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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-25
For The Ledger.
Bell Town Items.


Mr.. Editor: As no one ever
gives you any news from this part
of the country, | will try and see
what can do on that line. Our
little community is thriving
place known as Bell Town.
think it derived it's name, years
ago, from the Bells that lived
here, although there is but one
family of Bells living here now.
1t is pretty thickly settled, and l
think we have some as good peo-
pie as there are.livlng anywhere.
They have all the push und ener-
Sy that you are looking for, and
there ale not any better neighs
bors to be found.
Well, Mr.. Editor, we are
having more rain. 1t seems rs if
the farmers will not get anything
done before April, if then. We
had one week of very good weath>
er, and | think the farmers made
good use of it but it will be sew
eral days before any more plow-
ing can be done. The grain crop
is looking fine, especially fall oats,
| do not think there are very
many spring oats sowed, but if
nothing prevents, tho grain crop
will be very good.
We kave preaching twice
month, ut 1 l Il. m., every second
and in the afternoon of every
fourth Sunday at Camp Creek.
Mr.. Lawson is the pastor and 1
think he is very able preacher,
and everybody seems to like him.
We also have-preaching at Bethel
twice month, every second and
fourth Sundays. Mr.. Dabney of
Rock Hill Is pastor at Bethel. We
have no Sunday schools yet, but |
think they are going to organize
one before long
We also have a w. O. w.
Camp, known as~~the Chestnut
Camp, which was organized by
Mr.. f. Nj. Bell, of Rock Hill,
with about twenty three members.
More will join soon and | don't
see why every man don't JON,
for don't think there is any bet
ter lodge to join anyMh here than
the w. 0. w.
MIR. Jim Locke and Mr.. White
of YorkviIle spent Saturday and
Sunday with friends and relatives
In Bell Town, and returned home
Monday.
Messrs. Dunlap and Frank
CASTOR, spent several days last
week with relatives. They re-
turned to their home 10 Chester
Monday.
Mr.. David Bennett and Mr..
Palmer Harper, of Heath Spring,
spent Sunday with the family Of
Mr.. j. S. Bennett.
| will close for this time. III
see this in print Jou may hear
from this part of the county
again. FARMER's Son.
Bell Town, March 21, 1908.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-25
Fell From tho Train.

Mr.. Frank Haithcock fell from
a flat car eff the noon train on the
l.. & G. Railroad yesterday near
the Willow branch and was badly
shaken up. DR.. M. p. Craw-
ford was summoned and is of the
opinion that he received no seri-
ous injuries. =
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-25
You KnOsU What You are TaEin0

When you take Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic because the form
ula is plainly printed on every bot
tie showing that it is simply Iror
and Quinine in tasteless form
No Cure. No Pay. soc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-25
To Cure Il GU Inc one an

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
money if 1t fails to cure. f. w.
Grove signature is on each box
Csc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-25

stops the COH0H and Works of
We COfd.
Laxative Bromo Quininc Tab
lets cure cold in one day. No
Cure, No Pay. Price, Csc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-25
Opportunity for Some Ambitious

DOy.
A competitive physical an d
mental examination will be held
in Yorkville on May II for an
Annapolis appointment to Re made
by Congressman Finley from his
(Fifth) district. The age limit is
10 to 20 years. Rock Hill Jour-
nal.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-25
Local III alters
Will have Brede's
Steam Bread

