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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-03
IN MEMORIAM.

/ Lottie Mobley, eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Hunter,
and wife of A. l.. Mobley, Heath
Springs, S. g., was born Oct. 19,
1882, was married Jan. l, 1902,
and after q short illness, died at
the old home, Dec. 10, 1902.
AS child she was regular
attendant upon Sabbath School.
, In early girlhood she gave her
|, heart to God and united with the
Methodist church at old Salem,
and remained a consistent mem
ber of the church, until her death.
From childhood she was a fav-
orite with her relatives, and yet
she was in NO sense spoiled by the
affection lavished upon her. In
school she was obedient and stu
dious, and won the love of teacher
and schoolmates.
She was gentle, digni6ed and
refined in manners, extending
christian courtesy to all with
whom she came in contact.
In the home she was an affec-
tionate, dutlful daughter, kind
sister and faithful loving wife.
She expected the yule. tide to
find her in modest little home
of her own and she was much in
terestsd in "fxing it up" for
the glad homecoming; but aIasl
the deft fingers which had worked
so lovingly, we're chilled by death
ere the work was completed.
Instead of gariands of holly
and mistletoe, cypress and yew
wreathed the darkened doors and
windows of the lonely cottage.
Over all, there "brooded a
sense of something lost" A
gentle presence had foated away,
murmuripg as it was borne alofl
on angels snowy wings, "Nearer
my God to Thee"
| Husband, father, mother, broth
ers and sisters are near and dear,
but the gentle dying girl wife, as
she is drifting away from earthly
friends, reaches out into the
beautiful hey ond, pleads to be
dreams nearer to the infinite
bosom, when all is peace and love
and rest.
| When all is over, sorrowing
loved ones bear to the grave the
cherished form, and there among
| friends. and kindred on old Salem s
hallowed ground, they leave it to
await the Resurrection trumpet
call. 80 ,".I
| May the divine Healer be very
kind and merciful to those who
have sustained this lrreparable
loss! May they realize that death
is but the portal to higher,
purer life, for those who "die in
the Lord"
| While sorrowing for dear Lot
tie, who passed away with ,h,
lOld Year, may they every day ii
the New Year, watt to throne
of grace, her last petition,
"Nearer my God, to Tnee."
| A FRIEND.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-03
Died Of His Wounds.

Mr.. Milton Clarke, who was
shot eight times in difficulty at
DeKalb on Dec. 9th, died of his
wounds last Saturday night.
Messrs. James Love aud james
Kelly charged with his murder,
have been lodged in the Camden
Jail. f. D. Blakeney, ESQ.,, Of
Kershaw has been retained to
assist in the prosecution of Love
and Kelly.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-03
$3.50 PER ANNUA
CLOSING
OUT SALE! !!
O---O- D

On account of the Dissolution
of our Flrm--a Notice of which
appears elsewhere in this paper
we are now Offering our entire
Stock of Dry Goods, Shoes and
Clothing AT and BELOW
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-03
Seriously Injured by . Fall


Mr.. Dump Pittman, an indus
trious and energetic young man
of this county, met with seri-
ous,accident Thursday morning
by falling from loft at the j..
G.. Mellow place. He was NOV
ing tn another farm and was load
ing bis fodder on u wagon from
the barn loft when he accidentally y
fell through. A physician wa.
summoned at once and we learn
that his col dition Is considered
critical.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-03
You Kno,U What You are Taking

You ANOW WNut You are 1UKtNg
When you take Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic because the form
ula is plainly printed on everybot-
Ne showing that it is simply Iron
and Quinine in q tasteless form
No Cure. No Pay. soc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-03

1he Besf Prescription f,r Ma,ar
Chiis and Fever is II bottle of
Groves 'fasteless Chill Tonic. 1t
is simp ly Iron and Quinine and
tasteless, No Cure No Pay.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-03

The Anditc- Will Star. Oh His
Rounds Next Week.
Auditor Cook will begin his
rounds of the county to take re-
turns next Tuesday. He will be
at Osceola Tuesday afternoon; at
Pleasant Valley, Wednesday; at
Belair, Thursday; and Van Wyck,
Friday.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-03

