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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-12-17
Bold Bank Robbery.
The Deed Committed i'm The Day
Time $50, 600 Stolon.

Santa Fe, n. NJ, Dec 10. A
report cached here late this af-
ternoon that the private bank of
Hilishoro, Sierra county, was
held up on "Wednesday afternoon
10y robbcr, who escaped with con
siderable booty As hut short
time before cattlemen had deposit.
ed some $50, 900. The deed was
done in broad daylight The rob
bers made for the northern part
of the county. After midnight
three men were men heard gallop-
ing at furious rate through
Falrview, mining camp, and
were heoded for the Black range.
A sheriff's posse Is in pursuit.
The bark l. owned by Pennsylva-
MIA capitalists, aud is doing a
large business.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-12-17
BANK AND STOCK BURNED.

Darlington, Dec. 13. = At Ear.
ley $ Cross Roads, about five
miles from town, the barns and
stable, OF DR.. Il. +. Lee were
destroyed by fire this morning
about ( o'cl1ck. -Four mules,
two l@rscs, about five hundred
bushels of corn, besides forage,
wagons, etc, were lost. About
fifty bales of cotton which were
pied near The barn came near be-
ing burned, but were moved af
tcY slight damage The origin of
tie fire IS unknown, tut all the
circumstances Indicate incendiar
ism and bloOdhounds were taken
to the scene of the fire Immediate
ly No report has come from
the chase, but 1t is feared that the
rains will render accurate work by
the dogs impossible.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-12-17
WV ExA @AWkE.

Nothing can take the place of your
county paper. For county news and
for county pride it should go into every
home But for news from the capital
OF your State and every county in
South Carolina. served fresh every
Gay; for daily news from Washington
the United States and every other
quarter Of the globe, nothing can take
Ine place in South Carolina homes OF
The Daily State.
These are momentous times in his
tory. We are In the midst of wars
strikes and political struggles of great
Importance. The next session of our
legislature, with the Inauguration of
a new governor, will have peculiar in
terest Man orawoman, to keep up
Wlth the times, must read tho daily
history of the world, and that is re-
eorded In entertaining style In The
state. The State will be sent daily for
% year, 81 for months, SO for 3
months, or just fraction over the cost
OF postage stamp for one letter
DAY! Cheap education and informa-
tlon for a family for 21-5 cents a day
But If you can't afford that. there +,
The Scmi-Weekly State, issued T.
days and Fridays, each issue con
ing lhe most important news from al!
south Carolina and the world at large
rnr that day and the preceding days
since the last issue. And this may be
optalned Tor 81 a year, 81 for months
day!
No family in South Carolina is too
poor TO take this paper. No money can
pe spent to better advantage by poor
,anIiiy. n1DI,y. IL is necessity. Subscribe
Send postal or express money order.
registered letter or check to
THE STATE COMPANY.
Columbia. s. c.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-12-17
Small Pox in North Carolina

Raleigh, n. G. Dec. 2.-The
monthly report of the State board
of health is issued. 1t shows
that there is small pox in 10 coun>
ties: Is cases in Craven, As IN
Mccklenburg, 25 in Swain and
20 in Castor. 1t says that in
Madison county 100 cases of
scarlet fever are reported.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-12-17
YOm Kno,O Whnt Y0u are Tdki,,a

When you take Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic because the form
ula Is plainly printed on every bot
Me showing that it is simply Iron
and Quinine in tasteless form
No Cure. No Pay. soc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-12-17
OTHER PROPERTY.

OTHER PROPERTY.
433 acres, II miles Nsrth Sf
town.
: 6s3 acres, known ~ 'eTsn
Barnes place." Cedar Crssk tsvn.
ship.
152 acres, known - %. L.
Barton place." Cedar Greek.
90 acres, 4 miles North -east Of
town, known az "Sims place.
115 acres, "Kirkland plase,"
near Heath Springs.
240 acres, "Porter place." 2
miles East Of town. 70 acres,
ellis place" adjoining.
100 acres, "Graham place."
Cedar Creek.
81 acres, "Snipes places" near
O. K.
A acres, 35 acres, $50 acres,
292 acres in kershsw county.
t@Y For full information, terms
OF sale, etc, Of above property,
apply TO
y. q. CA K TIER
REAL Estate AGENT,
Aug 26, 1902.
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TIE Best Prescription far Maiarn
Chills and Fever is bottle of
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t
is simply Iron and Quinlne and
tasteless, No Cure No Pay.
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vIGOR OF Men
Easily, Quickly, Pcrnanentay
Restored
HINDIPO IpM Pr = IL = 4 =. y

