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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-10-20
Court Proceedings.

! - 'hO Stubu jury
made Its final report and was dis
charged after six of the number
were drawn in open court to serve
as grand jurors for the year 1901.
The names of the following were
drawn: } b Hagins, j Sam Bruce,
- b Funderburk, j Thos Barton,
f Williams and q w Green.
The first case tried Wednesday
was The State VS.. VIM Porter,
charged with murder. The defend
ant claimed that the killing was by
accident. The jury thought
otherwise and found him guilty
of msnslaughter and recommended
nm to the mercy of the court.
he was sentenced to two years on
cham gang or in penitentlary.
johnson alias Bunk Watts was
next tried for the murder of his
lather. His plea was self de-
Tense. The jury found him guilty
OF mansIaughter and recommended
hun to the mercy of the court.
He was sentenced to three wears
IN the penitentiary.
The State VS.. George Eubanks
who killed VIM Evans ut Walters
store near the cotton mill several
months ago, was the last murder
case on the docket. The defen-
dant claimed that the killing WAS
done in self defence. The yer,
dict in this case was the same as
in the other two murder cases.
Eubanks was sentencek to seven
years IN the penitentiary.
The State vs.. Thos Catoe.
charged with assault and batter v
with intent to kill was the last
case tried and resulted in the ac
quilted of the defendant.
All other cases on tho dockei
were continued to the next tern
of the court, and the jury was
discharged until 10 o'clock a m,
next Monday, when the commo n
pleas jury cases will be taken up.
The report of the grand jury
complimented the condition of the
county offices, dispensaries and
other county institutions. The
jury found some Of the very old
b 1t valuable records in the clerk $
office in bad condition and recon-
mendcd that they be rebound.
The Jury also recommended the
ceiling of building at the poor
house, the purchase of eight pairs
of blankets for that institution
and the recovering of the large
chain gang tent. 1t also recon-
mended that the county supervisor
have erected on the court house
grounds building to be occupied
by the Magistrate ut Lancaster G.
H., and that the Magistrate dis,
continue the use of the jury room.
The Jury also made mention OF
the death of Mr. S A McIIwain,
one of its number, whose death
had occur ed since the court haa
been in session, and expressed the
deepest sympathy for his famil,
in their sad bereavement anc
their great sorrow at the loss tC
thu county of SO good II citizen.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-10-20

Died in Cedar Greek township
on Thursday last, infant son of
Mr. and Mrs w L Hilliard, aged
4 weeks.
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SEMI " EEKLA

& >e&h S#3Gta&s
Cotton brought about 81 cents
ye~terday.
MIR ; II PlyIer of the O X sec
ton, we "egrct to learn, is quite
ill.
The morning air was quite brisk
Thursday and frost was right
mnch in evidence.
Mr.. II q Mcllwain is at home
from Baltimore ona visit to his
family.
johnson Benson, of this county.
was acquitted this week in the &
> court ut Greenville of retailing
whiskey.
Mr.. " Nj Clanton of the Halle
Mine has rented one OF the Jones
residences in East End and moved
his family to this place Thursday.
Mr. l. S Elliott is having the
house ne recently purchased on
Dunlap Street repaired prepara.
tory to moving into it. He has
rented his residence in East End
to Mr. Moore.
List of letters advertised for
the week ending Oct, 20 1900 for
Lancaster, 5. {. Mrs. Susaner
Whitaker, Miss f. G. A. Pitmau,
Miss Rosa Lancaster, Mr.. Luke
Reaster, MIR. j. 5. Terry, Mr.
w. >. Righly, Mr.. Samie Reed,
MIR. Walker Reid.
Belle Nance, =. NJ.
w. A. Reckling, Photographer
of Columbia, will he ut Lancas-
ter Oct 18th, 18th, 10Th aud Goth
taking pictures. All who want the
best work please take notice.
Remember Reckiings Photo.
graphs don't fade.
Married, at IL O'Clock q m,
"Wednesday, October 18th, 1900,
at the home of Mrs. Ellen Harper.
the brides mother, 10y Rev. w G
Ewart, Mr.. Ed Z Mobley and
Miss Eula Harper. After the
ceremony an elegant wedding
dinner was served to the relatives
and friends who were present to
witness th" happy event. These
young people are very popular
and have the very best wishes of
the editor for many long years of
welded bliss.
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Bridge 10 Let.

