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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
New school Bill.
lt-provides for the Expert Super.
vision Recommended by Super
49, .i,tsHdent McMahan.

Here is the text of the proposed
bill to change the law 10 regard to
county boards of education and
county superIutendents Of educa>
ton:
section ! That in July, 1902,
the state board OF education, upon
the lnlnt recommendation Of the
governor and the state suporinten-
dent "f education, shall appoint
Tor each rUnntv in the state a
county board of cIucation, consists
Ing of five members, two to sorvo
l"r two years, two to serve for
.oUr F0ars, and one to serve for
SIX years, and untiI their rsspcc.
tive successors have been elected
al" have qualified. The succe.sors
to tho said members of the said
county board shall be chosen Inv
the electors of the county Tor the
term OF Dix years each, two at the
general election in 1854 aud eveIy
. years thereafter, two at tho ren.
craL election in 1906 and after
" year" thereafter, and one at the
general election in 1908 and every
years thereafter: Provided. how
ever, That candidates for those
positions shalt not he assessed in
any primary elections. Vacancies
shall he filled by the county board
Of education itself until tho next
general election
Sec. 2-That each member Of
the county board of education
shall receive for attendance on its
meetings 50 per diem and ) cents
for each mile of necessary travel
gong to and from tho MEETINGS,
for not more that ten meetings iu
any one year, the per dism and
mileage to be paId by the county
treasurer out Of the ordinary funds
OF the county, upon the chairman
or the beard audited and approved
as other county claims.
SEC. 3-That the county board
OF education of each county, ap-
pointed as herein provided, shall
meet and organize by eIscting one
OF It's members chairman and
another member secretary pro
tenn, and shall thereafter exercise
all the rights, privileges, power
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19

DR. T.. DetcHOH's AHfl Diyyc ic
May be worth to you more than 500
II YOU have chiJd who sOI,s bpIdiuo
from incoutenence Of water during
rleep. Cures old and young alike, T.
srests the trouble at once. ST.. Sold
by JF NacEey d Cos Druggist, Ian,
c3ster. \ &.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
Prof. Newman's Letter

t''' .Ne"llun Let ter
Clemson College, SC, JAMS. 1901
Mr.. Il l. HickIin,
Lancaster, S. G.
DEAR SIR:-YOu and your
friends have very wisely decided
nave not bought n manipulated
fertilizer in many years. As
most tof your soils have clay sub
soils ! suggest that You use nItrat,
OF soda. The nitrogen in this
form is Immediately available.
Where good crop Of peas have
been grown last year very little
nitrogen need he applied. On
the gray sandy soils it may bo
necessary to make light appIi-
cation Of nitrate of soda vhiIs tha
crop is growing as they do in
Marlboro. Nitrate Of soda con.
talns twice as much nitrogen as
cotton seed meal, so that the
freight would he reduced one.
half. Nitrate of potash contain.
four times as much potash a.
halnlt, so that to get the same
amount OF potash you save three
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19

5000 yards good Aamancc, only cents.
coo yards good Cotton Flannel, !! cents value only
600 yards TwiIsd Finnneetes
800 dis French Fannelrttes cents value onlv ,
l,2oO yards Schoolboy Jeans Is value DIV 10 cents
Carpet Remnants (yard square, only l. ..
flcached Fable Dnmask 40 value, only %
Turkey Red Table Damisk 35 NV cents
D"yhes and Napkins cheap 25 II and up
Best CalicocS ndgocs oil coIors silver cravs and ,i. ~
standard tahcies, 81 value, only ) cents
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
For The Ledger
OF Interest to Farmers.
Prof Newman. Tells How to Pre-.
pare Your Fsrtilizers-What
and How Much to Use.