10 arrive on Tuesday IL Thursday
OF each week. D. b. MAoKoRELI,.
SEQ Notice of Mrs. Annie r.
Tillman, Guardian.
Mr.. Geo. w. Phillips, of
Rock Hill, is over shaking hands
with his many old Lancaster
friends.
-Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
b. Mobley, of Heath Springs,
March 81, 1908, son.
Buy a soc box of Stationery
Tor 2ec at b. g. HoUGH's.
Mrs. Lester l.. Forde of
Columbia, is visiting her parents
here.
The County Board of Equal.
zation was in session here all day
yesterday.
You had better see us before
you spend your CASH. We've
got some bargains.
Lancaster Mercantile Co.
e. D. Blakeney, Esq, of
Kershaw is here attending court
this week.
Mr.. w. Q. Casksy has com
pleted the new bridge over Han.
nah's creek several miles East of
town and it has been received by
the commissioners.
The new bridge over Cane
Creek on the Green place was
washed away by the freshet Mon
day. This is tho fourth bridge
built within six years at this
place. The bridge had just been
completed by Mr.. Il. w. Bell, the
contractor.
The Ledger, Atlanta Consti-
tuition and Home and Farm or
Southern Cultivator will be sent
for one year, and two estimates
given in the $4,000. port re
ceipts contest for$2. Remit with
estimates to The Ledger, Lancas-
ter, S. G.
The court of common plea,
convened Monday and viii proba,
bly, last through the week.
Master Willis Howell Shut
son of Mr.. VIM. Shut of the
Flint Ridge section, accidentally
cut one of his knees with q draw
ing knife Monday. 1t is PAIN
ful cut and it is feared that it Will
render his leg stiff throughout
life.
KEY. q. Z. Watson of Ches-
ter, who preached the commence
ment sermon at the Tub-rnacle
school clio ing Sunday, Stopp.i
over here and preached II sp'en,
did selmon at the Meth ,aist
church that night.
Mr.. JAS. w. Welsh aad sis
ter, Miss Cora Welsh, of Longs
vile, are visiting their 81 ter Mrs
T. S. Carter.
Our Mr.. j. M. Hood is ul-
ways in the market to purchase
mules and cattle. And don't you
forget it.
Lancaster Mercantile &c.
Mr.. Jarrett Bowers of the
Primus section had a mess of new
crop Irish potatoes one day the
past week. They came up volun-
teer where he had his potato crop
planted last year and he was sur
prised to find potatoes large
enough to eat on the vines.
Mr.. j. A. Stewman has been
promoted to be engineer on the
passenger trains of the l.. &. G..
Railroad since the resignation OF
Engineer Wall. John has worked
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27

A number of the leaders of the DEM
ocratic party who still are in Wash
ington are to-day discussing the letter
OF Mr.. William Randolph Hearst to
the Iroquois Club of Chicago, and
which appears to-day in the daily pa
pers. 1t is letter expressing his re-
greet at his inability to be present at
their annual banquet to do reverence
to the memory of Andrew Jackson,
and In it he breathes forth the very
spirit and essence of true democracy.
1t is message of optimism and hope
to the true democrats Of the whole
country, and in every way is such an
able paper that it has caught the at
tention of the leaders of the party
here, who mention it in the most
complimentary way. There are few
persons who, not knowing Mr.. Hearst,
actually think that because he has
money he does not work himself, and
that the articles signed by himself,
are written by some of the bright
men in his employ. There never was
q greater mistake made by them.
The writer knows Mr.. Hearst person
ally, and knows that he is an ADLER
man than any man in his employ, and
does more actual work than any of
them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Farmers 70 save Iowa Land.

Farmers have pitted their strength
against the Missouri river to save two.
thirds of township from being trans
ferred from Iowa to Nebraska juris1;c.
ton. There is an eght-mile lake.
known as Sand Hill lake. one Of whose
ends opens into the Missouri river.
The upper end is but $50 feet from the
river. Within its bend is two-!hirds
OF Lakeport township. The river has
turned its channel against the shore
opposite the upper end of the lake and
IS rapidly eating across it. 1t means
that when the neck Of land is cnt
through the river will take new chan
mel through the lake and Nebraska
will have ten square miles of new do
main.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Specimens Of Civilization.

N. Y, Feb. "a. Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish gave Valentine dinner dance.
Every thing was done with lavish
prodigality. The whole entertain
ment represented an expenditure of
thousands.
Newark N. j., Feb "a. Mrs. Anna
Rabe, wife of Rev. Ludwig Rabe, died
here of starvation. She continued to
struggle for her two children until
the strain became too great and she
broke down under it. Her husband
left her five years ago.
The foregoing items" are copied
from republican sheet, in different
columns, and elsewhere in the same
paper is an editorial showing the pro-
gress, prosperity and christian civil
lfzation OF our country.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
OF INTEREST TO IOWANs
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Junior Law Court of Iowa University
Finds Hamlet Guilty of Man.
slaushter-Gocd Roads
Convention.

