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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-30
Death Jf Vm Ganson
Scarcely home iu- Lancsste,
county I'm, vii f"..l a psne ~

dhN itNt Il tn'S. tliS GCatil &C
cU.trol SmuGday mOruing at i:IO
o'clock after n lingering illne >s
during which he had every attcn-
tinn that faithful physician, a
devoted wife and kind fria' ds
could give. But the 80 ,uld not
stay the icy hand, and quietly AMI
peacefully rs if falling asleep hie
gentle spirit passed away. In his
death Lancaster loses a kind.heart-
ed, generous, public spirited cit,-
zen; a man who perhaps has bene-
fitted the town above all other |. en-
by not only bringing trade to it
from the remotest corner of the
county but by drawing trade for
miles into the adjoining counties
and even from the very suburbs
of neighboring towns. His name
was familiar in every home in the
county and his genial nature at
tracted everybody to him and made
him friends in every household.
Truly the people will sorrow to
learn of his death. His popular
ity was great and his friends were
iDummerable and he was not with
out appreciation of these facts.
Even above his native hills i'm old
Scotland he loved his adopted
home and its people. On his re-
tirement from business several
years ago 1T was suggested to him
that his life might be prolonged
by change of home by moving
to more Southerly cline. He
believed him self it would he but
he persistently refused to leave
old Lancaster, saying that he pre-
ferred to live on here where he
could meet and enjoy chats with
his friend, from all parts of the
county from day to day for few
years than to live decade longer
in far off strange community.
His dust will rest i'm old Lancaster
and SO he would have it be. and
his memcry will be cherished bv
this people as long as this genera
tion lives.
VIM Gans0n was born in Dun.
dee, Scotland, April 10, 1854,
and was in his 49lh year. He
was a son of David Ganson, who
died at Dundee several years ago.
(. He leaves four brothers and five
sisters surviving him, all of whom
live in Scotland except MIR. Char
les Gan on, prominent merchant
of Ware, Mass, and Mr.. Adam
Ganson, civil engineer, al chitect
AMI supervisor of construction for
u large bnilding syndicate in New
York City. Mr.. Ganson came to
the United States in 1876 and To-
Gated at Winnsboro where he res
NAMED in the employ of j. o. |
Boag, O prominent merchant of
that place, until Sept. 1882, when
he came to Lancaster and began
merchandising, the firm then be-
ing Mimnaugh 6 Gansop. In q
year or so he bought Mr.. Minis
nahgh's interest in the business
and from that time did business
on his own account until The Gan.
son Dry Goods Co., was charter
ed, with branch stores at York
vile and several other towns IN
the state. A few years ago on
account of failing health he dis
posed of all his mercantile inter
ests and retired from business,
having amassed quite a fortunel
and being rated one of Lancaster's
wealthiest men. He held large
stock in the Bank of Lancaster,
valued at about 500 O0O olso IN
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-30

Six men, two white and six
colored, were hanged in Arkansas
Friday; all for murder.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-30
Local II. altsrs

The ladies' Of the Methodist
church VII serve refreshments at
the courthouse today.
Mrs. L. l.. Bedenhou.h .h is visit
ing the family of Mr.. w. +. Gar
win.
Charles T.. Carter of Charlotte
is spending few da, in Lancss-
ter with relatives.
Miss Margie Mellow, who, for
several months has been VISITING
her friends and relatives here, has
returned to her home in Charles
ton.
The union service next Sunday
night will he held in the A. K. L.
church, Rev j. M. Steadman will
preach.
Rev. j. nj. Stead m an has been
granted vacation of three weeks
by his congregation, to begin
next Monday. He will visit rela
tives in Edgefield and Saluda coun.
ties.
State Vice Councillor III. ID.
Funderburk will go to Chester
next Saturday night for the pur-
pose of organizing a Lodge of the
Jr. 0. U. A. M.
Sallie Ferrell, COL, who lives on
tho Millen McMurray place sever
al miles North of town, was bit
ten through the finger by a COP
per. head snake last Thursday.
Mr.. j. w. Tillman went to Co.
lumbia Monday to attend the
meeting Of the State board of
equalization held there yester.
day.
Mr.. Oliver G. Blackmon has
sold his residence to Mrs. Jane
E. Edwards and Mrs Mamie E.
Roddy. They will take possess
ion Oct. 1st when Mr.. B. will
move to his wife's place on Barr
Street.
Something over $145. was rails
ed by the collection at the Tirz,h
Bible Society meeting last Satur-
day. There was large crowd
present and DR.. Bays address
was excellent.
Hon. j. N. Estridge, as has
long been his custom, extends an
invitation to each and every coun-
ty candidate to dine with him
Saturday, Aug. 10th, the day ap-
pointed for the county campaign
meeting at White Bluff.
The Confederate veterans of
this county will bear in mind the
meeting to be held in the court.
house at 10 q. m. next Monday
for the purpose of enrolment by
townships. The enrolment books,
etc., are here and it is very essen
tial that every veteran should be
present.
Eliza Douglas, COL, died at
Gladsbero, N. G., last Friday and
herremains were brought here and
inferred Saturday. She was a |
daughter Of Allen Hudson and
the wife of w. R. Douglas, form
srly principal of the colored school
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-30

