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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-31
BARRIERS HORSE IS FAST.
Annie Ripley Trots Away From Fast
Ones Mt Como

The weather was too cold at the Como
track yesterday afternoon to permit of
more than one race being pulled off. This
was the free-for-alI trot, and Annie Rip
ley, owned by a barber named Conrad
Freud, won in three straight heats.
Strathmore was second, Porter third and
kowashee last By heats the result was
a.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-31
wAsHBURN GANG HELPED.

st. Paul, MINI, Nov. 5, 1S96-Hon. Will
liam Bird, Fairmont, Minn.-Ny Dear
Captain: Yours of the 1st to hand and
contents noted, I think you and can
both throw. up our. hats at the present
time, and hurrah for our side, for we
a very hard fight for the governor, and
the Swedes are responsible, with the help
they got from the Washburn gang, and
would ever get my vote. L do not care
how good he is or what he running for.
We have won a great victory and have
downed the free silver "god' ToWne, so
that he will never rise again in a polit-
ical way. He is dead, and not only in
the Sixth district, but the country at
large, who believe In sound money and
stable government. Yours very truly,
Sam F. Fullerton.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30
OF Personal

Executors Sa OF Personal
Proper
As executors of the estate of
VIM. ii. Vanlxndlngham deceased,
We will sell at his late residence,
Cedar Greek township, all tho
personal property in"sntorisd and
Appraised, under order of the
Probate Court on the First Non
day in December next, beginning
at 10 . clock a. III.
Terms of sale CASH.
Harriet l.. Vanlandingham,
w. {. Vanlandinsham,
Executors.
Nov. Is, 19e1-td.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30

The Mother of Rev 3. N. Watson
Dead
On Friday of last week, Rev.
S. n. Watson of this place, was
summoned to the bedside of his
mother, who was reported serious
ly i'll at her home in Grssnvills
county Mr.. Watson left on the
first train bat found his mother
unconscious whom he reached her.
She fingered until Saturday after.
noon when she died. Her inter,
mont took place Sunday. Mr..
Watson returned home Thursday.
Says The Grsenvills News Of
Sunday:
"Ars. Laura Watson, widow
of j. Madison Watson, ,dled at her
homo near Travellers Rest yester-
day after several weeks sickness.
She WAS the daughter of John
Southsra who was well knswn to
our older citizens aud was q sister
Of Capt. J.. N. Southern and Mrs.
Elizabeth Southern of this county
aud Pascal Southern of New York.
Mrs. Watson was an exemplary
Christian, = good nsighbor aad 4
loving mother.
She lsavss eight children who
are az follows: Robert 2. Wat
son, j. J. Watson, p. B. Watson,
Lynn w. Watson, j. K. Watson
and Rev. S. N. Watson, Mrs. T..
B. Cunningham and Miss Sallis
Watson are her daughters. Forty
five grandchildren and thirty four
great grandchildren are her de-
scendants. She. was a nsmb bsr Of
Rssdy River Baptist church. " z
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30
Somebody will be Kept Waiting.

Somebody Will be Kept Waiting.
One month ana half has slip
ped by and the Treasurer tells U.
trat only 81, 400 af taxes bavs
hscn collected, leaving over S43,-
600. yet 10 collect. 1t wo, IL take
an average collection Sf nearly
$4,000 per day to collect it in
the time fixsh hy the law People
have scarcely started to paying
yet Thsrs's going To he rush
and somebody's goisg to ha kept
waiting if they don't Il ind.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30
WHY NOT TRY The
Mathis Store
When YOu Want
When You Want

EXTRACTS-Ws have the fol
lowing favOrs: Strawberry, Pine
apple, Peppermint, Lemmond,
ViniIla, Orange, etc, and can sell
it at bargain in quantities of 6
and IL bottles or ut s cents per
single bottles, also small size at
cents.
STOVE POLISH-Can be sold
for 9 boxes for cents.
SHOE TACKS-At 5 and 10
cents pack.
We are In business to sell goods,
and will DO glad to sell anything
We have in our store 1T very
small margin, and you can find
most anything that can he found
in fancy Grocery. So call on us,
when you come to town whether
it is to sell goods or to buy. We
are in the market for anything.
S. M. MATHIS & co.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30
q 0REAT LUCK OF AN o..
ITOR

