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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-07-04
Notice of Competitive EDdmtna-
ttOn for Winthrop Scholarships.


tton for Winthrop Scholarships.
The Winthrop competitive ex-
animation, advertised elsewhere,
will be held at Lancaster court
house on July 20, from 8 a. m. to
4 p. m. Miss Paris Neal having
graduated, there is now a vacant
scholarship to be awarded to the
most successful applicant. That
this examination may be perfect.
ly fair, all applicants are asked
to bring a lunch, so it will not
be necessary to leave the court
house till the examination is over.
BY order of County Board of
Education. j. II. Thompson,
Chairman.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-07-04

Useless food is digested quickly II will fer.
ment and irritate the stomach After each
meal take teaspoonful of Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. 1t digests what you eat and win allow
you TO cat all you need Of what you like. 1t
never fails to cure the worst cases OF dyspep.
sia. 1t Is pleasant TO take. Crawford Bros
d.w-S
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$36sOO in Cash Lost.

Mr.. II. r. Blakeney lost his
pocket book containing $35 last
Wednesday evening between the
poor house grave yard and his
home about a half mile east
of there. The money consisted
of ten dollar bill; four fives,
two one dollar bills and the bal
anco in change. The finder will
be suitably rewarded
III r. BLAKENEY,
June 30, 1900. Lancaster. S. G.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-07-04

Ivy poisoning, poison wounds and all other
accidental injuries may be quickly cured by
using DeWttts Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is also
a certain euro for piles and skin diseases
Take no other era wford Bros. d-w-s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-07-04

The Chinese ask chow is your liver?" instead
OF how do you do?" for when the liver
vs. Acuyc the health Is good DcWitrs Little
Early Risers are famous little pills for the
liver and bowels Crawford Bros d.w.s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-07-04

All who suffer from piles will be glad to learn
that cewitts Witch Hazel Salve will give them
instant and permanent relief twin cure ecze
ma and all skin diseases Beware OF counter
feils. Crawford Bros. d-w.s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-07-04
Wednesday, July 4, 1900.
Short Locals.

-lhe temperature these days
is well up.
MIR. s. w. Heath, Of Knrshsw.
spent Sunday in Lancaster.
DR.. Woodward and wife, of
Bishopvllle, are visiting at Mr..
George Payseur's.
DIR. j. II. Thornwoll will tie
the guest of R>v. ant Mrs. ChaI
mers Fraser this week.
Gardens around town as
we'll as in the country are ex-
ceptionally good this year.
Mrs. j. +. McMdnus is visit.
ing the family of her nnclo. Mr.
K. l.. Blackmon, of Kershaw.
-Children's Day exercises
will be observed at Fork Hill
church next Sunday, July s.
Misses Libbie Byers and
Reola Allison, of York, are Wis
iting Miss Matte Allison, of
Lancaster.
Mr. E. J. Lewis and little
son, of Camden, are spending a
few days with Mr.. S. NJ. Mathis
of Lancaster.
Married, June 80, 1900, by
Rev. Mr.. Dabney, Mr.. John j.
Phillips and Miss Matte Bird,
both of the Flat Greek section.
The eastern portion of the
county was visited by heavy
rains Monday afternoon reach
ing to within a couple of miles
of town.
The farmers are having a
hard fight with the grass. The
frequent rains have made it
difficult for the farmer to hold
his ground.
Mrs. E. y. Lanier, of Miami,
Fla and Mrs. w. M. Crawford,
OF Lancaster, visited their father.
Mr.. j. w. Hasseltine, at this
place last week.-Kershaw Era.
Miss Euna Payseur has re
turned from Raleigh, N. c., where
she spent several weeks with her
sister after leaving Richmond.
where she has been in college.
MIR. J. M. Stewart has accent.
ed position In the dispensary
here and Mr.. j. F. Williams gives
up that place to accept position
with the Heath Banking & Mer
csntile Co., here.
Miss Anna Remington,
daughter of Mr.. George Kennipg,
ton, died at the factory here Sun
day of fever, aged about 25
years. She was buried in the new
cemetery Monday morning.
The small pox case, of which
we made mention last week, has
fully recovered, having lasted
about 16 days. DR.. Twitty says
none of the other members of
the family have developed any
svmptoms.-Era.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Mason,
who have been on month s
visit to the parents of the latter,
Mr.. and Mrs j. f. Gregory
left yesterday afternoon for
Walhalla to spend aweek before
returning to Atlanta.
Died at the factoty last Sat.
urday night Mr.. w. ]. Burns, son
Of Mr.. Sam Burns, aged about
35 years. Death was caused by
consumption. He leaves a wife
and five or six children. His re
mains were buried in the new
cemetery Sunday.
-Ex-Congressman Strait at
tended n celebration christening
the town of Bethune on the new
Seaboard 20 miles east of Cam
den, last Saturday. The doctor
was one of the several speakers
for the occasion, Congressman
Finley being another.
Mrs. Mary Smith, wife of Mr.
A. q. Smith, OF Blacksburg, died
yesterday about noon at the
home OF her daughter here, Mrs.
w Eorhas aFkan q k.;xF ,lino.o
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grippe, Group, asthma. whooping cough, bron.
chltis ana pneumonia. It's early use prevents
consumption. Crawford Bros. d-w-s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-07-04