The Best Prescription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is bottle of
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t
is simply Iron uud Quinlnc and
tasteless, No Cure No Pay.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-30

Died, on Sunday, July 9th,
1902, the infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Judson Hins,p, aged about
8 months
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81 so PER AN ~
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-30

Mr.. Oliver G. Blackmon has
sold his residence to Mrs. Jane
+. Edwards and Mrs Mamie E..
Roddy. They will take possess
ion Oct. 1st when Mr.. B. will
move to his wife's place on Barr
Street.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-30

Mr.. j. w. Tillman went to Co.
lumbia Monday to attend the
meeting of the State board OF
equalization held there yester:
day.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-30

Sallie Ferrell, COL, who lives on
tho Millen McMurray place sever
al miles North of town, was bit
ten through the finger by COP
per head snake last Thursday.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-30

We ere requested to say that
Rev. j. W. Little will serve HE
present charges until the end of
the association year. His resig-
nation in order to re enter upon
evangelistic work will not 60 into
effect until after the association
meets.
See ordinance relating to
health of town. Also ordinan 20
relating to dogs and the Notice of
the Mayor cltigens in this Issue.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-05
Critics Opinion.

Critics Opinion.
Brusher-What did the critic say
about my picture?
Tuber-He said if you had put every
thing as conspicuous as your name it
would have looked like stage curtain,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-05
His Opinion.

Sandy Pikes-I found de most useless
thing in de world today.
Billy Coalsate-What was it, pard?
Sandy Pikes-Why, a ticket fer a
Turkish bath.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-05

Why is there never anybody at home
in convent. Because it is nun-in-
habited place
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-05

What is the best early closing move
ment? To go to bed at 10 o'clock and
close your eyes in sleep.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18

\
(Adichigan Congressman Who Wants 70
Succeed Senator Burrows.)
shoes. He got an early political bent
by serving as page in the Michigan
legislature; there he discovered how
easy it 10 to be statesman and he de-
termined to be one himself. In course
of time he gave up shoe blackening,
paper selling, popcorn peddling, train
butchering, and the like occupations
and studied law. Then he went into
the business of owning railroad COM
panies and newspapers and coming to
congress.
There 10 hardly a smoother or more
genial proposition in congress than
William Alden Smith. He has filed
down the rough places for a gentleman
of taste, refinement, and education.
Dartmouth college has given him an
honorary NJ. A., and there is no Smith
dormitory or laboratory as yet among
the college buildings. When it comes
to turning q pretty oratorical phrase,
there are none better. Beveridge is
more voluable, but not. SO. graceful.
Smiths anti-reciprocity speech last
winter was one of the events of the
season, says the Chicago journal
y Smith likes society. Last year he
began entertaining just to get into
practice for the heavier work which he
knew was coming. This winter evil
have a house near Dupont circle.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18
ANIMAL IHTRLLICRHcE.
Althssgh sharp aaa Candies ahss
wildcat Has Net . deed No..
cry for Trops.

