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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

There was a man in our town
And he was wondrous smart,
He never tried to get there till
He had a tirst-class start.
Detroit Free Press.
Miss Passay-"I dread to think OF
my fortieth birthday" Miss Pert
"Why? Did something unpleasant
happen then?'-Tit-Blts.
PA, what is u philosophers" "a
philosopher, Jimmie, is n man who
thinks he has got through being a
fool."-Detroit Free Press.
Some morn we may wake from our Stun.
Der
And find, in this wonderful age,
That the automobiles a back number
And that flying machines are the rage.
Washington Star.
Sunday-school Teacher-"Now, Tom
my, you may give your conception of
the future state" Tommy-"Please,
ma'am, it's a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Record.
School Teacher-''What have the nu-
merous expeditions to the North Pole
Accomplishment" Scholar-"Made geo
graphy lesson harder" - Town and
Country.
Charley Litewate-"I've got a deuce
of a headache, don't yer know" Sar-
castle Friend-"That so? Must be
one of these aching voids' we some
times read about. Judge.
Willie-"oh, nav. 1 have slch a pain
in my stommick." Fond Mother
willie, you have been eating some
thing!' Willie-"No, nav, / didn't
eat a thing but eight green a~pples."--
Ohio State Journal.
what would you do If you had a
million dollarsY said one plain every
day man. oh" replied the other, II
suppose I'd put in most of my time
comparing myself with some one who
had a billion and feeling Disconnected"
Washington Star.
Mrs. Noozy-'I think it's the most
ridiculous thing to call that man in
the bank a teller" Mrs. Chumm-
"Why?" Mrs. Noozy-"Because they
simply won't tell at all. / asked one
day how much my husband had on
deposit there, and he Just laughed
Philadelphia Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

The farmers of Kansas figure thar
what they lose through the drouth will
be offset by the higher price they will
get for their grain, so thai the real
sufferers from the drouth will be the
consumers, many of whom live In Eu-
rope. This is the reason, according
> one farmer, why so many farmers
took no interest in the prayers for
rain. They felt that they had nothing
to pray for.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

Robert Barr, the novelist, was form
erly a school teacher in Canada.
Lord Miner. the MAN of Destiny
in South Africa, is engaged 20 be mar
ried.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York will visit Newfoundland
October q.
The corporation of Glasgow has de,
cided to confer the freedom of the
city on Andrew Carnegie,
Rear-Admiral Sampson will be re.
lieved of command at the Boston
Navy Yard soon by Rear-Admiral Nor
timer l.. Johnson.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

yard. If the horse stalls are adjacent
to the side door, the horse manure can
be thrown out into this open shed for
the hens to scratch over, a little gram
being thrown into 1t. The barnyard
fence can be made fowl-tight as well
as cow-tight, thus obviating the neces-
sity for a separate poultry yard.-New
England Homestead.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

Young Cornelius Vanderbilt has pat.
ented a number of inventions that
may revolutioniZe railway rolling
stock construction and, incidentally,
bring him in a larger fortune than his
father left him. 1t would seem that
this youth who had heart enough to
risk being disinherited In order to
marry the girl Of his choice has q we'll.
developed brain In the bargain.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

Patrick Clasby, of Birmingham,
gave his neighbor, John Stumpf, a log
to work up, and after he was at it
CLASSIFY asked him to look after his
three cows. Stumpf took off his waist
coat, in the pockets of which was a
watch and S13 in bills. One of the
cows discovered the waistcoat lying
upon the ground and ate that part
containing the money. The watch Was
saved uninjured. Clasby's boy ran
his arm down the animals throat and
secured the wad of money.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

Mrs. Mabel Haines, who is in jail at
Mount Holly on a charge Of murder,
has become the mother Of a baby girl.
Mrs. Haines resides in Delanco, and
at the next term of court she will face
trial. She was arrested in January,
since which time she has occupied a
cell In Murderers' Row In the county
jail. Mrs. Haines's stepdaughter,
Gwendolin, died under peculiar cir
cumstances. Neighbors told of cru
city inflicted on the little one, and this
led to the stepmother's arrest. Marks
of violence were found on the child's
body, and a large quantity Of arsenic
was found in the internal organs.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
Barn Shed and Poultry House.