''pound Calico you want ut
WILLIAMS HUGHEs Co.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. w.
B. Knight, Jany. 1, 1908, a son.
Mr.. g. b. Barron has moved
into his handsome new residence
facing Church street.
The Lancaster Hotel has be-
gun business. Mr.. q. F. Tillmau,
the genial proprietor, proposes to
keep its standard up to any 81
per day hotel in the State.
Mr.. j. @. Elliott, Of York
vile, is still confined to his home
with rheumatism and does not
seem to improve any. His moth
er, Mrs Caroline Elliott, and sis
ter, Mrs. r. r. Riddle, went over
to Yorkvile Thursday to visit
him.
The Ladies Aid Society of
the Methodist church will meet
next Friday at o'clock p. M,
at the residence of Maj. B. f.
Miller.
Mr.. H. w. Sistare killed
four shoats last week which netted
him 934 pounds of meat.
Painter Owen has the con-
tract to paint the nice new cottage
of Mr.. j. S. Riddle in West End
and is crushing" the job.
Mr.. l.. r. RolIings, who
moved here from Oakhurst just
one year ago, has returned to his
plantation Mr.. Rol;ings is an
excellent man and Lancaster re-
grets to give him and his estima-
BILE family up. The people of
their old home are rejoiced at
their return.
Mr.. w. M. Reed has moved
into the Steadman cottage in West
End, vacated by Mr.. l.. r. Roll
lings Thursday.
Magistrate j. T. Cauthen of
Kershaw, sent the County Treas
urer check Thursday for $31.2 .25,
amount of fines, ETC., collected in
his court for the past quarter.
There will not be many to
pay the penalty for non,payment
OF taxes in this county. More
than nine-tenths of the taxes were
paid in on time. There was q
rush on the last days.
The Auditors Office will be
open from now to Feby. Goth to
take returns Treasurer Cauthen
will be there in the Auditors ab-
scnce to take returns and collect
taxes
MIR. j. w. Poovey of Long.
town, and daughter, Miss Willie
Poovey, visited DR. & w Poovey
this week.
Prof. l.. T, Baker, Supt. OF
the graded schools at this place,
was elected secretary and treas
urer of the Graded School Super.
intendents' Association which met
in Columbia this week.
Our MIR. j. M. Hood is al
ways in the market to purchase
mules and cattle. AID don't yor
forget it.
Lancaster Mercantile CO.
The colored population held
a watch meeting at Zion A. M
E. church Wednesday night to
welcome in the new year, which
was ushered in by the ringing OF
the town bell and church bells as
usual:
Another death occurred from
smallpox in the Charlotte hospi.
tai for smallpox patients near The
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-03

Stops the Cough and Works off
the COkd.
Laxative Bromo Quiniue Tab
cts cure cold in one day. No
Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
TALES OF TOWN

Behind the return of marriage Ii
cense to the Rock Island county
clerk lies the romantic story of the
defeat of one and victory for another
young man in the quest for the hand
of well known Rock Island girl who
is now the happy bride of u profess
sional man, who has hung out his
single in town in nearby state.
The wedding was celebrated in one
of the churches of the city, and was
largely attended by the relatives and
friends of the principals to the event.
The gentleman and the young lady
whom he eventually led to the altar
had been sweethearts since their high
school days and it was agreed be-
tween them and their families that
they should we'd when the party of
the first part had finished his pro-
fessionaI studies.
But while he was attending school
in another city his sweetheart had
secured employment in an Office where
there was another young man, who
from the start was unusually atten-
and judging by subsequent events,
was accepted.
At any rate he betook himself to the
office of the county clerk and secured
marriage license. This was on Sat
urday. He did not seem to be in a
hurry about having the ceremony
performed, and the following Monday
the young professional man, who had
been practicing in the town where he
and his bride are now domiciled, drop
ped into the city, proceeded to the
home of his beloved. arranged for the
wedding. procured the license and had
the happy event celebrated forth
with.
The office admirer was going ahead
with his plans when to his surprise
he read the announcement of the mar
riage of the young lady to his rival.
He had simply been too slow, that is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
STRANGE IF TRUE
Story Published of Merry Trick
Perpetrated in Texas
Oil fields.
STANDARD COMPANY
BLAMED
Salt Water Said IO Hav,, Been I'unIn-
From Gulf Into Indrprnt
Wells.

