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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19
Dispensary Profits.

The chairman of the county
board of control and the county
treasurer met Monday and in the
presence of the auditor divided
the profits from the dispensaries
for the quarter ending May S1st.
The total profits, after paying all
expenses, were S2,515.46, one
half of which, or $1,257.73, goes
TO the county, and $3.50 13 to the
town of Lancaster and 1858 so
to Kershaw.
The total net profits for the
year beginning June /, 1900 and
ending May 81, 1901, were $11,-
4Sl.79, S5, ,74O.s9 being the coun-
tvs part. This is more than half
as much as the ordinary county
taxes amount to.
Ihe gross profits from the dis
pensaries are now turned over to
the county treasurer weekly, who
receipts the dispensers for the
same, and upon the order of the
chairman of the board of control
pays all expenses, salaries, break
age, etc. On the third Monday
after the end of the quarter the
books are checked up, balanced,
and the profits divided in the man
ner stated above.
The gross profits from the dis
pensary at Lancaster last week
were, S135. At; at Kershaw, $50. :
76.
Eleven thousand four hundred
eighty-one dollars S11,4S1 70
paid to the county of Lancaster
and Kershaw in one year That
is the profits; it does not include
the expenses-sa salaries, store rent,
insurance, breakage, freight; it
does not include the 10 per cent.
profit to the State; it does not in
clude the cost of keeping up the
State dispensary and everything
connected with it; nor the first
cost of the liquor-the profits to
the distiller, the S1.1O revenue
paid to the U. S. Government for
each gallon sold-nothing but the
clear profits to the towns and
county included in that What
are the people thinking of 1t is
a shame and disgrace that they
drink so.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19
Welsh's Mill Dam and 2 Bridges
ON Bear Creek Gone

Bear Creek was higher Sunday
nig.it than ever before known.
AT Wclsh's mill the water rose
over four feet above the mill
house floor. 1t has never been
known to get over three inches
deep on the floor before. Some
time during the night the rock
dam gave way and was washed
out from one bank to the other.
1t will take at tleast $500 to rebuild
it. The bridge on the Coyle Road,
few hundred yards below the
dam was so badly wrecked that it
fell in the next day. On the
Landsford road near the cotton
mill the bridge was swept entirely
away,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19
Other Bridges Washed Away.

Since writing the above we
learn that the new bridge over
Little Lynches creek, near Ker-
shaw, where MIR. w. L. Clyburn
and Mrs. Blakeney came so near
being drowned recently, was also
washed away. So were two new
bridges-the Bird and Pittman
bridges-over Flat Creek. The
bridge over Lynches River at
Cooks mill was, moved down
stream just the width of the struc-
ture.
Mr.. T. 7. Gregory, the Oldest
citizen of the vicinity says that
Flat Creek was higher than he
had ever seen it.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19
/ bird Stock Of New Millinery.

Here we arc Aeme where else you find quaitE
and style linked with such low prices Never
store so thoroughly merited it's fame for Stylish Millinery and
moderate prices We have it all own way
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19

Notice OfTeacher's Examination.
All persons expecting to apply
for certificates to teach in Lancas-
ter county are hereby notified
that an examination for the pur-
pose of issuing certificates to
those qualified will be held in the
court house on Saturday,J 90,
1901, beginning at 9 O'Clock a.
M. A. G. Rowell
Co. Supt. of Ed.
Ju 10, 1901.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19

The valuation of the Ian caster
and Chester Railroad was raised
At the recent meeting. of the State
board of assessors of Railroad
property, from $1,75 per mile
to -, 500 per mile-a total in.
crease of S20,45O for the 2S 6
miles. The s. G. & G.. Ex. Is
valued for taxation at S., 900 per
mile and the G. G. & N. at $40, :
600 per mile.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19
SEMI w EkkLY
Local M alters,
See notice "Money to Loan. >

