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Chariton courier., 1903-06-19

The Triplett Tribune says that
the case against Emma Pitman
and Dave Williams, COL, came
up before Justice Guillod We'd
nesday, and, not having sufficient
evidence to convict, the case was
dismissed by the state. Last
week Emma Pitman attempted
to shoot Dave Williams, but the
bullet missed its marked and
struck little 4-year-old boy Of
John Anderson, col: who had
Emma Pitman and Dave Will
liams arrested.
Chariton courier., 1903-06-19

A Carroll county clergyman
went hunting with a party Of
nimrods, and in the course of the
day one of them felt himself prod
ded in the back. Turning around
he found the reverend gentleman
poking at him with the muzzle of
his gun, asking: ''How do you let
these down?''. meaning the ham,
mers of the gun, which were at
fnll cock. Carroll's clergymen
are not up with Keytesville's. J. .o1Ie
of whom is a crack shot and an
other is a splendid baseball UNI
pire. Carroll people ought to
educate her men of the cloth.
Chariton courier., 1903-06-19

Walter Cash, editor of the
Marceline Mirror and mayor of
of that city, has resigned his Of
flee and will move to st. Joseph
where he will engage in the seed
business. The MirrCr will be con
tinued by Misses Cash and a
brother, now on his way home
from Manila.
A Carrollton paper says June
is supposed to be a summer
month, but is not acting much
like it this year. The Democra,
editor should remember that
there has been large immigra-
ton this year from the colder
cline of the North. Even here
in Charlton the blush Of the June
rose is of an extremely light
tint.
The Carrollton Democrats cor
respondent at Mud Creek is q
good one. His corn needed plow.
ing last week, but he said the
news was Of more Importance to
a greater number, and he let the
weeds have the field one day
while he rushed around and gath
cred the news. Raise that mans
salary.
! 1t is rumored that a Mr.. Glen
of Hale, Carroll county, will su.
persede r. T. Buchanan as host
of the Union house at Sumner
1t will be source Of regret to the
travelling public should Mr.. ane
Mrs. Buchanan retire from thu
hotel business, as they conIuc
d h, steiry that would be a credi
L
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-08
Estridge Monument Unveiled.

Near one thousand people gath
cred at WaXhaw Baptist church
yesterday to witness the unveiling
OF the monument to the late j. A.
Estrldge. The monument was
erected and unveiled by Cedar
Camp w. O. W., of Van Wyck,
OF which Mr. Estridgc was a
member. Waxhaw Camp par
ticipatea in the ceremonies. There
were about seventy-fve Woodmln
present. The unveiIing ceremonies
were solemn and beautifully i'm
pressive. An elegant and abund
ant dinner was served on the
ground, and there was enough
and to spare. After dinner short
but interesting addresses were
made by Prof. j. X. Walker and
Rev. Mr.. holland. There was
general disappointment growing
out of the fact that Mr.. Slaugh-
ter, the speaker of the day, failed
to arrive. The day passed off very
nicely and the order was perfect.
WaXhaw Enterprise.
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Cob j. n Crockett has the
EDITORS thanks for some very fine
tomatoes. The colonel gathers
them by the bushels now. Mr..
j. n. Ouicn also has out thanks
for II tomato sent Us yesterday
which weighed % ounces.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 5. Lang
ley returned home from Ninety
SIX Thursday night. Mr.. Lang
ley will return TO Ninety Six In Il
few DAYS not having yet complet-
ed his several large building con
tracts at that place.
Mrs. f. S. Herbert, a we'll
Known temperance worker, is in
Lancaster and will hold several
meetings in the interest of that
cause Her work is entirely un
donominational and she wishes the
cooperation Of all who are inter
ested or willing to become inter.
ested in the great work of tenn
perance.
The Summer school of the
South for teachers which closed
at Knoxville, Tenn, the past
week had 100 pupils enl o,led from
this State. Three from Lancus.
ter county, viz: Misses Alice and
Lois Perry and Maud Incz Til
man.
The Heath Massey Morrow
Company" is the name of a new
mercantile firm just Incorporated
by North Carolinians to do busi-
ness in South Carolina, at Bishop.
vile, the county seat of Lee coun.
ty. The capital stock is $500
The stock holders are Messrs. r.
A. Morrow and w. e.. Heath, of
Monroe; A. w. Heath and G.. S.
Massey, of Waxhaw, and j. Nj.
Morven, of Albemarle. This is
the fifth large store which these
gentlemen will be running, al,
ready having large establishments
at Monroe, Wuxhaw, Albemarle,
and a, Pickens, 8. G.
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Strong Cider Seized.

On Saturday night July 25th
Constable Nunnamaker, on infor-
nation furnished by the police,
seized two kegs of cider ut the
Star Bakery and shipped sam
pie to Columbia for analysis. He
received telegram Saturday no.
tifying him TO forward the cider.
The analysis showed that the ci-
der contained q per cent alcohol.
Fhere is a great deal of this class
of stuff sold all over the State and
Sumter is no exception to the
rule. The dispensary constables
will seize all of this drunk pro,
duclng cider that they can find,
for it has been determined to put
"a stop TO its sales. - Sumter
Watchman and Southron.
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Over Eleven Hundred Patients
Now in the Hospital for In
sane.