MIR. EDITOR: i have long been
convinced of the fact that the
farmer is paying unnecessary
freight on his fertilizers and from
two to four dollars per ton for
mixing or manipulating which he
can practically do as well himself.
and he too must find Il cheaper
nitrogen to take the place OF high
priced cotton seed meal.
Ia view of these facts | wrote
Col. j ) Nowmsn, Prof of Agri-
culture at Clemson College, who
has travelled extensively in this
county and has good knowledre
or the soil and is an authority IN
such matters. 1t COOS without
saying that he has scarcely a peer
in he South. For the Informa-
ton and benefit of farmers general.
ly kindly publish his reply, which
explains itself, and
Greatly oblige,
r l. Hicklin,
IbrnSiInpt E,r,,,.,.. ~. -
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
-THE GANS0N CASH STORE

fonrths to handle only unc~fourth
as much The cotton plant does
not care from what sonrca it rets
its potash, neither murrate nor
ka,nit should he used under TO.
bacco, but sulphste. The farmer
has no use for "iller" in mix.
ing his fertilizers, all he needs il
the proportions without rrrqrl 70
the arbitrary measure Of the tom.
1t will he to your interest - uct
high grade acid phosphate a4 the
freight on II lbs per hundred will
bs nO'more than that on 10 lbs.
per hundred All you noel is TO
determine how much of each in
gredlent You wish to appI per
acre and mix the whole uunniity
IN the same proportion. If Won
get IA per cont ncid phosphate,
and apply 200 pounds Of ,hr-,
You will have Is lbs. OF phosphate
acid per acre.
suppose you take, for example,
this formula:
Oh, ~ nrro rrr acre
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
If You wish to apply this for
muIa to ten acres yOu mix

-" "i9u W HpIlIN IulS lOi-
muIa to ten acres YOU mix
. 900 i's II per cent .ril p'...onate
ODo bs - per rcu' N'urr or soda
10n ~ 80 per cen, HurDtc
If YOU wish to vary this ratio
for any particular crop or soil,
all that is necessary is TO remrm mbor
tho per centags Of the valuable in.
grcdiont In each source of supply.
For Instance. if you wish to in>
crease the application Of potash,
you can uso 100 lbs of muriate:
making the application, per acre,
400 lbs Of the mixture instead OF
$50. | have not bough! my fcrti-
llzers for this SEASON, 50 cannot
say what the prices are. You can
learn this by correspondence. You
can get all the material from Char
lesion.
II | can serve you and your
friends further please command
mo and oblige,
Yours truly,
}. 5. Newman,
Prof. of Agriculture.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19

'' i@"' hn'~i ongol and gluce kid
~ " - " = ""d - co. ried upon harrmin couner and
n"' N'1 "n I" 81 % Tn" entire to dav We
ais haN" armo big vNlucs il chdren's slo
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
AMERICAS TRADE WITH WORLD.
Exports Were Greatest of Any Year in
the Country's History.

the Country's History.
Washington, July 15.-The state
ment of the imports and exports of
the United States for the fiscal year,
which ended June 80, 1901, has been
completed by the treasury bureau of
statistics. 1t shows that the total
imports of the year were $685., 1885, 33,
total exports $1,4s7, 656,544, and the
excess of exports over imports $685.
900,O11. The imports are $27,1s4,651
below those of last year, and the ex-
ports are $96,173, 462 above those of
last year. The excess of exports over
imports exceeds that of last year by
$120,35S,116, and is S49, 467, 1886 greater
than the highest record ever before
made, that of 1898. Under the new
relations with Hawaii and Porto Rico
the commerce with those islands is
no longer included in the regular
statement of foreign commerce of the
United States. Had they been so in
cluded, as has been the case in former
years, the total exports would have
exceeded $500, 900, 900, as the exports
to those islands during the year have
aggregated s25,OO0,000.
Sioux City, July 15.-John Il. Fitz-
patrick, a lineman for the Sioux City
Gas and Electric company, was almost
instantly killed by charge of 1000
volts of electricity from one of the
company's primary circuits. He was
lifting wires over the top of house
that was being moved through the
streets. A defective insulation is
thought to have been responsible for
the affair. The coroner is investigat-
ing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
OHIO DEMOCRATS.
Kansas City Platform Fails OF Endorse
ment at Columbus.