II 4 III " .OpHARRA'a.
(Paris) GREAT FRENCH TONIC
AND VITALlZERi Is sold with writ.
ten Suarantee 10 euro n Nervous Debility,
Lost Vitality Failing Memory. Fits,
Dizzin,ss. Hysteria, Stops all Drains
on the Nervous system Caused by
Bad Habits or Excessive Use Of Tot
bacco. Opium. Liquors, or "Livin-
the Pace that Kills" 1t wards off In
sanity, Consumption and Death. 1t
clears the Blood and Brain, BuilG9 up
the Shattered Nerves, Restores .he
Fire of Youth. and BriDgs the Pink
Glow to Pale Cheeks, and Makes you
Young and Strong again. SOC, 1G
Boxes So. BY Mail 10 Auy Address.
Crawford Bros Druggiat. agents. Ian
casiav
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Bargains In
Real {: stale!
TOWN PROPERTY

l-2 acres, s ruom dwelling,
good "",-buildiugs, etc. Correr
lot.
l acre, new reom dwelling,
Very desirable. Ccrner lot.
- acre, new z room dwellihx.
splendid location.
Corner lot, new 3 room cot*asS
Four lots, 5-roen cot4arey Il
each.
l lot, 5roem cottage.
2 lots, 8 room oe,tasss, in East
End.
vacant lots, shout I y fSrs
esch.
lot, S-rscm eettsgs. stx
Cunningham brick howI Etif7.
ing on Main strsst--.s ttors
rooms, ID slsepiag rooms, ht>Asr,
etc. Also furniture, ets. o,fv
hotel in town. Good rsasoH fer
selling. A big bargain.
Also several lots in the town Of
Kershaw.
Arizona republican., 1902-07-11

A noble charity has been founded in New York by Mr. John NJ. Burke. a retired bachelor merchant He has given s4,000.000 to establish in the name of his mother the Winifred Masterson Burke Relief Foundation for the relief of poor convalescents and for sick chil- dren who are in need of temporary as sistance. It is provided in the charter ors of the foundation shall establish a thorough. careful and kindly system for choosing as beneficiaries men and women who beyond all reasonable doubt are within the purposes de- scribed in the trust deed but the founder. apprecia ting that frequent giving relief. urges that the methods to be used. 50 far as they are consist ent with propriety, shall be as eXpedi- tious as possible" The fund is to be used in the judgment of the trustees named for its administration in such way as not to increase, but to pre- vent, the growth of poverty" Mr Burke, the donor, is well advanced in years. and has been the architect of his own fortune. It is to be hoped that he may live to superirtend and see with his own eyes the fruition of his benevolent undertaking
Arizona republican., 1902-07-11
PHOENIX. ARIZONA, JULY Il, 1902.

In an interview on Tuesday of this week MT. F. H. Newell chief hydro
 grapher of the Geolog- TELLING ical survey, deprecated THE the eXtravagant state TRUTH. ments which have been
 made concerning the results c: the new policy of national irrigation. Asked as to when ne thought the entire work of storing water for the arid west would be com pIeted, Mr. Newell said:
 We shall be dead and gone long be- fore that. It is work of a century; not a work of few years. l have been enthusiastic about the commencement of. the work for a long time, but l am distressed over the predictions that l see constantly about the early results that are to be obtained.
 The public will be disappointed, l know, when they come to realize that this thing cannot be finished in a short time, and they will be disappointed to learn, as they must learn before long, that irrigation depends upon water, not upon land. Limitations to the water supply in arid sections of the west make it absolutely impossible to realize the predictions that have been made by many enthusiastic people.
 That immeasurable benefits will ac- crue to the west from comprehensive system of water storage there can be no question. But heretofore, when The Republican in the interest of truth has stated that the scope of the na- tional irrigation policy is unfortunately limited by the shortage of available water throughout the arid regions, agi- tators with an aX to grind have re- piled in all the keys of denunciation and mysteries.
 Instead of there being water avail able for 100, 900, ,0OO acres, as has been stated so often, it is very doubtful, sites properly located, and water to fill them, sufficient to irrigate 5000, 900 acres of arid land. By all odds the largest reservoir site in the United Salt river, which traverses it, is one of the strongest streams in the irrigated country. And yet it is questionable whether, one year with another, the Tonto reservoir would be sufficient for much more than 100000 acres.
Arizona republican., 1902-07-11

