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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-03-15

The sympathetic tenderness of low
Ing husband is everything to an expec-
tant mother, especially during her first
ordeal; George Layton, Esq, a prorIi-
nent druggist of Dayton, o., gives the
following case:
A customer Of mine whose wife has used
iour bottles OF Mothers Friend" before con-
hnement says after seeing the effects of the
remedy, that IL she had to go through the ordeal
again, and there were but four bottles ON the
market and the cost was 500 per bottle, she
Mothers Friend" Ia scientifically
compounded liniment which affords GER
tain relief in the various ailments pre-
ceding childbirth, and assures proper
elasticity to the cords and muscles in
volved in the final ordeal.
Mothers Friend" Is sold by drug
g1sts, or expressed on receipt of one
dollar.
Valuable book, "Before Baby k
Born" mailed free on application.
THE BRADFiELo REeUuToR Co.. Atlanta. Ga.
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President j w Syringe, of the
National Live Stock association,
after personal investigation of
the condition Of the cattle in
Texas, places the loss from the
blizzard at 10 per cent. This is
the most serious loss, he says,
since 1885, when over 90 per
cent. of the range cattle perished.
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IARNERy DIIkI|G 4 IICRC|IIIIE A.,
The Army Has Lost Over Five
Thousand Men.

Washington, March 1O.-Tho
following statement has> been
issued showing the total mum ber
of deaths reported to the adIutant
generals office between May /,
lS9S and February 2S, 1899:
Killed in action 329; died of
wounds 1876; died of disease 5,
277. Total 5,731.
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For The Ledger.
Camp Creek Dots.


Inc farinHrH or tHlS SeHiloh ar"
getting ready Tor the spring plants
ing owing TO the I"'I '"n''"o""
rams Ilt'i" work mas be'h "o'i' on
the IafInS' rs yet lac h'aI'h OF
the community Is good
hner" WIS prc"chl"- "' N"'i'P
creek chHrch on SATURDAY ana
o"'''"N ny t"e P'N'"r' N''' IA +
7'i'a''' OF JencrH"h' VII" - '"Plo'H
winning inc h"artS OF our P'"P'"
"y MS attractive Pcr""'''''y all"
e"rn"SC work.
Ne"srS hlch"rd o"''' I'LL"
iler"ert ""h%' Oh Lancaster,
N'S''e" lrleh"S III 'h'' "e'S''""r>
moo" SUNDAY al'eFhoo"'
o"'hP CreeN Sch'''' ior '"e
r"'' l'e iiio"'"S u"''' .''o e'i''''"'
o""' &c oi MISS A'l''l0 o""S' %
i-''''"''er' CLOSE" 'a"' ''''' Sn"S'
''ie 'th lhSI. ~ hu''oe' "l Iho
P"'' "''' "o'e i'eSo''' - ."o '''''
u 'no Sc''o"'' l"o i''''" " '"s
'''''"'''i' "o'o =" !" "
Slc''ildpic lndiiticI ny Iiio tuPl'h
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Rolls of Honor.


"0 P"P''' ol 'io Lancaster Ura-
0' ''"oo' i"iH''e" 'nelr second
I"''' 90, y examinations ON March
w.. 0'U" - gwen Il 'i'' ol thoSe
''" '''"''' Il, "''e"''"'ce' de~
POI o'ii'''' ""'' ''''"'aFSNlP. 10 ap~
-" ''' ~ SEMINAR snip IS Il
1880: " VI ''' 'I''''' - '"e oNa'nl-
~, "''' ''''' '"Sl an" Se"'ch1
,"7 IoS' q" '''e "''e"""nce ron
t; '''' W l',''"' ''''''ne"""-
,''' ''' l'I' ''"' "''e,''''''c' ''fInS
| ''I'~ '''' 90 mouths oI """''''I-
> '''''' "''''''''
So'i"HARNIIlP'
''I"N distinguished % 70 100
pei cent Distinguished 10 to 20
per oo"V'
","''' il'2hly distinguish
.u' Nor' ilouS"' Distinguished,
0," oU'''o' 'o'G"co Dro"n' AL
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Local M attarsr