Neglect Is the short step so many take from
. cough or cold To COnSuW ption The early use
or one Minute Cough Cure prevents consump.
ion 10 is the only harml less remedy that gives
lmmcdiat C. results IL cures all throat aud lung.
troubles Children all like II and mothers en-
doTse IL. Crawford Bros d.W-s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-07-04

Reports show that over fifteen hundred lives
have been saved through the use OF One Min.
ute Cough Cure. Most OF these were cases OF
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09
MADE MORE MONEY.

Island Lake, N. D., Oct. 20,
1891 located on my homestead
II miles west of Bisbee, in July,
1897, and as I am a blacksmith,
have worked at my trade all the
time and farmed a little also. I
have good buildings and 80 acres
under cultivation, and this year
raised 96 bu. of barley, 200 bu. of
flax, so bu. of rye and 70 bu. of
potatoes. We have had good sue
cess with garden stuff and r we'll
satisfied in our new home. The
climate is fine, and though colder,
we like it better than the rain and
mud in Indiana. I advise anyone
willing to work to come here and
get a home, and while we have dry
seasons, yet I have made more in
such seasons than [ made in In
diana, in what they called a good
year. ELI HoCHsTETLER,
Formerly Of Mt. Ayr, Ind.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09
GLAD TO GIVE HOMESEEKERS IN
FORMATION.


Rugby, N: D., Oct. IS, 1897
write a few lines to tell how I like
this country. I came here from
Tazewell county, Va, the first Of
last April, and filed on acclaim four
miles northwest of Barton, and
have had some breaking done, and
will build me a house this fall and
move my family out here next
spring. I do not think there could
be a better place for a poor man.
l consider a homestead to
be worth $1,000 to any man who
has the grit to come here and i'm
prove it. If any of my friends see
these lines in print, and want in
formation that cannot be obtained
elsewhere, and they write me, /
will be glad to give them all the
information [ can.
M. S. KNIGHT.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09
WAS NOT SATISFIED UNTIL HE TRIED
IT A SECOND TINE.

WAS NOT SATISFIED UNTIL HE TRIED
IT A SECOND TIME.
Dash, N. D., Oct. ii, 1901
came here from Glover Hill, Va,
with the big colony of 1896, and
was most favorably impressed with
the country, finding it better than
[ expected, and much better than
what I had been used to in Vir-
Iginia. I worked by the month up
to the 9th Of December, and did
not freeze my toes, as I have often
done in Virginia, when it was not
nearly as cold. After my time was
up, and not yet feeling fully salts
fed, I went back to my old home,
but I was not there two months
before I wished myself back in
Dakota. The damp air and mud
that I had never noticed until I
had lived in a dry country was too
much for me, and when the next
colony was made up in 1898, you
bet [ was one of that party. I had
very limited means, and landed in
Cando with just Sc left. I went
out at once and picked me out a
homestead, and borrowed the
money to make my filing, and then
went to work by the month"; That
year [ got twenty-five acres broken,
and rented it to a neighbor, and
this year [ have worked by the
month again. I have a sod house
on my land, and put up
twenty-five tons of hay, and own a
lot and half interest in a house in
Cando. The longer [ am here the
better l like Dakota. Of course
the winters are a terror to the
eastern people who know nothing
of them except from the big stories
they hear; but if a man has a home
of his own here he can stand the
winters here as well as anywhere
[ can honestly advise the indus.
trious poor man who wants a home
of his own to come here. Money
does not grow on these prairies
without industry, but not half the
labor is necessary to produce a
crop as in Virginia. Ny sister
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09

that will come soon. We have a
large school here, numbering 50
pupils. Words cannot express
our thankfulness to you for point
ing as to this country, with many
of our old neighbors. This has
been a fine summer and fall, and
at this writing the ground is not
frozen. We have a good prospect
for a good crop next year.
JOHN r. PETERS.
mi. Peters is the son of Elder
Amos A. Peters, one of the first
settlers in our colony work.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09
LETTER FROM ONE OF OUR FIRST
SETTLERS.