Kansas City HlatfOrm rams OF ENFORCE
ment at Columbus.
Columbus, Ohio, July 1.-THE fol-
lowing ticket was nominated by the
democratic state conventions: Gov
ernor, Jas. Kilbourne; lieutenant gov
ernor, Anthony Howells; judge of SUI
preme court, Jos. Hidy; clerk of SUI
preme court, Harry II. Young; at
torney general, M. b. Mccarthy;
treasurer of state, X. p. Alshire:
member board of public works, Jas.
B. Holman. All the more conserva-
tive elements had combined in the
preliminaries against the friends of
Mayor Tom l.. johnson, but the COM
bination was not maintained after
the committees were selected, and
during the all-night session of the
committee on resolutions it was
claimed that the Mclean and Kill
bourne men were no longer coop
Grating against the propositions of
the johnson men on the platform
and organization. The contest was
in the committee on resolutions and
on both national and state issues.
The johnson men won on their fay-
orite views on state matters, and the
others on national issues. There was
no reaffirmation of the Kansas City
platform. There is no mention of
previous platforms or of Bryan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
DEMANDS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
National Editorial Association Takes a
stand for One.

Detroit, Mich, July 12.--Despite
strong opposition on the part of
those opposed to a national univer-
sity, the National Educational asso-
citation yesterday accepted resolu-
ton reafiirming it's former declara-
ton in favor of such a university.
The resolution, which was offered by
President Jesse of the University of
Missouri, read: "Resolved, that this
association hereby reaffirms its form
er declaration in favor of the estab-
lishment by the national government
of a national university, devoted not
to collegiate, but to true university
education"
DIR. Butler of New York moved that
it be laid on the table, but was voted
down overwhelmingly, and the orig
inal resolution adopted. The report
of the committee on nominations.
which named VIM. n. Beardshear of
Iowa college for president and G. NJ.
Reyes of Hartford, Conn.,, for treas
urer. was adopted, and DIR. Beard
shear was led to the platform, where
he made a brief talk. "All for one
and one for ALL" he said, would be
his sentiment of the associat ton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
MISSION Pupils KILLED.


Riots IN Quelpart, on an Island of the
Kingdom of Korea.
Berlin, July 1.-THE Cologne Ga
1ette publishes dispatch from Zeoul,
Korea, dated July 6, saying that
bloody conflicts, extending over per-
iod of ten days, have occurred on the
island of Quelpart between Roman
Catholic missionaries and their pu-
pills and the populace of the island.
Fifteen of the natives and about 300
of the missionaries are reported to
have been killed during the encoun-
tiers.
The governor of Quelpart, accord
ing to the dispatch, says the trouble
was the fault of the pupils and arose
from their support of the tax col
lectors in levying illegal taxes upon
the natives.
Upon hearing that two French mis-
sionaries had been killed in the ISL
and, French warship proceeded to
Quelpart and upon finding the mis-
sionaries in question alive the war;
ship returned.
The Korean government has COM
missioned Haun Khan and an Ameri-
can court official to investigate the
matter and is sending company of
Korean infantry with them to Quel-
part.
Quelpart is in the Yellow sea, sixty
miles south of Korea, to which coun-
try it is subordinate. 1t is a. penal
settlement.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
CONFERENCE WAS A FAILURE
strike Ordered In the Mills of Thres
Steel Companies.

steel Companies.
Pittsburg, July 15.-After three
days session, the conference between
the representatives of the American
Sheet Steel company, American Steel
Hoop company and American Tin
Plate company, subsidiary companies
of the United States Steel corpora
ton, and the general executive board
Of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, adj
journed finally at 6 o'clock Saturday
evening without agreement. In less
than an hour later President Shaffer
of the Amalgamated association had
wired the following order to all the
Amalgamated lodges in the tin plate,
steel hoop and sheet steel mills of the
country:
Notify your men that the mill is
on strike and will not work ON Mon
day, July IS"
For the present Mr.. Shaffer says
that only the three companies named
Will be affected, but later all the
union men in the Federal Steel COM
pany, the National Steel company
and the National Tube company may
be called out, il it is found necessary
to resort to extreme measures to win
the fight. At the start, it is claimed
$4,000 skilled workmen, 10000 I'M
skilled men and, indirectly, many
thousands more will be affected.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

Menlo, July 13.-Mrs. Wood COM
mitted suicide by throwing herself
in front of a Rock Island train. Mr..
Jones, husband of the deceased, is n
aborer, and moved here about "a year
ago from Casey. There have Deen
no family troubles during the time
of their residence here and the fam
lily has never been in such straitened
circumstances as to drive Mrs. Jone
to her desperate act. 1t is generally
thought that the deceased was de-
mented at the time she committed
suicide, as ON several previous PC.
casions she has displayed signs %
meatal arrangement. AS soon as
Mrs. Jones was seen by the engineer
on the tracks, much effort was made
to stop the train by applying the
brakes, but without avail. The body
was badly maDgled and cut to pieces,
presenting pitiful sight. The de-
ceased leaves 1-year-old baby.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

