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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-30
Marriages

Marriages
. Married, at the cotton mill, on
Sunday last oath inst.nt, by Mag.
istrate "a. p Ca,kev, Mr.. sam.
uel Wright and Miss Su.ie Har-
ris.
Married, at the residence of
the brides father, un Thursday
night, Aug. 28th 1902, by Rev.
Chalmers Fraser, Mr.. Leroy S.
Strait and Mss Maud Bowling.
daughter of Mr.. Frank Bowling.
The groom is po quite 1s years
of age and the bride is unly IA.
Mr.. Strait Was until recently one
of The Ledger's employees and he
and his charming young bride
have the very best wishes uf the
editor and the entire Ledger force
for u long, happy and prosperous
life.
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Married at Chester.
Miss Minnie McIIarnon. dan,

Miss Minnie McLarnon, daugh-
ter of the late Felix McLarnon of
this place, was married at Chester
Wednesday morning to Mr. j.
B. Hunter of Newberry. Miss
Minnie has many friends in Lam
caster who wish her q long and
happy life as Mrs. Hunter. The
States correspondent at Chester
gives the following account of the
marriage: "The ceremony took
place at the home of Mr.. James
McLarnon, a brother of the bride,
Rev. John Bass Shelton of the
Baptist church officiating In a
very impressive manner. The
Wedding was very quiet one,
only a few friends of the con-
tracing parties being present.
Mr.. Hunter is a prominent young
astorney at the Newberry bar, of
the firm of Hunt & Hunter. His
partner, Mr.. Hunt, came over
with him. Miss McLarnon is a
sister of our popular and efficient
city treasurer, Mr.. James Nc
Larnon, and is a very charming
and attractive young lady. In
mediately after the ceremony was
over the couple boarded the
north bound train for New York
and points north, where they will
spend a few weeks.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-30
Judge Cages Arm Broken.

Specialize The State.
Che STR, Aug 2S.- While owe i.
seeing s"''e re-, Mrs on tie gutter
ing IF lis home I'll, morning
Judge Gage s'ipi cd and fell from
the ladder on which he WAS stand
ing and had I'll. misfortune to
break his left arm just heiow the
shoulder. DIR. Miller was sum
moned AMI soon had the broken
arm set. The Judge suffered con-
siderable pain, but is resting easy
this evening.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-30
The Rural Delivery in South Car
olina.
The State.

The State.
According to the official list of
the postoffice department in Wash>
ington, which list has Just been
compiled for the use of the Off
cials, South Carolina from. May / :,
1899 to July /, 1902, has been
given 1877 rural delivery routes
This is cons iderably in advance of
mum bers of States larger than
South Carolina.
1t is said that the demand for
agents to lay out new routes in
the State Is greater from South
Carolina than almost any other
State of her population. Interest
in free rural delivery has increas-
ed greatly in the last year and to-
day there are on file at the de-
partment in Washington a great
many petitions from South Cara
lima.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-30
JU>TLOOK Ar HER

Whence came that sprightly
step, faultless skin, rich, rosy
complexion, smiling face. She
looks good, feels good. Here's
her secre She uses DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. Result, = all or
gans active, digestion good, no
headaches, no chance for "blnes. :"
Try them yourself. Onlv Csc at
Crawford Bros. and j. f. Mack
key & Co.'S.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-30

The many friends Of l.. J. Perry
take pleasure in presenting his name
to the voters of Lancaster County as
candidate for the office of County
supervisor subject to the rules Of the
Democratic primary. He has filled
this office acceptably to the people in
the past and is well fitted for the
work
MANY VOTERS.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-30
Ex Confederate Naval Officer En-
gagged byCo|umbia to Com
mand Its NAVY.

Washington, Aug. 2s. Cap
tain Her ry Marmuduke; who was
IN officer on the famous Merlimac
and the Alabama under Admiral
Semm-s, Yesterday was engaged
to- take charge uf the Columbia
republics navy to suppr IS the
revolutlonists.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-30
FOR SUPERVISOR.