\ cos RAG" TO Build A
"A NV hTn. e over luiir Lvnche~
creek b". w.'rU ne town ur KrrSh W
AID h" Iii - q MIN" wi. b.. let
l" ih" 0W's' rc.lumsipie hlGd-r on
Fri"m' Oct o. 1900 al 10 O'Clock "a
m Sc ltirrI"s '>iN br rua'. Brown
at IN" time of i'tu.g. We will re
srrNe,l' " r'Gh. !" reject aLA and al
hin+ an" t'' bidder will I've required
I" rivc 81 h"r'd tot douhie the amnunt
o hi~ : ID trr -. 'li'h 1T Icrf,rn.alire
"l the CO. I'H. NJ G. Gardner.
C"Gnts supervisor
Oct Ittn l9u",
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-10-20

Cotton brought about 81 cents
ye~terday.
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johnson Benson, of this county,
was acquitted this week in the &
5 court at Greenville of retailing
whiskey.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-10-20

Mr.. II q MclIwain is at home
from Baltimore ona visit to his
family.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-10-20

The morning air was quite brisk
Thursday and frost was right
mnch in evidence.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-10-20

Mr. > II PlyIer Of the O K Sec
ton, we "egrct to learn, is quite
ill.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-10-20

Mr.. W Nj Clanton of the Halle
Mine has rented one OF the Jones
residences in East End and moved
his family to this place Thursday.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-10-20

Mr. l. S Elliott is having the
house he recently purchased on
Dunlap Street repaired prepara
tory to moving into it. He has
rented his residence in East End
to Mr. Moore.
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40 euro Constipation Forever.
Take CascaretS Candy Cathartic. 1oc or 25a
u G. G.. G.. fail to cure. druggists refund money
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16
The following ar. delinquent taxpayers, 1899
WIN. HI. SMITH,

LOUIS BUTCHER, TREASURER, IN AC
COUNT WITH PAS5AGC TOWNSHIP,
FOR THE YEARS 1899 AND 1900.
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ODD TOWN OF cULLoDEN.

The Liquor Element Engineered"
the Antis Out OF the Village.
Il reckon we've got the oldest town
in our state that there is in the United
States" said West Virginia man.
Ever hear of CuIloden? ! don't mean
the clans of Culloden described by the
poet Campbell mean Cullodeh. w.
Va. Well sir. about half the popula-
ton of the town doesn't live in the
town and can't vote in the town al
though they are right in the town.
IN explain The good people, and
they are in the majority, too, are down
on saloons and liquor in any shape
They got up a temperance meeting and
purposed to drive the liquor men out Of
town. When YOU find a West Virgin
ian who believes in liquor, you find a
man who is ready TO fight for it. The
liquor people got together and in some
way got the confidence of the town en-
gineer ! don't know whether he was
liquor man or not. but they got him
on their side. The engineer discovered
that the town was not laid out right,
and he got authority to change the
metes and bounds When he finished
the job. the temperance people found
out that they lived lust outside of the
line of the town, no matter what part
of the town their houses. were in. A
mau could stand in his back yard and
talk to the man whose place was right
up against his place and who was a
voter. but the first man had lost his
vote.
"Ihe lines of the engineer excluded.
as | have said. the temperance people
II took in the license folk all right
The map of CulIodcn as it is now looks
q good deal like sheet of paper after
fly with ink on its feet meanders
across it. You can tell how citizen of
Culloden stands on the liquor question
by the place where he builds a house.
if he builds one. which doesn't often
occur, In spite of its zigzag bounda-
ries, however Culloden is a contented
community" New York Sun.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16
TIE REGENT DIAMOND.
It Is Acknowledged the Most Perfect
Brilliant In Existence.

