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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-28
SHERIFFS SALE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OFLANCASTER.
In Couit of Common Peas
The Springs Banking AMI Mercantile
Co, PiajntiT,
VS..
Mary f.. Williams, n fend tnt.
OURS UANT to an order of co ri
a made in the above case by Judge
JaiuCS Aldrich, October 25, 1902, I will
sell at the court house door within the
legal hours of sale on the
First Monday in FeUrua,y. next
being the second day of The month the
following described land, to wit:
All that piece, parcel ortract of land
situate IN the County of Lar caster,
state of South Carolina. containing
three hundred and seventeen
" 3IT Heres, More Or Less
bounded on the North by lands of
Joshua w Hendrick.; on the East by
lands now claimed by the heirs at law
of George w. Crenshaw, deceased,
(known IA the Baiy place. and lands
or Reuben Patterson, and on the West
by lands now or formerly Of a. D.'Hil.
lard and Thomas Barton-the said
tract being known aS the Martha Gill
lnm tract.
Terms OF sale CASH. Purchaser-to
pay for papers.
y. =. Hunter,
Sheriff Il. &.
GREEN & HINES,
Plaintiffs Attys.
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SHERIFF'S SALE
STATE OF SOUTHCAROLINA.

COUNTY OF Il ,NCASTER,
In Cour ommon Pleas.
Will I'M NJ. Gregory, j Owen Greco .
ry, Thomas ; Gregory. NJ Eli2,.
beth Blackmon Alice Grerorv n,,L
w. Russell Greg ny, Plaintiffs,
AGAINST
Amos Z Gregory in his own right and
as Administrator OF the estate of
MoIIie L Gregory dec - sad.
pURSU ANT to an order of court
a made In the above case by Judge
James Aldri'h, October, 20, 1902, I
Will sell at t. couri house door within
the leg ii hour, o. sale, at the risk of
the former purchts r, To the highest
bidder, on tna
FtFSt HOHttuy "a February, 1903
being the sccOTd dav Of the month
the following described premises. to
wit:
All that piece, parcel or lot of land
s't atc III the ounty and state arore-
said, containing ten (lOl acres, and
bounded on the NORTH by lands of w
Russeli Gregory; on the East by lands
OF Nj. Elizabeth Blarkmou; on the
south by lands of said II. Elizabeth
Blackmon; on the West by lands OF
AIlce Greg ny aud Amos G. Gregory,
said ianus being Il pare of the estate
lands OF Wills Gregory, deceased, and
designated "S trar; No |.
There IS dwelling on the above
premises,
Terms of'ale CASH. Purchaser to
pay for all neces ary pipers.
j Z, HUNTER,
Sheriff l. g.
G. D JONES,
Plaintiff ATTY.
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Entertainment at Tabernacle

The two literary sccities of the
Tabernacle High School will give
an entertainment at Tabernacle ON
Friday next, Jan. 80. The pub
lie are cordially invited to attend.
1t is free entertainment, and
they have an interesting program
prepared. Remember the date
Jan 30 at 1880 o'clock, and don t
forget to come.
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Killed A Woman And Boy.
Special to the Observer.