bring In your country produce,
Butter, Eggs and Chickens, espe>
cially. JB Mackorel
Miss Eta Williamson, of Mon
roe, N. c., is visiting her Uncle's,
Col. j. n. Crockett's.
Mr.. j. 9. Lindsay and family,
of Rock Hill, are visiting rela-
tives here.
For sale! A New 5-room house
on Meeting Street. Apply to Il.
S. Garter.
Married, by Magistrate w. p.
Caskey, on Sunday last, Mr.. w.
l.. Dunlap and Miss Della Temple
ton, both of this place.
Mr.. w. L. Adams, of Cheraw,
is over on a visit to his mother
and family.
The date for the examination of
applicants for teachers certificates
has been changed to June 29th
under instructions from the State
Supt. of Education.
Mr.. r. Il. Welsh had $50 doz,
en- bundles of oats which we're
shocked in the field, carried off by
Bear Greek Sunday night.
Mr.. Barnett Crockett suffered
another slight stroke of. paralysis
last Saturday. This makes the
third stroke he has had. He was
some better yesterday and is do
ing as well as 1t is possible.
Miss Leila Stevens, recent
graduate of Winthrop College,
has been elected teacher to fill
one of the vacancies in the faculty
of the Rock Hill graded school.
The lecture of Prof. Moncreiff
which was postponed from last
Thursday night on account of the
inclement weather will come off
at the Academy tomorrow night
at $3.50 O'Clock. The professor
has also consented to lecture again
next Tuesday night. The public
is cordially invited to attend these
lectures.
Maj. j. M. Riddle, Maj. B F.
Miller and Mr. l.. e. Lazenbv
have been appointed a committee
to arrange for the entertainment
of the Rock Hill District Confer
snce which meets in the Method>
ist church, at this place July 11th-
14th. They will call on the citi-
zens at an early date.
Children's day exercises at
Bethlehem church will be on next
Saturday, the 22d instead of the
9th, as announced in our last
issue.
Several benches of the trestle
of the l.. & G.. railroad over Bear
creek, near the cotton mill, was
moved ten inches out of line by
the freshet Sunday night and no
train left here on that road until
Monday afternoon.
1t will take about two hundred
dollars to repair the damage done
at the new cotton mill by the
haayy raina Saturday oftarpoon
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19

Heath returns and stores foOed
Dollars never bought much they We be-
b Sellers by tocked unloading
price We TO" them with Wads COLD CASH
Tor your benefit a gains that two weeks believed
impossible t" find. The time pend that
dollar is most powerful, and that is here
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19
SENSATIONAL BARGAINS,

Inc opportunity purchase Importers limo "a
Boy and Childrens clothing We bough. it ALL enouoL
for SIX stores Now is chance if you fit and ona
y at 40 per cent. discount. 105 Boys Knee Suis L
chevlot cloth cheap at s125 yours for cents Is 6ov,
all wool Scotch Chcvo Suits worth 50 price is 81 bo
nobby assormet of Mems Shirt them Won will t
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-19
Listen!

pieces of French Dmities fancy patterns quail
ty for
90 Pieces of Pretty colored lawns the quality
100 Pieces yard wide Pecales stripes best quality
now for cents One As pieces yard wide Madras
o cents now for cents. 30 pieces of Baes Best Crink-
led Seersucker satin stripes, sell cents our cut price is
II cents, pieces of silk finished Foulards the 25 cents
quality, for Is cents.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20
Literary Notes.

D: Appleton & Co. announce 1.-The Woman S
Book of Sports"
The copyright of adam Bede" has re-
Gently expired and cheap editions will soon
be published.
DR.. Johnson, s Rambler" is to be revived
In London in the original shape and manner,
with Herbert Vivian for editor.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady's latest story
is entitled, when Blades Are Out and Love S
Afeld."
The old authors are still favorites. New
editions of Smollett, Macauley, Byron. Car
lyle. Dumas and Dickens are announced
The Hutchinsons, of London, announce
the Queen Victoria Birthday Book" com
Piled by E. G. Harmer. A quotation for
each day in the year, from the Queen s
speeches, is included
Professor w. H. Venables, Of Cincinnati.
mas written a novel dealing with Aaron
Burr's scheme for founding an empire in the
southwest
John, Gilmer Speed writes in the Literary
era or The Passing of the Historical Ro-
nance" But that form of literature seems
TO be exceedingly slow in passing.
Eugene Didier, in the Literary Era, charges
tennyson with plagiarizing "Enoch Arden
from poem written by Adelaide Anne Proc
tor.
Four of as good and attractive stories as
were ever written for young and old are in
cluded in Miss MolIie Elliott SeawelI's vol
ries."
In the "Great Admiral Series.'' a volume
OF very deep interest is James Otis with
P Porter IN the Essex" a story of Captain
waters during the war of 1872.
A second edition of L. w. de Laurence,s
. Hy pnot1sm has been issued, revised and en-
larged. The author calls for the general
recognition by the medical profession Of
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20