See new new ad. of Elliott g.
Crawford in this issue.
VIM. e. Faile of Flat Greek,
township has been appointed g.
Notary Public.
MIR. VIM. G.. Faie's school at
Midway will close Friday after "a.
very successful term.
Mr.. 2 G Poag, of Fountains
Inn, S. c., visited his brother
MI. j L Poag, the past week.
Poag & Harper have just finishd!
boring \ well for MI. w Moore.
The flow of water is copious and
the quality superb.
urs II uoustop of woIkun
n. c., is the guest of MIS- Amanda
Hood.
A penitentiary guard came up,
from columbia Monday and car
ried James BIackmon, convicted
years, TO the penitentiary.
Married, Mt Osccola, march -.
1899, by 5 Il Easun, Notary
Public, Mr. w l. Pettus and Miss
Essic Broom.
We are requested to call atten-
tion of the Supervisor and his.
board to the bad condition Of the.
road south Of Heath Spring AT
Hanging Rock creek and ut the
The Zion school, taught by Mr.
II Craig, will close ON Friday
h'Sht next with appropriate cX-
erclSeS by the pupils. The public.
generally Is cordially invited.
WIN. Blake, col, was convicted
oefore Magistrate Caskey Satur-
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Wheeler To Remain A Soldier.

Washington, d. c., March 10.
Gen. Wheeler has been asked
to remain in the army. 1t is
lobable he will accept brigadier
generalship and go to the Philip
pines.
All druggists sell DIR. Niles Nerve PIaster..
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1t Is desired that all old con-
federate flags be sent to char
lesion for the confederate reunion.
They can be sent to the special
care of Maj. Gen. c Irvine Walker,
Charleston, S. G.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-03-15

A little son of j l. Barringer
fell from the hotel window at
Florence last week and lies at the
point of death.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-03-15

Mrs. Hannah Ovens, aged G5
years, was knocked from the rail
road track, by passing train, at
Union, last Friday and instantly
killed.
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The Sore Heads

shcauS
m
n ed sf,t
o e led nr the Rush.
the
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Cm is T
wait h Our
nSke
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-03-15
Il Is The Standard.

IL have sold Ayers Sarsaparilla for more
than. twenty-five years, and have never
heard anything but words Of praise from
my customers not single complaint has
ever reached me. A preparation mug.
possess great merit TO maintain such repa.-
aticn. l believe your sarssparilla To ks.
the best blood purifier that has ever been
introduced TO the general public. often.
sear other manufacturers say that this Is.
as good as Ayers" but no one ever vet
heard 1t said that Ayers was "as good as
any other kind. They always set Ayers up
az the standard Of excellencs. IS. n
BoYcR Duluth MINI.
:. Grip makes one, sick, weary and restles
DR. Miles Restorative Neryise brinex rest.
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johnson.
|. Distinguished--Nellie Hnr>
ley, Dewitt Short, Joe Davis.

l. blSIllS lSIlSueu--Nei'iO ih"i
ley, Dewitt Short, Joe Davis.
DEPORTMENT, 100 PER CENT.
Nora Hough, Meta Jones, tlor~
ence Brown, Catherine Foster,
Sadie McCardell, Alice Williams,
Claude Huey, Eunice Beatty, Liz
zle Connors, Connie Davis, Hattie
Davis, Cornelia Elliott, Maude
Gregory, Bessie Jordan, Ellen
Jordan, Nellie Hough, Lula Nell
vain, Margie Mellow, Maggie
Mackey, Blanche Moore, Irene
Swaringen, Marion Thomson, Rob
ert Belk, Arthur Robinson, Her
bert \ Dung, Marie Craig, Bessie
Mellow, Minor Clyburn Carol
Connors, Julia Gregory, Hattie
Taylor, VIM Bowers, Oscar Ad-
ans, Meta Moore, Mamie John
son, Eta Skipper.
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GEL more
and You
GEL Less

Why is it every sarsaparilla
which tries to sell itself, ranges
itself against Ayers as the stand
ard ? Why is it that all have to
offer extra inducements - bigger
bottles, fancy wrappers, cheaper
price - anything, everything, but
the one inducement of quality ?
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-03-15
Ayers
SaPSapaPIlIa

has never been equaled by any
cheap imitation of it, and quality
tells, just as blood tells.
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ATTENDANCE, 100 PER CENT.

hTTFNDNNIE, TVU FEN VF.NT'
Florence Brown, Robert Bell<,
Maggie Mackey, Connie Davis,
Marie Craig, Bessie Mellow, Ed
gar Hinson, Frank Hunter, Hazel
Cunningham, Irene Cunningham
Pearl Miller, Ivy Crawford, Maude
Moore.
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Charleston, S. G
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17
rsoHIBIrIox IN Georgia.
Mayor woodward Says the Plan Wouio
Ruin tho Cities of the state.