Monroe, Jan. 26. - Eli Rogers.
II white man who has twice been
in the State Hospital at Morgan
ton to day shot and killed u negro
boy and Miss Nancy Presley,
near his home, eight miles from
here. The boy was killed with a
shotgun while leading a team,
and the woman was shot through
the window of her house. Rogers
said he killed her becadss he low
ed her. He gave no excuse for
killing the negro.
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-Dr. Poovey lost hog this
week of cholera and has another
that has it.
Mr.. w. n. Hilton killed a
hog last "Wednesday that netted
6193 pounds, rs weighed by the
cotton weigher at Kershaw.
Barton McAteer at Zpar, n.
g., had fine milk COW to die the
other day, making two he has lost
within the past six months.
Clerk of Court j. f. Gre.
CORY has procured an artificial arm
and hand which he will find of
great service to him when he gets
accustomed to using them. He
wore them Monday for the first
time.
The County Treasurer re-
eeived a check yesterday for
81, 361.50, Lancaster's County's
apfortionment of the Safe dis pen-
ssry school fund. The Supt. of
Education will apportion it among
the schools of the county as the
law provides.
A SIX weeks old half-pug
pup with four tails was exhibited
at this office yesterday by its ow-
ner, Will Blake, colored. The
taile are from one to four inches
in leng'h, one grows out from its
breast, one under its lett fore-leg
and the other extra tail is near the
regular tail which isfull size. The
proud possessor of this freak has
been offered $3.50 for it by a
drummer but will not part With it
at any price.
The sad intelligence of the
death of j. o. Giles, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Pierce Giles, of this
county, student of the Harts
vile High School, was received
here Sunday. The young man
recently had recovered from a
spell of fever and only returned
to Hartsville about two weeks
ago. He was about 10 years of
age and a bright and promising
young man. The immediate cause
of death was congestion of the
lungs.
Mr.. w. p. Knowles, night
superintendent of the Elizabeth
Mill in Charlotte, was shot and
killed Saturday night by the accl-
dental discharge of a revolver in
the hands Of Mr.. Thomas w
Dixon, president of the Southern
Hardware Company. The shoot.
ing occurred in the Hardware Co.. s
office while Mr.. Dixon was show
lug Mr.. Knowles how TO handle a
pistol the latter had purchased.
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Life of Davidson Students HANG,
ing In The Balance.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Davidson, N. G.. Jan. 26. The
North Carolina medical students
are still living. Boyce is holding
his own. Mcleod is putting up
a good fight, though it seems to
be in vain.
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$3.50 PER ANNUk
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
Of j A EStridge.

All persons indebted to the es-
tate OF j. A. Estridge are hereby
notified to make settlement at
once; and all persons to whom
he was indebted will present their
claims properly sworn to or be
barred in twelve months, to the
undersigned.
w. MARCUS EsrRIDGE,
Jan. 13, 1903-Im. Admr.
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WANTED! Tru,

MANAGER WANTED! Trust
worthy, either sex, by Wholesale
Merchandise Company of solid
financial standing, to manage Lo-
cal Representatives who will or
ganize clubs among consumers.
40 per cent saved or our cnsto-
mers. Business no experiment
but a proven success. Salary
SIS 00a week, expenses advanced.
Experience unnecessary. Address
d. b Clarkson, Mgr, 334 Dear
horn ST., Chicago, Ill. 1-24-7.
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SEMI w EEKLy
Local M alters
Will have Brede's
Steam Bread