The Review of Reviews (No. 10 Astor Place,
New York; in Its Progress OF the World
department, discusses interestingly the mo-
tives and results of the big steel trust sug-
costing that it should receive careful and
critical scruting. Mr.. Stead's sketch of Queen
Alexandra of England is an interesting feat
ure; there are good biographical sketches of
Harrison and Evarts, and a valuable paper is
Colonel Hinten's Indian Territory, It's
Status. Development and Future" which en-
bodies needed information
Outing (New York: Outing Publishing Co
NO. 2S9 Fifth avenue) Is rarely good num-
Der. There are half dozen papers de-
falling fishing ard shooting episodes Of deep
interest, fascinating natural history paper
illustrated, by Ernest Harold Baynes; an
illustrated sketch OF the history of the New
York Yacht club, from the days of Stevens up
to the present: some entertaining fiction and
the usual record of sporting events
The Smart Sets (New York: Ess Ess Pub
fishing Coz completed novel is 1.-The Wage
OF Character" by Julien Gordon Mrs Van
RENSSELAER, Cruger) who rarely disappoints
readers. The number contains the usual
breezy exhibits Of the foibles and fads Of
''s'ciety."
The Coast is new magazine published
at Seattle, WASH. by The Coast Publishing
company. The contents, stories and sketches
and historic "reminiscences, are all the work
OF home litterateurs and the magazine is a
most creditable production.
Travel Uondon: No. 125 Fleet street E, CT
contains some very interesting matter, as
Mrs Ernest Harrington's "A Literary Pill
grimage in North Italy" illustrated, and Ion
the Beaten Track; or With Caravan. Camp
and Camera Into the Interior of Tunisia, +"
by Rev. A. D. Sloan, with illustrations.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20

Table 1, Trick Minneapolis has the OPEN
ing lead and plays the queen of trumps from
three, having a holding of two three-card
suits and four-card suit The theory OF
the lead is the same as it is in the "Caven-
dish hand, the trump lead from four with a
holding of three three-card suits, viz throw
the lead, discover from the development
partners suit and play for it. So far as the
trump holding alone is concerned the lead
appears to be safe. 1t is hardly necessary to
say that the distribution of the cards in
this deal is far from normal.
Trick 3-Whatever the trump situation
East's play is governed by the same princi,
pie at trick l. West discards heart from
a misconception of East's trump strength
but the play does not affect the result
North's discard of a diamond is what is
known as the alphabetical rotary discard
which shows the suit which comes next in al
phabetical order, in this case hearts
Trick 4-South plays to partners suit
1rick 1O-As South has three trumps East
takes the only trick that remains for him
and places his remaining cards upon the table
face down, counted for North and South.
Table 2, Trick Duluth opens his four
card suit, scoring the first trick that escaped
East and West at table /.
Trick West marks North and South out
OF clubs; the trump strength is undoubtedly
with them. Under the circumstances Vests
best play is a lead from his safest short suit
the queen of diamonds, from queen and jack
Trlck 4-Thfs makes one more trick in the
diamond suit than East and West got at
table l. 1t is said that East and West secure
three tricks in trumps. which Is one more
than they secured at table l, and this ac-
counts for the three tricks that Duluth gained
in this deal
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20
Books andAuth0rs
THE LITERARY OUTLOOK

THE sEUNAs AcMANUs
TO THAT ENDTwo STUART PHELPS
Correspondence Of The journal - '
rv nlacaa binsel4
I'M Loon says he finds that his
- that men and o growth.
eanas MacManus
fOo 10 Donegal and Donegal
enthusiastic Irish nationalist
to advocate
e class in his home ntructng
pe d IN the land when
but
the great the folk
VIII give readings from his books
oFries" tale of
Elizabeth somewhat different
may Wen imagine there
these latter there were nanv and var Various
experiences with ealed intelligence
sA'Te :. and with evident enjoyment of her task
beginning
lucas touched upon in her earlier
work publication
ting forth some Of the peculiar
not the perpetual
some sIcn place as the EARTH with
Morgan Martin Brook native
where he has laid
ms own family all
his father was the
sincerity Martin Brook is his t M p
other places in the
ago. was known as writer for children
ana then
Thomas is several
retirement with relatives N being the oldest
in
Whatever literary at the
authors Irving and set the pace for Amer
- - ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20
Chess News.