We take this method Of announcing
the name Of M. G. Gardner for County
Supervisor and feel that tho in
teres,s of the County are safe i'm his
hands. He is no stranger to the
duties required, as he has before
honorabiy aud ably filled the position,
MANY VOTERS.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-30

To Cus~ n Csid IN One f,ay.
Take Laxative Brono Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
money if 1t fails to cure. E. w.
drove signature IL ON each box
25c.
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TIE Best Prescription for Ma,ur {
ChilIs and Fever is u bottle of
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t
is simply Iron uud Quin,ne and
iasteIess, No Cure No Pay.
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State Veto in Lancaster County.
The vote in this county for
State Offices. was as follows.

The vote in this county for
State Offices, was as follows:
For u. S. Senate: VIM Elliott,
ls9; Jno. Gary Evans, 174; Jno.
j. Hemphill, 1922; D. S. Hend-
erson, 1872; George Johnstone,
219; A. @. Latimer, go.
For Governor: AnseI 81, Hey
ward $50, Talbert 100, TiIlmau
253, Zimmerman 40.
Lieut.. Governor: Blease 242,
Gary 1142, Sloan 600.
Secy. of State: Austin 2O3,
CAN'T 900, Wilson 1894.
Atty. General: !Gunter $50, Ste
venson 1868.
Treasurer: Jennings 219S.
Comptroller General: Brooker
153, Jones At, Sharpe ITO,
Walker 1894.
Supt. of Education: McMahan
1245, Martin 938.
Adj. and Ins. General: Aver 80,
Boyd 161, Frost 1918, Patrick
746, Rouse 81. Railroad Com.
missioner: Cansler 1O1, Caughman
53s, Evans 2s5, Jepson, Is Kin.
ard %, Mobley 532, Prince .43,
Wilborn 424, Wolling 2o1.
CONGRESS- DISTRICT.
Finley, 574; Floyd, 81; Strait
1913; Wilson,. 1862.
THE VOTE FOR MAGISTRATE.
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Local NJ alters

-Cotton Drought 8 cent ON
this market yesterday.
Cotton to-day is bringing
s 373 cents. Monroe Enquirer.
Mrs. John T. Green, of Sum
ter, is visiting at Mrs. M. J.
Green's in the Douglas section.
Before buying, selling or rent
ing, it will pay you to see r. $.
Carter, the real estate agent.
R. E. wylie, Esq, and son
John D., have returned from New
York City where they have been
the past three weeks.
Mr.. Fred Stevens was bitten
on the foot one night this week
by pilot snake while at his stable
feeding his mules. His foot is
still swollen,
The Lancaster and Heath
Springs base ball clubs crossed
bats here Wednesday afternoon.
the score being 10 to Is in favor
of Lancaster.
Cotton is reported shedding
badly on gray and sandy lands
since the recent rains. Mr.. o.
G. Blackmon brought to this office
yesterday thirteen bolls which had
fallen from one stalk.
All the stock necessary for the
establishment of new bank for
Monroe has been. subscribed and
the organization will be made on
the 9Th of September. Monroe
Enquirer.
Rev. r. }. Blackmon has con-
Quoted protracted meetings at each
OF his charges, Bethlehem. Taxa
haw, Flat Greek, Pleasant Plains
and Fork Hill the past month,
with tho result that between sew
enty and eighty persons have
united with the church.
Our former townsman, N. j..
Hough, Esq, was nominated for
Probate Judge IN Chester field
county by q good majority. He
represented the county in the
Legislature the past two years
but declined to offer for the leg
islature this time, preferring to
have the Office of Probate Judge.
Letters adv. for Lancaster S.
9. for weeks ending Aug. 20,
1902: Mrs. Eten Fobs, Mrs.
Rebekah Hood : Bill Massey,
Mr.. James Estridge, Mr.. Benja-
man CAMPBELL, Mr.. &. E. Lewis,
Mr.. Q. g. Roberts, Mr.. George
A. Robinson, Mr.. William G.
Saunders, Prof. R. Lee, Judge
Gillian. Belle Nance P. M.
Presley Sistare, the yonug son
of Mr.. H. W.. Sistare of Buford
township, accidentally shot him
self in the left foot while careless
" handling a pistol one day last
week. The ball struck Just above
the ankle on the inside and rang
ed downward, lodging under the
skin on the bottom of his foot
Wsxhaw Enterprise. =,
WANTED.-An honest, ener.
Retic man to solicit Life Insurance
10 town and county. Salary hes.
cd guarantee or commission.
Apply to,
e. Lea McCal)um, Dist Mgr.
Aug. 16, I'm Camden, s. e..
->>~
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Stops the Cough and Works off
the COfd.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's cure cold in one day. No
Cure, No Pay. Price, Csc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-30

