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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-01-22
FOR SALE.

On desirable terms, the follow
ing valuable farming lands in
Lancaster county, >. c. 1,5OO
acres on. Waxhaw crssk-the
birthplace and home of Andrew
Jackson.
1900 acres on the Catawba
river, known as the Bowden place,
including very fine water power
at the famous Catswb ba Falls.
These lands will 5e sold in 100,
800 or 800 acre tracts, as laid out
on plats, which can be seen by
reference to d. A. Williams. \
For prices and terms apply to
D. A. Williams, Lancaster, S. G.
or to Bernard Wisssnfeld, Atty,
No. 706 Fidelity Building, Balti.
mere, Md.
Bernard w1sssnfsld, Atty. =
February l has been selected ~
South Carolina day vt the Char
lestsn exposition, and on that oc-
casion the Legislature will prsb.
ably adjourn and attend.
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Twentieth Century Medicine

Cascarets Candy Cathartic are as
far ahead of ancient pill poisons and
liquid physic as the electric light of
the tallow candle. Genuine stamped
G. c. G. Never sold in bulk. All
druggists, Ioc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-01-22
RAn' ,IIIi|gFb,, A ilgb, y1,l,l,l,,

+ The South Carolina 4 Georgia Ex-
tension Railroad announces the foi,
lowing low round trip rates to Char.
lesion, 8. G., account Of the S0nth
Carolina Inter state and West Indian
Exposition. Tickets on sale at all
coupon stations Excellent psssen,
ger service performed. s,ee that your
ticksts read via the 3. g. d @ E., Il r.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-01-22
The labsr bill will have q nurs

The labsr bill will have a nurs
ing in the house on the 2sth.
That is, the committee will prsb-
ably give the mill owners . hsar-
ing. This will probably last for
day or two, and there is no
telling hsw long time the bill
viii he debated in the house. The
general impression is that the bill
will pass. Tho Record.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-01-22
BARGAINS In
B u G G | & s
AND
W 4 G o n 5

We are now selling fer esI-
BUGGIES that We have bssn sell
ing at $50; and Buggies hereto
fore sold at $55. We are now SELF
ing at $50. So come and get 70.
. nice, new. BUGGY while thsy
are CAEAP.
We are selling the Nissen round
and square hound wagons, als>
the Owensboro wagon at surpris-
ingly low prices.
We keep on hand some COED
HORSES-some as fine animals
~ you will 6nd anywhere. II
you want = horse that will suit
you in every particular, don't
buy until you see onr STOCK.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-01-22
NEW CENTURY COM
.s- FORT

Millions are daily finding q
wsrld of comfort in Bueklsn's .
Arnica Salvs.e 1t kills pain from
Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Bruises; csn>
qusrs Ulcers, and Fever Sores;
cures Eruptisns, Salt Rhsun :,
Boils and Fslsns; removes Coras
and Warts. Best Pile cure on
earth. Only 26c At Crawford
Bros, j. F. Haeksy & Co.'S drug
store. f.f#. ir :
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-01-22
[For The Ledger.
Tabsrnacls Happeaings