The cut shows an addition to the
side Of a barn covering q side door
and ~affording a house for poultry and
an open shed for the poultry to scratch
in during the winter. 1t affords a
chance also for cows to find protection
during showers on summer nights
when they are confined in the stable
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
Shocked to Death in Mldair.

Isaac Dobson, Of Atlantic City, was
shocked to death by an electric wire.
Dobson was a trimmer for the Attain
tic City Electric Light Company, and
while at the top of IA pole he touched
a wire that was badly insulated. He
fell to the ground, a distance of wen
ty feet, and his skull was fractured.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

1t will surprise people to learn THAI
Scotland has the largest number Of
criminals In the United Kingdom
Last year 1886 persons were convicted
in the court for every 100000 of the
population. In England the ratio was
only 5S1 and in ireland $3.50.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
Woman Cuts a Nclshbor,s rhront.

Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Charles Clark,
who are neighbors on the Beverly
road, near Burlington, have not been
friendly for some time. A few days
ago Mrs. Clark went to the house of
Mrs. Bailey and rang the bell. Mrs.
Bailey opened the door, when Mrs.
Clark pounced upon her and made a
deep cash in Mrs, Bailey's throat. Mr..
Clark separated the women, and Mrs.
Clark was committed 10 Jail.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

eve are now" said Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson the other day,
Succeeding admirably in the produc-
ton of tea in the United States. 1t is
only a question of a short time when
we win be able to raise all the tea de,
manded for use in this country"
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
Kills a Big Fighting Copperhead.

Frederick Reippe, of North Airing
ton, killed a copperhcad snake with
his rifle. The reptile measured six
feet four inches in length and was two
inches in diameter. The snake showed
fight after Reippe had put two bullets
into it, but he dubbed it to death with
the butt of his rifle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FARM AND GARDEN
~~r~r~rEwE~E


Sieah inc hoausioe y . "eeus.
1t is perhaps not the business of the
farmer to keep the roadside clean by
cutting down the weeds that grow on
such places, but, as the seeds of weeds
are carried to long distances by the
winds. the farmer who keeps the road
side clear of weeds will have fewer
weed1 on his farm.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

The War Department, at Washing
ION, has just hired twenty-three
dentists, and it Is safe to say that each
of them had q pull or he wouldn't have
secured his job.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
student. From Old arsxicn.

A well-known Monterey gentleman
stated to a reporter that about one
hundred children Of prominent Mex
lean families viii attend school In
the United States this coming term
Mexican Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

London is to be electrified under
ground with true Yankee electricity
as a motive power. Cog and Magos
will be all agog.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
Rich MINI Trims Pedhler.

Although reputed to be worth nearly
s5OO,O 600, c. j., Currier, of Evanston, Ill,
has just started into the peddling Of
fruits and vegetables. Mr.. Currier says
the new enterprise was suggested to him
by the exorbitant prices asked by the
green grocers of the town, with whose
methods he is thoroughly disguised.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
Lor urht Broken In Indiana.

Drought which had lasted forty.
eight days In Indiana was broken by
steady rain lasting several hours. II
came too late for corn and vegetables,
but will be of immense value to pas.
turps.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
Famine In Island of PanaY.

Reports received from the Island OF
Panay, p. l., Indicate that there is Sc
we're distress among the agrlculturists
and that a famine is in progress, The
Government will do all in its power tc
assist these people.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
Ginseng Farms in wisconsin.

Before the days of the triumph or
the buzz saw in Wisconsin, the woods
abounded in ginseng. but with the
cutting away Of the forest the source
of the supply diminished. Not only Is
this true In Wisconsin, but In all other
States as well. In order to meet tho
increasing demand which has come
with the decreasing supply several
ginseng farms have been established
In Wisconsin, the most celebrated Of
which Is that of Emanuel Lewis, Mt
Hemlock, as well as those of II. S.
Seymour, at Richland Centre, and w.
G. Palmer, of Boydton. Mr.. Lewis
was the first man in the State to con-
ceive the Idea CT propagating the root
and now has over 10000 healthy
plants. The product brings over four
dollars a pound at the present time.
There are others who desire to engage
In the ginseng culture, but find it diff
cult to obtain either the plants or seed
at n reasonable price. The undated
demand for the root in the Orient
keeps the price at such n mark that 1t
would be improbable to use the roots
In starting a farm. and the seeds are
so rare that they sell for n dollar
per ounce. The root is almost ex'
clusively used by the Chinese for near
ly every ailment.-New York Sun.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
The Rev. Mr.. Keller Secs Better.

