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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-01

LANCASTER, :. [
ton, Ga, he is now building in
that little town Il $50, 900 hotel,
which | hope may stand as mon
ument to him, and as n blessing
to the travelling public for many
years to come-even in the years
which shall come after he has
been gathered unto his fathers.
Lancaster has good hotel,
which is kept 10y Mr.. Cunping-
ham.
NARROW GAUGE PROSPERITY.
Sometime ago the narrow guage
railroad between Chester and Ian
caster was sold because of its ,un.
prOftableness. Citizens of Lam
caster bought it. Under the man
aGcmcnt Of Lancaster men, the
purchasers have been repaid every
cent of their outlay.
COTTON MILL TALK.
1t might not be amiss to speak
more fully of the Lancaster cotton
mill. The structure is foul
story building so by $50 feet, ex-
elusive of engine room, boiler
room, and opening room. 1t is
quite handsome building. Its
engines and boilers are first class,
and its different machines are
good. The management has been
very satisfactory to the stock
holders. The paid in capital
stock is 1892, 900, of which
amount $4,000 Is held by North
ern investors, and the remainder is
held by citizens of the town.
Last year a semi-annual dividend
of six per cent was paid, and the
floating debt was reduced from
$50, 600 to $4,000. The mill
takes orders for yarn or cloth.
4S0 looms are in the mill, about
100 of which are standing lust
now while the yarn department is
being run night and day. The
looms do not run all night, but
everything connected with spin
nlng or yarn>making department
runs on full time. 325 operatives
/ find employment, and live in the
I 80 or 60 houses belonging to the
mill. They manufacture G:GO
convertible goods, or NO. 40
yarns.
THE DOORS OPEN INWARD, WHEN
THEY SHOULD OPEN OUTWARD.
The tower is placed IN the CEN
tre OF the building, in front. and
except in that particular does not
present an outside appearance very
different from the Abbcville mill,
One thing noticed was that the
. door of the tower, which is the
entrance 10 the mill, opens inward,
instead of outward. In behalf of
those whose lives are endangered
hope that the management MAJ
change the hang of the doors.
In case of a panic from fire the
door would be closed by the press
ing crowd, and the building
which is now their source Of max.
ing living might become a real
death trap. With a great multi,
tude pressing against the door.
shutters they could not be opened
and even if those persons inside
were not destroyed by fire the chill
dren, as we'll as grown folks, might
be trampled to death. While our
Legislators are looking after the
welfare of their constituents il
might not be amiss to enact a law
requiring the doors of oII cottor
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-01
VISIT TO LANCASTER.

!
bis Impressions of our Town,
Business Men and En-
terprIses.
Editor Hugh Wilson, of the
Abbcville Press and Banner visit
ed Lancaster the past week. We'd
nesday's issue of his paper CON-
talns the following write up of his
trip:
EXCELLENT CITIZENSHIP.
Lancaster is an old town, with
most excellent citizenship. Like
majority of the old towns, it
made little progress until after
some first class funerals were had, ,
and when new blood and new life
began to assert itself, the old town
began to make progress.
HANDSOME DWELLINGS AMONG MAG
NIFICENT OAKS.
Lancaster has some very old
buildings which stand in conspic-
uous places, but there are Il large
number handsome new dwellings,.
Many great oaks adorn the lots in
every part of the town.
SUCCESSFUL MEN.
Among the notably successful
men may he mentioned Heath,
Springs & Co. They have made
n great fortune in business circles
and have done much in adding
matel ial prosperity to the place.
Mr.. Waddy G. Thomson, is
enc of the most enterprislng, as
well as one of the most successful
men In the town. And, what is
best, me is under tongue of good
report, and everybody likes and
respects him. He is cashier of
the National Bank, and il Secre-
tary and Treasurer of tle Cotton
Mill. The Cotton Mill is built
largely of local capital, and is
making money. The stock j.
held in good esteem, and com.
mands about par on the street.
Some Of Mr.. Thomson's best
work has been as Mayor of the
town. He has improved the old
thoroughfarcs and opened rev
streets. Has bought real estate
for public uses, namely: 4 lot
for building stable and guard
house, and Il large tract of land
for city cemetery. He has
doubled the number of policemen,
bought n town wagon, and now
lights the streets every night, in
stead of once in week, rs was
done before he went into office.
And he has done all this withou,
increasing the tax assessments.
4 SCOTCHMAN' : BIG FORTUNE.
In the town is Scotchman. .
full bloodcd Associate Reformed
| Presbyterian, who settled there
twenty years ago. He carried
with him $500 of his own money,
and $500 which he had borrowed.
With that capital he opened Il
store, and spent $500 a year n
advertising. He has kept up the
advertising, and today he is said
to be worth a hundred Thousand
dollars. The name Of that Scotch
man is Cans n.
GOOD NEWSPAPERS.
Lancaster has three good news.
papers, and good thing about i,
/ lS thew do NOT uuorraI u,;th oL
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-01