Zion, N. D., Nov. 16, 1897
After so long a time, I will write
you a few lines concerning our
country. People in this vicinity
seem to be enjoying good health,
and are prospecting financially.
Crops were generally good here.
We were damaged by the hail
some. Wheat run from 5 to 25
bu. to the acre, and flax from 5
to 20 bushels to the acre. Oats
and barley yielded pretty we'll.
My wheat averaged over 20 bush
els to the acre, and I had Is acres
of fax on raw sod that went IL
bushels per acre. I had SIS acres
on my homestead that made some
over 500 bushels. Isold my wheat
for SO and 81 cents, and my flax
for $1.04 to Sill, so you see it
made me a good thing. I feel
greatly encouraged, and feel that
many more young men can do
we'll by coming here and taking a
homestead. We did not have so
large a crop here this season as in
1895, but I feel that if I can do as
we'll as this summer that I cannot
complain. We see some dark days,
but they only point us back to the
days when our forefathers settled
in the forests of Indiana and Ohio.
We r away ahead Of what they
had to encounter, for it took them
nearly a lifetime (if they had no
money! to see their plows run as
we see them here. Our grubbing
is all done, and the land is ready
for the pillow. We want to say to
the people in the east that when
they come here they must not
expect too much of this country, as
life is what we make it. This has
been a somewhat stormy summer,
and some shacks were blown down,
mine being among them; but my
neighbors assisted me in putting
it up, and the loss was not very
much. This country is fast build
ing up in a general way. We have
a postofice in this vicinity. recent
ly established, called Zion. We
haven't the route established. but
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09

of. Men who came here with
scarcely a dollar have in four or
five years become almost indepen-
dent. A renter in the east can
better himself by coming here and
buying on the crop plan or home
stealing, but we advise the latter.
Land sells from $40 to SIS per
acre. This is no "Klondike,'
where one succeeds and 1000 fail,
but where anyone with pluck and
energy, coupled with economy,
may build them up a home mega
surely and with greater ease than
anywhere else know of.
@. w. SHELLY.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09

came with me in 1898, and she got
1925 per week for working in a
small family. Last spring my
brother came. Both are equally
satisfied with myself. There are
good chances here yet and this
country beats the east two to one.
The first year I was here I got $50
per month. In 1898 I got $3.50,
and this year I got $25 per month.
I would not go back to Virginia to
live under any ordinary circum-
stances. ARTHUR D.. SPoNAGLE.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09
CAN'T FIND WORDS TO EXPRESS
FULLY THEIR GOOD OPINION OF
NORTH DAKOTA.

Boston, N. D., Nov. IL, 1885,
I came from Warrensburg, Mo-,
and settled on a homestead in the.
southwest corner of Cavalier
county, in April, 1898. The per-
sonal property I brought with me
was worth about $3.50. In 1898 I
broke 20 acres and sowed flax.
and got a yield of 240 bu. This
year my crop was: 70 bu. of wheat,
400 bu. of oats, 225 bu. of barley,
$50 bu. of flax, and $50 bu. Of
potatoes. I did all the work to-
raise this crop. and did not hire a
man only in threshing. I also ex-
changed work to get help to put
up 80 tons Of hay hat is worth in
stack from So to $3.50 per ton. I
have good, comfortable buildings,
and am in good shape for the
winter. We raised the finest
garden I ever saw, and have 500
trees heeled in to plant in the,
spring. [ can only repeat what [
have often said, that this is the
best country I ever saw to get a
good home quickly and easily. In
my immediate neighborhood the.
free land is all gone, but there is
plenty and good in the Mouse
River country. I can surely
recommend my friends to come
out here, and in 5 years you will
hear it whispered around in the
o~vercrowded east: IF l had only
come to North Dakota while there.
was free land" But their regrets.
will come too. late. [ say to all,
come now while there is a chance,
for you to get a home like we, who
are here, have got. My wife and
I are fully satisfied with our new
home and the prospect before u.s..
and can't find words to properly
express our good opinion Of North
Dakota.
Mr.. and MRS. j. L. KATHERMAN.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09
ALMOST INDEPENDENT IN FOUR OF
FIVE YEARS.