Mr.. EDIToR:-If you will al
low me space in your valuable
paper, 1 will attempt to give you
some of the recent happenings of
this section of our grand old
county.
The health of the community il
generally y good, with exception of
some casesof mumps, with which,
We learn, that Messrs. Wesley
Rowell and ID. r Sapp, have
been very sick.
The farmers of this section
have gone to, work, with redoubled
energy, setting aside tbs 81, om of
the past year and looking forward
to u year of great productivsness.
This is the way to dispense with
the "hsrd times"
! We have very fsurishlng
school at Tabernacle Academy,
undsr the supervision of Mr.. II.
n. RowelI. He reports an en-
rolIment of about 65 pupils.
l would here say that We always
have q good school at Tabernacle,
which Is the direct result of tho
untiring interest manifested hv
the patrons, and We hope that the
day will sosn dawn, when we ma,
have one of the best schoolA in tins
whole country, for higher educa-
ton as we'll as primary or com
mon school education, az is ours
at the present.
| We have preaching every 1st
and 3rd Sunday In each month.
On Sd Sunday mornings aud 1st
Sunday afternoons, also Sunday
School every Sunday.
Mr.. Editor, we have had some
very singular occurrences recent
ly. On the 31st day of Dec.
1901, sometime between the hour
of the appearance of the great
natural light which illunlnatss
this earthly sphere during the
day, and its disappearance be-
yend the western horizon, ths
horse of a certain man, being
tied to certain tree in certain
mans yard became unruly as if
he had been drinking Rivss'
mineral wster, broke his fastsn-
ings and dsshsd away up.stting
wagons, buggiss, etc which hap
psnsd to bs in his path, at the
same time dsmolish,ng the vehicle
to which he happened to bs hitc h :
cd. This certain man secured a
conveyance from this nsighbor of
his, for fortunately it was ut biz
neighbours house, and won't home
to his coed wife, resolving that
it it was "minsral water" that
made his horse run away, she"
should take no more.
Alse on Jan. 1st 1902, one of
our vsnsrabls old ulcles, whose
hoary locks, show that more than
half century has passed over his
head was - beside himself on the
day mentioned above. that he
actually rode his dsukey, to one
OF his nsighbor's, and having it
put in comfortable stall, helped
his nsighbor wsrk oil day, lsav-
Ing in the evening forgetting all
about his donkey, not finding out
what he had done until hs reached
home whom hs sent one. of mis- sens
post haste after tho animal. There
was net any mineral water about
the place, and We cannot account
for his acting as he did unless it
was caused by the strong coffee,
and slick-dumplings he ate for
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d, WANTED, Hioksry, Dogwood
and Psrsimmon Legs. Southern
Hardwood Co. Charleston, S. G.
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MI N { Trust, lOR ANY COMBINATION /!

The seal of doom has been placed upon them,
and prices once more come down to a legitimate
level. WE '.FIX'' PRICES WITH NO ONE,
but make such reductions that other merchants
are forced to come down to close up shop
try to force people to trade with us; our PRICES
are our drawing cards. NEVER again will the
people OF Lancaster submit to paying 50 to 100
and whether you trade with US or the other man,
" r. are saving you money, for we force him to
sell you at our price, and proper of appre-
citation should direct you to give your patron
age.
up o Stock
We $500 ds-t o cnmua out date,
Jackets Clothing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-06

Economy of Fuel Has Proved the
Strongest Argument.

American Machinist.
Perhaps the most potent argument for
bringing about improved conditions is that
of fuel saving. The saving which results
from perfect combustion "a synonym for
smoke prevention) is not a matter of the
DRY but of everyday experiment. Careful
tests made by experts in the employ of
large manufacturing firms in Cleveland
have shown a saving of from 10 TO 25 per
cent. by the use of smokeless furnaces, as
compared with the ordinary firing on fiat
CRATES. These tests have been further veri-
fled by comparison of the coal bills for long
periods of time. In one instance which has
recently come TO my notice the installation
of draft regulators inducing per-
feet combustion by the abundant supply of
oxygen Immediately after firing has more
than paid for the whole expense of the in
stallation i'm one year, as shown by actual
coal bills for the years preceding and fol-
lowing the date of installation. This saw
ing can be traced to two principal causes:
First, the uniform supply OF coal combined
with a uniform supply of air, giving a prac-
tically perfect combustion at all times and
preventing the escape OF carbonic oxide to
the chimney: second. TO the fact that the
absence of SCOT on the heating surfaces of
the boiler gives a higher rate of evapora-
ton and correspondingly better efficiency.
Many of the manufacturers and business
men thus approached were undoubtedly in
1uenced also by the desire to better the at
mospheric conditions and TO make their
city a more desirable place of residence.
But when atmospheric cleanliness and
economy Of fuel arrayed themselves on the
same side of the question the problem was
much simplified. Besides urging the de-
STABILITY of a change in furnaces, we have
also insisted upon more careful firing and
have found il easy TO demonstrate that
running a lighter fire with frequent firing
of coal in small quantities would result in
more steam and a better condition OF af-
fairs generally. Careful attention to this
matter of firing and TO the conditions OF
such apparatus as was in use has reduced
the smoke i'm several localities TO about
one-fourth of its former volume without
change in the furnace or CRATES. The Office
of this department is a bureau OF informa-
ton on the subject of stokers and improved
furnaces, where catalogues can be obtained
and where blueprints showing various APP
planes of stokers 10 boilers are on file.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-06