No-Te-Bao for FIFTY Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong. 6ood pure. boc. ~. All druggista
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-01

Grip makes one sick, weary and restless.
DR.. Miles Restorative Neryine brings rest.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-01

What stops NsuralsiA, ~. Milss' Pain Pfis-.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-01
Editor Wilson of Abbevillc Writes
bis Impressions of our Town,
Business Men and En-
terprlses.

Editor Hugh Wilson, of the
Abbeville Press and Banner visit,
ed Lancaster the past week. We'd
nesday's issue of his paper CON-
talns the following write up of his
trip:
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-01
NARROW GAUGE PROSPERITY

NARROW GAUGE PROSPERITY.
Sometime ago the narrow guage
railroad between Chester and Ian
caster was sold because of its 'un.
proftableness. Citizens of Lam
caster bought it. Under the man
aGcmcnt of Lancaster men, the
purchasers have been repaid every
cent of their outlay.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
DELICATE CHICKENS.
Their Production for City Markets
Has Developed Into Quite n
Little Industry.

For some ten years past certain lit
tie industry has been progressing-an
industry Of luxury, viz: the production
of delicate chickens. You have certain
ly eaten some, for on select tables these
little chickens, of the size of pigeon,
have been seen for some time. Each
person has his chicken, and such a
chicken! Succulent, tender. juicy flesh!
The director Of the school of bird
culture of Gambler tells how these deli
cate chickens are obtained. The young
chicks are given food in which milk
forms the basis of the nourishment.
Hence the name milk chickens" This
food is made of barley flour mixed in
boiled milk. This is fed exclusively
ard it produces delicate and fine fla
vored flesh. The milk chicken should
be eaten when it is at the age of from
six weeks to two months. At that age
it is heavy, plump, and should weigh,
at six weeks, four-ffths of a pound.
The little chicken of the farmyard and
fields, which picks up its food behind
its mother, is without taste compared
with the milk chicken" The flesh of
the latter may be served to conva-
lescents and invalids when no other
flesh is rmissible.-Emily S. Windsor,
in Ohio Farmer
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17

If your water when allowed to remain
undisturbed in glass or bottle for
twenty-four hours, forms sediment or
settling or has cloudy appearance, it
is evidence that your kidneys and blad-
der need immediate attention.
The way to be we'll is to look after
your kidneys To take DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root when you are suffering
from clogged kidneys.
remedy is easy to get at the drug stores
in tifty-cent and one-dollar bottles.
Make note of the name, SWAMP
ROOT, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and
remember it is prepared only by DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Swamp-Root has been tested in SO
many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to
purchase relief, and has proved SO sue
cessful in every case that special ar
rangement has been made by which all
readers Of this paper who have not al
ready tried it, may have sample bottle
sent absolutely free by mail. Also a
book telling more about Swamp Root
and containing some of the thousands
upon thousands of testimonial letters
received from men and women who owe
their good health, in fact their very
lives, to the wonderful curative proper
ties Of Swamp-Root. Be sure and men
ton this paper when sending your ad.
dress to DR.. Kilmer. & Co.., Bingham-
ton N Y
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
SHEEP AND THEIR CARE.