The jury in Hamlet's trial in the
Junior law court of the university Of
Iowa at Iowa City. took the case I'M
der adviscment Friday. At the open
ing of the session the attorneys for
the state and defense introduced re-.
buttal and sur-rebuttal expert testi-
mony concerning the alleged insanity
of the defendant. Drs. Burge. Beck
err and Bierring of the university, an
swered many hypothetical questions
and the conflict was great. The argu-
ments followed, five attorneys speak
ing. Several hours were consumed in
forensic oratory. covering al! points of
the case. Justice Deemer read volum-
nous and exhaustive instructions and
then sent the case to the jury and adj
iourned court pending the return OF
the verdict. Hamlet was adjudged
guilty of manslaughter. The trial
excited great interest throughout the
Northwest and many requests were
received for copies of the proceedings
from Shakespearean clubs. Hamlet
will be granted new trial.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
The Stomach is the Man.

A weak stomach weakens the man,
because it cannot transform the food
he eats into nourishment. Helth and
strenth cannot be restored to any sick
man or weak woman without first re-
storing health and strength to the
stomach. A weak stomach cannot
digest enough food to feed the tissues
and revive the tired and run down
limbs and organ Of the body. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure cleanses, purities,
sweetens and strengthens the glands
and membranes of the stomach, and
cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all
stomach troubles.
Shuttlsworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Good Roads Convention.

Governor Cummins has decided to
call state good roads convention to
meet in Des Moines April is. He has
taken this step at the request of the
Commercial Exchange and OF persons
interested in the international good
roads convention at st. Louis April
30. A proclamation will be issued and
sent to county auditors asking them
to lay the matter before the boards of
supervisors. with the request that
from three to five delegates be named
for the state convention Mayors Of
towns and cities above 1000 will be
asked to name two delegates each and
each organization in the state inter
csted in good roads will be asked to
name one delegate.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27

TO a great many Americans the
news that Florence Maybrick will be
SET Tree In 1904 will be gratifying and
majority Of these will adhere to the
pelief that she should have been liber-
aeed years ago, or at least granted a
new Trial. Tie evidence upon which
sne was adjudged guilty Of poisoning
her husband seemed far from conclu.
sive and from the day of her convic.
zion her friends in America have been
untlrlng In their efforts to gain for
her q pardon or a new trial, but With
out avail.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Takes LlttIe Stock In storIe..

A Washington dispatch says Repre-
sentative Hull of Des Moines evident
Iy does not take much stock in the
stories which have been sent ont from
Iowa regarding the politics of the Des
Moines district. These stories. all of
which have been anti-Hull. are writ
ten. according to Mr.. Hull's opinion,
by the private secretary OF Governor
Cummins. who docs a good deal OF
newspaper work on the side. and has
|organized quite press bureau. Hull
refuses to believe that his political
scalp Is in danger OF being lifted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Age of Cats.

Herr Pohl, president of the German
Society For the Protection of Cats, has
just published the results Of his investi-
CATION in regard to the age which it is
possible for these animals to attain.
Cats, he says, are like human beings
in one respect-the more peaceful and
better regulated their life is the longer
they are likely to live. AS proof he
points out that favorite cat in the
royal castle Of Nymphenburg has lived
to be forty-two years old, and conse-
quently may fairly claim to be consid-
cred the dean of cats in Germany.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Press State cases.

Two long-pending state cases are
soon to he pressed by Attorney General
Mullsn. One of these is the action be.
gun months ago against ex-Cierk c. T.
Jones of the state supreme court. in
which the state sought to recover
about $4,000 in fees which it was al
legged the law required Jones to account
for to the state treasury. but which
he appropriated himself. The case
against Lafayette Young, in which the
state is suing for about $4,000, repre-
senting alleged overcharges for bind
ing while Young was state binder, will
be brought to a trial at this term.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Divorced From Costly Wife.

John Tucker. aged sixty-f1ve was
divorced from his wife. aged thirty.
two. now living in Minneapolis. Thus
ends a marriage which has cost Tuck
err 100000. He has lived in Sioux City
since 1865. He went to Kansas City
in 1894. and there CHANGED to meet Miss
Clara Madden. Ten days later he mar
ried her. She Immediately began
spending his money and now all of his
fortune is gone. She frequently left
him for months at a time, claiming
her sisters were sick. but Tucker I'M
derstands now.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
A Remarkable Case.