It is Acknowledged the Most Perfect
Brilliant In Existence.
The Pitt (or Regent as it was
brilliant in existence. and its history is
also very remarkable. 1t is said to
have been found by slave in the Par
teal mines in 1901, who to retain his
treasure cut hole in the calf of his
leg, in which he concealed it, although
it is more probable he secreted it
among the bandages The slave es-
capped to the coast with his find, where
he encountered an English skipper,
whom he made his confidant. offering,
indeed. to bestow upon him the stone in
return for his liberty. The mariner,
apparently consenting to the slaves
proposal took him out to sea and when
there drowned him. after obtaining
possession of the diamond Disposing
of the gem to diamond merchant for
$1,000 it is said the man afterward
hanged himself in fit of remorse.
Mr.. Pitt. governor of Fort ST. George
and great grandfather of the illustrious
w lllldHl lll, ptCdue tHe UeAl pOS-
SCISSOR of this valuable stone, weighing
40 carats for 100000 He sent it to
London, where he had it very skillfully
cut at a cost of $4,000, the process oc-
cupying two years. Pitt appears to
have found his diamond no very envia-
BILE possession, for, after refuting the
calumnies of his enemies who had
charged him with having obtained ii
by unfair means, he was so haunted by
the fear of being robbed that he never
slept two nights consecutiyely under
the same roof, never gave notice of his
arrival in or departure from town and
went about mysteriously disguised. He
must necessarily have felt greatly re-
lieved when he parted with the dia-
mond to the Due dOrleans, regent
during the minority of Louis Ky, king
of France in 171T for the sum of f135,-
600. Chambers Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16
THE BOOK COLLECTOR.
He Made Swap Which Satisfied the
Secondhand Dealer.

He Made n Swap Which Satisfied the
Secondhand Dealer.
Its astonishing how book collecting
will blunt Il mans conception of the
rights of meum ct tuum," said the pro-
prietor of delightful old secondhand
store on the south side of the town. Il
wouldn't trust confirmed collector as
far as l could throw Jackson square by
the monument. They all consider them
selves licensed privateers, and when
one of them wants any particular vol
ume and can't buy it the chances are
it will mysteriously disappear the first
time he pays you a visit. | am on to
most of the tricks of the fraternity
however, and it takes pretty smooth
individual to secure any plumber in this
shop.
"Only recently | circumvented an old
gentleman in a manner that is apt to
adhere to his memory for some time.
He is a passionate admirer of Dickens
and has fine collection of early edi-
tons and books in general relating to
the great novelist One of his sets, a
very handsome print with the original
Cruikshank plates, is short one volume,
the eighth. | have copy of the same
edition, and he has tried repeatedly to
get me to break it so as to complete his
own, but | have of course refused
'"rhen ! noticed that he began to
drop in of afternoons with book I'M
der his arm, looking up and down the
shelves. The volume he carried bore a
close external resemblance to the copy
of Dickens he wanted, and suspected
at once that l would some day find
them exchanged Consequently lock
ed up the coveted volume s and substi-
tuted a worthless treatise on mathe-
MATES bound in the same manner My
visitor knew the exact location of the
book on the shelf, and the other day
purposely gave him an opportunity to
make the shift 1t was done in twin
king. and presently he strolled out.
haven't seen him since, The book he
left was very pretty copy of Keats
l am well satisfied with the swap
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16