DR.. N. S. Davis, of Chicago, is called
the father Of the American medical
association, for it was in 1S45, while a
member Of the New York state medi-
cal society, that he offered resolution
recommending that national conven-
ton, representing all the medical soci-
cites and colleges in the country, be
held in New York city in May. 1876.
The purpose was to be the adoption of
a concerted plan of action for the ele-
walton of the standard of medical edu-
cation in the United States. The con-
vention resulted in the formation of
the American medical society. DR..
Davis is IS years old, and has been 9
resident of Chicago since 1S49.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
BEGIN ARMY POsT Ar ONCE.
The Constructing Ofhcer Arrives at De
MoInes and Begins work.

Des Monies, July 11.-Work on the
arHny post will be begun Immediately
and will continue MS rapidly as pos
sible until completion, but no one
need anticipate the actual location OF
a squadron of cavalry at the post
short of 1908. When completed, Des
Moines will have the model cavalry
post Of the army.
This much, in brief, was learned
Yesterday upon the arrival of Captain
X. i. Turner, of the regular army,
VINO has been sent by the government
to superintend the construction of
the post. He will Immediately open
offices in the Observatory building
and in all likelihood will be sta
toned in this city for at least five
years, experimenting the work at the
post. In an interview, captain Turn
er said:
"The Des Moines post will doubt
less be the model cavalry post of the
United States. The other cavalry
posts are among the oldest posts in
the army, while the local post will
have the advantage of all the latest
ideas and equipment.
.Plans for buildings costing APP
p-oximately two million dollars have
been completed and were inspected by
me at Washington last week. | have
secured the services of one of the
best engineers in the country to as
sist me and shall Immediately make
survey of the grounds and locate
the buildings. / shall then telegraph
the war department and a special
board of officers will be sent out to
inspect and approve my action. The
specifications will then be submitted
to contractors and bids advertised
for. Thirty days later the contract
will be let. This whole program
should not occupy to exceed two
months and may be completed in n
little more than six weeks. Work will
then be rushed as rapidly as possible
until completion. But this will neces-
sarily require long time owing to
the greatness of the task"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
NEWS In GENERAL
A NE w FLYING MAGAZINE.
Frenchman Has Balloon Which He
Can Steer at Will.

VTeHCHmHH Has o BUIIUUH w HUH fIe
Can Steer at win.
Paris, July I'm. Santos-Dumont's
cigar-shaped balloon, driven by a
motor, has just had trial from st.
Cloud, across Paris, around the Eiffel
tower and back to St. Cloud. The pa
pers say the trip was quite success
full and that the balloon assembled and
descended apparently at the will of
the aeronaut.
NJ. Santos umont says he first
sailed five times around the Long
champs race course, then around the
Bots de Boulogne and then around
the Eiffel tower He adds that one
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

The remarks against kissing attrib-
uted to Professor Crook Of Chicago,
prompted B. b. Wilson, a merchant Of
Mount Hope, Kan, to form an anti
kissing league. A dozen married men
were persuaded to become members.
The wife of Secretary T. ]. Cox, of the
league, has revolted and is suing for
divorce, after three weeks without kiss
ing, but Cox boasts he has not kissed
his wife in many years, maintaining
that it is unmanly. The pledge one
has to take to join the league is that
he will kiss no woman, no matter II
she is his wife. kissing is for women
lonly-the weaker SEX" Wilson says.
kissing is a weak manner Of show
ing affection. We love our wives more
than those men who are all the time
kissing them every time they leave
the house. Some wives may object, but
that will not induce us to desert the
cause. My wife is in favor of the plan
and looks at it in the same manner az
7 do"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

An Indianapolis correspondent calls
attention to the part played by the
telephone in a recent divorce case at
Noblesville. Ind. A Mrs. Maggie brought
suit for divorce. On the day appointed
for the trial her attorney, Mr.. Fippen,
could not attend, and called up the
Noblesville Judge and explained the
circumstances, suggesting that the
case be tried by telephone. The Judge
consented the witnesses were sworn,
and in answer to questions asked them
by Mr.. Fippen, thirty miles away, sub
united their testimony to the judge.
after which Mr.. Fippen delivered his
argument, talking into the judges ear
by telephone. The divorce was grant
ed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