oShkxx - 4 = CLu
to arrive on Tuesday & Thursday
OF each week. j. b. MAoKoRELL.
Mrs. +. j Strait spent last
week with her sister at Richburg.
NH. Frank Jones, of Char.
lotte, N. g., spent Sunday here
: with relatives.
Miss Belle Thomson, of Cam
den, Is the guest of her brother,
Mr.. w. G.. Thomson.
Mrs. Castor, of Chester coun
ty, and her niece, Miss Mamie
Howe, visited relatives here this
week.
This week is the last i'm which
you can pay your State and county
taxes with the one per cent penal
ty.
Read the adv. of the closing
out sale at r. Miles and if bar.
gains is what you are looking for
you'll find them there.
Mrs. Mamie E. Roddey went
to Charleston Saturday where she
joined her aunt for Jacksonville.
Fla, where they will spend a
month or so.
Mr.. r. j. NJ. Steele of the
Sincerity section lost a good horse
Friday night from the blind Stag
gers.
Presiding Elder w. p. Mead
ors preached to large congrega.
IN the Methodist church here Sun
dav night and our people are
very much pleased with him.
Rev. r. e. Turnipseed of
Kershaw, will preach next Sun
day morning at Heath Springs
and in the afternoon at Hanging
Rock.
A Public installation of the
Officers of Cedar Camp, w. o.
w. will take place at their hall at
Van Wyck, Saturday Jan. 81,
1908, at II O'Clock u. m. All are
cordially invited and all soverelgns
expected to be present with u
lunch for themselves and friends.
An earthquake shock Was
felt in Columb bia last Friday night
and was very perceptible in Char
lesion and along the coast. 1t
was also felt in Savannah and
other portions of Georgia.
-George Fairy, the little son
of DR.. G. W. Poovey. fell from
a horse Saturday and was stepped
on by tho animal but aside from
some bruises on his body he was
not much hurt.
james T., little son of Mr..
B. G. Hough, had the misfortune
to get his collar bone broken last
Monday afternoon. 'James r. :"
was on the back of one of Mr..
j. >. Wilson'S little sons playing
"ridipg horse" when the little
Wilson boy accidentally fell down
with the result stated.
Captain and Mrs. A. McMa
nus have returned from Charles
ton where they went to consult
an oculist regarding Mrs McMa
nus eyes. An operation was
performed by DR.. Kolock which
relieved the intense suffering of
Mrs. McManus and 1t Is hoped
will restore her sight permanent
ly. She was greatly benefited.
-Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers,
Bishop of the South Carolina dio,
cese, made his annual visitation to
Christ church at this place last
Friday. His sermon, preached
that evening, was very able /, nd
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"A Striking Exception.

Ihe-N Lancaster correspondent
of the News and Courier in Mon
days issue tells of the thriftiness
of Mack Blackmon, well-to do
colored citizen of this county,
whom others of his race would do
we'll to pattern after:
MACK started to farm by him>
self just twenty years ago with
out dollar in the world. To-
day he Gyms three plantations,
owes no man dollar and has
money at interest. His success
is due to hard work, we'll directed
close economy and fair dealing
with his neighbors, both white
and black.
Mack has all of his lands rented
except two-horse farm, which
he works himself. That he is u
fine farmer is shown by his crop
Of last year. He made on his
own farm % bales of cotton, over
500 bushels of corn, 100 bushels
Ct potatees,' a large quantity of
molasses and fine crop of small
grain. He now has on hand sew
eral hundred gallons of molasses,
but much of this was made by a
public cane mill, which he runs.
He also has 600 pounds of pork
salted down and has more hogs to
kill. He has not sold a bale of
last years crop of cotton. Not
needing the money he is holding
the staple for higher prices. Dur
ing bad weather when his mules
cannot be employed on the farm
Mack hauls wood'to market. He
has already sold thus far this sea-
son 120 cords of wood.
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No-To- iiac for r"Ifty Cents
Guaranteed tc5accO hebit cure makes WI,
men strong, blood pure SOC. .si. All dI rr.riyS
Evening star., 1903-09-12

that case mammoth and musk OK must
have developed In European. American and
Asiatic lands in comparatively low latitudes
at the time when the Ice began to creep
down there.
Only archaeological investigation in the
polar lands can solve these questions. We
must find out first whether or not the man,
moth existed there before the Ice appeared.
or whether 1t was missing altogether
around the pole originally.
After the glacial period-or, rather, in the
various times after the various glacial
periods-the mammoth and the polar ami
mails that live today emigrated back to the
north. They had accustomed themselves to
cold climatic conditions, and sought the
cold in the north as the ice receded from
the continents. 1t was at such times that
the mammoths made their way to the ST.
bertan seas and the musk oxen to- Grinnell
Land.
That migration from north to south and
back again was witnessed by man. There
ts good proof Of the fact that even In his
torical times northeastern Germany used
to be visited by wandering herds of REIN
deer. typically northern beast like the
wolverine has been seen in the heart of the
European continent. Man, as a hunter,
helped to drive to the pole everything that
could possibly live there.
Evening star., 1903-09-12

