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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08
The new Unity A. r. u

The new Unity A. r. T..
church, which has been under
construction for sometime, is near
ing completion. The church is
now being ceiled, and it will not
be long till the people of that sec
ton can congratulate themselves
upon having one Of the most COM
modious houses Of worship in
Lancaster county. Services were
held in the new church last Sun
day.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08
.ShOptif'ter Sent tn the Gan0.

Wyatt Cunningham, colored,
the notorious shoplifter, has been
at his old trick again. This time
it was saddle from the La n caster
Mercantile company. He stole it
Saturday night and was before
Magistrate Caskey Monday morn
Ing and on the chaiugang that
evening for 80 days in default of
the alternative fine Of $25.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08

Nineteen and One-HaIf Cents for
Cotton Seed.
will now pay 1911 cents per
bushel for cotton seed delivered
at the depot here.
Nov. 8. M. S. WITHERsPooN. Y
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08
The Btoodho,t,,ds Haze Come.

The BtOOdh0u,ads Hare Come.
The two bloodhounds Sheriff
Clyburn made arrangements to
get sometime ago arrived Satur.
day and were at once placed in
charge of Jailor Wilson at the
jail. The came from Coatsville,
Pa, and cost, delivered in Ian.
caster, $52.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08

See ad of Mr.. L. l.. Willing
ham, who Is here representing the
Union Central Life Insurance Co..
of Cincinnati, Ohio. first class
company. Mr.. Willingham will
be glad to show you the plans of
his company.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08

Mrs. f. j. Dickson, Westminster, S.
C., writes: Eleven years ago l was
for six months unable to do my work,
and DR. M. A. Simmons Liver Medi-
cine restored Inc to good health. Think
one package Of it worth a dozen of
Zellin's. ... ....
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08

Weary women need an occasional
dose of DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Med
icine to Strengthen their Nerves and
Invigorate their Systems.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08

The Girls Friend, Simmons Squaw
Vine Wine or Tablets, cause natural
appearance and Regular Monthly re-
turn of menses.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08

The reliable cure for Leucorrhoes.
Ovarian Disorders and Falling of
Womb. is Simmons Squaw Vine Wine
or Tablets.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08

To Regulate the Menses, Stop Flood
ing and too frequent appearance OF
Menses, take Simmons Squaw Vine
Wine or Tablets.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-11-08
Miss Lizzie Stevens, Of Ker.

eral days recently.
Messrs. John M. Hinson, Sid
ney Hinson and II. J. Gardner
were in town Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Mackey,
OF Heath Spring, were in town
Monday and Tuesday.
-Messrs. S. w. Heath, John T.
Stevens and w. H. Witherspoon.
of Kershaw, were in town this
week.
Mr.. J. q. Mackorell of Black.
stock, came over Monday night
to see the condition Of his son.
Mr.. r. j. Mackorell.
Married, Sunday. October
29th, 1899, Mr.. Rochell Morgan
and Miss Lizzie Black we'll. Rev.
+. A. Dabney officiating.
Married, Nov. I, 1899, by
Rev. s. N. Watson, Mr.. o. T. Har-
din and Miss Alice Adams, both
of the cotton mill.
Mr.. r. Simeon Crockett has
accepted position with the new
dry goods store of Messrs. Porter
Bros.
Miss Eula May Caskey, of
New Cut, has been elected teacher
of the Dixie school and entered
upon her duties on Monday. Oct.
3Oth
Married, Sunday, November
5th, 1899, Mr.. Sanford Starnes
Miss Mollie Gardaer. Rev w. @.
Faile Officiating; all of Flat
Greek.
Rev. w. 9. Ewart has gone
TO Charlotte, N. c.. to attend the
meetings of the Associate Re
formed synod of the south which
meets there this week.
COMING SooN.-The funny 3
act Comedy-"A Jay From Jays
vile" Company, high class show.
Thirty five people travelling in
their own private Pullman n car
(Eva.)
Presiding Elder Campbell
will hold his fourth quarterly
conference here next Sunday
night, in the Methodist church.
He will preach and hold the con.
ference at the close of the regular
services.
Bishop Capers, of the Epis.
copal church, will visit Lancaster
Friday of this week. He will
preach Friday evening at 7.3O
o'clock in the Episcopal church.
The public generally is cordially
invited to attend the services.
One Of the most important speci-
alties introduced during the perform
ance Of "a Jay From Jaysville," which
will be presented at the Opera House
next Wednesday night Nov. 8, is the
wonderful performance OF Hermann,
the greatest trick bicycle rider perhaps
in America. Many of the feats per-
formed by him on wheel are said to
be marvellous.
Corn shuckings are now the
order Of the day in different sec.
tions of the county. Mr.. Low.
rance Plyler, of o X, called in
about. 40 hands last Saturday
afternoon and had his usual big
pile Of corn shucked a nd crihhed
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short Locals.
The Woodmen Of the World
Rin meet next Monday nisht.