the cargoes in both instances being liable
10 capture at sea by the other belligerent
as contraband of war. Great Britain might
have purchased in this country every gun
and every pound of powder she has used
in South Africa and shippeC them thither
without any violation of neutrality laws
on our part. and the Beers might have
done the same thing. subject to the risk
Of capture. There is no treaty with Great
Britain or with any other country to pre-
vent such purchases.
But what seems to rankle most in the
patriotic bosom of our anglophobic con-
temporary is Major Lees statement that
he had an opportunity through the good
will Of a high official Of getting the serv-
ices of the chief horse expert of the United
States army as adviser in the purchase of
horses for the British. There is reason
to believe that Major Lee is off in his facts.
Careful search of the blue books and the
army register fails to discover any such
officer as chief horse expert Of the United
States army" Adjutant General Corbin
says he never heard of such an official be-
fore. and thinks Major Lee must have been
referred to SOM contractor who was in
the habit Of furnishing horses to the army.
As the average American contractor is
considerable Of a horse expert Major Lee
might have concluded that he was an i'm
portant person. He did not say what high
official of the government had offered TO
introduce him TO the horse expert. 1t might
- - ~ D-.-fl0.tf- pnorhvann nr
some veterinarian or blacksmith employed
at cavalry headquarters. In the absence Of
any specification the Sentinel concludes
that IL was the secretary Of state. 1t Won
ders how Americans could ever descend
to such baseness, and says that when John
Hay was an American and a poet he wrote
some verses which were creditabie TO him,
and wonders how the author of such verses
could fall so low as to become THE willing
tool of the British gold and diamond pirates
of South Africa" Now. Secretary Hay is
not a horse expert himself and possibly
never was acquainted with one in his life.
Moreover the State Department has nothing
10 do with furnishing horses for the
United States army, and if there were
such an office as chief horse expert the
secretary Of state could not detail him
for service as an adviser to an attache
of the British embassy. The most he could
have done would have been TO give Major
Lee an official letter of introduction to the
chief horse expert of the army-provided,
Of course, there was such an official-re-
q~uesting the expert to place Major Lee on
the footing of the most favored nations.
But it is not worth while to speculate on
what the secretary of state might have
done when il is certain he did nothing.
Major Lee is evidently a blowhard and
his story is probably made out of whole
cloth. Without a particle of evidence that
the secretary of state was the high Of
ficial' referred to the Sentinel declares
that the secretary mot only disgraced him
self but also his country" And this is the
reward a great secretary of state gets for
DubIic service
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-06
An EFT

Major Arthur Lees statement I'm the
British Parliament relative to his alleged
experience in this country while acting as
military attache of the British embassy.
seems 10 have thrown the Sentinel into
a state of mind bordering on a compton
fit. Major Lee was trying 10 make out a
case of incompetence against the British
War Office in allowing itself TO be swindled
in the purchase of horses in this country.
and he intimated that if he had been con-
suited he could nave prevented the swim
die. Il had the opportunity through the
good will of a high Official he said, 'of
getting the services of the chief horse ex-
pert Of the United States army as adviser
This is the statement that has thrown our
~anglophobic contemporary into contortions.
II says the statement makes the onense
of our government much worse than had
been supposed. for ii was thought that il
had been guilty only Of passively per-
hitting the British government To buy
horses here in violation Of the principles
of neutrality and Of our treaty with Great
Britain" 1t will be news TO most persons
with only a smattering OF international
law that permitting the British government
to buy horses in the United States was a
violation of the principles OF neutrality
and Of some treaty with Great Britain.
The principles OF neutrality permit any bel
iigerent 10 purchase supplies or munitions
Of war In a neutral country. and the BGcrs
might have done the same as the British.
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seven years. and receive no salaries, ex-
cept the two in Boston, who take the place
Of seventy coroners in the city under the
old system. and the examiners are paid
according 10 the time required for their
duties. In England coroners are elected in
the country districts for life. and in the
cities and large towns they are appointed
by the Council. The office is usually held
by a lawyer or doctor, more frequently a
lawyer. Members of coroners' juries re-
ceive no ray. Under the American system
-post-mortem examinations and expert testi-
mony are a considerable item of expense.
In this county it amounted last year TO
1890. and the entire expense of the coro-
ner's office to S7,s14. Autopsies and expert
testimony may be beneficial 70 science, but
of what use are they to the public? 1t might
be worth while for all the States to consider
the propriety of reforming their coEonial
system.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-06

