The Daily News.

Columbia, S. c., Sept. %
Concerning the situation at the
dispensary Chairman Miles today
gave out the following statement:
81 don't care to have this mat
ter exploited in the newspapers
just at this time. until the COM
mittee Investigating the contra>
band business makes a report.
"But so far as Mr.. QUITS Is
concerned l learned from good
authority that he had been selling
contraband liquor since the last
meeting of the board. At that
meeting, you will remem Ger,
Shipping Clerk Black made
charges that contraband LIQUOR
was being sold, which did not ap
pear on his books. The board
passed a resolution that such
liquor should not be sold by any
employee to anybody. As chair
man | personally informed Mr..
Outzs and Mr.. Douthit of the
action of the board.
"Having heard last evening
that MIR. QUITS had violated these
Instructions | called on him and
asked him about it. He said that
he had sold contraband but did i,
because MIR. Douthit had said il
was oil right.
81 did not know until this
morning that Commissioner Dou
thit had been doing the same
thing, else | would have suspend.
ed him along with Mr.. QUITS.
called on him and told him tha,
such action was contrary to posi-.
tive instructions, but decided no,
to suspend nim awaiting the action
of the board at its next meeting
in October.
The intimations are that there
are other things behind and thai
Douthit and QUITS will both b,
ousted.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
A M1STRIAL FOR THE THIRD
TIME.
Jury in the Hughes Case Were
Not Able to Reach Verdict.
Eight Were Willing to
Acquit.
Special to The State.

Greenville, Sept 22-The Jury
in the Hughes case at 7 o'clock
this morning sent word to Judge
Gary that he WAS wanted In the
court house, and soon afterwards
the sheriff sent messengers for
Solicitor Ansel and the attorneys
of Mrs Hughes, and also for the
defendant, who did not come. Mr.
George johnson was the only at
torney present representing Mrs
Hughes, and no explanation has
been made why she did not appear
herself. Judge Gary asked the
foreman if the jury had agreed, and
the foreman replied that no agree
ment had been reached, and it
was not thought probable thsy
could agree after remaining to,
gether all night. Judge Gary
then asked whether the disagree
ment WAS upon a question of law
or fact, and the foreman replied
that II was a question of fact,
whereupon mistrial was ordered.
The jury stood eight for ac,
quittal and four for conviction,
and while the proposition was no,
formally made by the minority, il
is understood that verdict OF
manslaughter would have beer
accepted by the four Jurors who
STOOD for conviction. In the frs
trial two voted for acquittal an,
in the second there we're five, anC
the progression now made TO eigh
would encourage the idea that an
other trial might result in an &C
quittal.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
Items From the Kershaw Era.
T r Magill.

Items From the Kershaw Era.
The boiler and engine of the
Kershaw Milling and Ginning
Co. arrived last Wednesday and
has been put in place. Messrs.
Poag & Harper of Lancaster sup
ervised the work. About today
or tomorrow the company will he
ready for ginning and little la
ter will put in their roller wheat
and corn mill. We urge the farm
ers to plant plenty of wheat this
season. In addition to raising for
own consumption they can raise
some to sell.
Miss Matilda Croxton met with
painful accident on the school
grounds Thursday. We are glad
to note it was not serious enough
to conflict with her duties as
teacher.
mayor f. ID. Blakeney made a
flying visit to Charlotte the past
week.
Misses Annie Welsh and Lille
Floyd left last Thursday for
Hickory, \. c., to enter Clare,
mont college.
9S7 bales of cotton have been
sold here up to yesterday from
September /. The highest price
paid for the week was 6:55.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
SHOT BY THE LEADING
LADY.
A Tragedy in the Chattanooga
Opera House Just Before the
Curtain Rose.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept %
Julia Morrison, leading lady of
the "Mr Plaster of Paris" farce
comedy company, shot and killed
Frank Leiden, stage manager and
leading man, tonight, on the
stage of the city opera house, Just
before the curtain rose for the
performance. Three shots were
fired at close range, all taking
effect in Leiden's head. He sank
to the floor and was dead in few
minutes. The woman was ar
rested and taken to the city Jail.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
ROUNLAP BALES IN ENG
LAND.
Hon William G Lovering's Demon
stration of Three Cotton Bales
unrolling Automatically.
(BOSton Transcript. J