the Panama route is available. At the same time an examination of the title of the Panama Canal com pany has been undertaken by the de- partment of justice, in order to deter mine whether that company can make valid transfer of it's property. Though the amount involved is large, the legal aspects of the case are extremely sim pie. Nothing is involved but the de- termination of the validity Of trans fer made by the receiver of a bank rupt corporation, acting by authority competent Jurisdiction.
 This is not a question regarding which there can be any difference of opinion. Receivers are appointed for no other purpose than to liquidate; liquidation means the conversion into money of the corporate assets, and this can be effected in no other way than by a sale or transfer of the property for a valuable and, in the eyes of the court, a sufficient consideration. A
 
 impeacha ble by creditors, shareholders or other claimants to a dividend out of the bankrupt estate. This is a rule of law in all civilized communities. It if it did not obtain universal sanction liquidation could not be consummated, and Allegations over the assets of bank ruptS would be interminable. The va lidity of the transfer by the official liquidator to the New Panama Canal company of the property of the De Lesseps concern is, therefore, unassail- able collateraly. The inquiry of the department of justice will be merely to determine whether the legal formali- been complied with.
 The validity of the concessions ob- tained from Colombia by the new com pany need not greatly concern us. The property we desire to obtain from that company is tangible; there is the Pan- anna railroad; there are acres cf real estate in the city of Colon many square miles of land and nearly two thousand buildings on the isthmus, valuable maps and plans, and, above all, vast excavations, amounting in cubic measurement to considerably more than one-half the entire quantity of earth required to be removed from the transisthmian cut. Such conces- sions as may be needed by the United States will be obtained directly from the Colombian authorities through treaty to be negotiated by the state | department Our sole object in acquir- ing the confessional right of the canal company and those of the Panama railroad is to merge them in the larger 1 grants to be secured by this govern ment from Colombia, and thereby eX- tinguish ali other outstanding rights.
Arizona republican., 1902-07-11

It has been estimated by officials of the pension bureau, says a Washington dispatch to the New York Sun, that the bill introduced in the senate by Senator Pritchard of North Carolina and passed by both houses in the clos ing hour of the session, giving a pen sionable status to eX-confederate sol diers who enlisted in the Union army prior to January l, 1865, will increase the annual expenditures for pensions by about $3,000,000. A large part of this amount will be distributed in the states of North Carolina and Tennes- see, where Union sympathizers were conscripted into the Confederate army against their will, and afterward en- listed and served in the Union army of their own volition. The legislation in question supersedes a ruling of the commissioner of pensions some years ago denying a pensionable status to such soldiers, and affects about 30,0O0 veterans. Another section of the same bill gives a questionable status to de- serters from the Union army who af- terward enlisted again of their own free will, served in the Federal army and were given honorable discharge Although there were 1O7,eOO assertions from the Union army during the war, only small percentage of this num- Der re-enlisted. so that the bill affects only about 10000. It will probably mean, however, an increase in the pen sion rolls expenditures of about s1OO0,- GOO, so that the total increase in the annual expenditures for pensions is in creased through the act by about Si,- oNO. GOO.
Arizona republican., 1902-07-11

front mere rapidly than people real ize." It has been generally supposed that Mr. Oxnard came handsomely to the front, and that rot Q few con gressmen and senators realized.
Arizona republican., 1902-07-11

One q the beet sugar senators in trying tc explain his, attitude rf hcstll ity to the administrators policy If fairness toward Cuba and sensible trade relations with. the island, says that the beet sugar is coming to the
Arizona republican., 1902-07-11

By promptly taking up the negotia- tions with the government of Colombia
 in reference to the con- CLEARING sessions and Jurisdiction THE necessary for the Unit TITLE ed States to acquire be-
 fore beginning work on the Panama canal, the state depart ment has given proof to the country that the administration proposes to lose no time in ascertaining whether
Arizona republican., 1902-07-11