Once more ten representatives of America
meet an equal number Of experts of Great
Britain in order to contest a team chess
match over the Atlantic cable, for possession
OF a trophy presented by Sir George Newnes
of London, six years ago.
The match will be played at this end at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music, under the
auspices of the Brooklyn Chess Club, while
the Briushers will conduct their games at
the Cafe Monaco, London, the days of play
being Friday and Saturday.
According to the opinion Of those competent
to judge, in New York and in London, the
chances are that the Americans will again be
victorious.
The secretaries of the Brooklyn and British
Chess Clubs have exchanged the names of the
players by cable, and, according to these dis
patches, the teams will take boards as fol-
lows
America-Pillsbury, Showalter. Barry.
Hodges, Hymes, Marshall, Howell, hampton,
Newman and Verglest
Great Britain-Mason. Lee, Mills, Ward.
Jackson, Jacobs, Bellingham, Atkins Mitchell
and Lawrence.
1t was, however stated by a London paper
yesterday that Blackburne has finally con-
sented to play, in which case Lawrence will
step out
Five matches have now been played, this
country winning the first fourth and fifth
Under the rules, the cup must be won three
times in succession, or five times altogether
1t may, therefore, become this country's
property to-day
Yale defeated Brown on April 5. at Proyi-
dence, by Z to and draws. The teams
were composed of four players on a side, and
each student met every other of the opposed
team.
The unfinished game in the Columbia Cor
nell match has been adjudcated in favor of
Columbia by New York State Champion
Julius Finn. Cornell wins the match by
6h to 51z.
Pennsylvania defeated Princeton recently
by the decisive score of to 8.
Cambridge added another win by to
to its many victories over Oxford. in the
twenty ninth annual meeting, played at the
British Chess Club. London. These interest
ing team contests have been conducted with
out break since 1888
The Berliner hachgeselischaft contem-
plates the organization OF great interna-
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20
The American whist League Troph.

Minneapolis was again winner in the contest
LOT tne challenge trophy, the match last week
team from Duluth. While the play OF neither
team was especially remarkable the match,
as whole, was more evenly played on both
sldes than any of the other matches that
Minneapolis has taken part in this season
The match was won by the narrow margin of
three tricks and two Of these tricks were
the result OF an accident, the drawing of the
wrong card by Duluth player which gave
Minneapolis gain of two on that deal This
is the sixth consecutive victory for the Min
neapolis club. Duluth was represented by w.
T. Lardner, A. s. Wilson, G. H. Houlton and
E. n Ttnkham, and Minneapolis played W.
A. Kerr, j. H. Briggs, E. A. Montgomery and
w. ). Jones. Minneapolis gained on sixteen
deals, thirteen singles and three doubles.
Duluth gained on twelve deals, nine singles
two doubles and triple. In ten deals a diff
ferent suit was opened, three Of which show
the same score, six show gains for Duluth a
total OF ten tricks, five OF which are the re-
suit of the opening leads, while Minneapolis
gains on only one of these deals a single
trick which is due partly to the opening lead
and partly to good play. The ten hands in
which different suits were chosen for the
opening lead are as follows:
Spades. three two; hearts, ten, four: clubs,
queen, jack, eight. seven; diamonds, ace,
king, nine, eight, two. Trump. six of dia-
monds. Duluth, ssven c.; Minneapolis, eight
D.. Duluth gains two. due to lead.
Spades, queen, jack, four; hearts, jack six,
five: clubs, ace, jack, seven, two; diamonds.
ace, king, ten; trump, ten of spades. Du-
luth, two CLUBS; Minneapolis, queen spades.
Duluth gains three, two due to lead.
Spades. ace; queen, nine; three. two;
eight diamonds, jack, ten; trump, king OF
spades Duluth, jack diamonds; Minneapo-
lis, three spades. Minneapolis gains one,
partly on lead and partly on play.
Spades. ace, queen, ten; hearts, seven, FIVE;
clubs, king, jack, nine, six; diamonds, ace,
nine, three, two; trump, seven Of diamonds
Duluth, six clubs; Minneapolis, two dia-
monds. Duluth gains one, due to play
Spades. ace, queen. jack, seven: hearts,
eight, FIVE; clubs, ace, queen, jack; diamonds,
ace, king, ten, eight; trump, king Of hearts.
Duluth, eight hearts, Minneapolis. ace spades.
Same.
Spades, king, queen; hearts. ace. three;
clubs, queen, eight, FIVE three; diamonds,
ace, queen, ten, three, two; trump six Of
hearts. Duluth, three diamonds; Minneapo-
lis, king spades. Duluth gains one, certain
y not due to lead.
Spades, queen, ten, three, two; hearts, ace,
six, three, two; clubs, queen, jack; diamonds,
ace, three, two; trump, eight Of hearts. Du-
luth. two hearts; Minneapolis, two spades
Duluth gains two on play.
Spades. queen, two; hearts, ace. jack, nine,
five, three, two; clubs, queen. ten five; dia-
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20
Checker Chatter.