rade at noon Wednesday Nov. 8.
-Mrs. o. A. Osborne, of Blacks,
burg, Is visiting the family of Mr..
d. A. Williams this week.
For elegant wedding invita-.
tions call at the ENTERPRISE office
Miss Lille Porter is attending
the fair in Columbia.
All kinds of job printing
done at the ENTERPRISE office.
Mics Dora Flynn, Of New Gut.
spent a few davs recently with
Mics Annie Belle Williams, of the
Douglas section.
"A Jay From Jaysville" at
Opera House, Wednesday, Nov
9Th.
Mrs. J. w. A. Porter and son.
Mr.. Broadus, of Dixie, are attend
ing the fair in Columbia.
This section was visited by
the first killing frost on Saturday
night last.
MIR John Lee Tillman, of
Van Wyck, was In the city Sat
urday.
Mr. Leslie Sistare will take
charge of Capt. Fosters plan
ta.ion next year.
Rev. j. l. Oates will not fill
his appointment at Gills Greek
church next Sunday.
FOR SALE.-Ten fine Pres,
%. I. c., crossed with Berk shire,
by j. A. Taylor, Lancaster, S. c..
2t.
3.
- Mics Rosa Patten, o. the gra
ded school, recently spent few
davs with relatives at Catawba
Junction.
Rev. Chalmers Fraser return
4, ed Saturday from a visit to rela-
tives In Georgia, and occu pied his
pulpit Sunday morning and night.
"A series of meetings is being
held at Bethel Baptist church, a
few miles below Lancaster, this
week.
Miss Minnie Pardue is visit.
ing the family of her brother, Mr..
and Mrs. w. III. Pardue, of the
Jacksonham section.
Monday, as usual, found quite
number of people in town, some
of them coming in early. Sale
days like Saturdays always bring
large crowd.
List Of letters advertised for
week ending November Z, 1899 !:
Mrs. Ida Ramsey, Rev. b. McCor-
ry, Lester Reddin.
j. F. GREGORY, p. M.
MIR. w. 7. Gregory, president
OF the Lancaster Mercantile Co.,
returned from Colum bia Monday
whore he went several days ago
on business.
Miss Pearl Fewell, of Rock
Hill. has been elected teacher of
the Jacksonham school, which
opened last Monday. She is
boarding at the home of Mrs. n.
A. Faulkner.
Miss Minnie Taylor, of Craigs.
vile, who has been at home for
the vacation, left Saturday for
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the period under review, but the crime
could hardly rank as answering the
description presented in the question
mentioned. Political matters, senator
ial bribery and rival legislatures sug
gested incidents that We're, in their
time, news items of Importance in Mon
tana, but not one of these seemed to
suggest the idea of highest significance.
Finally one of those who had shared
in the running talk that ran on for
an hour remarked that, taking all
things into account, the announcement
made by the Standard that work would
start at Butte and Anaconda after the
memorable shutdown, in the year 1891,
was perhaps the most important item
of Montana news during the ten years.
1t was of direct account to tens of
thousands of people; it was Of great
significance for the instant and for an
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
TRYING TO PICK OUT THE PRIZE ITEM