Water at stated intervals twice a
day.
AS soon as sheep is secured change
the feed
Don't give sulphur in its common
mineral form.
When sheep is biting itself examine
it all over.
Feed regularly and change the feed
frequently.
Give salt in due moderation at least
twice week.
If ticks are found free the sheep from
them instanter.
Don't feed a lot of corn to-day and
none for a week.
Don't let the sheep crowd their heads
into the hay racks.
Keep the flock clean and the pens
sweet and free from bad odor.
Don't let the sheep eat snow in the
belief that this is good drink.
When a sheep is off its feed give
bran mash with little ginger.
If the eyes are infamed apply little
burned alum blown through a quill.
When sheep is coughing give half a
teaspoonful of turpentine before feed
ing for few days.
Keep the feet dry, and on the first
appearance of lameness examine them
and treat with any good hoof DIN tment.
Keep the floor above the sheep tight,
to prevent draughts and dirt from rat
ting down and sitting into their fieeces.
Western Plowman.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
VANITY OF GREATNESS.
One Young Man Who Found Out That
He Never Would BE
Missed.

"You seemed depressed this evening"
said Hamblin, as Flagg, who was generally
on pretty good terms with himself, lit his
eighth cigarette and then threw it away,
after taking two whltts. .,,
eyes, am" was the reply. There's no
use trying to be anybody, in this world"
ooh, come, brace up" Hamblin urged.
"What's gone wrong! You ought to be
ashamed to let yourself be cast down, after
the streak of good luck you've had: Here
you are on the sunny side Of 30, and firm
doing a business of $l,000OoO year has
made you it's chief buyer, with salary that
would keep three or four good-szed families
in luxury. You've had a trip to Europe at
the houses expense and you"
"Hold on" Flagg interrupted, you've
struck the very thing that bothers me. You
know Miss Dolliver-that beautiful, stately
girl I introduced you to one night in the
Burkwells' box?
81 called on her last evening. I used to
call there every week or two, before l start
ed across to the other side. Well, more
than three months had elapsed since I had
seen her last OF course, l concluded that
my trip was an apology enough for the fact
that had not called lately, so without any
ado began talking about my experiences in
Paris. What do you think she said?"
ooh, can't guess"
"Why, have you been out of the city?"
Chicago Evening News.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
Hens Too Fat to Lay.

At this time of year farmers who al
low hens to run with the fattening hogs
will find that they steal SO much corn
that they will eat their heads off. The
worst of it is that such breeding makes
the hens too fat TO produce any eggs
all the winter. If the hens are cooped
and their wings clipped so that they
can be confined in a yard, the matter
Of feeding can be entirely regulated by
the poultry owner. Feed more whole
wheat than any other grain, giving
for variety loose cabbage that has
not come 10 head and is good for moth
ing else. Some fnely-chopped clover
is also excellent after the grain is fed.
Too much clover is injurious.-Amer
ican Cultivator.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
HANGING FEED RACK,

from the floor above the pen an ar
rangement such as is shown in the
illustration may be found serviceable.
1t is a hanging rack with Stats all
around it and made narrow at the bot
tom so that the flock can reach even
the last spear of hay. There will be no
crowding with such an arrangement.
The feed will not be soiled, and the pen
can be kept closed so that the lambs
cannot escape from it. Even when the
fodder is not thrown down from the
floor above such a rack may be hung
near the side of the pen and the hay
thrown over into it from the feeding
floor, giving much more feeding space
to the flock than would rack nailed
against the side of the pen.-Farm and
Home.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
GOV. T. G. FLETCHER.