ALMOST INDEPENDENT IN FOUR OR
FIVE YEARS.
York, N. D., Oct. 1881 came
from Ollie, Ia, in the spring Of
1895. bringing about $500 with me
all told. [ have a homestead of
100 acres four miles northwest of
York, have a good house l6x24,
good granary l4x19 and a sod
stable. Have a good we'll Of water
twenty feet deep, and 100 acres
under cultivation, 40 acres fenced
for pasture, and 1000 trees. My
crop this year was: 460 bushels
wheat, $50 bushels oats, ITO bush
els barley, $50 bushels flax, and go
bushels potatoes. [ have raised
crops here for five years. Garden
vegetables do we'll here, with the
exception of melons and tomatoes,
which are not so sure. Cotton
wood trees do we'll, and mine made
a growth Of three and four feet
this season. Gooseberries and
%currants stand the winter here
without any protection. The
climate is very healthful, the sum.
mers are pleasant and free from
oppressive heat. The winters are
colder here than in my former
home, but I prefer the winters
here to those in Iowa, as it is not
SO changeable, and one soon gets
used to the cold. Our schools are
equal to those of Iowa. I live in
sight Of four school houses. There
is still plenty Of government land
west Of here and near the railroad
and our opinion is that this coun.
try offers better opportunities fol
the homeseeker than any we know
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09
THOSE WANTING LAND MUST COME
loon.
SOON.

Rugby. N. D., Oct. %, 1907
came from old Pennsylvania, Port
Royal, last spring, and have taken
Il homestead southwest Of Rugby.
came single-handed, but have
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09

20 acres broken on my claim and a
small house. The we'll water here
is good, and the climate all one
could ask thus far. The schools
are better here than where I lived
in the east. This is the best
country I ever saw for a young
man or woman, for they have adj
vantages here that do not occur in
the east, and 10y judgment and
care in a few years can become in
dependent. I can advise my
friends to come here and locate,
and they must come soon, for it is
wonderful how fast the land is
being taken up. j. K. GRAHAM.
IS PLEASED WITH HIS VISIT TO
FRIENDS IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Alvada, Ohio, Nov. II, 1899.
In the latter part of August,
1899, I made a trip to North Oak
ota, and was there some two or
three weeks, travelling over the
greater portion of Towner, Benson
and Rolette counties. The far
mers were busy reaping their boun-
tiful harvest, and all seemed to be
cheerful and happy, notwithstand-
ing the hardships and privations
some had passed through in their
first years experience in North
Dakota. One man with whom we
stopped told us that he and his
wife wept over the condition they
were in the first winter, because Of
a lack of provisions and fuel (they
having arrived too late to raise a
crop), but they said to us on our
departure: "Tell our friends in
Ohio that we are we'll satisfied,
and better situated than we ever
could have been in Ohio I have
never been in any other new
country where the people were SC
generally satisfied. l attribute
this to the fact that they have a
beautiful, productive and very
healthful country. Many who fell
that they never could have homes
of their own in the east, are com
fortablv situated here in homes OF
their own. l say to all, that if
had no home in Ohio, [ would &C
to North Dakota. Persons going
there should expect to practice
self-denial and endure hardships
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09

Just ask the farmers and others:
who have purchased farms and Sc
curities from Brown & Co., if they
have not made money.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09

for a time, as in all new countries.
They may never have some of the
advantages that we enjoy in the
east. I know nothing of the
winters from personal experience
but am told that while it becomes
very cold at times, the atmosphere
being dry. it does not effect one as
in a damp climate. Persons going
there with less than sufficient
means to care for their families
until a crop is produced, must ex-
pect to labor under a great disad-
vantage, and endure many hard
ships. ELDER L. II. DICKEY.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-04-06
NORTHERN PACIFIC LANDS.
Bill for Their Forfeiture Introduced
BY Penrose.