Hon William g Lowering has
returned from Europe where he
has been looking after the intereste
of the American Cotton Company.
He found the spinners of England
and the Continent using the Round-
lap Bale with the greatest salts
faction. They are keenly alive to
all the money saving advsntsg sges
of the new system. The ease with
which the bale is handled in tran
sit and at the mill delights them.
The low cost of freight and in
surance, the immunity from fire
in the mill and the fact that there
are no hoops, wires or metal of
any kind used in baling are
features that especially appeal to
the thrifty European spinners.
MIR Lowering had the oppor-
tunity to address meeting of
prominent cotton manufacturers
of Lancashire on the mer it's of the
Roundlap Bale, and by the courte
sy of Messrs Howard and Bull
Tough, of Accrington, they were
invited to witness a demonstration
of the running of three bales of
cotton directly on the apron of a
scutcher. Nothing could have
been more perfect or absolutely
satisfactory than the working OF
the cotton in this way. The
scutcher was started With three
bales upon the apron and ran of
ut once without a hitch or inter
ruption. The noise made by che
beaters was a steady deep and
healthful hum, showing that the
machine was doing it's work with
out laboring in the least. The
lap that was made was clean and
even running, weighing sixteen
ounces to the yard.
The spinners took the creates,
interest in the demonstration anC
with one accord expressed their
complete satisfaction with the
operation. They said that they
saw IN the new system great
revolution in cotton manufactur.
ing. They are all anxious to buy
the new bale, and are ready to
give orders ut once.
They are surprised and gratified
to see that the scutcher was ar
ordinary scutcher, such as they
were using in all their mills. They
had been led to think that it re
quired special machinery for tn,
purpose whereas it only required
a little heavier apron to carry the
bales or laps, weighing two hun
dred and sixty pounds each.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
A Serious Explosion in Green
vile Mill.
Special to the State.

Special to the State.
Greenville, Sept. %. 2.-There
was a disastrous explosion at the
mills cotton mill at $50 Il. m. to
day. The steam chest was wreck
ed, large hole was made IN the
roof OF the engine and the sur
rounding machinery and fixtures
were badly di.arranged. No one
was in the room when the eXplos =
ion occurred. If the engineer
and the force putting in a new en-
gine had been present it is sure
there would have been one or more
fatalities. The explosion was
caused by water getting in a
steam pipe. The steam chest was
completely ruined, a section of
casting weighing several hundred
pounds being blown off and
through the roof, which is q high
one. The chest will have to he
pl actically rebuilt, and the dam
age will foot up into the the thous-
anis. ...
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY

1t is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern in
the land who are not afraid to be
generous to the needy and suffer
ing. The proprietors of DR. Kings 5
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, have given
over ten million trial bottles of
this great medicine; and have the
satisfaction of knowing it has
absolutely cured thousands of
hopeless cases. Asthma, Bron>
chitis, Hoarseness and all diseases
of the Throat, Chest and Lungs
are surely cured by it. Call on
Crawford Bros Druggist, and
get free trial bottle. Regular
size SOC. and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded.
Or. Milee' Rses lrsIls arc Spsranteed 10 sec,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
Elijah Joyner Convicted.


Raleigh, n. c., Sept. ga
special to The News and Observer
from GrcenviIle, n. c., saws: To
day in the superior court Elijah
Joyner was convicted in the first
degree of murder and arson at
Dongola last April. The entire
trial consumed only three hours
and when the case was given to
the jury they were but Is min.
utcs in reaching a verdict.
Judge IIoke sentenced Joyner
to be hanged Friday, Nov. 10.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27

physiology and hygiene sums up
the effects of tobacco on the body
and the mind as follows: "Tobuc-
co costs the body its best develop
ment and it's perefect health; the
mind its highest development and
its most brilliant achievements.
The authorities of our naval and
military schools, desiring that our
soldiers and sailors should possess
a high degree of both mental and
physical development, prohibit the
use of tobacco in these institutions.
A great many of our normal
schools and colleges will not ad-
NIT pupils who use tobacco. The
theological schools of most, if not
all, denominations take this
ground
A prominent railroad man has
recently thrown down the gage of
battle to the cigarette He is
general freight agent on a large
railroad, and employs many young
men as clerks. He has announced
that in the future he will not en-
ploy any young men who are ad
dicted to the cigarette habit, and
further than this, be expresses his
intention Of getting I'D of all
cigarette tiends now working IN
his department. He gives the
following reasons for his decision.
"Among the 200 IN my service,
thirty two are cigarette tiends.
Eighty five per cent. of the mis-
takes Occur ing IN the Office are
traceable to these thirty>two
smokers. They fall behind with
Their work, and when transferred
to other desks, which men who do
not smoke handle costly, get along
just as badly, showing that it is
not the amount of work but the
inability or Incidence Of the per
former. The natural conclusion
is that the thlrty-two young men
are holding positions deserved by
better men"
From these indications | feel
safe in venturing the prediction
that our coming preachers and
teachers will not be tobacco
worms;' but that in the near
future intelligent christians will
say to the would-be preachers who
use tobacco, "Show your fitness
for this sacred calling, sir, by
abstaining from the dirty tobacco
habit. Then we will listen to
your exhortations to others to
quit their sinful habits; and scnool
boards and patrons will say to the
would be teachers who indulge in
the weed ''Prove your quail
fcations for the high and re-.
sponsibIe work of training the
children of our fair land by Ieal-
ing Oft that vile tobacco habit.
Then we will consider Your ap-
plication."
Anti TObacconist.
Deioht. - &. Sent 81 'Qu
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
RED HOT FROM THE
GIN