How Az Your Ksdueyss
~ Hobos, SpaI agts Slls cure All Kidney Ills. saw
NJ tree. Aud sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or d. J
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THE VOTE FOR MAGISTRATE

The vote for Magistrate of
GiIls Creek and Cane Greek town
ships in the primary was as fol-
lows.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02

FHR CASE roPptED OVER wfrH A CRASH.
why I should have SO long neglected
the law Of acoustics; but better late
than never"
I'll think II soi1ds all right" she
tentured to observe after a silence.
"Um! Very likely you do, as you
have anything but a musical ear; but
b few more such Jars as l received half
an houf ago would make mt scream
out. I presume you have heard or read
Of acoustics? 7"
ut ID something about sounds. isn't
itr'
1T Is d good deal about sounds, Mrs.
Bowser. 1t is the life of oratory or
music. You must study a room Oh hall
TO ind the best spot for either effort.
A curtain. a fireplace. a picture even,
may defect and ruin the s~oftest, sweet
est notes Of the finest piano ever made.
Clay. Calhoun and Webster always
turned their backs to a window when
speaking and Patti always stood In the
center of the stage to MARBLE. 1t won't
take me fifteen minutes to find the spot
for our piano."
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
lTWoRkED THE WRONG WAY
The Next Time the Listener VIII Use
More Desperate Means.

at was threatened with consump-
tion.v said the man in the smoker, land
the doctor ordered me to rough 1t for a
year In Arizona. At Tucson l stopped
a man on the street to ask about n GER
n little town up among the hills, and
after looking me over he said:
What dye want to go there forT
ITO cure my consumption | replied.
"'Then don't go to all that trouble.
I'll cure it right here In two minits and
won't charge a cent
"And he backed off," continued the
smoker. "and fired a bullet through
each of my lungs to let the fresh west
ern ozone in, and In a week l was on
the way to recovery
"And your health is now all that you
could hope forY' queried the man with
the brlerwood pipe.
"As you see, sir. Ny lungs are like a
pair of b~lacksmith's bellows. Haven't
we met before?"
"Alas, we have" said the brierwood
man. with a mournful shake of the
head. Eyes, sir, | am the man who
fred those shots. I shot to kill off a
liar, but l only encouraged him TO live
on. and I'm going to throw my knife
and guns out of the window and use a
stone in n stocking hereafter
NJ. QUAD.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
Me-. BowSER HAD LOST HIS HOLD AND GONE ROLLING OVER
THE FLOOR.

Mrs. Bowser said no more. She knew
Tint plhnU would be moved IL it took
twenty horses to do it. and she finished
her meal Ia silence and wondered what
the damages would amount to. Mr..
Bowser expatiated at length on acous-
tics and the benefits to be derived by q
student OF them, and as dinner was
ended he removed his ccat and vest.
collar and cuffs. and stood in the mid
die Of the and said:
'tt's no wonder there Is a disrord.
Tha tones OF the piano strike the wall
NM rebound. We have got the book
ease where the piano ought to be. I'll
make the change In five minutes"
"But you ought to have help" pro-
tested Mrs. Bowser.
"Never mind the help. The first thing
h to hnul that bookcase out of the
way. You'd better take care of that
blamed old cat or she'll get hurt"
u was an old fashioned bookcase
with q couple of hundred hooks In it.
Instead Of removing the books. Mr..
Bowser tackled the job at wholesale.
and Of course he hadn't got the thing
fairly clear of the wall, where 1t had
rested for years. when a caster fell out
and the case toppled owe with a crash
that shook the house from top to bot
tom. He escaped by jumping over q
chair. and the cat just missed it by a
hong leap, and when Mrs. Bowser sug-
gested calling In a mai to help she was
met with:
"When I don't know enough TO run a
bookcase. I'll apply for admission to an
idiot asylum! If you hadn't been fool
Ing around here 1t never would have
happened. Go up stairs and let me
conduct this Job In my own way"
The cook came to the head of the
basement stairs to see II the roof had
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
PIE BOWSERS' PIANO
THE OLD MAN oIsLlkEs. THE WAY
MRS. HowsER HANDLES IT.