ATLANTA. Ca, Nov. 16.-Mayor ]. @. Wood
ward OF Atlanta, who severa! months ago mar
rowly escaped impeachment proceedings
through alleged intemperancc. and who In now
under pledge to the City Council not TO take
another drink, has come out In an arraiRn-
ment OF the bill now before the Legislature 70
force prohibition on the entire State. The
Mayor says II will mean the ruin OF the large
cities and q state OF increased drunkenness
and disorder. He also says:
THE willingham Prohibition bill now before
the Leg stature Is the most outrageous N MEASURE
tho people Of Georgia have ever been threat
ened with. Instead OF being contented with
the Local Option law. which Is the best tenn
perance measure In existence. the advocates
OF the bill are attempting to force on an I'M
willing people this most Ubiquitous measure.
which means ruin to all OF the larger cities In
Georgia. II there T. any prospect OF the bill
becoming q law il 10 the proper time now Tor
the councils OF the larger cities to begin work
on some plan BY which they may recover from
the blow which will be inflicted when IL DO
comes effective.
1T sim ly means n fearful burden TO At
lantq. Outside OF the increased ia xation which
would follow therc would be more disorder and
posed to prohbition. With this sentiment OK.
tant II would be impossible to enforce prohibit
ton. The prohibition times through which
tho city once passed clearly demonstrated
what trouble II 10 for the law to be enforced. II
traffic.
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tho Church permits the punishment
Of the house OF COP for wedding
ceremonies and gives It's direct coun-
tenance to all the features against
which the Bishop inveighs 30 bitterly.
On the other hand, the civil ceremony is
altogether without "the mere merriment
and childish by-play" which he regards as
conflicting so grossly with entering into
the state "reverently, dlscrectly, advisedly,
soberly and In the fear Of COP" Women
especially demand these accessories to their
weddings as marking them out as great
occasions, but the Bishops and other clergy,
and more efficiently the General Convention
Of the Episcopal Church. have IL in their
power to prevent them absolutely. They
continue only because OF the federation and
assistance Of the Church.
SO far as its own fold is concerned, there
fore. the Church has no reason for disturb
ance because the civil law treats marriage
as civil contract only and fashion makes
OF It gay and imposing function Tho
Church can compel It's members to treat it
as q solemn religious ceremony. decree
ing, II It is so minded, that the mar
riage Is indssoluble, and IL can enforce its
authority on them II they are really sincere
believers In it's divine authority. The
Church being separate from tho State.
neither has any responsibility for the other.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17
The School Muddlo.

Probably no better commentary can be
made upon the extraordinary tangle in
which the school matters OF the different
boroughs OF our city nrs ut present In
volved than the declaration-whioh we sin.
cerely believe Is not exaggcrated-that
there are probably not dozen people out
side OF the officials actually concerned who
can make clear and complete statement Of
the difficulty. There Is a separate trouble
In each borough, and each trouble has
assumed new phases each day since
1t started. The salient fact Is that
very many OF tho teachers are going with
out their salaries, although the compromise
measure adopted by the Board OF Educa-
ton on Wednesday affords hope that at
least partial payment will be made to
them in the near future.
The chief obstacle TO tho payment Of tho
teachers In the boroughs OF Queens and
Richmond is the insufficient appropriations
that were made for this purpose. The
Central Board OF Education cut by $50, 900
the amount set aside by tho Board Of
Estimate and Apportionment for teachers
salaries in Richmond on the ground that
the appropriation was excessive, consider
Ing the number OF teachers employed. In
Queens the trouble has been OF long stand
Ing, beginning with local quarrels over
appropriations In the closing days of tho
old Long Island City before it was absorbed
In New York. These quarrels have since
been complicated by the dispute over the
Ahearn law.
The real effect OF the Ahearn law has,
apparently, been grand struggle over the
various interpretations that have been put
upon 1t. The Central Board OF Education.
as we'll as the different borough boards,
holds to different construction OF the law
than that entertained by the Corporation
Counsel and the Comptroller. These boards
have claimed the right to make separate
and additional pay schedules besides those
provided In the Ahearn law. But as those
schedules are contested by tho city otlcors,
payment under any schedule Ia withhold,
save In tho borough of Manhattan, whore.
UP TO within few weeks ago, pEymcns
under tho Ahoarn law won't On and tho
additional schedules OF tho Board of Educa-
tion were uncontostod. As now oompro-
missed, payment Of back salary will DO mndo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17

to the teachers In all the boroughs on
account save where there Is positive
deficit Of funds, pending judicial interpre-
tation OF the Ahearn law. II the courts
hold that the law does not allow the vari-
Gus boards to make schedules outside Of
1t, the teachers will, of course, seek TO have
the law amended in the next Legislature.
1t is pity that test case under
the law could not have been made and
presented to the courts in the first
place. The Corporation Counsel and the
Comptroller lay the responsibility for
the trouble on the law committees OF the
various boards, who, they declare, have
usurpcd functions that do not belong to
them. But the law committees reply that
on several past occasions the courts have
sustained their views as opposed to those
OF the Corporation Counsel. 1t Is obvious
that some more coherent system Of school
management In our city is needed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17