"For twe years ali efforts to
cure Ecznma IN the palms of my
hands failed. writes Editor ii.
N. Lester, ~f Syracuse, Kau.,
''then / was who'll cured u,
Bucklan's Arnlc Salve." It's the
worlds best FOR Erup'iors, Sore
and all skin diseases Only 25c nj
Crawford Brss and j. +. Aackev
G Co.'s.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30
ArbOr Day

AFDOr Lay
The children of ths graded
school observed last Wednesday
~ arbor day. Exercises appro-
PIRATE to the occasion were held
in each of the class rooms-ths
dsclanstion,, readings and compo-
sitions all bearing en the subject
oF trees. The program of the
Wade Hampton Club included 4
debate on the relative value rf the
trees Of the tropic and temperate 10
zones, also talk by tho Supsrin-
tsndsnt On the work being done
by tho national government to
preserve the forests on the water
shads.
AT tho close IF the school all
the children assembled on tie
grounds to witness the plaztiny
and naming Of the arbor day tree
by the fourth grade. The name
selected by ballot Of this grade
was William Mckinley"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30

Mr.. w. X. Thenpson and wife
Of Liberty Hill, were here Sunday,
en- route home frshl Maine whore
Mr.. Thompson attended meeting
Of the Grangsrs. Mr.. and Hrs.
Thompson have tive daughters
here whs are students at Winthrop
College. Rock Hill Herald.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30
Fire at Fort Lawn

II ITO Az EOTt Lawn
Early last Wsdnc sday morning
(about 3 o'clock) tbs ginnsrv at
Fort Lawn belonging to Mr.. Bar
nett and others wastotslly destroy
ed toSe,hcr with quantity of
cotton AID cottSu seed belonging
to farmers in that locality. Tie
residence and furniture sf Mrs.
L. K. Howzo was also burned As
was also the cetton ssed house Of
DanieI & Hicks. rhr ginnsry was
insured for 81, 800; the residence
and furniture Of Mrs Howe for
81, $50. DIniel & Hicks had no
Insurance. The dspnt Of the l., &
g., was in imminent uangsr IL d
at one time they thought it would
60. The fire is thought to have
been Of incsndiary origin
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30

Mrs. Maggie Rollings, wife Of
Mr.. Sanford Rsll,ngs, died at her
hone@at the Olympus Mill in Co.
iumsis, sn the 2sth instant, after
. protractsd illness of fever. She
was . Miss Ewsll before her mar
riags to Mr.. Rollings.. They had
bssn married only absut five
months aud moved from this place
Is Columbia shortly after their
marriage. ,A.r ..,,
.t'st rs tsi ~
kLsttsr advertised for tha week
sIdingi Nov. 80, 1901: Mrs.
Agnss' Reed, Mr., Charley Briss,
Miss Mary A. Horton, care jim
ME Bell, Mics Murris Davis care
John Davis, Miss Lottie Dsnl.t,
Miss Kirly Johnss, Miss Roma
jackson, Mis-. Minnie Harris,
Miss Martha Kirb, Mas Emmie
Webb. Belle Nance, P. M.
Lancastsr, S. C.
The Farmers Supply Company
of Ksrshaw, through thoir at
torAey, E. D. BIaksnsy, Esq ,
made application before Judge R.
g. Watts at Cheraw, on the 26th
instant, for the appointment of =
RECEIVER to take charge of their
business. The application was
granted. by the court and MIR. s.
w Heath VA. appointed receiver.
He qualified and tssk charge on
the 9th. The. company is con-
siisrsd solvent and it is expected
that everything will sson bs paid
up and the business turned back
to it's old managers.
~,
i Capt. j. H. Fitzpatrick has re-
turned to Lancaster from his home
At Washington, Ga, whore he was
called on business onnsctsd with
the building of 4 new $4,000
court house thsrs, the Captain
being chairman Of the building
committee. e.. g.,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30