Two players Of ST. Paul became 50 inter
ested in checkers last week that the game
resulted in fist fight. The editor always
claimed that 1t took 3 good man to success
fully play the game.
Older than the oldest recorded game was
the incident Of which Jim McEnte0 was the
recent victim at the downtown New York
headquarters. A quiet stranger was invited
to play. and Jim, as usual, pushed one OF
his tricky losers at him. The visitor won.
Good joke. The same funny thing happened
in the second game. Third game, ditto.
The old war horse settled down to business.
eight games. Knight, OF Albany was the
innocent come-one who did to Jim what Jim
loves to do to others.
II have observed one thing about you fell
lows" said the inferior player, that I think
you ought to have brought to your attention.
When I am playing game, or any one else,
for that matter, you crowd around and begin
that confounded comment Of yours. ! have
seen you go so far as to take the pieces out
of the hands of players too polite to resist
you, and proceed to squabbie among your
selves over the move to draw or win. Now,
you've got to stop that with me can't play
checkers it's true, but / can hit and here
after am going to lose my games in my
gallery. More than half the things you are
so cock sure OF when you are looking On are
Authorizations anyway. Many players zrs
shy and tin1id like myself, and
The best and latest problem that has e0Iae
from across the water is: Black men, 4, 81;
king, 80; white man, 81; kings s, Is. Black
to play and whites to win. 1t Is beauty,
and corrects both H. D. Lyman and the late
w. Strickland. Can you fathom 1T?
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20

tional chess tournament at the German cap
ital in 1902 in celebration of the society's sew
enty- fifth year of existence
Walter P. Shipley is the winner of the
Franklin (Philadelphia) Chess clubs cham
pionship tournament, and will have his name
engraved on the George w. Childs and Fra
ger cups.
match viii ha iaHad nr 1s d 3 Th
six English players will be E. L. Coleman,
G. G. Wiles and ]. c. Wright of Cambridge,
with H. H Lane, F. A. Babcock and H. F.
Davidson Of Oxford. These are all new men,
Mr.. Wiles alone excepted The Americans
who will face them are X. G. Falk and F. H.
Sewall of Columbia, E. R. Perry and c. G.
Rice of Harvard, all veterans, and F. Swain
of Yale. The sixth man will probably be
from Princeton.
OF the 525 games due in the twentieth cen
tury tournament, 1S4 are already finished.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20

Cb) This move must sooner or later be
made to prevent white from eventually OBJ
tanning superiority on the queens wing by
P to QKt4.
(cl He cannot capture the pawn because
of KtxKt, followed by to Kt5 ch.
(d9 Disadvantageous, as shown by whites
clever rejoinder.
(e) If BxP, then obviously, R to K7 ch
wins.
(D To save the QRP, or else obtain COM
pensation for it. The expedient, however, is
but a temporary one.
(g) The American struggles on brayely.
but is unable to overcome the handicap of
pawn less and the inferior position The
Russian master has the advantage of two
bishops, and he uses them we'll
(h) After 41-BxKt, BxB; 42-BxP, to
B8, black would experience little difficulty
in drawing.
ID The kip is now in imminent danger;
after the ensuing exchange, white wins with
ease.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20
The Game OF Whist.
J.. H. Briggs.
Ladies, Night.

Six tables of ladies and gentlemen attended
the regular weekly game at the Minneapolis
Whist Club, Tuesday night. Prizes for the
tournament recently ended were presented,
each of the four leading ladies'. Mrs Paul,
Mrs. Satterlee, Mrs Rankin and Mrs. Higbee,
receiving a beautiful bonbon box. Mr.. Briggs
and Mrs. Paul made high score for the even
ing, with Is tricks above the average. The
prize for the evening was a large bunch of
carnations. Following is the evenings score:
NORTH AND SOUTH
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20

ta) This play was published by me in the
Liverpool Weekly Mercury, Sept. g. 1893. 1t
was given to correct game No. 1035, Draughts
World, by W. B. Johnson, who followed
as Variation l, game No. 564s Note o is
wrongly credited. The play is by r. Gray
and forms position No 35 Drummond's Sec
ond kear's Reprint. r. Gray's play was
given to correct variation No LA at thir-
teenth move, where 1927 was played, allow
ing black to win. II the text play Is sound
It corrects Variations 123 and 124 of Reprint
| also published similar play to A. McGill's
In Falkirk Mail to correct Mr.. Veal, but not
having my Mail column beside me. cannot
give exact figures or date
The Falkirk Mail is edited by Mr. Crooks
ton, Mr.. Jordan's timekeeper and adviser
Editor.