The Lone Star sparkles with Joy once
more. The Hon. JOE BAILEY has been found
at Smithyil!c. Bastrop county. After capering
gracefully around the tariff and silver he
talked about expansion for an hour and forty
minutes. He painted the woe that will follow
the annexation OF Porto Rico. Cuba and tho
Philippines" He said that there was now a
secret understanding In tho Republican ranks
that they recommend the formation" OF IN ALL
ance with England. There never was the equal
OF JOE BAILEY Mt unmasking secret alliances
and understandings. He dwell at length 4"
on the Constitution and the Declaration OF In
dependence, two documents Of which he has
been the janitor for some time. After glow
ing tribute" to them. lie ran down. II Is a
great happiness to know that the Hon. JOE
BAILEY ia still taking personal charge OF tho
Constitution and the Declaration,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17

vented her from running close and the wind
made her lose steerage way whenever her
engines slackened speed enough TO let q
line be passed. It may not be remembered
that President MCKINLEY recommended
that Capt HoDosoN OF the McCulloch be
placed on permanent waiting orders with
full pay, because he had reached already
the highest rank OF the Revenue Gutter
Service, and that the thanks Of Congress
he extended to Lieut.. NKwcoMB and his
men and medals Of honor be given to them
for their gallantry in action. The recon-
mendatlon was not acted on; perhaps IL
may be during the coming session.
The Window was the third vessel OF the
Revenue Cutter Service to obtain notice
Under Capt MAGUIRE she took part with
the Marblehead and the Nashville in cutting
the cables of Cienfuegos, May II, 1893,
and by her guns demolished the lighthouse
and fort; when the engagement was over
Capt. McCALLA OF the Marblehead slgnalled
well done. Window" The Manning. under
Capt MUNGER. was under fire four times,
fired 600 rounds. held up the German man
o'-war Geier when that vessel tried to leave
Havana harbor without speaking the block
aiding feet, and otherwise managed to keep
busy. The Woodbury. brought to Key West
the fret exchanged prisoners Of war, two
correspondents OF American papers. and on
Aug. IL with the San Francisco was fired
on by the MORO Castle batteries at Havana
tho last shots fred by the Moro In the
war. as the blockade the next day ended.
Altogether the conduct OF the Revenue
Cutter Officers won commentator from all
the naval commanders, and the report OF
their services adds new laurels on service
whose motto for over a century has been
'Semper Paratus;" Always Ready. Ger
tainly the Revenue Cutter Service has
proved It's right to the motto.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17

Our esteemed contemporary the Rail
road Gaiette. gives warning Of a step back
ward In transportation. "A great deal OF
money has been wasted by carrying freight and
passengers at IN unnecessarily high speed ="
So they are to 60 slow. II may be true that no
single reform can be adopted In connection
with railroad operations that will Yield so largo
an increase in net earnings as the adjustment
OF the time Of freight trains with reference to
the economical performance OF motive power"
but. II the pace now prevailing ia diminished,
It will he something new In tho history OF
progress. There have been sgns lately Of
diminished speed In Atlantic steamers. hut we
predict. all the same. that before another
decade is over. they will be travelling nearer
thirty knots than twonty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17

We have been requested by a friend Of
Rear Admiral scHLEY to reprint letter re-
Gently published In the Associated Press news
papers from GEORGE T.. GRAHAM. the Associ-
ated Press reporter on board the Brooklyn dur
ing the Santiago cam ragn. We must decline
for the reason that, with the exception OF two
statements, there is absolutely nothing In Mr.
GIAHhM's letter concerned with or contrndic-
tory OF tho charges against ScHLEY formulated
10y the Navy Department md found In tho
official documents OF the Cove .nment. The
frat OF these exceptions reiterates ScHLEY's
excuse for disobedience OF orders BECAUSE OF
lack OF coal which the official reports
OF every Captain In his squadron showed
to be without foundation. Tho second
exception deals with the Brooklyn's loop
and merely confirms Mr.. GRAHAM's
original despatch sent at the time OF the bat
tie, with which Admiral ScHLEYs statement
defending himself before the Senate coniiicted.
HoDGsoS's uncontradicted testimony before
the Navy Department. while II did not bear on
GRAHAMs story. proved ScHLErs statement to
have been absolutely false.
Neither does Mr.. GRAHAM's letter touch upon
SCHLEY's dishonesty In Rarbling HoposoS's
correspondence with himself committed long
after Santiago. and the most repulsivs feature
OF the case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17
A correspondent asks us to explain "the