Was the ball that hit G B
Steadmen of Newark, Mich, in
the Civil War. 1t caused hor-
ribls Ulcers that no treatment
helped for 90 years. Then Buck
lens Arnica Salve cured him.
Cures Cuts, Bruises, Boils, Felons,
Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
cure on earth. 25 cts. box.
Cure guaranteed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
Filipinos Capture American Gun,
boat.

Manila, Sept 25-4:30 p MT
is reported that the insurgents
have captured the United States
gunboat Urdaneta, in the Grani
river, in the northwest side of
Manila bay, where she was patrol
ling. One officer and nine of her
crew are missing.
@- Have you forgotten to
pay your subscription to Ledger
~ Pay your subscription to
LEDsERl ~a'-n'
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27

To Csre Constipation rorevsr.
q q G. O ian 70 cure. dssssisss refuad money no I =.
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Educate Year Bowels with Casoarsss.
CAndy Caehartte, cure coastipatioR forever
10. ss. n Q, Q. @. tan, S~ssEisss rsfuns money.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-27
For The Ledger
EVILS OF THE TOBACCO
HABIT.

Mr. EDIToR:-Will you please
allow me, through the medium of
your paper, to give to the reading
public some of my views on tobac-
co usingl Your correspondent
has been for sometime deeply i'm
pressed by the silence of the press
and the pulpit on the evils OF the
tobacco habit. However, this is
not universally so: for in some
parts of our country the press
and the pulpit, the two greatest
moulders of sentiment, are con
demning the using of tobacco in
thunder tones. Many States and
territories have passed stringent
laws forbldding the furnishing of
tobacco in any form to minors
under certain ages. Also most of
the States and territories have
laws requiring instruction to be
given to all pupils in the public
schools on the nature and effects
of tobacco, as we'll as alcohol.
Your humble scribe is of the
opinion that were this instruction
; faithfully given that it would tell
largely on the next generation by
the decrease in tobacco users and
whiskey drinkers; but he does
not believe that tobacco user
will avail anything for good, by
giving instruction to children on
the injurious effects of tobacco.
Neither will whiskey drinker
lessen the evils of strong drink.
On the other hand person teaches
what he Is. If he is dishonest he
teaches dishonesty; if he is a liar
he teaches lieing; if he is drunk,
ard he teaches drunkenness, and
If he is a tobacco user he is teach
ing those over whom he has an
influence the vile tobacco habit.
There is nothing more true than,
"Actions speak louder than
words. - If the world is to be
taken for God, preachers must
practice what they preach. And
if the next generation is to be
truly educated, teachers must
pra ctice what they pretend to
teach.
Perhaps some one is ready tC
ask, what is there about the to-
bacco habit to make it such 3
serious natter Allow me tc
answer by the authority of tn,
most eminent medical men of oul
country, together with the state
ments of public men of wide
observation, that tobacco seriously
effects the nervous system, i'm
pairs the mental powers, creates
craving for strong drink, lowers
the moral tone, and lowers scholar
ship, besides being expensive,
Psychologists tell us that tobacco
checks the development of tn,
brain, and unables it at all time.
to do its best work. Emlnen
educators, professors and presi
dents Of our higher institutions o.
learning say that of their pupils
who make the best scholar
seventy five per cent. do not us,
tobacco while eighty five pc
cont. of their poorest scholar
use 1t In some form Or another
They tell us that pupils addicted
to this habit are not only stunteC
in mind, but that boys who be
gin its use at an early age neve,
arrive ~ normal bodily develop
ment.
? We are told by the highest all
thority that tobacco creates
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-05
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident of which Mr..
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
Il was in most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain contin-
ually in back and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately. friend advised trying
Electric Bitters, and to my great Joy
and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided Improvement. L continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
a well man. l know they saved
my life, and robbed the grave of an
other victim.'' No one should fail to
try them. Only 80 cents per bottle
At Hartz &c Ullemever's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-05