The Fort Worth Telegram prints
the most startling story that has ever
come out of the Beaumont oil fields,
and states that its informant is one
Of the most prominent men in Fort
Worth and who returned from Beau
mont recently. The alleged facts set
forth will be of interest to local in
vestOrs in oil stock, as the Texas pa
per's article verifies what has already
appeared in the Associated Press on
the subject.
The man declares that the Standard
Oil company has perpetrated a most
gigantic swindle in the Beaumont
fields and that positively established
details are coming to light.
The independent oil companies of
Beaumont are the victims, many of
which have been wrecked by the
Standards work, it is said. Recently
some of the leading men of the wreck
ed or injured companies determined
to investigate and in two days they
raised So 900 with which to push the
work. The developments. il declares.
are simply astounding. 1t is shown
that the numerous oil wells that were
apparently ruined by salt water were
put in their bad condition by the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
WE EXCHANGE
RECORDS

Bring us your old disc records that
you have grown tired of (either Co
lumbia or Nictor), and we will eX-
change them for the new Improved
Columbia Disc Records We will al
low you so cents for your 10-inch
record and other sizes in proportion.
The new Improved Columbia Records
are OF elegant workmanship and are
a decided advancement in the art of
record making. They have full.
sweet tone, and owing to the manner
III which they are made they have Il
less scratching tone; the needle seems
to run smoother on the record. We
also wish to introduce to your notice
the new Grand Opera Sound Box.
which is designed to obviate the
scratch of the needle and at the same
time retain the full volume of tone.
We will exchange the new Grand
Opera Sound Box for any of the old
style Columbia sound boxes now on
the market. Call at our warerooms
and get our plan of exchanges. We
carry the largest line of records in
the city.
GraphaphCne headquarters at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS E2R ElF 5Esss
Professor Powell, Of Washington, p. c.,
Recommends Pe-ru-na.

SUCH straightforward evidence can
~ not be overlooked. What the COM
mon people say carries weight. but when
man of national prominence says "Pe-
runa should be used in every household"
it is a significant fact TO the increasing
prominence and undoubted efficacy OF
Peruna.
Peruna is of national fame as catarrh
remedy. It is the only internal sys-
temic catarrh remedy known to the med
ica1 profession. 1t makes diseased mu-
cous membranes healthy, whether it is
the mucous membrane lining the nose,
throat, lungs, stomach, kidneys or pei
vic organs. It cures various diseases OF
all these organs, because two-thirds of
the ills of mankind are due to catArrh.
With healthy mucous membranes eli
matte diseases lose their terror, the sys-
tenn is enabled to throw off contagion,
and health follows inevitably.
Mr.. A. II. Wood, Mt. Sterling, KY,
writes:
"For many years THaVe been q Suf-
ferer from Cafarrh, and have spent
time and money with physicians and
used many kinds of remedies which
were guaranteed sure cures, but In
every case Ii was money thrown away.
"I reaped no benefit whatever from
them. Ia my seemingly vain search
for relief ! purchased a bottle of PEE
runa, having no confidence in IL WHAT
ever at the time. This was about one
year ago, and began to improve and
was able 10 attend to my business
without being constantly hanpecd by
every kind Of pain known TO a human
being. MY hearing, which was almost
entirely gone In one ear, got very much
better. The medicine not only seems
to cure, but to prevent disease.
~ +
suffering from Ia grippe, stood like q
stone wall, absolutely proof against Ii.
I am not q believer in patent n7edf.
cLnes,' having found the majority OF
them fakes, but 4 do not hesitate TO
recommend Peruna as the best n7edi-
cine for caEarrh the world has ever
seen. I keep a bottle of II at home
constantly and shall continue to do so,
because believe 1t TO be the best med
icine on earth. 4 never leave home
that I don't put q bottle of IL In my
grip" A. 4. WOOD.
Mr.. Evan D. Bowen, Dodge City, Kan,
Conductor on the A. T. 81 s. T. r. R.,
writes: ST have had catarrh of the stom-
ach for seven years, and began to think
that never was going to be cured. At
the time began taking Peruna, I was I'M
able to make more than one or two trips
on the road at q time, not being able to
keep anything on my stomach. I then
weighed 16S pounds. I have been taking
Peruna since that time and have never
lost a trip, and now weigh 200 pounds"
Evan D. Bowen.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
| factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
! full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, COIunlRus.
Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
Plays at the Illinois

in its fidelity to real life that the
County Chairman" cXcels. All of Mr.
AIDES characters are aptly drawn,
without eXaggeration or chariactur
ing and he has drawn IA conscientious
picture of the western villager as he
really is. The atmosphere of the piece
is sweet and whoIes ONE and it's story
mildly romantic and pretty. Mr.. Ade
remarked when he was called before
the curtain on the opening night that
he had "cndeavored to picture the
middle west with Il minimum of chin
whiskers and gold bricks" and the va
rious scenes and characters of his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
TO BE IMPORTANT
Much interest in Coming Central
illinois Methodist Con-
ference.
At MONMOUTH THIS MONTH
Detailed Program Now Announced
Meeting Covers Six
Days.