this market yesterday.
Mr.. Travis Evans killed pig
one day last week which nettsd
800 pounds.
For a fine box of candy, any
size package, 60 to j. B Macksrell.
Miss Nary Hammond is here
on visit to hsr nephew, Maj. G.
L. Conners, and family.
Try some home-raissd buck
wheat and honey at Mackorell's.
Married, on Sunday, Nov. Oath,
1901, by Rev. r. j. Bla,kmen,
Mr. jesse Sims and Miss jamie
Talbirt, both Of the Longsville
section.
Mr.. and Mrs S. w. Heath and
children spent Thanksgiving day
here with relatives.
A house in tho yard of Mr.. s.
ID. Taylor, at Craigvllls, occupied
by his cook was burned down
about 8 so'cleck Thursday evening.
Ths FIRE was Of accidental origin.
FOR RENT! 2>horse farm 8
miles Noathsast Of Lancaster, good
building, we'll of water, etc. Ap-
ply to j. Q. Nelson, Jacksonham,
S. c., 4ti
Mrs.. M. X. McCardsll spent
Thanksgiving day with her daugh-
ter, Miss Sadie McCaraell, at the
College for Wemsn in Celumbia
The Ladies' Aid Society of tho
Presbyterian Church of Heath
Spring will give hot supper at
the residence of MIR. l.. NJ. Boil
on Friday night, Dec. 9th.
WANTED, Hickory, Dogwood
and Psrsinmon Logs. Southern
Hardwood Co. Charleston, S. G.
Mr. Charley Sistars, Of Lind
say, had one Of his logs badly
hurt Thursday by being thrown
frsm his buggy by q runaway
horse. Tho buggy was torn to
peices.
DR.. w. j. White csme over
from Lancaster Monday and spent
until yesterday in the city. The
doctors many friends here were
glad to SEQ hitn. Rock Hill Her
aid.
Between $25. and $50. was
realized from the Basket Supper
atBelhlshen schoolhouse, Thanks
giving night. The proceeds go to
the benefit of the school. 1t was
very enjoyable affair.
Bsra, Monday, Nov. 26, 1901,
to MIR. and Mrs. J. M. knight, y
daughter. On the same day a
daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Shuts. Both are
grand daughters of Mr.. j. A.
Knight at the cotton mill.
Misses Sallis and jamie Dunlap,
of Chester county, who have hesn
visiting relatives in this county,
will leave today for Catawba to
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30
~ Pay your subscription to
The Ledger, please.

All persons indebted to us,
either by note or on. account,
must come forward and settle
promptly, ~ our Merchandise and
Guano accounts and notes were
y ! due the 1st of Nov. We have
waited patiently On our customers,
and must insist upon them COM
ing forward and settling with US
promptly.
Heath Banking & Mercantile Co.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30

Without much prayer, it is i'm
possible to be faithful in God 8
service. - sIaam s,G srsaist 3,
., = a. gIU r.l5 " sE,Is'
GA 4ro E ia.
Bear, The n Tie Kind yss Have kIwsr Ders)f
"'..;'' GTAzzZsf +
~ Pay for your paper and
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30
2 Mrs. W. F. Cook of Kershaw,
, visiting at Mr.. j. A. Ceok's.

MIS-. W. +. Cook OF Kershaw,
is visiting At Mr.. j. A. Csok's.
- s.r ~ '. e~ .r.-a IL >.
Mi.s ida Husy, OF Rock Hill, i,
visiting her sister, Miss Daisy
Husy.
Mrs Uriah Jordan, of Fort
Lawn. visited her soa, Mr. NJ. J..
Jordan, snd family this week. "
Thanksgiving day here was q.
much like Sunday as Sunday /,
like itself, Net store was spsn
cd up and scarcely wNo any peo-
pie on the streets during tho day.
A good crowd attended the union
services At the Baptist church and
the collection for the orphsnagss
was fairly good. ~
Everett Curstsn, colorsd, who
was in Jail charged With house
breaking and larcsny-stssling a
pair Of shoes made his escape
early yesterday morning. Jailer
Horton allows the prisoners to
have a FIRE up in the Jail and he
had brought Cureton down stairs
to carry up some wood for the
prison fire, when Cureton made q
break, jumping tho fence and
fairly "burning the wind f" Mr..
Horton followed afoot hut hs got
lsft so far in the race hs finally
had to give it up and return with-
out Curston. However, Curston
may 40 we'll come back for the
Sheriff will get him before many
days.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-30

Rev. NJ. T. Steele has been re-
turned to Waxhaw charge fer an :
other year by the annual confer.
sncs of the Msthodists in North
Carolina. He is quite popular
there and the charge will be high
Iy pleased ut his return. 20,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-23
No Guesswork.