The recent operation on the Rev.
John Keller's eye has greatly improved
his sight. 1t will probably be some
time, however. before he resumes ac-
tive charge of his church at Arlington.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

Chicago \ holders who have been
thrown on tN W resources by the ut
timatum of the nion Of servant girls aus
turning their attention to the PRACTICABLE
ity of engaging men for kitchen and othet
! domestic work.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

No less than twenty-four Of oui
States and two of our Territories are
now iron-ore producers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23

Where there's a will, there's a way
for lawyers to break it.-Boston Tran
script.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
WHY NOT TRY The
Mathis More
When You W ant

EXTRACTS We have tb" fol
lowing tlavors: Strawberry. Pine
apple, Peppermint, Lemmond,
Ninilla, Orange, etc, aud can sell
it ut a bargain in quantities of 6
and ~ bottles or ut S cents pe T.
single bottles, also small size at
5 cents.
STOVE POLISH-C Can he sold
for 2 boxes for cents.
SHOE TACKS-At 5 and 10
cents pack.
We are IN business to sell goods,
and will he glad to sell anything
we have in our store At Il very
small margin, and you can find
most anything that can be 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. Nj. MATHIS e co.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
Mule Killed by an Ok.

Last Wednesday Il son of VIrgi
Crawford, col, rode his mule
into Vilgils yard near Sincerity
an hitched it to a tree while he
went into the house. Returning
in few minutes he found the
mule with It's side torn open and
its entrailS proiruding. 1t had
been g0red Nv large OK which
was grazing in the yard. 1t lived
only short time.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
Thr Charges Dismissed

The State board of directors of
the dis sr1nsary at meeting We'd
nesday gave a hearing, says II
special from Columbia to the
News and Courier, s'In the matter
of some charges preferred against
Dispenser Elliott of Lancaster,
and also to charges against w. A.
Marshall, a member of the coun-
ty board of control OF Lancaster
County. Senator Hough and
Representative Williams were
here and appeared before the
board. Mr.. Marshall is charged
with having received more pay as
member of the county board
than he was entitled to do under
the law. 1t was developed that
one of the dispensers had been
sick, and that he had done double
duty in good faith, with no in
tent to do anything not in accord
with the law and had taken pay
for his extra work.
This resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That it has been
made to appear that defendant
may have been guilty of some
technical error, but no moral
wrong has been proven against
defendant, nor kas it been shown
that the States interests have
suffered thereby: Therefore
Resolved, That the charges are
hereby dismissed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

16 to 1 Illustrated by u White
Potato
Mr.. Z. X. Plyler of Newcut,
has brought to this office an Irish
potato which has l6 small potatoes
growing about on it's surface. 1t
is reminder of the old dead
issue of free coinage at the ratio
of l6 to l. If YOU dig it up you'll
find that like Mr.. P's potato the
sixteen are no good and the one
would be all worth looking after.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
Looking for Jones' Murderer

The Sheriff of Cleveland coun-
ty, n. c., was here Wednesday
on the lookout for Jim Lowry,
the negro who murdered Police
man Jones vt Shelby last Satur-
day night. He had heard that
Jim was son of Lee Lowry,
who lives on Col. Springs Erwin
place, and that he had crossed the
river making for his fathers.
Policeman Sowell and ono or two
others spent Tuesday night in the
vicinity of Lees home but no Jim
turned up there. The fact has
since been learned that tho negro s
right name is not Jim Lowry but
Jim Jenkins and that he was
sentenced to 10 years from York
county and after making his escape
had changed his name to Lowry.
tie has not been captured as yet.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
Little Boy Badly Hurt