Gives point to the fact that excessive or irregular eating disturbs the digestion Nightmare or night hag has it's day time correspondence in the undue fullness after eating, with the be1chings and sour or bitter rising so often experienced after too nasty or too hearty eating
 Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures dyspepsia and other diseases of the stomach and it's allied organs of diges- ton and nutrition. When these diseases are cured, the whole body shares in the increased strength derived from food properly digested and perfectly assilnil- ated.
 oYour Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy have been of great benefit to me" writes tProf) Pleasant A. Oliver. above mentioned remedies my sleep was not sound digestion bad continued feeling of misery. now feel like man. Any one in need Of medical treatment for nasal catarrh conld do no better than to take treatment of Dr. R. V. Pierce l know his medicines are all right in this class of diseases"
 Sometimes dealer tempted by the little more profit paid on the sale of less meritorious medicines will offer the GUS toner a substitute as being "just as good as the Discovery" IL is better for him because it pays better, but it is not as good for you, If you want the medicine that has cured others, and which you believe will cure you.
 Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets cleanse the clogged system from. accumulated impurities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26

civilization against which his section
struggled in vain, and is thus able to
review his past with the open eyes OF
a historian instead of the closed ones
OF a eulogist. No one else has done the
work so well before.-Fron a Review in
The Outlook.
Messrs. Small. Maynard & Co. an
nounce that the first edition of 1000
copies of Holman Days new poems.
entitled Pine Tree Ballads WAS ex-
hausted within week after publica-
ton and that this book bids fair to ex-
coed the remarkable success of Mr..
Days first book, up in Maine" OF
which nearly 10000 copies have been
sold These figures certainly contradict
the general impression that poetry does
not sell, and prove that the public viii
buy a good deal of poetry, IL il is of
the kind that they like.
In 1.-The White World" a book de-
voted to the personal experiences of
Polar explorers, which has just been
published by Lewis. Scribner & Co., of
an affecting account of his rescue of
Lieutenant Greedy and the survivors of
his expedition in 1884. Admiral Schley
tells in simple but forceful fashion the
hopes and fears that alternately swayed
the rescuers and makes the dramatic
statement that If they had arrived
forty-eight hours after not one of the
members of the Greedy party would have
Deen IOuHQ awe. Inc aQmlratS StOTy
shows that he can write as well as he
can fight. 1t Is one of the most enter
tanning contributions to what is easily
the most interesting Polar book that
has ever been published.
A neat little volume entitled WIS
dom vs. Fooiishness," by Henry D.
Perky, has just been published by the
Perky Publishing company OF Worces-
ter. Mass. The book is discussion of
nutrition of the human body. The au-
thor makes an earnest plea for simple
and wholesome foods and the book Is
worth reading.
On May II at the Parker memorial in
Boston. the 42d anniversary Of Theodore
viii be remembered Of the interesting life
White Chadwick. which is a vital portrait
ure of this great American religious leader
It j. q book Of unusual literary charm
and depicts q robust and beautiful char
acter-
by Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. are
now going into new editions to meet
sory 81 in Tas s sy
Of Napoleon. by Eleanor G. Price; Mary
country life by Fred Lewis Pattee. and
s-Lepidus the Centurion an imaginative
tale of reincarnatsd Roman Of today TX
be seen. occupy different provinces of fc.
| ton, but each has its own elements Of
appeal.
Mr. Cutcline Hyne. the popular writer
of sea yarns, whose new book, The Dere-
Ict." is among the summer offerings Of
Lewis. 6cribner & Co. OF New York, Is an
sse Ether n fe esse o or cabin Than
the genial creator of Captain Kettle. Mr.
Hyne estimates that in obtaining the met
Travelled a distance sufficient to take him
ar~znd the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26

essary to tell the story. third copy Is
made. Usually this is a final copy,
the one placed in the hands OF the pub
CAREFUL AND PAINSTAKIr5G RE
Besides dictation, addition and excis-
ion befall a novel at this authors hands
before the public sees it. He revises it
in the serial galleys. works over It in
the serial pages gives it a scrutiny In
the book galleys and a final touch here
and there in the book pages. Thus q
novel from the pen of Cyrus Townsend
Brady is revised, wholly or partially, at
least six times before it is placed be-
tween covers. Sometimes this touching
up process Is extended, as in the case
of .HohenzoIlern, which was entirely
rewritten for book form after running
serially In this instance the story was
subjected to revision II times
From all this it may be gathered that
Mr.. Brady's pen hardly stops long
enough for its wie1der to get a few
winks of sleep o. nights. Some of the
more jocular literary critics would have
US SO believe, at all events, but Mr..
isn't true. His working hours, he says,
are from 9 a. m to o. m. six days In
a week, unless there's a football game
somewhere around, and then I'm on
to the scene of carnage"
His first daily task is the clearing up
Of all correspondence, which is no jok-
ing matter. Then comes an hour and q
half or two hours of dictation. This is
followed by revision and correction unA
til o'clock. The last hour of the work.
ing day is given over to reference read
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26
a phase of our American life which is