correspondent asks us TO explain Tho
difference between the system Of taxation OF
national and State banks and trust COM
panics, organized under the laws OF this State,
and those which were organized under the
laws OF other States and doing business here. {"
Banks and trust companies organized under
the laws OF other States are not per-
mtted to do general business here. and are not
taxed here. State and national banks here are
not taxed as such. Their shareholders are
taxed on the value Of their shares as shown In
the banks books. without deduction for In
vestmcnts in Government bonds. For con-
venlence. the books ray the tax for such share
holders as cannot swear Il of. Trust com
penies nay taxes on their capitals and
SURPRISES rs shown by their books. deducting
their non taxable investm ents. and their share
holders arc exempt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17
A Pleasant Picture.

Tho inevitable has happened. There lie
such condition OF prosperity and material
growth as the mind OF man never imagined
and q sense OF stability and confidence the
like OF which was never before known. Tho
defeats and disasters OF peace under CLEvE-
LAND have been exchanged for the victories
Of war and the triumphs OF common sense
under MCKINLEY, whose administration
has had two foreign wars to carry to sue
eessful and honorable end, and yet at this
stage Of It's course reduces the national
debt by twenty-five millions OF dollars !
The Secretary Of the Treasury's announce
mont yesterday that he desired to buy In
Government bonds to that amount lie preg-
nant with instruction for all.
When Mr.. CLEVELAND went to Washington
30 enter upon his second term as President
the Industries Of the country had also been
wrought to pitch OF unusual pros
perity The accounts in the great CONNER
oal and manufacturing centres had been
made up at the end OF the year and they
were most satisfactory. In New England
especially, the volume OF business was I'M
precedsnted, the scale OF wages the highest
that had been known and the returns upon
Throughout the West like condition had
been enjoyed and every material founda-
ton OF business was sound. Still there was
a chill upon the air. The wheels continued
to revolve, but 1t was of their own mo-
mentum. Doubt, and then apprehension,
the worst enemies OF enterprise had taken
the place Of confidence and tranquility.
Had the hordes OF the Huns been let forth
upon tho internal commerce OF the country
they could hardly have made n worse wreck
than Mr. CLEvELAND's Administration
made. He turned every business upside
down. His tariff lucubrations paralyzed
every mill from ocean to ocean, and after
shock had succeeded shock and enterprise
was numb and seemingly forever dead,
he went out OF office leaving the Govern
ment some two hundred millions OF dollars
more In debt than IL was when he came In
He had sold bonds for money TO pay the
Federal expenses.
Mr.. McKNLEY's Administration adjust
cd the tariff to the end that mlstrust
might be allayed. It has not meddled
needlessly with the money question. It has
avoided every subject that could disturb
the repose Of business What has been the
result? Confidence has been restored
Enterprise has been re-awakened. Capital
has not had to look to Washington to make
sure that the application OF q theory would
not wreck 1t as soon az 1t was invested.
the expenditure OF energy and money.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-17
ILLR0AL REMOVALS
Tyns Going Back 60 tho Tax once and Ban
tn to the Fire Department.

Charles r. Tying has secured writ OF man.
damus from Justice Gildsrsleeve OF the Su-
prems Court directing that he be reinstated as
secretary to the Com miss oners OF Taxes and
Assessments at $1,000 year. He was APP
pointed under the Strong administration and
was removed on March 81. 1893. without
charges and on the statement that the Office
was abolished. He had passed q civil servioe
examination and was a veteran. and the Court
holds that he was Illegally removed.
Francis M. Banta has obtained n decision
from Justice Mattice OF the Supreme Court
that he In entitled to reinstatement as q medi-
col oiicer In the Fire Department. lie was
appointed after civil service exam In ntion on
Nov. 30, 1905. and was discharged on SEPT. ~,
1898. The Judge SAYS that he was improperly
removed under the provision OF law that men,
bers OF the uniformed force can only be re-
moved on charges. He will now go to the Spe-
cIal Term for mandamus on theae findings OF
fact, passed upon. on consent, by Justice Mat
tice without jury.