Our almost extinct wildcat is q beast
which Cor want Of memory has not
been able to hold its own. While the
fox and the badger, especially the lat
ter. are adopts at avoiding traps, the
wildcat seems quite unable to keep
out of them, Gays the London Spec
tator. Yet the glutton, another car
nivore of the northern forests, with
out any apparent brain endowment Of
the positive kind, has learned the
whole art of trapping SO successfully
that it will follow along whole line of
40 miles of traps, break into every one
from behind and carry off the bats
without being caught. In the same
way the balloons of Africa, whether
north or south, maintain themselves
in locality in their full numbers long
after most other creatures of equal
size have disappeared. The part of
the Matoppo hills in which Mr.. Rhodes
tomb is cut in the rocks is deserted
by the Matabeles because, as they are
now disarmed, the balloons carry off
all their corn and pumpkins.
The rat and the rabbit are not very
different in point of fecundity. But
while the rabbit, except on very favor.
able soil, disappears in a cultivated
country like England, where it is not
afforded any protection, the rat is
practically master of the situation, SO
greatly does his power of individual
experience, and probably also of COM
munication, exceed that of the other
rodent. 1t can hardly be an accident
that the gray parrot, one of the clever
est and most thoughtful of birds, is by
far the longest-lived. There is an un-
doubted instance of this bird surviving
for century, and half that time is
quite common age. But in the case
of birds SO many other considerations
than those of brain intervene in deter
mining what leads to longevity that
only vague cancellations are pos
sible. Size, food and species all have
their known results on the duration
of birds life. A gahnet has been
known to live for 40 years, Spanish I'M
perial eagles to nearly that age, an
Egyptian vulture to AZ, ravens for 20
years and swans for nearly as long.
But it is fairly safe inference that
the life of birds is, in proportion to
their size, longer than that of man.
mails. Comparing the general average
of brain power, that of birds is much
higher than among the average
beasts; and it is quite probable that
it is this excess IF brain vitality which
gives the birds also an excess in bodily
Vitality
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18
USES BITTER WORDS.
In His War Beck De Wet Scores
Boer and Briton.
Declares That Treachery e Barghera
saved England from Raia-Says
Providence Saved Hin and
His Soldiers.

In his book, entitled 'Three Years
War;" Gen. De Wet, the noted Boer
commander, uses vigorous language
in referring to the results OF the con-
test with Great Britain. In one pass
age he says:
Had not SO many of o0r burghers
proved false to their own colors,
England, as the great Bismarck fore
told, would have found her grave in
South Africa
The book is dedicated by the Boec
general ITO my fellow subjects Of
the British EMPIRE 1t is perhaps
the most remarkable book by the
most remarkable leader that any re-
cent war has produced. The concise,
simply told tale of the extra ordinary
caInpaignsis marked throughout with.
the stamp of truth. The badness Of
the narrative only serves to bring
into strong relief the fiery passages
in which q strong man j literally
blurts out his soul in pathetic regret
or bitter denunciation.
In thus taking the public into his
confidence De Wet loses nothing Of
the glamour with which his exploits
in the field surround him. In CRITICS.
ing he spares no one; Boer and Brit
on come equally under the lash. De
Wet declares that, whatever the Eng
lish people may have to say in dis
credit of Gen. Butler, he had to oper-
ate against stronger positions than
any other British general.
Throughout the work the Boer
general has but slight praise for
Lord Roberts, and little more for
Lord Kitchener. Gen. Knox is al
most the only British general who
seems to have struck De Wet as a
commander with real military genius.
OF Tommy Atkins" he has many
kindly words to say, and declares
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18

ship is composed of bank presidents
and managers and the heads. of great
financial institutions of New York.
Boston, Chicago, and other large cit.
les, together with the most prominen!
officials of the United States treas.
ury department..
The association held its annua,
meeting for 1902 at New Orleans, e
short time ago, and elected Mr.. Cald.
well Hardy it's president for the en-.
suing year. Mr.. Hardy is one Of the
leading inanciers of Norfolk, Va,
where he is president of the Norfolk
national bank. He is native II
North Carolina, former resident Of
Brooklyn, and graduate in the SCI
ence of banking from the institutions
Of Wall street. Mr.. Hardy has been
connected with the Norfolk national
bank since 1885, when, upon its or
.ganization, he was installed as its
cashier.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18
A PREACHER IN QUEENSLAND.
The strange Reception Of = White
Minister at the Hands of .
Group Of Natives. ~