Herbert, the little eleven year
old son of Mr.. Arista Cauthen,
at Heath Spring was accidentally
caught in the betting of the roller
mill at that place last Wednesday
and badly hurt, having his right
arm broken in four places. DR.
>. j. Hinson is attending the lit
tie fellow.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
Attention, Road OyersccrS

To the road evcrsccrs of Lancas-
ter County: Approaching the
fact that the people have been too
busy with their crops to work the
roads, you have not been required
of late to order out your hands
for that porposc.
Now, however, since the farm
crs are about up with their work,
you are hereby notified to at once
warn all in your respective terri
tories liable to road duty to turn
out and work the public highways
without further delay, putting in
the full time where necessary.
The roads have been badly washed
and must be repaired and put in
good condition AZ soon as possible.
W. Q. Caskcy,
County Supervisor.
July 3Oth. 1901.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
Notice to Persons Who Have
Wheat to be Ground

Some parties through prejudice
have been reporting over the
country that our mill does not
give full turnout. We wish TO
say to the public that if they will
bring us good dry wheat we will
guarantee from 40 to AZ pounds
of good flour to the bushel.
Heath Springs Roller Mill.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

Il hereby announce myself as q cam
didate for the Office of cotton weig er
at Lancaster 1 will appreciate the vote
OF my friends and. II elected, will give
the Office every attention.
Very Respectfully,
A ]. BAILEY.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
]. CANTON FOSTER, N. D.
OFFICE UP STAIRS IN
MASONIC BUILDING.
ssS All Calls Attended Night
and Day.
Announcements.
and Day.

] hereby announce myself csndi,
GATE ior reelection to the Office of pub
lie Cotton Weigher. I have the
unanimc us endorsement of the CounIv
Alliance. j. + NISBET.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

| Dr. ID. CantZOn fOSter mas an
office upstairs in Masonic build
ing. See card in this issue.
Sam Dixon, col, was shot by
Mr.. Andrew Mobley near Heath
Spring Thursday night. We could
not learn the particulars. The
wound is not likely to prove fatal
Mr.. and Mrs. S. +. Roddy,
Mr.. b. n. Craig and Miss Mary
Barber of Rock Hill, and Mr..
Joseph Taylor of Newport, came
over Thursday and attended the
funeral of Mrs. Taylor
Bunk Laney and Carter Nc
Gritf, both coloced, plead guilty
before agistrato Caskey yesler-
day for refusing to work on the
public roads and were each fined
80 or 60 to the gang for 90 days
They paid their tir cs.
Inquiry has been made of us as
to why an election has not been
ordered in the matter of the ex-
tension of the corporate linn 3
petition asking for an election
having been presented to the
counsel some time since. We
don't knew. Any member of the
council can probably give the in
formation.
Mr.. w K Bruce formerly a
mem her of the Legislature from
kershav county, died ut his home
in Union county, N. c., last Sun
day morning after an illness of
only three hours of congestive
chill. He was conducting Sunday
School when tie chill came on him
and died at the home of friend
nasr the church.
Misses Sadie and Mamie Irene
McCardsll have returned home af
ter = weeks visit to friends at
Heath Springs.
A protracted meeting will he
begun at Pleasant PLAN church on
the third Sunday The pastor,
Rev. r j Blackmon, will be as
sisted by Rev. D p Montgomery,
of Louisville, KY.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