Anticipating the advent of the Stand
ards birthday, the members of a COM
pany that included two newspaper re-
porters, fell to discussing, in a Butte
newspaper office, day before yesterday,
question that proved to be as vexing
as it was impractical. One member of
the party started the argument by ask
ing this question: Which is the most
important item of Montana news that
has reached the public in the state dur
ing the ten years the Standard has
been in existence?.
AT first it seemed as if the answer to
this question would not be hard to find
the members of the company started
out as if the most important item of
Montana news could be picked out on
the drop of the hat. One gentleman
led off promptly by saying that the
announcement of statehood is the item
that takes the lead. Anothers COM
ment was that, while statehood was
of highest significance, the mere
announcement of the news of it
was not the decades most important
item. OF course, a dozen sensational
events were brought to mind by the
conversation which the original ques-
ton started. For an instant, the pow
der explosion in Butte was taken as the
item that answered the question. That
was, in fact, Montanas greatest catas-
trophe, but whether it was the most i'm
portant item of Montana news was a
question.
The criminal record was reviewed 1t
developed, as the judgment of all pres
emit that the Penrose murder was, per-
haps, the most mysterious tragedy of
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Montana, idle for synpathy's sake,
watched the bulletin boards and won
dered how long it was going to last.
They were enthusiastic. They wanted
to see their fellows in Chicago win out.
In instances they spent days in i'm
patience: then the local leaders would
Rave roundup at headquarters ard
kindled. 1t was "one for all and all
for one"-so ran the Debs legend. The
melancholy sequel, so far as it con-
cerned the sympathy part, was that in
Montana, in a painfully large number
of cases, it was one for all the rest of
mighty good men. Starting late in
June, the Standards handcar service
was operated until July 90 On that
day, confirming news that had been re-
ceived from Chicago, word was sent
from Livingston headquarters declar-
ing the strike off
There were points in Montana which
it was simply impossible to reach with
the Standards daily editions during
these days of railway suspension. Most
of these were kept in the news current
through the agency of a pony telegraph
service sent out from the Standard
office. Then there were others. Probably
there never had been congregated at
any pleasure resort so many disgruntl-
ed tourists as at the Mammoth Hot
Spring, in Yellowstone park, in the
days of the A. r. u. strike They never
park that, against their will, they
would be detained there for weeks. Some
of them were college professors. anxi-
Gus to get back East; some of them
were stock brokers who nearly went
wild because they We're where they
ticker. The Standard sent the news to
these people every evening.
Those Who Helped Out.
Taking account ofalli it's incidents, the
distance covered, the obstacles over
come and the length of time it had to
be sustained, this newspapers handcar
service furnishes a story that merits
telling on this tenth anniversary
day. No account of it is complete if
it fails to refer to the two essential
factors that made its success possible.
In the first place it was an unusual
concession, always appreciated by the
Standard, on the part of the railroad
management that, in a time of stress
and tie-up and anxiety, the operation
of the handcar equipment was permit
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05

indefinite future. 1t will be remem-
bered that owing to differences in re-
gard to freight rates, the Montana
Union railroad had refused summarily
to haul ore from Butte to Anaconda. At
the mines in Butte and at the works In
Anaconda all operations were suspend
ed on March 20.
On Oct 90 the Standard announced
the resumption of business. One of the
sequels was the building of the Butte,
Anaconda and Pacific railroad. wheth-
er the announcement of the end OF this
famous shutdown really was the de-
cade's most important piece of Mon
tana news, may be disputed, but 1T was
accepted, after long discussion as the
right answer to the question that had
been put, by those who went over the
whole record of Montana events day
before yesterday.
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ted at all. OF greater account is the
Standards lasting obligation to the lit
tie army of railroad men who, ready
and willing to help the Standard out,
entered this newspapers service ard.
approaching the perplexities of the
situation, worked hard in speeding We
locipedes and the cumbersome handcars
over the miles that had to be covered
in as brief a time as hard work could
insure. The handcar incident was SIM
ply case of getting there" At an
earlier day. in its history the Standard
had gone to Butte by wagon. That
emergency presented itself when the
famous shutdown of 1891 stopped the
Montana Union short. The sequel in
that instance was the permanent es-
Enlistment of the Standards special
train service to Butte.
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THESE ITEMS WERE NEWS IN
THE STANDARDS FIRST ISSUE