No intelligent person would think of
going to dentist to have the eyes treat
ed An oculist would be promptly con-
suited, because he understands such dis
eases.
Many people, however, do not give the
same intelligent thought to the treat
ment of chronic diseases. These dis
cases constitute a speciality just as dis
tinctly as do diseases of the eye. and
the busy practicing physician, who is
often consulted. has not had the eX-
perience necessary to properly treat them.
1t is not because they are so difficult to
cure that so many people are afflicted
with chronic disease all their life. but
because they do not go to the proper
physician for treatment.
In my extensive practice, which is larg-
err than that of any other specialist in
the United States. have had thousands
of patients who had been treated by
many doctors, not one of whom under
stood the case, although they were prom
inent and capable physicians AS a con-
sequence they had been experimental
upon, and given treatment in no way
suited to the case. The result was years
of suffering which could have been
avoided
The experience which / have acquired
in devoting myself exclusively to the
treatment of chronic diseases for twenty
years has equipped me perfectly, and
there is no guess work when | give my
opinion regarding q case. / give each
case closest study, and my treatment is
specially prepared to meet all conditions,
for although two cases may appear quite
similar, the chances are that there is
some special complication which needs
careful attention.
BY treating each case on its own
merits, and not relying upon any plan
of ready made treatment, ! have become
the most successful specialist of the
dav
| rely solely upon my skill IN medical
science, and my patients get the most ex-
pert treatment obtainable anywhere.
| invite the afflicted to consult me.
without cost, or write for complete symp-
tom blanks, which will explain my sue
cessful plan of home treatment.
j. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M d.,
IS Inman Building, 22k South Broad
Street. Atlanta.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-23

bread" and no idle man is happy The
sleep of the laboring man is sweet, saith
Solomon, and the doctor tells us that
bodily exercise promotes good digestion.
Work brings contentment. The wealthy
who don't work and don't have to are al
ways longing for something they haven't
got Something that money can't buy for
it will not buy good health nor good chill
dren nor make the home happy. The
peace and gratitude of the cotter's Satur
day night is unknown to the rich. The
toilers as a class are the happiest people
| know. They enjoy their food and their
rest and their Sundays. ] had rather
take the chances for happiness on earth
and a home in heaven of the working man
than those of the millionaire. Byron says
"The many must always labor for the
few" and Cobe says "the good Lord
made poor men just to keep rich men in
money!" but the good book says a poor
man can squeeze through the eye of
needle and rich man can't" CODE is
good Confederate veteran and enjoys his
record and his religion and his tobacco.
That is all he has and is content
One of the greatest comforts of old age
is in contemplating the happiness of chill
dren. 1t delights me to sit in the shade
of my veranda and watch for two little
girls who are four and six years old, COM
ing up the avenue hand in hand and Wav-
ing welcome ard smile at me. 1T re-
ioices me to watch larger ones as they
play croouet on the tennis court near by
and to hear their merry voices and I'M
consciously | breathe a~prayer that they
may always be happy and no calamity or
affliction befall them in the years to
come. If l ever get to heaven and st.
Peter asks me what vocation | would
choose, think / would say, please,
good Saint, make me a guardian angel
of the little children | left behind me. and
give me power to shield them from all
harm" / think l would like that think
that | would. | like it now as far as |
can do it. 1t is a privilege and a delight
TO an old man to make others happy.
Time was when my chief concern was for
myself and wife and our children. but as
age comes on the heart enlarges and
softens The vanities and ambitions and
selfshness Of our youth disappear and we
recall the lines of Bobart:
Count the day lost, if the descending sun
Views from thy hand no generous action
done.
Lost-a day lost! How many days have
we all lost in our brief lives. How many
days in which we made no one happy, not
even with a smile
But these reflections are too gloomy for
the day. They remind us of Hervey's
meditations among the tombs. or Gray's
"Elegy in a Country Churchyard. | am
old. / know; but | do not feel old nor
sad My desire is to grow old gracefully
and for
IAN age that melts in unperceived decay
And glides IN modest innocence away"
BILL ARP.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-23
THE MYSTIC SPIRIT.

Spirit from Ger the unknown sea,
What message hast thou brought to
me?
Speak low thy secret in my ear,
Lest any other mortal hear.
Spirit. thy face is bright and fair,
Like molten gold is thy bright hair;
And, too. thou hast kindly eye.
Speak to me. spirit, make reply.
What message hast thou? spirit tell,
What makes my heart so sudden swell
With strange emotions. Tell me pray,
The message thou hast brought today.
Tell me from what realm thou hast
flown. !.
Is it where the bright angels own, ::
And Worship God as their sole king,
And never ceasing praises sing?
Is there beyond the vault of blue
A haven where the good and true
Find rest. the rest for which they long,
And join in the sweet angel song?
Spirit, l pray you part from me
The veil of battling mystery,
Which hides from me the vast I'M
known;
Spirit, show me ere thou be flown.
Spirit, thy mystic name reveal,
Tell me and no longer conceal
The blessed message thou hast brought;
Reveal it all and keep back naught.
Mortal, thy prayers have reached the
throne
OF Him who rules the vast unknown;
The hidden things for which you yearn'
Through me you now will shortly learn.
Now let me close thy weary eyes,
Ere we from earth start to arise;
Forever cease thy mortal breath,
Come with me now, my name. It's
death.
&C. r. ROOD.
Graham, N. c., May 81.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-23
"a SPOKE IN THE WHEEL.