He InduIges In n Lecture ON Acous-
tie. and Comes TO Grief In Turning
Things Upside Down Trying to Lo-
cate the Alleged Discord.
downright, 1901, by G. D. Lewis.1
Not being much of a musician. and
knowing that Mr.. Bowser has no love
Tor the strains OF a piano, Mrs. Bowser
seldom touches the instrument when
be Is about. The other evening, how
ever. he came home to find her play
Ing, and after a minute she saw him
look up at the ceiling. at the opposite
wall and around the room in an inquir-
Ing sort of way. and she instinctiyely
felt that something was about to hap
ben. He had nothing to say just then,
but Mt the dinner table he suddenly
paused with knife In one hand and fork
In the other to observe:
TT Is a singular thing, d mighty sin
eular thing, and l can't understand
how l have neglected it."
.4What Is it," she queried.
1--WE have lived In this house for ten
years, and for ten years we have had
b piano. and yet l have paid no atten-
ton to the matter of acoustics. 1t was
only this evening that l felt the dis
cord"
lis there anything wrong with the
bianof"
perhaps not; but 1t must be moved
1T once to a different position. We will
experiment a little and correct the dis
cord. As / said, l can't understand
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
The Proposal.

Bile.
When FIRST you said you loved me,
All, love, I'll not forgetl
When FIRST you said you loved me-,
Our souls in gladness met.
A wondrous thrill, such as I meier
Had known before, passed through me there
For, dear, you know the cid red chair
You occupied upset.
HE.
When first I said ! loved you,
Your sleeping heart awokeI
When first l said | loved you,
YOU soul to my soul spoke.
A thrill such as I'd never known
Possessed me and became my own.
Yet how ! longed to be alone
Ny left suspender broke.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
Woman's Rule.

The witness was just getting to the
thrilling part of the story when the
judge interrupted.
There are e~xtraaeous matters" she
said, that are ~dlstracting the atten-
ton of the court and preventing her
from giving the evidence proper con-
sideration. We will take a recess Of
fifteen minutes In order that the court
may retire and find out whether her
back hair is really coming down.
Chicago Post.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
His Great Ambition.

81 wish / could write better" sighed
the boy.
SIS that all?" asked his mother.
"Well, l wish I could spell better,
too," he admitted.
"How about arithmetic" she inquir-
ed, but In this line he betrayed little in
terest.
"Well," she said, 81 am glad you are
ambitious in two things, at any rate.
But why do you select writing and
spelling particularly
Because" he replied, "if was real
good in those things l could write my
W excuse for hardness without be
Ing caught, the way Johnny Doolittle
does."-Chlcago Post.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
Il Up.

Last year." she began as she halted
In front of the grocery to gaze at a pile
of watermelons-'last year bought 10
different watermelons of you, and not
one of them was ripe"
"Yes, | know" replied the grocer.
"And this year.
This year. madam, you will buy 10
others of me, and not n will be green.
That's the way 1t goes, you know. Last
year was an off year, while this one Is
all right. I'll send down that large
speckled fellow with a hump to It,"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
Kitfy's Approval.

The story was told In Kitty's hearing
of an aunty in Virginia who was 1Oo
years old who had both chewed and
smoked tobacco for eighty-seyen years
and who firmly believed the Lord had
forgotten her.
II don't blame the Lord." said Kitty.
Chicago Tribune.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
Technical.

Bretto-Man-
agcr Grooves
did not accept
my play. but
he praised 1t
very highly.
He spoke par
ticularly about
its wealth of
atmosphere. |
wonder, by the
way. what he
meant.
Scorer Per.
haps It was his
way of saying
that the play
was mostly
wind Boston
Transcript.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02

Mrs. Hauskeep-The dishes you have
put on the table of late, Bridget, have
been positively dirty. Now. some
things got to be done about 1t.
Bridget-Yis. mum. Av ye only had
dark colorcd vans, mum, they would
not show the dirt at all.-Philadelphia
Press
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02

"Why don't you go
home and get warm.
little boy?''
"'Cause we live In
err steam heated fiat,
lady" New York
Journal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
WoninnIike.