The chief distinction between the
Mauser and the Lee Enfield is this
that while The Leo Enfield has maya
zine which is inserted underneath the
body through the trigger guard and Sc
cured by a catch and is provided with
what is called Il "cut off" TO prevent
the cartridges from rising, so that it
can be used as Il simple breechloader
for single firing until the magazine,
which contains ten cartridges. is order
ed to be used. the Mauser has a maga-
zine which, though not absolutely fix
ed, is only intended 10 be taken off for
cleaning. II does not need ''cut OFF,
to use as a single loader
The magazine contains five car
tridges, but whereas the cartridges
for the Lee Enfield have, when the
magazine is charged, TO be each put in
separately, the magazine of the Maui
ser is filed at once by placing against
the face of the magazine set of five
cartridges held in clip which falls off
when the cartridges have been inserted
in the magazine.
Thus if each weapon We're at the be-
ginning Of a fight empty, the M1usef
would permit Of more rapid fire De
cause II could be loaded five cartridges
at time, while the Lee Enfield would
take cartridge by cartridge, as long to
load as single breechloader. On the
other hand. the times when a very
rapid discharge Of fire is desirable are
not numerous, and for these the Lee
Enfield has ten cartridges ready
against the Mauser's five.-Nineteenth
Century,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16
A PninfuI Memory.

A lady who lives on Morgan street
took her 5-year-old son to photog-
l'apher's TO have his picture taken.
She was anxious to secure a good like
ness at this particular sitting because
she wished to distribute the pictures
among some friends who were then
her guests.
The childs idea of the affair. how
ever did not apparently harmonic
with that Of his mother, for when
the man with the camera began to adj
just The lens and direct it toward little
Edward that young person set up what
was unquestionably a howl.
IN vain did the mother call into use
her utmost forensic abilities. Edward
did not want his picture taken
WHY. my child" she said soothing
ly, the gentleman won't hurt you.
Just smile and keep still Il moment,
and it will be all over before YOU know
il"
Yes, | know, mamma" whimpered
the youth. with the tears running
down his checks, but that's what you
told me at the dentist's.'- st. Louis
post-Dispatch.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16
THROUGH vEsTlBULED TRAINS

Consisting of Standard Pullman and
Wagner Buffet Sleeping Cars, and luxur-
ious Vestibuled Day Coaches, lighted by
gas are run every day between New
York and Chicago via the Lackawanna
and Nickel Plate Road, making the most
comfortable and cheapest route from
New York, Scranton, Binghamton and
Elmira, to Cleveland, Fit. Wayne, Chicago
and the West. The dining cars and the
meal stations on the Nickel Plate Road
are operated by the company, and serve
the best meals at reasonable prices. The
through day coaches are in charge of
colored porters whose services are free
to both first and second class passengers
Rates via this route are lower than via
other lines For information, call on any
ticket agent of the D.. L. W. or address,
f. j. Moore, General Agent, Nickel
Plate Road, 291 Main street, Buffalo,
New York
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Balance Ia Hands 81 Treas.

Balance in Hands of Treas. 634S "a
Resolved, That S2500.G0 is the amount
thought necessary for working roads the com
ing year.
Resolved. That $4,000 should be raised for
help of the poor.
Resolved. That 500 90 should be raised for
use of the Board of Health
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
COUNTY OF NORRIS. 81
J. H Moore. Township Clerk of the
Township of Passaic in the County of Morris
and State of New Jersey. being duly sworn on
oath. say that the foregoing is a true and cor
rect financial statement of said Township for
the year beginning in March 1899 and CON
tanning full and complete account of the re-
cepts and expenditures of the TOWNSHIP Com
mittee for the last preceding yea the amounts
received and paid out by the Tow nship Col
lector from all sources for account of the said
township or of the several school districts
therein during said year the amount of taxes
remaining unpaid and the names of the de-
linquents in said township for the year named.
Fl. A. MOORE.
Township Clerk.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th day
of February, A. o., 1900.
j. A. HAyEY, J. p.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16
ITonors Easy.