The physical machinery of most people
often has a "spoke in the wheel" That is,
they have some disorder which either inn
Dedes their progress or creates nerve
friction in some portion of their delicate
mechanism.
Piles is a tedious and persistent dis
ease which wears out the patience of
it's victims 1t has several forms of tor
ture
Sometimes it's maddening itching SEN
sation. At other times it's knot of
aching tumors highly inflamed
The only way toscure the disease per-
manently is to use a remedy that has
the power to permeate through the deli
cate membranes and tissues and remove
all traces of Inflammation.
The Pyramid Pile Cure possesses this
power to perfection. 1t is formulated on
scientific principals by specialists who I'M
derstand the nature of the disease thor
oughly.
Thousands have been permanently cured
by it and the manufacturers have come
to look upon it as remedy that never
fails"
You need not go through an inconvcn-
lent course of dieting and supplementary
dSoInCi1 "hiiS uSiuS ~ - i" oN N"l"PiN'N
cure requiring nothing on your part but
a strict observance of the printed direc-
tions which go with each package.
1t is manufactured by the Pyramid Drug
Co. at Marshall Mich, and may be had
of all first class druggists.
Don't experiment if you are afflicted
with this troublesome disease. 1t may
lead to serious complications if allowed
to continue. Get this remedy anS check
the disease before it becomes chronic;
don't allow it to drain your best energies
and weaken your constitution.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-23
Bill APp's Letter.
Barton Philosopher Has Reached His 18th
Year--He Stops to Mediate.

Copyright reproduction allowed if credit
is given The Constitution.)
Today is the seventy-fi fifth anniversary
of my advent into this world--my coming
into this mysterious, wonderful condition
that we call life. 1t is fitting time for
meditation, contemplation, cogitation and
rumination An aged poetess played
double with herself and said:
Life! We've been long together,
Through pleasant and through cloudy
weather:
Say not goodnight" give little warning.
And in some brighter cline bid me good
morning.
She dident care to linger and languish
on her last bed. The doctors hadn't in
vented or discovered heart failure then,
but that's the way she wished to go.
/ do not. / would have some little
time for the last loving words, and looks
some time for tears and sorrow on the
faces of those who love me. The death
of the aged is only change-a parting,
a beginning Of another life. 1t is no ca
Iamity, no horror. no shock. no unrea-
sonable thing. 1t is the law of our being
and the old are not far ahead of the
young How kind it is in Providence to
reconcile us to it as we near the goal.
/ remember when l thought it was an
awful thing to die. / dared not think of
it. much less to ponder it and it seemed
to me that there was some possible es-
cape from it and | might not surely die.
But as we near the allotted age and real
ize the sy nptoms of decay we become less
reluctant, less alarmed and like Job are
all ready to exclaim, Il would not live al
WAYS: | ask not to stay.
But somehow / do not feel old-not
very old--not infirm My eyes are weak
and my bearing impaired, and when
stoop long at work in the garden or pick
ing strawberries my back aches and my
knee bones crack when ! straighten up,
! but | soon get over it. / love work-easy,
work-and it keeps me in good health, but
| don't like to work by the day or the
job for somebody else. l don't like to
have a master or a boss except my wife,
who wants me right now to transplant
her peppers. / gently limited that they
should be planted by high tempered wo-
man to do we'll and she said she thought
an impertinent man would do as we'll and
| had better attend to it right away.
Sometimes i think have worked enough,
for the poet says we should crown
ss-sssss'-s
"a youth of labor with an age of ease
and so / like to work when feel like it
and quit when please. have never dis
tressed myself about the work that the
toilers have to do. Work has it's hard
ships and it's blessings. too. The law of
compensation governs every trade or call
ing or condition in life. There is a good
side and bad side. There are lights and
shadows. Work is natures law. "By
the sweat of the brow shalt thou eat