The hospital for the insane is
again crowded to its capacity and
the same problem of providing
accommodations for the applica
tions that are pouring in confront
the authorities again. There are
now / ,170 patients in the hospi-
tai, and, despite the annex inst
completed, every room is taken.
The work on the other buildings
is being pushed as rapidly as
possible. Columbia Record.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-08

The Camden polo stables
were struck by lightning Thursday
afternoon and burned. The barn
of Mr.. George I. Little was also
burned. Loss about 80. 500.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-08
\ Lucky Farmer,

MIR. a. 2. Spratt, of the Belair
section, is a farmer who makes
farming pay and pay handsomely.
He does not farm on the "hand
to mouth" basis, but holds his
products for the best prices. He
sold thirty two bales of last years
cotton this week to the Rodman-
Heath Cotton Mill here at the
fancy price of 13! cents per
pound. This lot of cotton netted
MIR. Spratt over $4,000. 1t is
needless to add that Mr.. Spratt is
nne of the most systematic and
successful farmers of this entire
section. The above thirty-two
bales by no means represent
his entire crop of cotton last year.
Besides cotton, he raises plenty
of corn and other grain, and has
his own "hog and hominy" at
home. = Waxhaw Enterprise.
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4, . the only
q A trial
will convince you, At
MaCkOrelrS.


this place, Is visiting her parents
at Henrietta, N G..
Mrs. j. ID. Adams Is on a
visit to her parents at Brideewa>
ter, n. G.
Mrs. VI, f.. Jordan and
nephew, Ii. j. Gregory, are vlsi-
ting Mrs Us mother at Lesslle.
The Belalr school opened last
week with Miss Daisy Horton, of
Heath Springs, teacher.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jos.
r. Caskey, of this county, on
Wednesday last, 5th instant, twin
boys.
All persons interested in
Beaver Greek cemetery are re-
quested TO meet there on Friday,
14th inst, for the purpose of
cleaning it off.
Mr.. and Mrs j. A. Miller.
of this place, and Mr.. and Mrs.
r b. Mackey, of Heath Springs,
are spending a week in Asheville
and vicinity.
-Messrs. l. G.. Lazenby and
j. l.. Poag are taking in the fur
niture manufacturing towns of
North Carolina this week laying
in u sock for the Fal and Winter.
Mr.. James Ferguson of Ca
tawba, is threshing wheat and oats
in this vicinity this week. The
crops were short ,his year and he
doesn't have to tarry long at n
place.
Rev. a. ii. Adkins of Low
rysville will assist the pastor in a
meeting at Douglas church begin
ming next Thursday. Communion
on Sunday following.
Union services next Sunday
night IN the Baptist church con
Quoted by Rev. j. NJ. White.
For rent! 5 room cottage in
South End. Apply to
sti. }. J. Owen.
The new X f. D. Route
from Osceola ont through the Be
lair and Marvin neishbnrhoods
will 60 into operation September
lst. Mr.. J.J. Perry will in all
probability be the carrier.
-Rev. e. II. Carnes, of Ian.
caster, was called, AID accepted
several days ago, the pastorate of
the Manchester Mill Baptist
church. Services will be held on
the third Sunday in each month.
Rock Hill Herald.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
money if it fails to cure. E. w.
Groves signature is on each box
Csc.
MIR. j. M. Carson, of Ker-
shaw. stopped over here for
few hours yesterday on his return
from business trip to Alabama
Mrs. Carson, who has been visi-
ting her sister, Mrs. L. S. Garter,
at this place, during his absence,
also little Miss Eileen Floyd,
returned to Kershaw with him
yesterday.
Letters advertised as remain
ing in the post Office at Lancaster
uncalled for for the week ending
AugustS, 1908 are as follows:
Mrs Fannie Loo, Mrs Fannie Nor
ris, w D Thompson, Hans Fra
zier, Jesse Frazier, Hue Baker,
j A Belk, S Wyrlck, g l. Wy
rick, Keplinger & Co.
Belle Nance, p. m
FOIey's Honey and Tar
cures colds, prevents pneumonia.
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Items nom Heath Springs