preserved your unhappy love as a pure
love"
"a pure love 1t was and shall remain.
Good night"
/ stood at the door and asked:
'Will you permit me to see Judica only
few more times?"
TT were better not"
But just once more! Do not part us
tomorrow Think of It; it is parting!
WELL then, one last time"
1 repeated mechanically: "One last time
The sunlight awakened me-that. and a
girls voice, singing:
They could not be together
The waters were far too deep"
Judica!
When 1 opened the door, found heap
of flowers on the threshold. With her flow
ers. picked for me. the beloved, I stepped
into the young day.
Miss Fritz met me. She said:
"Judica has gone to the upper Alp"
could only stutter: "Gone7
Had she remained, 1t would have been
your last meeting today. And I be-
neved-"
You dear beingr' I interrupted her
And now I can hope to see her againr'
When we left the farm 1t was to me as
If parted from piece Of earth in which
my heart was rooted. And. indeed. I did
leave 1t behind me with the pale child.
"They could not be together,
The waters were far too deep" .
Evening star., 1903-09-12
The Sultan's PLAYERS.
Constantinople Correspondence London E1pre
Tha sulfan keana a theatrical comma,

Constantinople Correspondence London Express.
The sultan keeps a theatrical company Of
his own. at the head Of which is an Italian,
Arturo Stravolo OF Naples. All the members
Of the company are relations. by blood or
marriage. OF the director. Being the sui
tan's own company. all the male members
wear uniform and hold military degreek
The tenor has the rank of a general. the
baritone that Of a major; the first violiniat
is captain. and the horn player merely leuA
tenant. The company do not perform on
fixed days, but only when the sultan wisheA
1t. They are often awakened at midnight,
and have to be ready, dressed and made
up" within forty minutes to play before the
sultan, who generally is himself the sole
audience. Abdul Hamid follows the play
attentively. and If anything ia not quite
clear he stops the performance and has the
passage explained to him. Somedme6.
however the sultan. in a fit Of melancholy,
leaves abruptly, and the players have TO
stop and 90 home. The sultan does not
permit children to appear on the stage. In
q recent production Of "A Dolls House
two stalwart Albanian guardsmen acted the
part of the children. Arturo Stravolo, who
Is a born comedian. is the sultan's favorts.
Evening star., 1903-09-12
Fourth Of July Tetanus.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper d Weehiy.
The Journal of the American Medical AS
sociation has been investigating the dis
ca Sc known as Fourth of July tetanus."
which newspaper readers recognize as toy
pistol lockjaw. It records four hundred
and fifteen cases this year. of which 10
per cent were caused by toy pistols and
most of the rest by cannon-crackers. The
pistols that do the mischief are those that
explode blank cartridges. Nearly all the
victims were children. and In spite of anti
toxin and all the new lockjaw cures, W
per cent of them died. The Journal at
tempted to discover whether there were
tetanus microbes In the cartridges. and in
some Of them 1t found many, and in others
none 1t doesn't signify, however whether
there are microbes in the cartridges or not.
The fact that the use of the toy pistol is
fatal to four hundred American children a
year seems quite enough to support de-
mand for the Internal toys suppression.
The Journal suggests forming an associa-
ton to secure general legislation. and also
that municipalities take measures to stop
the sale Of blank cartridges and the ap-
paratus for exploding them. 1t has done a
public service in providing reliable sta
tistics on which legislation can be based.
Evening star., 1903-09-12
when the king arrived. No. It was the
kings particular desire that I should be