In recent book Edward B. Kennedy
thus describes the welcome given ny
black natives of Queensland to white
preacher who visited them: "A black
fellow came up to me and placing his
hand gently on the bride OF my horse
nodded his head in the direction Of my
friend. with THAT fellow priest
agreed; upon which, sinking his voice
to a mysterious and hoarse whisper,
he proceeded: 'Budgery. That fel.
low like it put on shirt over trousel,
get a top o. waddy, and yabber bout.
debil, debil;' which, rendered in plain
English, reads: 'Good.That man puts
his shirt on over his trousers, gets
top of wood, or pulpit, and talks
about devil, DEVIL Before I could
make any remark upon this new and
startling manner of describing u
preacher, the whole mob of blacks
who had been listening to the infor.e
nation vouchsafed me, commenced to-
dance about with Joy at having par:
son; and we soon found out the rea-
son, for my instructor, signing to the
others to be quiet, struck an attitude.
then turned to his reverence with an
air of pride and satisfaction, and thus
addressed him: You give mine TIKI
pence mine say lorsprer tin commands
burgery quick all same white fellow,
which meant: Give me six-pence, I'll
say the Lords prayer and ten cons
mandments splendidly quick as a
white man does in church Then,
without moments hesitation, he rat.
tied off like lightning, as far as we
could follow him, page of the church
service, throwing in few responses
here and there. The parson looked
grave, as the black, the very second
he had concluded, held out his hand
for sixpence, and upon the coin being
refused him evidently considered
that he had not spoken his piece fast
enough, for he called up another
member of his tribe, saying as he
pushed him forward: This fellow
cabon quick one shillin'.' This man
very quick, one shilling"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18

{Boer Hero Who Has Just Writtenson the
If South African War;
..the British were far from being bad
shots s5 3g, s5R r.
The comparative immunity of the
Beers from harm De Wet constantly
and most fervently attributes to the
interposition, of God.
IF any reader" he says, lis to
know how it was kept out of the
enemy's hands l can only answer, al
though l may not be understood.
that ascribe it to nothing else than
this-it was Gods will that should
not fall into their hands, Let those
who rejoice at my miraculous es-
capes give all. the praise to Cod
Nevertheless the book teens with
accounts of military ad other strate-
gies by which De Wet outwitted. his
pursuers.
frequently he recounts cases of
desertion and panic among his own
men when his entreaties and "sjam-
boxing" were all of no avail. De
Wet pays tribute to Gen. Cronje
for his bravery, but declares he los.
at Paardeberg only on account of his
fatal obstinacy in failing to leave the
lager as he was advised to do by
Gen. Botha and by the writer him
self. Regarding his own forces, Dc
Wet writes:
1T was far easier to fight against
the great English army than against
treachery among my own people, and
an iron will was required to fight
against both. Once, if only our or
ders had been carried out a little
more strictly, and if only the mos:
elementary rules of strategy had
been observed in our efforts to break
the British lines of communication,
Lord Roberts and his thousand of
troops would have found themselves
shut up IN Pretoria, where they would
have persisted of hunger. 1t was not
the skill of their chief
that saved them
OF the block houses De Wet is
frankly contemptuous. 1.-THE block
house policy" he says, ''might equally
we'll have been called the policy of
the blockhead." The so-called war
again. women and the misuse Of the
white flag by the British are de-
=nounced by the Boer general who
says:
ssThat such direct and indirect muir
der should have been committed
against defenseless women and chill
dren is thing I should have staked
my head could never have happened in
war waged by the civilized English
nation, and yet it happened"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Cattle pCsappear,


Stock rustling around Steele in the
past two years has caused much an
noynnce and loss. A gang was routed
out last year and left for Canada.
This fall several head of cattle have
been spirited away. and it was finally
settled that they had been driven on
by someone who knew the country.
Recently 1t became certain that o well
known resident of an adjoining coun-
ty must have had knowledge of what
was going on. An intercepted letter
to q man now in Jail on minor
charge was the first real pointer.
Deputy Sheriff G. NJ. Hogue secured
a warrant for the arrest of J. w. Ar
nett, who was suspected of compile
ity in the work of rustling. II. Oxen
rider lost about twenty head this fall,
and they were traced seventy miles.
Three head had been dropped. in the
rush. and were recovered. Develop
ments are looked for soon.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18
WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH.
Michigan Cengressusan wAe d. Anx.
aoaA t. Succeed DaFFevvs -
UasteA states senator.