Seattle, Wash, July 13.-The steam.
er City of Seattle has arrived from
Lynn canal with a Klondike treasure
cargo of 100000, all save 100000 con-
signed by the Canadian Bank of Com
merce to the United States assay of
flee in this city. William Waechtcr,
cattle trader, and Mr.. Lee, a
miner, had $4,000 in dust. The Klon-
dixie crowd left Dawson June 20. At
that time nearly every producing
claim in the district was being work
ed, and the government had 500 men
employed in the construction of ads
to the greatest gold producing
streams in the district. About 1,1Ou
people are said to have left the Klon-
dixie for Nome and the Koyoiluk since
the river opened
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
KANSAS CORN BADLY sCoRcnED.
Reports Received of Great Damage by
Hot Winds.

Topeka, July 1.-THE corn crop in
this state has been damaged almost
fifty per cent according TO the reports
of some of the correspondents, but
the impression exists here that the
corn crop will be fully twenty-five per
cent shorter than anticipated on ac-
count of the hot winds. The wind
has been blowing from the south for
three days and in some parts of the
state boundaries. The appeal to the
scorched so that it is hopelessly gone.
Some fields are dead.
Reports received here indicate that
in no county in the state are the
crops damaged less than so per cent.
Bourbon, Allen, Franklin and Miami
counties report almost total loss of
the corn crop. Alfalfa is about the
only product standing the dry period
well. 1t is generally conceded that
this is the worst drouth since 1860 in
Kansas
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
MRS. CoNGER DENIES 1T
Writes u New York Paper She Had No
Part In the Looting at Peking.

Part In the LoOting as feking.
New York, July 13.--Sarah Pike
Conger, wife of Minister Conger. has
forced the New York Evening jour
nal to publish her letter denying
charges of looting in China made
against her. On June 26 the paper
published a cablegram charging Mrs.
Conger and Lady Mcdonald with or
dering store rooms in the Picking
palace broken open. Mrs. Conger at
the time of publication was IN Bos-
ton.
When her attention was called to
the story she wrote a personal let
ter branding the charge as absolute
ly false, and demanding a prominent
place in the paper for her denial.
Her letter was entirely ignored. Mrs.
Conger, after waiting, wrote again
and receiving no attention, brought
a libel suit for $1,000 damages. The
papers were served yesterday, and
in the most prominent place ut the
top of the page, with big headlines,
the paper publishes her letter of
July 2S with a profuse apology, end
ing with an insinuation that the arti-
Gle referred to did Mrs. Conger a
great injustice.
This is all Mrs. Conger desired.
She will Withdraw her suit. Mrs. Con-
gers letter says in part:
'The article thus concludes: Sir
Claude refused to discuss the report
that It was the wife of the Amcri-
can minister who had caused the
store room to be broken OPEN This
is subtle and most unfair way of
charging me with lo0ting, or at least
of leaving as the only inference that
/ was the person who caused the
store room to be broken open. This
charge Is absolutely false. / was not
of the party, and knew nothing what
ever of the affair, and was not in the
remotest degree responsible for it.
Moreover, it was well known TO all
at the legations that 1 was opposed
to looting in any form.
(Signed) Sarah Pike Conger."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
nnIrlsn CONCEAL FACTS.
Said to he Daily Making Overtures to
Beers for Peace.

New York, July ia dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: Re-
ferring to the governments admis-
sion that they had information re-
speeding the shooting of British
wounded at Vladfontein so long back
as June IL, the Daily Mail, whose
correspondent was the first to make
the news public, states that this is
only small portion of the policy
of concealment now being carried on.
1t processes to have abundant cvi-
dence that almost the whole thcatcr
of war is in worse condition than
the public is allowed to know. The
state of affairs in Cape Colony, ir
particular, is said to be of a most
serious nature, due almost entirely to
the belief among the Dutch that the
efforts of the British to propitiate
them prove that they are tired of
war. While the government is con-
stantly saying in public that the war
will be fought to finish, they arc,
says the Daily Mail, continually max
ing offers of peace to the Beers.