| Indications are that the 18th annual
session of the central Illinois confer
ence at Monmouth from Sept. 23 to %
will be one of the most important
ever held. The conference comprises
| five districts and embraces some 200
charges, and upward of 500 delegates
will be in attendance.
| The meeting this year is especially
important because of the fact that
delegates to the quadrennial general
| conference of the church, which is to
meet next year at Los Angeles, Cal,
will be elected. Not only will clerical
delegates be chosen. but the lay cleo
| toral conference will also meet and
elect its delegates.
| Rev. Henderson Richie will deliver
Il lecture the evening of the 22nd on
Pioneer Experience in Illinois," He
was the first white child born in War
rem county. For many years he Ia
bored in the mission fields of western
| Illinois, but of late years has made
his home at Council Grove. Kans.,
where he is now serving as probate
judge.
The program for conference week,
/
| "wednesday. Sept. 23.
$50 n. m.-Opcning of conference.
Communion.
| 2:30 p. m.-Oriental entertainment,
Village Life in the Orient, Miss Flor
ence Ben Oliel
7:30 p. m.-Anniversary of the
Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educa-
tionaI society. Address. The Negro
and the Nation" DIR. L. L. Parks.
Thursday Sept. "a.
200 p. m-Annual meeting of the
w H. NJ S, Mrs l.. G.. Murphy.
| 400 p. m.-OrientaI entertainment,
Desert Life" Miss Florence Ben
Ohel
$50 p. m.-Anniversary of mission
AIRY society. Address, DR.. y. Il. Leon
ard.
Friday. Sept. rs.
10 a. m.-Lady Electoral Conference
in First United Presbyterian church.
| 200 p. m.-Annual meeting of Con
| ference Claimants society. Address
by Bishop McCabe and DR.. c. o. Me
| CulIoch.
400 p. m.-OrientaI entertainment,
Covenants of the Orient" Miss Ben
OIiel
100 p. m.-Annual meeting of the
| Conference Temperance society, Ad-
| dress by Rev. r. X. Strobridge, ID. D.,
and William II. Anderson. attorney of
! Illinois Anti-Saloon league.
Saturday, Sept. &c.
200 p. m.-AnnuaI meeting of the
W. F. NJ. s. Address by Mrs. Jennie
Hewes Caldwell
| 400 p. m.-Annual meeting of Ep-
worth League. Address by DR.. j. T.
Berry.
| Sunday Sept. ~.
| 900 a. m.-Conference love feast,
led by Rev. j. S. Cumming, ID. d., and
Rev. j. G.. Evans. ID. d.. Ii. ID.
1870 p. m.-SermOn by Bishop Me
Cabe. Ordination of deacOns.
500 p. m.-MemoriaI service for
members deceased during the year.
Ordination of elders.
1880 p. m.-Anniversary of Church
Extension society. Address by DIR.
Robert +. Forbes.
Monday, Sept. rs.
$3.50 a. m.-Business. Reading APP
pointments. Adjournment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
How Much

Do you lay by each year7
Do you invest it in such
securities as you would be will
ing to have stand between
your family and want7
At whet rate can you buy,
on annual instruments, s Per
Cent. 2o-Year Gold Bonds
to become yours if you live,
your family's if you die? If
you wish to know
Address
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF New YORK,
RICHARD A. McCURDY, President,
NEW YORK. N. Y.
f. y. Spencer, Peoria, ILL.,, Manager.
DIR. Paul Kersch and II. L. Wheelan,
local agents for Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
Alloys wild Ride for Life

With family around expecting him
to die, and a son riding for life Is,
miles to get DIR. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds, w.
II. Brown, of Leesville, Ind, endured
deaths agonies from asthma; but this
wonderful medicine gave instant re-
lief and soon cured him. He writes:
81 now sleep soundly every night
Like marvellous cures of consumption,
pneumonia, bronchitis. coughs, colds
and grip prove its matchless merit
for all throat and lung troubles.
Guaranteed bottles, so cents and 81.
Trial bottles free at Hartz & Tile
meyers drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
For sale by T. II. Thomas. druggist
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.
Forty Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for Fancy Lot of Tobacco.