Hon. Thomas C. Fletcher, the noted
war Governor of the State of Missouri,
is great friend of Pe-runa. He writes:
The Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus,
Ohio:
Condemnation years 1 have been
afflicted with chronic catarrh, which
has gone through my whole system, and
no one knows the torture and misery I
have passed through. My doctor has
prescribed various remedies, and Ihave
never found any relief until I was per-
suaded by friend to use DR.. Hartman's
Pe-ru-na. After the use of one bottle I
feel like a new man. It also cured me
of a dropping had in my throat, and
built my system up generally. To those
who are suffering with catarrh take
pleasure in recommending your great
medicine. Very respectfully,
Thomas C. Fletcher.
Everything that affects the welfare of
the people is legitimate subject of
comment to the real statesman. The
statesman is not a narrow man. It is
the politician who is narrow. The true
statesman looks out on the world as it
is, and seeks, as far as is in his power, to
remedy evils and encourage the good.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
CORN SHOCK TIER.

the shock up so tight that unless it is
very large one can reach around it. 1t
is worth dollars to the lone worker.
Piece A should be 3H to feet long;
crank B 16 inches; rope perhaps Is feet
long, length varying with use. If it is
to be used for tying fodder shocks must
not be less than Is feet. If for corn
shocks alone can be shorter. Fasten
rope to piece A about foot from the
crank. TO use: Stick the pointed piece
into the shock up to the rope. carry
rope around shock, bring it near the
stick drawn up tight with left hand and
turn crank with right until tight
enough. If the loose end is then
brought down and wrapped on handle
the crank will not turn back more than
a few inches. Then put on band and
tie up and the tool is ready to remove
Homer w. Jackson, in Agriculture!
EDitOmiSt
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
POTATOES FOR STOCK.
Whether Fed to Cattle or Horses the
Tubers Should BE Given with
Comfortable Caution.

When farmer has big crop of po-
tatoes on hand and the price goes away
below any fair compensation for the la
Dor involved in growing them, he nat
urally wants to feed to some kind of
live stock. 1t then becomes interesting
to know what their relative value for
that purpose is. Fjord found in the
low countries of Europe that four
pounds of potatoes were worth one
pound of grain for pig feeding. Henry
III this country found that 445 pounds
Of potatoes was worth 100 pounds of
corn meal for pigs. For pigs the po-
tatoes should be fed with skim milk
or some other foods fairly rich in pro-
tein. Counting cornmeal worth SIS
per ton, potatoes would be forth 13
cents per bushel for pig feeding. II
cornmeal is worth SIG, potatoes would be
worth IL cents per bushel.
While I caution your reader from
undertaking to reduce pig feeding to
a mathema teal science 1 think he
would not be far wrong in estimating
the amount of gain to be derived from
potatoes judiciously fed with middlings
and skim milk as three pounds of gain
to the bushel of potatoes. In other
words the bushel of potatoes added to
the skim milk and middlings will pro-
duce three pounds more of gain than
the skim milk and middlings would
have produced if fed alone. Potatoes
have been fed to dairy cows and to
horses. A French chemist estimates
that 100 pounds of hay could be re-
placed by little less than 300 pounds
of potatoes. Whether fed to cattle or
horses, potatoes should be fed very
iously.-Director C. d. Smith, Mich
igan Experiment Station, in Farm and
Home
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17

You are in no danger of being sick if
you keep your kidneys well.
They filter your blood, keep it pure
and free from disease breeding germs.
Your other organs may need care, but
your kidneys most, because they do
most
If you are sick, begin with your kid
neys, because as soon as they are well
they will help all the other organs to
health.
The treatment of some diseases may
be delayed without danger, not so with
kidney disease.
Swamp Root is the great medical tri-
umph Of the nineteenth century; dis.
covered after years of untiring effort
and research by the eminent kidney
and bladder specialist, DR.. Kilmer, and
has truly wonderful healing action on
the kidneys and bladder.
1t will be found by both men and
women just what is needed in all cases
of kidney and bladder disorders, lame
back. dull pain or ache in the back,
gravel. catarrh of the bladder, rheuma-
tist,, sciatica, neuralgia, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the
worst form of neglected kidney trouble.
Swamp. Root corrscts inability to hold
water and promptly overcomes that un-
pleasant necessity of being compelled
to go often during the day and to get
up many times during the nignLrr.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
FARMERS TOOL CHEST.
There Is No Way in Which IA Few
Dollars Can BE Spent to Ret
ter Advantages