One Of the most remarkable cases OF
cold, deep-seated on the lungs, caus-
Ing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Ger
trude p: Fenner, Marion, Ind, who
was entirely cured by the use OF One
Minute Cough Cure. She says: ''The
coughing and straining so weakened
me that run down in weight from
l48 to 81 pounds. I tried number of
remedies to no avail until / used One
Minute Cough Cure. -Four bottles of
this wonderful remedy cured me en-
tirely of the cough, strengthened my
lungs and restored me to my normal
weight, health and strength"
Shuttlewofth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
separate InstitutIon Cor !nebrIates.

The quarterly conference Of the
hoard of control and the executive
heads of state institutions took up at
Des Mones the question Of the ineb-
rate law and inebriacy and so strong
was the sentiment that developed for
radical changes in the measure passed
by the last general assembly that there
is little doubt the legislature next win.
ter will be compelled to modify 1t. The
especia! change that everyone at the
conference wanted was separate In
stitntion for inebriates.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
They Want the Money.

The bankers of the country are in
sisting on an extra session OF congress,
to assemble as early as September, for
the purpose of passing the Aldrich bill
which would enable the banks to get
the money at present piled up in the
national treasury. 1t is claimed that
]. Pierpont Morgan urged this on
Roosevelt when he called at the
White House q few weeks ago-and
that he added the information that a
money panic cannot be STAYED off
much longer unless the government
comes to the rescue of the banks.
Thus it has come that the financial
policy of the nation is shaped solely
with reference to the needs of the
banks of Wall street. To an outsider
itwould seem to be the part of wisdom
to frame a financial policy that would
accommodate itself to the varying
phases Of business, and not with re-
ference to the banks of Wall street
whose interests are so closely identi-
fed with those of the stock gamblers.
When this coterie of Wall street
bankers can squeeze the public they
do not ask legislation, but when they
are caught in tight place themselves
they are the first ones to run to con-
gress with apitiful tale of distress and
an imperative demand for relief by
legislation.
AS a panic In the fall would be dis
astrous to Roosevelt's prospects in 1904
it is more than probable that he will
accede to the demands of Wall street.
II he refuses, Wall street will per-
haps bring on the panic simply for the
purpose of hadicaping the president
In his efforts for nomination.-St Paul
Globe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
New Fair Society Organized.

At the Sheldon meeting of represen-
tatives Of nine fair associations in
Northwestern Iowa. South Dakota and
Minnesota. the Tri.State Short Ship
ment Circuit society was organized.
i. V. Healy Of Sac county was elected
president and c. E. Cameron Of Beupa
Vista county secretary The circuit
begins at Clarion. Ia. the third week
In July and includes successfully Fon.
da. Sac City. Alta. Sheldon, LeMars
and Sioux City. Sioux Falls. Rock
Valley and Worthington. ending the
third week In September.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
shannahan to Represent Iowa.

Speaking on st. Patr:ck's Day in a
hall decorated in green. wearing a
shamrock in his bnttonhole and with
Daniel O'Connell as his theme. r. j.
Shannahan won the University Of
Iowa oratorical contest He will repre-
sent Iowa at the Northern Orator:cai
league contest at Minneapolis III May.
shannahan. Walker and Hadley led in
tho order named,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27

Three Mason City thugs attempted
to hold up J. w. Gordonier, The con-
tractor who built the Odd Fellows
home. He is a strong and scrappy
man and grabbed one fellow by the
whiskers and began to get in some up
percuts. The mans pal struck at. him
vicionsly with knife, but Gordon:er
escaped with slight incisions on the
hand
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
STRANGE Reason for Resiunino.

Professor G. H. Scoby. principal Of
the public schools Of Tripoli, has ten.
lered his resignation to the board for
tho strangest reason ever presented by
teacher in Bremen county He is
liked by the board. the pupils, the pa.
rents. and he likes his position, but
he says he has not the audacity to ac-
cept $40 per month for instructing
nine pupils in the high school.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Eloin Creamery Dividend.