when the king arrived No. It was the
near him.
1t was arranged that should remove at
once to tho Cavaliers House with my little
rotinue. to appear In the kings house only
when commanded by my father. Aside from
the most necessary servants tho royal train
would consist only Of the privy councillor
and an ad1utant The crowr prince 10 not
to undertake the regency until my father
arrives here and IL somewhat rested.
Though the 6ea-Alp IL almost inaccessible.
tho shores will be surrounded with a Gordon
passes will be permitted within the lines.
II the condition Of the king should permit
him to hunt-something greatly desired for
the sake Of report in official diepatches-the
forester OF the district has specific and won
derfully strict orders.
After all had been arranged the rest with
drew and the privy councillor remained
alone with me. Then learned It
said:
be expected soon in the case OF my father.
mo"
But the regency of the crown prince may
last a long timer
Every long. considering the strong con-
stitution of his majesty"
THAT means long. long Illness with pro-
gressing-
I dared not utter the fearful word. But
there was no negation. I asked further:
Must my brothers malady take the
same or a similar course7"
Positively not"
"Then the condition OF the crown prince
Is not hopelessT'
Certainly not. as soon as his high
Evening star., 1903-09-12
possibly tropical ,ourished there in the coal

possibly tropical nourished there in the coal
or carboniferous period.
It is absolutely certain that climate
like the climate Of the united States and
times. whose last chapter probably was ex-
perienced by man.
And that changes the history Of the ant
NAL world OF the polar regions totally for
US.
The polar animals OF today evidently are
recent" products Of adaptation that de-
veloped under new conditions. An alto
gether. different form Of creatures may
We cannot imagine snow-colored polar
bears and thickly furred musk oxen under
the green magnolias Of tertiary Greenland
A Polar Menagerie.
Scientific speculation produces a wonder
ful picture: 1t shows the Fran laborious-
ly drifting in the grasp Of vast ice fields
until even Nansens heroism failed before
the terrors of the polar world: and we see
another period when in that same latitude
wandering herds of elephants. camels and
wild horses browsed on green meadows.
Or did that land hide species Of man.
mails Of a kind quite different from any
other known in tho world-species whose
bones may be found some day In Franz
Joseph Land. or similar place, by an
expedition that will lay more weight on
paleontology than on geographical explor-
alton?
The tremendous glaciers that slipped
down over the world In the mysterious Ice
period must have desolated the arctic lands
entirely The beasts that live there now
once lived in our Europe and our America.
The continents are full of the remains of
musk oxen, mammoths. reindeer, Jennings
and white hares
1t remains possible that these creatures
originated in the north. The increasing.
numbing cold may have driven them south
ward gradually. But 1t is conceivable. too,
that the cold advanced too rapidly in the
high north to permit the animals to go
through slow process Of adaptation. In
Evening star., 1903-09-12

. Malady. Tho king IL as he always has
been. Perhaps he q little more weary.
but only shade more 30. His voice 10 the
for me.
Only ono thing noticed. In my father .
countenanoe there 10 tho small. the very
small. sharp wrinkle between the eye
brows. Since saw him last II has become
deeper. much deeper. 1T efves the features
such q peculiar expression. as i'll cannot
md the right word, Where have seen
that little wrinkle and that curious express
sion beforef 3! cannot remember.
The mirror tells ma that have no such
wrtnkle-not yet. But the crown prince has
ono. Yet he must not retire. and II would
the king-wrinkle appear in me, too in time
to conner And II 1t does, how will 1t be
with me then7
Evening star., 1903-09-12
At THE NORTH POLE
When Elephants Lived in the
Arctic Region
MAGNOLIAS BLOOMED
THE FATE OF AN UNKNOWN AMI
NAL WORLD.
Tropical Verdure Once Where Now is
Frozen and Dead Grinnell
Land
MAGNOLIAS BLOOMED