The farmer who does not have tool
chest fitted out with a good supply of
the tools most used is at great disad-
vantage. Many times break may be
repaired if the tools are at hand that
would have required trip to town, the
loss of the time and the paying for the
repairing, all of which might have been
to have an elaborate kit of tools for his
purpose, but those bought should be
good ones. Nothing costs SO much as
cheap tools. They cannot be depended
on and never keep sharp very long at
a time.
Tools should be kept where they can
be found when wanted. A good many
times it is little trouble to replace
a tool that has been used, but the time
lost in putting it in its place will be
regained in being able to find it without
stopping to remember where it was left,
the next time it is needed.
The farmers tool chest should con-
tain a square, try-square, handsaw,
several chisels, brace and set of bits,
screw-driver, scratch awl, two or
three planes, level, hand AK draw
shave and good claw hammer.
If to these we add clamp and few
drills and files of several sizes there
is hardly break that may not be tenn
porarily repaired without calling in the
help of mechanic. With tools to work
with, gates may be made during rainy
days, buildings put up and other odd
jobs accomplished at times when no
other work calls for attention.
With a set of tools to work with the
boys will become skillful in handling
them and develop whatever mechanical
genius they may possess and be better
prepared to save pennies and dimes
later in life.
There is no way that ten dollars can
be spent to better advantage than in
the purchase of a set of tools for use at
home.-Farmers' Voice.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
Drawing Manure in Winter.

There are many advantages and some
disadvantages in drawing manure from
the barnyard nearly as fast as it is
made. Among the latter is not, how
ever, the danger that the manure SO
drawn will waste by the washing of
rains and melting SHOWS the present
winter. The far greater danger is that
the manure will be inert all through
winter and spring, and will only begin
to become effective when the warm air
sets it to fermenting and liberates its
ammonia. This goes on until late in
the season, and the following winter
this ammonia, which has probably
formed a union with some mineral,
making it a nitrate, will be very large
ly washed out of cultivated soils. But
ON grass lands the roots hold the fer
tilizing material and mostly prevent its
loss.-Am erican Cultivator.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
STATE OF Ono, CRY OF TOLEDO,

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of +. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One. Hundred Dol
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
1856. A. w. GLEASON,
lSeal1 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system Send for testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
CORN SHOCK TIER.
A Device That Has Been Tried with
Great Success During the Season
Just Past.

Every one who has cut corn knows
the difficulty of drawing shock up
tight; the difficulty of getting it tied
without breaking the band (when tying
with corn stalk) and when working
alone, the time and ingenuity required
to get the band round the shock. All
such have disagreeable memories of
putting up the band, taking one end
and reaching and straining for the
other only to find it just little piece
beyond the tips of ones fingers, and
then as one pulls the other end a little
to gain a few inches how the loose end
is like the end of a rainbow-you may
travel long time and never get any
nearer the end. This device, illustrated
in the accompanying drawing, draws
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
HANGING FEED RACK.
An Arrangement Which Keeps Sheep
from Injurlng Themselves or
Their Wool.

The usual method of feeding sheep
has a number of disadvantages. When
fed from the floor adjacent to their
pen, the lambs are quite sure to be
found walking all over the hay and
grain, and making themselves general
ly at home in the uttermost parts Of
the barn. The sheep, moreover, wear
figure themselves when feeding
through openings in the side of their
pen. Where the fodder is thrown down
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
Treasury Department,
Office of Auditor for Interior.

washington, II. u, Dec ~, 1898.
The Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus,
Ohio:
Gentlemen-I've often heard of your
great medicine and have persuaded my
wife, who has been much of sufferer
from catarrh, to try Pe-ru-na, and after
using one bottle she has wonderfully
improved. It has proved all you have
claimed for it, and I take pleasure in
recommending it to anyone who is at.
ficted with catarrh. Yours,
VIM. Youngblood,
Auditor for the Interior.
Catarrh in it's various forms is rapid
ly becoming national curse. An un-
doubted remedy has been discovered by
DR.. Hartman. This remedy has been
thoroughly tested during the pastforty
years. Prominent men have come to
know of its virtues and are making pub
lie utterances on the subject. TO save
the country we must save the people.
To save the people we must protect
them from disease. The disease that's
at once the most prevalent and stub.
born of cure is catarrh.