The multiplication of trusts is so
rapidly crushing out Independent pro-
ducers and competition that the Spring
field. Mass Republican is impelled
to inquire: What of the general in
dustrial effect of this? Every trust
that has been formed has closed some
factories and discharged some wage
labor, and people have talked of it as q
paneful influence of consolidation and
monopoly. And what. then. when it
begins to add commercial travellers to
the army of the unemployed, and
when other salaried or commissioned
agents and then merchants-among
the very mainstays of the existing in
dustrial and social fabric" And here
comes the answer from the Dubuque
Telegraph: Lone effect will be that
many men who went about the country
talking for Mckinley in 1896 will vote
for the democratic candidate for presi-
dent in 1900. Having lost their jobs
by supporting the republican party,
they will endeavor to regain them by
supporting the democrats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-05
Grain-O Brings Relief

To the coffee drinker. Coffee drink
ing is habit that is universally in
dulged in and almost as universally
injurious. Have you tried Grain-O?
1t is almost like coffee, but the effects
are just the opposite. Coffee upsets
the stomach, ruins the digestion, af-
fects the heart and disturbs the whole
nervous system. Grain-O tones up
the stomach, aids digestion and
strengthens the nerves. There is
nothing but nourishment in Grain-O.
1t can't be otherwise. Is and 25 cents
per package.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-05
FOSTER FRIZZES.

Foster, April 3.-Several of the
schools opened today for the spring
term.
Easter services at the Baptist
church were very well attended.
William Roseman and wife, of An
dalusia, came down Saturday to visit
Mrs. Roseman's parents.
Luke Cunniff came down from Alta
LISA, Iowa, last Saturday, to open his
spring term of school at No. 2.
Mr.. and Mr.. William Krauz moved
their household goods to Buffalo
Prairie last week, where they will re-
side this summer.
A telephone wire is being put up
from Eliza to Foster and thence to
Muscatine, which will be greatly APP
preciated by our denizens.
Henry Mardock, an old and re-
spected citizen of this township,
is suffering with a cancerous growth
in one of his ears, and underwent q
surgical operation last week. His
many friends are hoping that nothing
serious will come of il, and that he
soon will recover from it's dangerous
effects
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-05
Publication Notice-In Attachment.

State of Illinois. &C
County of Rock Island
Circuit court OF Rock Island county, May
term, A. ID. 1899
tachment.
Public notice IS hereby given to the said
Henrietta NJ. BenSer. that a writ OF attach
menU issued out Of the Office OF the Gle k of
the circuit court of mock Island county, dated
the sth day of March, A. ID 1893, at the suit of
the said Joseph l.. Haas and 9gainst tn estate
OF the said H. nrietta NJ Benser for the sum
of twelve hundred ard eighty-eight dollars
and twenty cents, directed to the Shit rin of
said Rock Island comfy, which said writ has
been returned executed.
Now. therefore unless you. the said Henri
eta NJ. BenSer shall personally be and appear
before the said circuit court OF Rock Island
county on the first day of the next term thereof
to be holden at the count house in the city OF
Rock Island in said county on the first day of
May. a d. 1893, give special bail. and plead to
the said plainti1 action. judgment will he
entered against you. and In favor of tn said
Joseph l.. Haas and SO much of the property.
attached as may be sufficient TO satisfy said
Judgment and costs viii be sold TO satisfy the
same.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE clerk.
CHARLES BUFORD. Plaintiff 5 Attorney.
March 18th. y. D. 1899
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-05
Notice of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
State of Illinois, -
Rock Island County.

Rock Island County S.
In the circuit court, May term, A. D. 1892
Rock Island Mutual Building Lo n and Savings
Association William l. Stevens. Lottie
r Stevens James w. Atkinson, Thomas
LyneSs ana William d. Stevens.
Afidavit OF non-resideuce of the defendant
William ID. Stevens, impleaded with the above
defendants, William L. Stevens. Lottie f stew
ems. James W. Atkinson ana Thomas LyneSS,
having been filed in the clerk s office of the cir
cult court OF said county. notice is therefore
hereby given to the said nonresident defend
ant that the complainant fled its bill of com
plant in said court. on the chancery side there
of. On the twenty-ninth day OF March. 1899 and
that thereupon u summons issued out of said
court. wherein said suit is now pending, re-
turnnble on the first Monday in the month of
May next, is By law required. Now,
unless you, the said nonresident defendant
above named, William ID. Stevens, shall
personally be and appear before said
circuit court, the first day of the
next term thereof, to be holden a. rock Island
in and for the said county. on the first Monday
in May next. and plead, answer or de-
muir TO said complainant's bill of complaint,
the same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated will be taken as confessed
and "a decree entered against you according
to the prayer of said bill.
GEORGE w. GAMBL Clerk.
Rock Island. Illinois. March ~. A. 1899
l. II. GUYER, Complainant ) y citoE.