1t happened that number one in vol
first item in its associated-press news
| service a story concerning we'll
known man whose death, always a
mystery, occurred within the boundar-
les of Montana. This dispatch related
to one phase of the deplora BILE scandal
than blotted the name of Robert Ray
Hamilton. His was an adventure that
attracted national attention. The item
found in the first column on the first
page of the Standards first number
told of criminal proceedings, conducted
by Elihu Root, now secretary of war
in the effort to clear up the case in
Hamilton's favor.
Another of the telegraph items on
that page of the Standard dealt with a
man whom Montana knew pretty well
at the time but with whom, in the in
tervening ten years, the people in these
parts have become better acquainted.
The item is ridiculous reading in the
light of present-day facts and of all
the things that have happened during
the decade. 1t goes on to say that j. j.
Hill had 'lost his pull in the manage
ment of the affairs of the Great North
ern Railroad company, that he was
soon to be forced out And the tele-
gram presumed to tell who would be
most likely to be named for the success
sion. The item was a sample Of the
yellow railroad stuff which the ro-
mancers in st, Paul toss off by the yard.
Minor items in the first mornings
press service dealt with affairs of in
terest to the people of Montana The
word from Washington was that the
United States fish commission had
made arrangements to stock with trout
certain streams in Montana. From
San Francisco came the word that i'm
portant testimony had been taken in
the trial of Deputy Marshal Nagle for
the killing of Judge Terry. The affair
had attracted the attention of the ma
ton. 1t was of more than common in
terest to the people in this vicinity as
Nagle, now a resident of Montana, had
been, prior to the San Francisco Incl
dent an excellent citizen in Anaconda.
AS for the general news service of the
September morning of ten years ago
there was no startling item in it. A
committee of the federal senate was
''overhauling certain dressed beef con-
tractors'-the "embalmed" article was
not then in vogue-and the wires
brought pretty tame story about IAN
other bloody race war in the state of
Mississippi
In the days when the Standard made
it's first appearance, the people were
pretty well warmed up for the special
election that was to be held on Tues
day, the first day of October. The duty
of the electors on that occasion was to
pass upon the proposed constitution,
the adoption of which was the prelfmi-
nary to statehood for Montana In adj
dition two tickets providing for state
officers were in the field-the party line
was squarely drawn. After the we'll
remembered campaign of that year. the
Toole, the democratic candidate, was
elected governor: Carter, the republi-
can candidate, was elected member OF
congress The division of spoils ran
from the top to the bottom of the ticket.
with the result that the young common
wealth got into the famous legislative
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ally other routes We're inaugurated-
the handcar service at length included
daily trip to Dillon. As soon as this
was well under way there was an urg-
ent call from the railroad men massed
at Lima for an extension to that place.
1t was not an easy thing to bring about
but this run was fairly inaugurated
just at the time when the great strike
was nearing it's end.
Surely, this was a novel service for
the distribution of a newspapers daily
editions. Withal, it was romantic ex-
cept, be it always remembered, in re-
spect to the money spent in these hand
car runs. They cost a pot of money
Yet, as has been admitted, even from
the standpoint of the Standards bank
account. the investment proved to be a
good one; it established the perman-
ency of the Standard as the states
newspaper.
The Stories They Told.
1t was entertaining to listen to the
reports brought back by the operators
of the handcars. They evidently rel
ished the recital of the days adven-
lures. They enjoyed telling how eager
the waiting people along the several
lines were for the news; how completely
large communities in cities of import
ance were isolated by the strike: bow
small yet how significant the operation
of great railway system seemed when
limited to a lonely handcar pumping
its way over ranges, through canyons
or across perilous trestles; how at
many points the people climbed to the
top of the highest available butte
and watched with field glasses the APP
preaching primitive train which, con-
fessedly, even at the top of its speed
was tedious service; how hearty the
greeting was, day after day, when the
bundles of Standards We're trundled in
to the towns. 1t was not so very slow.