forces necessary 10 protect life and prop
erty and enforce the laws OF the State.
The only exception is when mobs interfere
with the movement OF trains carrying
United States mails or the operation of
roads in the hands of receivers appointed
by Federal Courts. True, General Miles
has very little to do with organized labor.
but he does it a great injustice when he
declares that it would be riOtous but for
some menace. The unruly element in large
cities is not organized labor, but is COM
posed Of hoodlums and tOughs who are
always opposed 10 labor. 1t is Of very little
Importance what General Miles says or
does. since it is a long cali from a dignihed
general-in-chief like Sheridan or Schofeld
to General Miles. who. IN spite of his de
NAL, causes suspicion that performances
like the last Indicate that he is bidding for
the Populist nomination for the presidency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-06

The Washington Times says that Speaker
Henderson and others in the House who
are opposed to cutting the duty for Cuba's
raw sugar % per cent. have proposed to the
President that a countervailing duty be
imposed upon German and Austrian boun-
ties. which is about four-tenths of a cent
a pound. Such an increase of duty would
be equivalent for Cuba to the bounty
paid by Germany. That may be very well,
only that it would bring the cost of the
raw sugar to a higher level for the con-
sumner and make a larger profit for the
little home sugar interests. 1t is one of
the things which many people cannot I'M
derstand hat any member of Congress
outside of the limited area of beet-sugar
production should be so anxious to serve
an interest that does not produce 4 per
cent. of the sugar consumed. and so ut
terly oblivious of the millions OF consum-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-06
WAR REVENUE REPEAL BILL.
Efort VIII BE Made 10 Prevent
Amendments I'm the House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The programme
for considering the war-revenue reduction
Lii was the basis for numerous conferences
among House leaders to-day. and an in
formal canvass of sentiment was made to
learn whether members. particularly those
of the majority, would favor a special rule
bringing the bill TO a vote without an
amendment. The purpose OF such a rule
would be to avoid an amendment similar
TO that OF Representative Babcock I'm the
ways and means committee. reducing the
rates in the iron and steel schedule, or
amendments from the minority in the line
OF general tariff revision.
1t is stated that one result Of the canvass
has shown a majority Of the House favor
able to such a special rule. In making the
canvass the view has been presented TO
Republican members that tariff revisiOns
such as those proposed by Mr.. Babcock
might be left for determination OF a Re
publican caucus. subsequent TO the passage
of the war-revenue reduction bill Those
fully advised as 10 the canvass say IL has
shown a sentiment favorable TO such eau
Gus consideration OF all tariff amendments,
thus leaving the war-revenue reduction bill
10 be passed as reported.
The petition of the members OF the House
of Representatives addressed TO the ways
and means committee, asking that no legis-
latiOn on Cuba be framed which shall in
luriOusly affect American industries, has
now received seventy-hve signatures. MAIN
~ OF Republican members. The member
OF the Michigan delegation, whose constitu-
encies embrace large beet-sugar industries.
first circulated the petition. and within the
last few days Representative W. a. Smith,,
OF Michigan. mas had the matter in hand,
with the result OF bringing the signatures
up 10 the total stated.
The subcommittee OF the Senate COM
mittee on foreign relations. which has been
giving special attention TO the legal aspect
81 the reciprocity treaties. to-day reported
its finding TO the full committee. and Sena-
tor Spooner was authorized TO prepare a
written report on the subject. The COM
CONTINUED on PAGE 6. col. 81
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Didn't Believe the story.