William Alden Smith, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, is candidate from his
state in place of Julius Caesar Bur.
rows. whose term expires March 3,
1905. The death of Senator Mcmillan
worked a revolution in that states
politics, and, in the overturning, For.
mer Secretary Of War Alger came to
the surface and Burrows went under.
Smith is the Fidus Achates of Alger.
William Smith is an able young
man of the self-made brand SO common
In American political life. Like half
dozen other statesmen he began his
business career lacking other peoples
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18

nation was entitled to pursue beyond
the boundaries of its territorial seas
ship of another nation guilty of il
legal action within these waters, was
untenable.
The arbitrator declared that the
jurisdiction of the state could not ex-
tend beyond its territorial waters ex-
cept by special treaty. The seizure
and confiscation of the CHI. White
and the Imprisonment of its crew was,
therefore, illegal, and Russia was con-
demned to pay the C. H. White $50, 444,
with interest at six per cent.
The case of the James Hamiltoh
Lewis is governed by the same de.
cision, while in the case of the Cape
Horn Pigeon, Prof. Asser, in fixing the
damages of $3S,75O and the interest at
six per cent, held that the general
principle that damages should include
the prospective profits of which the
victim had been deprived applied equal
~ to international litigation.
In the case of the Kate and Anna the
arbitrator decided that the captain
could have continued seal hunting, ana
that, therefore, Russia was not re-
sponsible for the prospective profits.
d Both the James Hamilton Lewis and
Kate and Anna IRE given six per cent.
interest on the amount awarded.
The dispute was the subject of pro-
tracted negotiations, resulting in ar
agreement in 1900 between Count
Lamsdorf, acting minister of foreign
affairs of Russia, and Herbert H. D.
Pierce, United States charge daft
fairies of st. Petersburg, designating
Prof. Asser, a member of the counci:
of state of the Netherlands, an arei
traitor. -
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18
Taxes Declared Void.

& Judge Pollock has created some
consternation by deciding that all the
real estate taxes levied in Fargo from
3'96 to 700, inclusive, are void, because
of the failure of the city assessor to
attach his certificate. The decision is
based largely ON an Emmons county
case, which was carried to the SUI
preme court. Prominent lawyers in
ssist that the supreme court will have
to reverse itself and get in line with
the federal ruling, In which it is held
that property owners must pay some
taxes, and cannot escape entirely be-
cause of technical errors. The coun-
.ty will appeal the case to the supreme
court and endeavor to get u new rul-
inr ...i.-s..
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18
HAS BRIGHT FUTURE
Gearge 3. csttsay ou, Private sscre-
tary = the President.


The intimation has come from Wash
5ngton that George B. Cortelyou may
become q member of the presidents
cabinet. Those who know the man
best believe that he is worthy of such
an honor, and capable of filling such
position. In the United States to-
day there are few more interesting
men than George B. Cortelyou, the
secretary to the president. Intellec-
tual, energetic. dignified, and court
eous, this man seemed. endowed by ma
ture and fitted by training to perform
the duties and meet the emergencies
of his particular work.
The position of secretary to the pres
ident of the United States is an arduous
one. In4the rendering of its multi
tudinous services, it calls for the bust
ness qualifications of methodical and
systematic clerk, in the performance
of the daily routine of official work,
and the;finesseo of a practical diplomat
in meeting and satisfactorily adjust
ing situations between the president
and an assorted public, each individual
of which believes himself entitled to
q portion of the time and interest of
the chief executive.
/. Mr.. Cortelyou worked his way to his
present high position through sheer
ability and determination. He is still
q young man, 40 years of age, and his
success may be regardedSas an indica-
ton of a still more progressive and
brilliant career in the future. He be-
gan as stenographer, and, as a court
reporter, was considered one of the
most rapid and accurate in the coun-
try. In 1891 he became private secre-
tary to the fourth assistant post
master general. Toward the close of
the Cleveland administration he was
transferred to the white house. He