The biggest purchase of high grade
tobacco ever made in the West by a
cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank P. Lewis, Peoria
ILL.,, for his celebrated Single Binder
cigar. A written guarantee was given
that the entire amount was to be fancy
Selec ted tobacco. This, no doubt,
makes the Lewis factory the largest
holder in the United States of tobacco
of so high grading. Herald Tran.
script, Dec. 81, 1909.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12

play show how well he has succeeded.
There can be no question but The
County Chairman" is only starting
upon a long career of popularity. 1t
is pronounced one of the best rural
dramas ever written and possesses
the attributes which people of the
middle west have been impatiently
waiting for for years. Chicago never
had Il greater success than this new
est work of Mr.. AIDE.
Bob Cole. of Cole q johnson Broth
ers. composer of Under the Bamboo
Tree" was born in Atlanta, Ga. but
he often went down to Savannah to
visit friends when he was about Il
years old, and during one of these
visits he took notion that he wanted
to be a sailor. So he watched his OPP
portunity and one day ran away and
shipped on vessel bound for the
West Indies.
At the close of one dark night he
was sent aloft to see if he could see a
light. and the officer on deck walked
off and forgot about him. An hour
later he remembered that he had sent
Cole aloft.
'Aloft there he shouted.
"Ay, ay, sir
''Do you sc light?'
Eyes, sir
what light is it?''
Daylight, by jingo,' shouted Cole.
Corinne has received several tempt
ing offers to go into vaudeville this
season, but so far she has declined
them all, as she prefers to remain in
| legitimate work.
The last time that Tim Murphy
played in Buffalo he paid a visit to
Niagara Falls, and as he was standing
on the embankment watching the
rush and whirI of the waters an Irish
gentleman and guide came along
and stopped near him.
'There!" exclaimed the guide, isn't
that wonderful?"
Wonderful What's wonderful?''
came the query.
''Why, to see all that water come
laundering over them rocks
Faith, there's nothing wonderful in
that. What the deal IS there to hinder
it from coming Overt"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12

all. lie Immediately had the record
of the license he had obtained erased
from the big book at the court house,
50 that the future Will know moth
ing of his blunder except through the
gUSsipe:.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12

The novel and startling melodrama
~ Ruined Life" which comes to the
Illinois next Thursday, presents Il
number of characters To certain eX-
tent new to the stage. The company
is Il perfect one from Il meIoGramu
standpoint and includes many favor
ties of the footlights who for years
have been known as popular players
Clara Thropp, charming young
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12

Standard Oil company's conspirators,
As fast as a company went to the wall
| its property was bought in by the
trust. BY accident, it is claimed, the
desperate work of the Standard com
pany was recently discovered,
The Standard Oil company long ago
built Il pipe line from Beaumont to
the Gulf of Mexico. pumping sta
ton was erected at Beaumont and
another at the gulf OIL was pumped
through the pipe line to the gulf and
thence shipped to various parts OF
the world Suddenly many wells of
independent companies had salt wa
ter in them.
Owners Ruined.
The ruin of the owners is part of
the history of the field. One day not
long ago one of the pumping stations
got out of working order and all
pumping to the gulf had to be sus-
pended while repairs were being
made. Suddenly wells that have been
giving out fully one-half salt water
began flowing nothing but oil, good
fuel oil, it is declared.
That put the investigation on foot
The Investigators secretly. at night
plugged up the pipe line at the Beau
mont end. They drove several miles
into the country. dug into the ground
over the pipe line, and salt water
gushed into the air nearly 100 feet
1t is claimed that the pressure was
from the gulf pumping station. and
that salt water was being pumped to
Beaumont and into wells that the
Standard company's coRspirators de-
sired to wreck. The informant of the
Telegram declares that force of de
tectives is at work to secure further
evidence in connection with the con
spiracy.
Avoid serious results of kidney or
bladder disorder by taking Foley's
Kidney Cure. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12

An s-year-old Rock Island lad who
had been spending Il few months with
relatives in the rural districts return
ed home the other day. He reported
having great time, having taken par
ticular interest in the breaking of a
couple of young horses by the man on
the farm during his stay, and then set
about inquiring how things had pro-
crossed in the neighborhood during
his absence. one of his first questions
being:
Mama is the baby broke yct?''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12

~ Thoroughbred Tramp is the at
traction at the Illinois tomorrow ev-
ening. 1t is heralded as Elmer Wal
tcr's terrific success"