"The audience was a trifie severe in
its comments on the essay your wife
read"
"Yes," answered Mr.. Meekton, but
the audience hasn't any the best Of It.
1t 'ud feel pretty small and discour-
aged If it only knew what Henrietta
says about the people who criticised
her" Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16
wifelv Cnnatnncv

81 have been married for 10 years,
and my wife never fails to meet me at
the door
''NYonderfulr'
SIZES, She's afraid ! might go in
without wiping my feet. Chicago
Times Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16

sour little Dick makes very clever
conundrums- really very clever"
"Can you guess them?"
ooh, we never dare do that. Little
Dick wants to tell the answers him
lfr-Indianapolis Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16
Peace Loving woman.

ibid you pay the grocer and butcher
Amelia?
OF them. To pay only one would make
trouble, SO | just took the money and
spent it down town" indianapolis
Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16

sWho would he the right officer to
approach for inside governmental In
formation?Y asked the new Washing
ton correspondent Of the old one.
1.-THE secretary of the interior" re-
piled the latter promptly. Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16
Civic .JenIousx

Bleeckerstreet- They say 1000 people
have mysteriously disappeared in Phil
I 1delphia during the last year.
Boscommon- Perhaps their friends
have neglected TO wake them up. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-16

A photographer does wrong who
takes such a picture Of girl that she
will make herself unhappy all the rest
of her life trying to look like it.-Dc-
tpolt Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03

thing wrong at home, and that the wife
had sent one of the boys to fetch me, got
out of my blankets and went to the door
of the tent. There, sure enough, was
man on a gray horse. not riding toward
me. but making for the hills. From the
way the animal travelled / could see he was
we'll nigh done for. Seeing the camp, ne
pulled up for moment, and then went
slowly round the edge of the water hole,
and after a while disappeared in the direc-
ton of the track 1 had examined few
days before. Somehow 1t never entered my
head to think of the Centipede, not know
ing about the trouble at Nollaba, or mink
ing that he on our side of the country.
But in the evening I went out, just for
curiosity's sake, and had a look at the soft
mud at the head of the hole. Sure enough
there was the track Of a horse as plain as
a pike staff, and there one peculiar
thing about it-half the shoe on the near
hind foot was missing. Well, thought no
more about the matter just then, and two
days later. our work being done, we came
back to the homestead. That night my
good lady fell to talking about the trouble
at Mr. Walkett's. that she'd heard about
from teamster for the first time that day.
l listened. but l can tell you, sir, l soon
prcked up my ears when she told me that
the man had said that the horse the Cent?
pede had stolen was a gray, with half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03

from his chair to do so, passed round the
bench and tapped gently upon the door. As
no answer was received, he tapped again.
still with the same result Summoning up
courage, he opened the door and looked In.
He uttered an exclamation of establishment,
and called the inspector TO his side. The
room was empty. Both magistrate and
prisoner had disappeared.
On the table in the center was a note ad-
dressed to Inspector Cavesson. The latter
seized and opened 1t. 1t was worded as fol-
lows:
Dear Cavesson-I congratulate you most
heartily on your success Many thanks for
the horses, which shall be returned to you
when I have done with them. If the real
Hablett has recovered from his nap at the
B0hival cross tracks 1 should not be at all
surprised to hear that he is with you to-
night. Yours very gratefully,
THE CENTIPE0E.'
Over Cavesson's discontinue 1t would be
kinder to draw a veil. Suffice it that the
real Hablett, as ahomnable a little prig as
ever walked this EARTH turned up on the
following morning. vowing that he had
been drugged by a man to whom he had
given lift in his buggy when travelling to
Mulga Flat. He called on the wretched
Cavesson in towering rage, and left him
on the verge Of madness.
lone thing Is quite certain, muttered
that miserable person. when he had re-
viewed the situation: eff I make another
mistake like this last 1 shall be helplessly
ruined, and shall lose Minnie forever"
How he retrieved his reputation l will tell
YOU in another story.