Washington, March Ex-senator PEN
rose of Pennsylvania has introduced n
bill which proposes to declare that all
transfers of land to, or by, the present
corporation known as the Northern Pa
citc Railroad company shall be declared
illegal and void; and authorizing the
committee on Pacific railroads to exam
inc into certain charges and report
thereon. The committee is also given
by the bill full power to send for persons
and papers.
The title of the bill is "A bill to inuuire
into the reorganization of the Northern
Pacific Railroad company and the dis
pOsal OF the lands belonging to the said
Northern Pacific Railroad company bv
the Northern Pacific Railway company. !"
The charges referred to above are to
be found in the following lengthy pream-
BILE preceding the enactlng clause of the
bill:
"Whereas. On July 2, 1864, there
was enacted bill granting a charter to
certain parties tOwit: Richard d. Rice,
John A. POOre, Samuel =. Strickland
and others, for building a railroad from
Lake Superior to Puget sound, with
branches thereto, under the name and
title of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company; and
Whereas, To aid in the construction
of said railroad, public lands to the ex-
tent OF 43,OO0,O0O acres were given to
said corporation to aid in building the
road; and
"Whereas, Under the said charter con-
gress expressly stipulated in section 10
n hnnfaH Eo
ated by the corporation, or mortgage
or lien in any way, except by and with
the consent OF congress; and
Whereas, congress authorized an is
sue of bonds known as the first mort
gage bonds, and by the issue of the said
bonds the corporation exhausted it's
power to issue bonds; and,
"Whereas, the corporation, in viola
| tiOn Of law and it's charter, have issued
so-called second mortgage bonds, $19,-
216,OOO; third mortgage, $11 ,4S1 900;
| consolidated mortgage bonds, ,$160, ,000,-
| 900, and caused an illegal sale of the
| property under a foreclosure of the sec
ond and third mortgage bonds which
were illegally issued, in violation of the
charter, to the injury Of the stockholders
| Of said corporation, the preferred stock
OF the company representing the surrend-
cred original first mortgage bonds; and
"Whereas the reOrganized Northern
Pacific railway company is Illegally using
the charter and franchises of the North
ern Pacific railroad company to enable
them to dispose Of the lands and so
forth belonging to it for the benefit Of
the said Northern Pacific railway COM
pany, and to the injury of the real
| owners of the said charter and land
grant, to-wit: the unassenting stock
holders of the Northern Pacific railroad
! cOmDany."
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-04-06
GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
Surplus Sixteen Millions for Month
of March

Washington, April 2.-The montbIv
statement Of the government rerpints
and expenditures during March shows
the total receipts to have been SIS 72G .
S37 and the expenditures $40 ISIS 57i
which leaves a surplus for the month 81
16,53S, ,5G6. o''" -
The receipts from the several sources
OF revenue are given as follows: Customs
9zZ zZ'UJO.OSl, an Increase as compared
with March of last year of about 81
O0O,O0O. Internal revenue, S24 .237-
963; increase, 81, ,5GG,OOO. Miscellan-
eous, 81, ,S89,192.
The disbursements for the month
charged to the war department amount
ed to $500, ,053, a decrease as com
pared with March, 1899, of So. 800 900.
Navy department, $4.413,G37, a de-
crease OF $430.OO0. Civil and miscpl-
laneous, Sc, ,S39, $50; decrease, So. DOB
600. s-'--0''-
For the nine months Of the present
fiscal year the receipts exceeded the dis
bursements by SOL, 4,302,O 900.
Nstionai Bank Circulation.
Washington, April 2.-The monthly
statement OF the comptroller of the cur
rency shows that at the close of bust
ness, March 81, 1900, the total circuIa-
ton OF national bank notes was S27O.-
953,O6S, an increase for the wear of
S27 7,9OO,75l, and an increase for the
month OF $2l, ,51S, 100. The circulation
based on United States bonds was $2G3.-
284 4,239, an increase for the year of
1885, ,OS1, and an increase for the
month of $19,G74,2O1.
The circulation secured by lawful
money was $17, ,G6S, ,S3S, an increase for
the year of 81, ,542, $40, an increase for
the month of $1,S43,9
The amount Of United States register
ed bonds on deposit to secure circulating
notes was $3.50, ,OO1, ,4SO, of which those
OF the new per cents amounted to
S9I, ,197,6 $50, and to secure public de-
poslts $S9, ,G31 ,OSO, of which $19.992.-
900 we're the 2 per cents.
Coinage in March.
Washington, April 2.-The monthly
statement of the director of the mint
shows the total coinage at the mints of
the United States during March to have
been $17,O75, 5,6SS, as follows: Gold,
$l2 ,596, 6,240; silver, $4,341 ,375; minor
coins, $685. ,072.