The Iowa patrons Of the Elgin
Creamery company. which went into
bankruptcy last August. will receive
40 per cent dividends on their claims.
This is the effect of decision render
ed by Judge Mcpherson. OF the federal
court at Des Moines, before whom the
bankruptcy matter was tried.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
brakes Large Donation.

Buildings valued at 100000 are to
be erected at Drake university at Des
MoInes this spring. the money having
been donated by General Francis M.
Drake Of Centerville. The new struc.
lures will include a music building,
$4,000: medical building. 600;
gymnasium, 100000. The balance OF
the gift will he spent for equipment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Henderson Welcomed Home.

The demonstration at Dubuque In
honor OF General Hendersons home
coming was grand affair. He was
escorted to the Grand Opera House by
the military band. Governors Grays
and prominent citizens. where a mass
meeting was held and addresses of
welcome delivered. General Hender.
Ecn responded. Following this a re.
cept!on was given and General Hender.
son shook hands with over 5000 of his
townspeople.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Effect a settlem emf.

The recalcitraut sophomores Of the
University OF Iowa. who damaged the
Berkley Imperial. 1t was alleged. sew
eral hundred dollars worth in the
class scrap" OF November, have eff.
fected settlement with the proprie.
tor. All prosecutions will be dropped.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Sensational Suicide.

Jacob Brum. a workingman OF Iowa
City. ended his life In sensational
manner. He loaded gun with three.
cornered file and. the trigger being
broken. he placed the butt OF the gun
in the stove and the muzzle against
his breast and waited for the heat to
fire the weapon. The file went through
his heart,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Hawarden's Mayor R.s!ors.

Mayor l.. T. Kenny OF Harwarden
has resigned on account OF i!l.health.
Councilman Heniy Hilton was chosen
acting mayor unit, election.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Judament AGAINST Dakotans.

county has closed an interesting ses-
sion. An important land commission
case was disposed OF resulting In g.
Judgment against Babcock & Akin OF
Leonard, N. D.. and In favor Of ]. P.
Miller OF Spirit Lake.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Married sixty Years Aoo.

Saturday. March 81, was the sixty.
second anniversary Of the wedding o.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Snider Of Grin.
nell. Both were born in Preston conu.
ty. Virginia, now West Virginia. Mr..
Snider is eighty years Of age and his
wife is eighty-two.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27

II owe my, whole life. to Burdock
Blood Bitters. Scrofulous sores Gov
ered my body. I seemed beyond cure.
p b. B. has made me perfectly we'll
woman. Mrs. Chas. Hutton, Berville,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Extension to Lake okoboIi,

There is talk that the Rock Island
road will extend its Rnthven branch
to the south shore OF Lake Okoboji,
which. II done, will add greatly to
West Okoboji's reputation as a sum.
mer resort.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
WIN Reopen Buggy FACTORY

A meeting of the creditors OF the
Rhoades-Carmean Buggy company was
held at Marshalltown and after long
discussion OF plans as outlined by
Trustee Merritt Greene. be was au.
thorized to reopen the factory.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Fifteen Years for Perjury.

Mrs. Gallaugher. convicted at Iowa
City Of perjury in the trial OF Charles
Ho!ada for the murder OF her husband.
has been sentenced to fifteen years In
TIE pen!tentiary.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Open OH and Gas Fields.

Tho Iowa and Interstate OIL com.
LAny'' expert drilier is on the ground
:" Nashua and the practical work of
Sren'nE the oil and gas fields Is to be
pasbsd forward.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
GIVES Birth to rrlrlets.

Mrs. r. w. Stewart. living north of
Marshalltown. gave birth to triplets
Thursday morning. All are girls and
they are alive.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
Rem.rri.se Of divorced Persons.

The ministerial association at Dav.
export has decided upon uniform
rule regarding the remarriage of di.
vcrced people. The ministers will re.
fuse to perform the ceremony for any
person considered the offending party
In divorce suit.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27
TWO Earmers DROWNED.

Two farmers near Sutherlapd-a
Mr.. Didwell and Gleason-and team
were drowned In Waterman creek
while attempting 10 cross the stream,
which had become swift torrent from
the rain.