Washington Post.
\ story has been published of the meet
ing OF senator Fairbanks and Governor,
now secretary, Shaw in a hotel in Ken
lucky and of their being invited by a Ken
lucky judge to take a drink. They repaired
TO the barroom and i'm answer to What
will YOU have?' Mr.. Fairbanks said he
would take a glass OF a~pollinaris and Mr..
Shaw said he would take a glass of milk.
We'll, gentlemen said the Kentucky
Judge, Ito make the lunch complete l will
take a piece of pie"
This story was told 10 Commissioner
Yerkes, of the Internal Revenue Bureau.
one OF the bluest blooded sons OF the Blue
grass State. Il don't believe IL. / don I
believe it." he declared. For the reason
if a Kentucky colonel. a Judge. had heard
gentlemen ask for apollinaris and milk In
a Kentucky barroom he would have dropped
dead before he could have said a word"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-06

Col. Greene's reports 60 the member OF
the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company are always interesting reading.
THAI accompanying the statement of the
company published in another column Is
no exception TO the rule. His argument
that there is one thing that insurance COM
panies can do better than any other thing.
and that is the insuring OF lives. Will meet
the approval OF the conservative men who
have had policies written on their lives
and dislike to see companies that have in
sured them going into the issuance of bonds
and various other schemes that are dan
gerously near outright gambling in futures.
Conservatism has been the backbone OF the
business and the success OF the COnnccti-
cut Mutual. and In incisive fashion Col.
Greene gives reasons that seem unanswera-
able why his own and other companies
should attend strictly 10 the business for
which they were organized, leaving outside
issues alone.
There are some figures in the reports and
statement that are worth studying. as
showing what insurance can do for the in
sured when the legitimate purpose OF the
comDany is solely attended TO. with sixty
seven millions OF urplus as a result of
careful and conservative management, with
regularly sustained dividends al an increas-
ing ratio. even In these lean years. the
Colonel shows himself a. one speaking
with authority. and having the right 10 DO
so. What he has 10 say about the staying
qualities OF the members of the company
and the high quality OF the risks Insured
as shown by the fact that the mortality
rate has not yet reached the average OF eX-
pectation. is one OF the strongest proofs OF
that conservative management that has
brought about such successful results as
the annual statement gives 20 the 10000
policy holders of the company. Whatever
ones ideas may be- as 10 insurance, he can
find food for thought IN what Col. Greene
has 10 say.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-06

1t is gratifying TO know that a recent
report TO the effect that Mrs. Jessie Benton
Fremont is in destitute circumstances was
incorrect. Although Mrs. Fremont is ole
and physically debilitated she receives
from the government a pension of 1900 a
year. which is quite enough to keep hel
and her small family from want. There
is no woman living who deserves better OF
the government and people of the United
States than the wife of the explorer OF
the Rocky mountains and the captor OF
California. and nobody will begrudge hei
the modest pension she receives.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-06

There is really no point in General MiIes's
protest against locating army posts near
large cities on the ground that they would
be a menace TO organized or any other la
Dor. The regular army has been asked but
once In a generation TO suppress mob vio-
lence-in Idaho. upon the representation Of
the Governor hat he had no power TO en-
force the laws. In 1894 President Cleveland
ordered General Miles TO Chicago, not 10 in
terfere with organized labor, but TO sup
port the federal authorities in the operating
OF railroads m the hands OF the United
States. Any other ease ia which federal
troops have been called TO suppress vio-
lence is far away. The generaI-in-chief
may not know II. but before the federal
troops can be used 10 suppress violence in
any city the Governor OF the State m
which such city is located must apply To
the President for aid. based upon the state
ment that he. the Governor. has not the