Indeed, these handcar trips were en-
titled to rank, under the circumstances,
as rapid-transit service. Daily the
Standard reached Missoula on the west,
and Bozeman, on the east, at an early
hour of the afternoon. When fairly in
augurated, the schedules We're pro-
nounced by experienced railroad men
to be remarkable; in fact, in several
instances new long-distance handear
records were marked
1t Was n Laster.
The railroad strike hung on and on.
The press service brought accounts of
what was Transporting at Chicago;
scores and hundreds of idle men in
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tangle of which account is taken on an
other page of this mornings Standard.
1t was, during September, a right lively
campaign; the Standard was in the
field just in time to get share in the
most interesting part of 1t. The con-
fusing returns were awaited with inter-
est and in the excitement over the RI
walls on the tickets, the constitution It.
self was quite lost sight of for time.
1t transpired, however, that statehood
prevailed handsomely and speedily
Montana put aside all of it's territorial
characteristics
In the realm of local news the first
number of the Standard was without
items of more than a days interest to
the pubic. OF course, at that time the
Butte department had not been fairly
inaugurated as the Standards state
news service was all an affair of the
future. Mention was made under Phil
ipsburg date of the failure of the Silver
bank of that place-Philipsburg was a
lively town in those days. Under Dill
lon date came the story of one feature
of the republican conspiracy" as the
result of which certain democrats had
to travel so or so miles in order to get
registered. Deer Lodge, then the coul-
ty seat contributed generous grist
of little items; dispatch from Helena
told of disastrous forest fires, remark
ing that snow storm saved the prop
erty near the Jay Gould mine. No
newspaper is complete without it's lit
tie group of railroad notes; one of these
in the Standards first edition soberly
told the innocent public that surveys
are now being made for a broad-gauge
railroad from Deer Lodge to the Orc
Elmo district" and the item observed
that Deer Lodge will experience
resurrection as the result of the build
ing of the proposed road"
Butte's single contribution to the
Standards columns was an item which
announced that James A. Murray had
started a big lawsuit against the Blue
Bird Mining company, the claim
brought by Mr.. Murray being that the
Blue Bird people were working ground
that belonged to him. The mere men
ton of the Blue Bird company recalls
the collapse of the concern at Rocker
where ninety stamps had been pound
ing in what was claimed to be the best
equipped mill in Montana, and the
melancholy tragedy that involved, IN
the city of London, the suicide of the
lamented Ferdinand Van Zandt.
Anaconda was a city at the time when
the Standard started. Not very much
OF city to be sure. 1t couldn't muster
two thousand residents. 1t had a few
fire plugs, seven or eight arc lights. no
sewers and a volunteer fire department.
On the night before the Standard ap-
peared, so says the local reporters ac-
count, the meeting of the council con
sidered communication regarding
cattle in the streets. 1t was laid on
the table, the opinion of the aldermen
no harm can result to lawns or gardens
from the presence of cattle" Spite Of
this, the Anaconda aldermen were pro-
gressive: at their request the Stand
ards first number announced that "the
proper authorities are up and after ev-
cry stovepipe that shows itself above Q
roof in town." 1t is odd reading to-day.
but it was all a part of the history of
things IS they were only ten years ago.
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1t Was n Laster.

The railroad strike hung on and on
The press service brought accounts of
what was transpiring at Chicago;
scores and hundreds of idle men in
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Thus writes Henderson Dale, Druggist,
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The liniment may be used at any and
all times during pregnancy up to the
very hour of confinement. The earlier it
is begun, and the longer used, the more
perfect will be the result, but it has been
used during the last month only with
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1t not only shortens labor and lessons
the pain attending it, but greatly dimin-
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and child, and leaves the mother in con.
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Mothers Friend is sold by druggists
ut $G.oo, or sent by express on receipt Of
price.
Valuable book for women, Before
Baby is Born, sent free on application.
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