Written for The Evening Star by Professor VIII
helm Boelsche.
The time Of the mammoth is relatively
near our own time. Today the Tungusian
hunter on the Lena river occasionally feeds
his dogs with their frozen flesh. Many
things prove that man once hunted the
mammoth; certain mammoth bones that
have been marked by the work of human
hands point to this.
Just in the time when the first mammoth
was found QOO years ago. the eye of the
investigator had begun to become keen for
the age and the sequence of the geological
layers of the earth. The great science of
paleontology, destined to decide many ques-
tions, had begun to make its way. And
Evening star., 1903-09-12

now and for a long time. But SORROW IL q
purifying hame for q womans soul. And
when We come forth from II, earthly
things may not harm US ever AFTER"
cried: You. too. have loved and re-
nouncedr'
She answered:
III 1t were otherwise, would speak
to you as / am doing now1 came up
here. l have worked. Each day be-
gin with renewed thankfulness that life
which had once wished to throw away"
Again 1 asked in fear: But Judica7"
"Judica shall remain with me. promise
you that you shall be able to think Of
her without the shadow of remorse. Your
life. that belongs into a world that is
not ours. shall remain free from the guilt
of having destroyed another"
She arose and gave me her hand with
that shining look that made her young and
beautiful. Holding her palm in mine. ex-
claimed:
How can I thank your I shall owe 1t
to you that I may have a peaceful con-
science"
Thank yourself for it-that you have
Evening star., 1903-09-12

Johnny (aged eight-"When was two
years old and my big brother was six, was
he three times as old as II"
Teacher-"Yes.
Johnny-"And when was four and he
was eight, was he twice as old as I?''
Notwithstanding"
Johnny-"And now I'm eight and he's
twelve. is he only once and a half as old
again as I am2"
Teacher,-"Yes. WhyI'
Johnny-'Well. how long will 1t take me
to catch up to HINT"
Evening star., 1903-09-12
Often Snubbed.

From the Philadelphia Press
"Why does every one refer to him as "a
rising young society man?"
well, suppose that's what he Isl
"But why do they always speak of him
as 'risingT"
Perhaps because he has to keep rising
every time he's sat down upon.'
Evening star., 1903-09-12
Time to Run.

From the Chicago News.
Sandy-"Why are yer runnin' 30 fast,
pard?"
Cinders-"Deres a lynchin mob behind
me-"
Sandy-"Dey don't want to lynch yer, do
dey?'
Cinders-"No but dey want dis clothes
line I'm wearin' as suspenders fer de rope"
Evening star., 1903-09-12
RuralsJournalism.

From the Chicago News.
Old Subscriber-t'We won't have any ex-
change news in this weeks Crier."
New Subscriber-"Think not?'
Old Subscriber-""No, the editors wife is
using the clipping shears to cut the editors
hair" ,i.
Evening star., 1903-09-12

Cecil (sentimentally)-''Don' you feel
gloomy when the sky is overcast with RrAy
when the rhythmic rain sounds q diyG9
upon the roof and the landscapes beauties
are hid by the weeping mistr"
Hazel (sweetly)-"Yes; it's dreadfully an
noytng It does make ones hair come out
of curl sop'-Tid Bits.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-31
Box and Its Meanings,

The word "box" has a great many
different meanings. Here are some of
it's uses as noun substantive: First, q
case of any size or material, akin to
pyx, from pyxus, the box tree; second,
the drivers seat on carriage, which
often has a lid covering a receptacle
for small parcels; third, present, es-
pecially a gift at Christmas time;
fourth, inclosed seats in theater or in
court of justice; fifth, box drain;
sixth, snug private house, as shoot
Ing box; seventh, a cylindrical hollow
iron in wheels, in which the axle runs;
eighth, a trough for cutting miters in
carpentry; ninth, the space between
the blackboard and sternpost of boat;
tenth, an awkward position-e. g., sin
the wrong box" eleventh, the box tree;
twelfth, tho box iron of laundress.
Box is used also as a verb Qhir-
teenth), to fight with fists or gloves;
fourteenth, to go over the points of the
compass i'll order, describing its divi
sions; fifteenth, to strike with open
hand upon the ear; sixteenth, to cause
a vessel to turn on her keel, to box
haul. Other uses also are consequent
upon these