Heath Spring Alliance will
meet Friday, the 18th inst.
ID. W. Hendrix, Secy.
Mr. Walter q Cureton has gone
on a prospecting tour through
Georgia and Alabama.
Mr.. VIM Howie of the Newcut
section had a good mule to die one
day this week.
Bring IN your country produce,
Butter, Eggs and ChickensJ espe~
clally. j b Macko:el..
The school ut Carmel was
opened Monday with Mr.. M. j.
Green AS teacher. The ENROLL
ment of scholars Is thirty.
DIR. Z. M. Galloway, who has
been spending several weeks with
his parents, returned home We'd
nesday night.
Mrs. Sallie G.. Villeneuvs, of
Atlanta, Ga, is here on visit
t" her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Clark.
Dr.. Ru,lsdgs has returned to
his home in Lancaster after spend
ing some time in Rock Hill and
Leslie. = Rock Hill Herald.
Mr.. T M Hughes and Mr.. DIR
Williams, of Lancaster, have been
In the city for several days-Fort
Mill Times.
Dave Cousar, COL, had his COW
drowned in his pasture during the
freShet in Cane Creek one night
this week.
Married, on Sunday last. by
Rev. MIR. Harper, Mr.. Burt Den
ton, formerly of Lancaster coun-
ty, and Miss Martha Roberts of
the Manchester communry.-
Rock Hill Herald.
List of letters advertised fer
the week ending August 10, 1901:
Miss Jennie Fester, Mamie Clrk-
lam, Emma Crockett, John s.
Ketts. Belle Nance, z. NJ
Lancaster, S. G..
Jud Mcllwain, col was stab
bed in the neck in u difficulty
with John Wilson, COL, Mt the
darkey's picnic at Jones X Roads
Thursday.
An ice cream supper for the
benefit of Unity church will he
given at the parsonage there on
the evening of the 22d inst. The
pnbllc is cordially invited.
Essex Mcllwain, one of the
negro boys Policeman Sswell
caught up with stealing chickens
the ether night, was tried before
Magistrate Casksy ednssday.
He got 80 days on the gang not
having the wherewith to pay his
fine of S12.
Mr.. George M. Walters, who
went from this county to Wills
Point, Texas, the first of the
year, is back on a visit to rela-
tives. He and his brother are in
the mercantile business at Wills
Point a, q are doing well. The
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
Look (! Listen!

pieces of French Dimitic fancy patterns the quail
ty, for
90 Pieces of Pretty the cents quality now for
LOU fleces yard wide Percaes stripes best quality
now FOR cents One f5 pieces, wide Madras
~ cents now for cents 30 pieces of 'Iates Best
led Seersucker, satin stripes sell cents our cut price is
II CENTS pieces of silk finished Fouards the cents
quality, for Is cents.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
I bird Stock of New Millinery,

Here we where else much ual
and style linked with such low prices Never before has our
store so thoroughly mered its fame for Stylish Millinery and
moderate prices We have all own way
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

Mr.. Walter q Cureton has gone
on prospecting tour through
Georgia and Alabama.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

A protracted meeting will he
begun at Pleasant PLAN church on
the third Sunday. The pastor,
Rev. r j Blackmon, will be as
sisted by Rev. d p Montgomery,
of Louisville, KY.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

Mrs. Sallie G. Villeneuvs, ot
Atlanta, Ga, is here on visi
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Clark.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

Heath Spring. Alliance will
meet FRIDAY, the 18th inst.
ID. W. Hendrix, Secy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

DIR. j. Canton Foster has an
office upstairs in Masonic build
ing. See card in this issue.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10

Sam Dixon, col, was shot by
Mr.. Andrew Mobley near Heath
Spring Thursday night. We could
not learn the particulars. The
wound is not likely to prove fatal
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-08-10
SEMI W h,rkLi
Local Matters

A full line of the newly. adopted
school books ut l.. y. Payseur's.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-21
IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFFS.
Ralli Brothers Given Judgment
 Against M. L. Roekmore.

Atlanta. Ga. June 20.-The case of Ralii Brothers, subjects of Great Brit ain. who have been suing M. l.. Rock more. a cotton dealer in Gwinnett County. for S2.175 damages. on account of non-delivery of Ss3 bales of cotton ordered by them. was decided this morning for the plaintiff, by Judge Newman. in the Federal Court
 The Court thought that the only question of law was whether the plain tiffs' right to recover should be tested and determined by the price of cotton at the time it should have been deliv- cred by Rockmore in October, Novem- ber or December, or when he finally notified the plaintiffs that he would not comply with the contract-January 4. 1899-cotton having risen during this period.
 The Court held, That the breach of contract was on January 4, 1899, and that the different lots of cotton were sold, and the price which Ralli Broth CTS were required to paY is the proper basis for recovery in this case, and that that was the amount in which the plaintiffs are damaged, and which they had a right to recover.
 Plaintiffs suit was only brought. however. for S2.175. and necessarily their recovery must be limited to this amount"N