Hell think n
woman's club,
to be success
full. should aim
at something
far removed
from female
suffrage"
She II can't
agree with you.
l believe that
should be Its
sole object.
He-Exactly.
But If 1t aims
at something
else 1t is more
likely to hit
that. Phila-
Press.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
One Cause of Failure

"De reason some of Us doesn't git
slong,' said Uncle Eben, SIS dat we
sits down dreamin' Of automobiles
when we orter be pushin' a wheelbar-
rer."-Washington Star.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
An Adage.
y-What Is an adage'

nut IS III HudStE
pam adage Is an epigrammatic
sophistry manufactured to prevent one
from doing something he wants to do
or to induce him TO do something he
doesn't.-Boston Transcript.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
Wouldn't Answer the Purpose.
mo- said the patent medicine man

that circular won't do at ALL"
"Why noti" asked the assistant.
You haven't enough symptoms in
eorporated in It," was the reply. "Why,
II would be possible for a real healthy
man to read 1t without being convinced
that there was anything serious the
matter with bim."-Chicago Post.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
JUSTICES SUPREME COURT:
W A Massey, G P, c II Bellsnap
A L Fitzgerald.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:

Justice of the Peace of Argenta Township
Il HagaT
Constable of Argenta Township........
George Austin
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
Something Cheerful

Editor--Turn me out
a good comic.
Artist-A wedding?
Editor : No; some
thing cheerful. = New
York Journal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02

am a farmer located near Stony Brook, one Of the most maIadous
dhfctsi in this State, and was bothered with malaria for years, at times
SO could not work. and was always very copstpated as well For
years had malaria SO bad in the spring, when engaged in blowing.
tht could do nothing bit shake. | must have taken about a barrel
OF dWnine pills besides dozens of other remedies. but never obtained
any permanent benefit Last fall in peach time, had a most serious
attack OF chls and then commenced to take Ripans Tabues, upon a
fnends advice, and the first box made me all right and have never
been without them since. take one Tahule each morning and night
an sometimes when feel more than usually exhausted take three IN
9 LAY. They have kept my stomach sweet, my bowels regular and !
have not had the least touch Of malaria nor splitting headache sncei
commenced using them. know also that sleep better and wake up
more refreshed than formerly. don't know how many complaints
Rpans Tabues will help, but do know they will cure any one IN the
condition was and would not be without them at any price.
honestly consider them the cheapest-pnced medicine in the world, as
they are also the most beneficial and the most convenient to take.
sn tw~enty-seven years OF age and have worked hard all my life, the
sane as most farmers, both early and late and in all kinds OF weaihef
and have never enjoyed such good health as | have since last tall; IN
fast my n~eighbors have all remarked my improved condition and have
said, Say, John, what are you dong TO look Sd healthy ?"
fyANrEDAA case bai health that IPA MS viii moi bnent they eanshp ans and qp%E M
~ onesh@rAsE Nothcw rdHfPANs on he PACKAGE and reptosm substitute ~ ~ dtamnetbr
s SsSr isns%emE s~ ygmmI p . ~ scent myt e had !. nys%s s sst s ya ps sme essasH co,xa
~ spruce St. New York
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
No Doubt mt All.

Mistress-Did you tell the lady I was
out?
Servant Girl-Yes, ma'am.
Mistress-Did she seem to have any
doubt aboct it?
Servant mo, ma'am; she said
she knew - wasn't.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-01-02
Official Register
STATE OF NEVADA.

u S. SENATORS.
JP Jones VIM Il Stewart
CONGRESSMAN
Francis G Newlands.
GOVERNOR:
ReInhold Sadler.
LIEUTENANT.G OVERNOR
James r Judge.
SECRETARY OF STATE:
Eugene Howell,
Deputy, A " Morris.
STATE CONTROLLER:
Sam 2 Davis,
Deputy, Jonathan Doane.
STATE TREASURER:
d NJ Ryan,
Deputy, Frank L Wildes.
SURVEYOR-GENERAL;
e d Kelley,
Deputy, NJ D Noteware.
SUPT. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:
Orvis Ring.
STATE PRINTER:
Andrew Maute,
Foreman, w U Mackey.
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
VIM WOODBURY..
REGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY:
J N Evans, W W Boohel
WEF Deal.
JUSTICES SUPREME COURT:
w A Massey, G P, G II Belknap
A L Fitzgerald.