a phase of our American life which is
now passed and gone.
In its foundation, judging the book
from an artistic point of view. several
short stories must have entered. The
chapter on Emily with its pathos and
fun undoubtedly made a finished short
story in some magazine. Again three or
four chapters farther on must have
combined to the same end But here be-
fore US all are united in a love story of
a free folk and their large life. Those
of US who saw Wyoming, or any part of
their marvellous country in the days of
the ascendancy of the cowboys, can not
readily forget it, or its spirit, nor feel
any but grateful pleasure at its artfs-
tic presentation.
The authors manner of writing is in
keeping with his subject. There is a
pleasing seriousness, a self-repression,
an earnestness about his work. His
drawing is in few strong lines. Words
never run away with him, they are used
sparingly and with meaning. In this
respect he is strikingly unlike various
of his contemporaries The narrative is
held in constraint. leash-perhapsa cow
boy would say lariat. The author does
not lose himself in the rhythm of
rhetoric. Sense and humor dominate
his sentences, are not slaves to the
period.
The volume is dedicated ''to Theodore
Roosevelt, "a reminder of the authors
changeless admiration"
KATE STEPHENS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26

nett, secretary to the first Philippine
commission. of DIR. Jose RizaIs fam
GUS "Noli Me Tangere." President
Schurn1an Of Cornell who was at the
1.-THE best thing ever written on the
Filipinos." interviewer with the
graphic descriptions of conditions in the
islands and the clear exposition OF the
religious question is a love story which
adds to the interest of the book and
makes 1t a very readable as well as an
exceedingly instructive volume.
The private life of Thomas Jefferson
has been a subject of bitter controversy
between his admirers and his critics.
No man was ever subjected to such a
hurricane of SANDER and abuse; and
none ever paid SO little attention to it.
Only twice, it is claimed, did Mr.. Jeffer-
son ever take the trouble to contradict
or even notice an attack upon his repu-
tation. Once when a Connecticut clergy
man accused him of squanderfng in dis
sipat ton the funds of a widow and her
children, left to him in trust, he ex-
planned that such thing could not
possibly be true as he had never had
any such funds entrusted to his care.
Again, when rnulatto named Henings,
at Columbus, Ohio, claimed to be his
son he showed by his diary that such
a thing WIS impossible. William E. Cur
tbs has been engaged for several years
in running down these and other stories
a
True Thomas Jefferson" has collected
much interesting information concern
ting his private life and habits that has
never been published
In the competition on the twelve ideal
portraits of the heroine of Sylvia
published by Small, Maynard & Co,
as to which artists picture represents
der in which the others should rank, a
count of the votes I'm accordance with
the plan outlined in tn advertisement
in the book, has given the following or
der as the preference OF the majority:
&c. Allan Gilbert.
Howard Chandler Christy.
3-Alice Barber Stephens.
ELouise Cox.
5-Aibert d. B1ashfield.
6-Albert Herter.
7Carle J. Blenner.
s-Joseph DeCamp.
9-Henry HUT
10-J Wells Champney.
11-John Elliott
PA b. Wenzen.
The successful competitor in this con-
test is p v. Pike, Worcester Square,
Boston, Mass, whose vote correspond
ed exactly with the above order, there
by attaining a score OF IL, which was
the highest possible score
william CARROT Brown, the author Of
saThe Lower South in American His
tory, A8S JuuB1uEdfls AiaSt6 AAAs fAAA<~S.-At-
ton scholarship and a great subject
The author himself speaks OF the vol
uuae in his preface as merely sketch
of what he cannot now paint Whef
the leisure to paint comes to him. it ::
to be hoped that his passion viii re-
main for passion, as he Justly urges
Is as essential to the knowledge and
illumination Of great events as research
The authors passion is that of a child
of the lower south, who understands his
past by a quiet and sure instinct ye'
VITO comprehends the greater forces o.