pe'Slau 10 nave MS 1rlenuS call 10
see him.
Mr.. j. l.. Bell had water
melon in town Monday which
weighed 4 pounds He said
that he was gong to send it to
the editor of the Ledger. We hope
that it reached its destination all
o. X.
Mr.. Ii. ii. Horton has the
contract for painting the new
school building and commenced
work on it last Monday. He has
painted several dwellings here
and all are well pleased with his
work.
The farmers can't complain
of rain now, we have had a good
season of it and the crops are
looking fine.
The foundation for the Enter
prise Mercantile Co.'S. new brick
building is laid and work pro
crossing rapidly. They expect
to be ready for business in the
near future.
Mrs. +. Nj. Miller visited
relatives at Kershaw last Sunday.
MIR. II. II. Davis of Lancas-
ter was IN our town one day this
week on business.
&C. f. Carter of the Ledger
force, spent several days the past
week with friends mt this place.
There must be some attraction
down here for "Charlie'' as he
hated SO much to leave.
Mrs j. M. Cauthcn and
children of Lancaster, spent sew
eral days here the past week with
relatives.
MIR. Andrew Mobley, our
clever and accommodating drug
gist, spent last Sunday, wei! your
correspondent does not know
where, but it is presumed from
the smile he had on his face when
he returned that he had Il pleasant
trip up the road.
At the ball park last Friday
afternoon there was red hot
game of base ball between Heath
Springs and Rich Hill The first
three innings found the boys nick
and tuck, the score being 8 to 3,
but after that it was easy sailing
for Heath Springs. Little Eddie
Crcnshaw was put in the pitchers
box for Heath Springs and the
Rich Hill boys did not get to
touch home plate again. The
score was, Heath Springs 8, Rich
Hill 3. We intended giving the
game by innings, but lost the
score card. We have lots of base
ball cranks in our little town who
like to see good ball playing, and
if the Lancaster team will come
down on the Goth Of this month
we will make it interesting for
them. Come boys, there will
be Il big picnic here that day and
we will give you all a good time.
-Heath Springs and Liberty
Hill crossed bats Wednesday, on
Liberty Hill ground, score "a to
10 in favor of Heath Springs
All eyes on Heath Springs.
The boom is on and you will not
know the place six months from
now. We are going to have a
little town that any one would be
proud of, and a school next year
that will be credit to any town.
RASTUS.
Over Eleven Hundred Patients
Now i'm the Hospital for In.
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Loca! NJ aattsrs

APPOINTMENTS OF REV ]. NJ WHITE
Unity, lst and Sd Sabbath
Giiis reek, ~ anu 4th sabbath II
q. m.
Pheasant Hill 81 and 4th Sabbath,
4 p m.
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Items from WaXhaw Enterprise.
Postmaster Fincher has been
advised by the Department that
K. +. d. No. 2, Waxhaw, will go
into operation September 1st.
We have in our town man
who is too proud to beg, too hon
est TO steal and too lazy to work.
Seems to us he is up against a
hard row.
-Messrs. Cecil Il. Broom and
Jas. p. Garrison have bought out
the old firm of G. Broom & Sons
and will continue the business.
The style of the new firm is Broom
& Garrison.
Mrs. H. V. Smith met with
Il very serious and painful acci.
dent n few days ago. In walking
down the steps at Mr.. M. M.
Tillman's residence her foot Slip
ped, causing her to fall and frac-
ture her right wrist.
Mr.. j. &. Gordon left Mon
day morning for Heath Springs,
where he has IL large contract for
brick work for the Heath Springs
Mercantile Company, who are re-
placing their recently burned
store building with a handsome
and substantial brick structure of
large proportions.
FoEey's Kidney Cure
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-08

steps ihe COHDn ana Works Off
he CO{d.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
cts cure Il cold in one day. No
Cnre, No Pay. Price, 25c.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-21
REPTILES That Walk Erect.

Lizards Of several sorts can walk
and run easily on their hind legs The
Australian water lizard. which is three
or four feet in length, keeps quite erect
when traversing long distances on
land. 1t is found in the neighborhood
Of river banks, and passes much Of its
time in shallow water.
The frilled lizard of Queensland also
travels on its hind legs on level ground,
keeping the frill folded when running.
When attacked it expands this fold Of
skin, which stands out like a ruff at
right angles round the neck, giving it
a most formidable aspect, so that dogs
that attack and kill larger lizards will
often retreat before frilled lizard at
bay.
There is also tree lizard in Austria
liza that moves in a similar way. All
these species walk on all tours when
merely moving about or going short
distances.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-21
Chewing Dry Rice.

"a strange way of testing the inno-
cence of an accused person is employed
in India" said a Philadelphia mer-
chant who lately returned from Mad
ras. They haul the man up and give
him a mouthful Of dry rice to chew. l
don't suppose you ever chewed dry
rice? Well, it is hard work. 1t takes a
deal of chewing to get 1t masticated
into Il glutinous mass like gum, and
that is the condition that the accused is
required to get it into within ten min
utes. If you are calm and not afraid
you succeed, but If you are nervous and
scared you fail, for ii seems that fear
has a strong effect upon the salivary
glands. 1t prevents them from secret
ing saliva. The mouth of a badly fright
ened person is always dry rs a bone.
1t requires a tremendous flow Of saliva
TO chew dry rice, and therefore the
scared prisoner inevitably fails in this
test. 1t isn't of course a test employed
in the courts Of the big towns. 1t be-
longs to the interior, less enlightened
villages"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-21
Children Do Lie.

Do children lie? Yes; constantly,
persistently and universally, says the
kindergarten Magazine. a child does
not tell the truth because he could not
He does not know the truth, and his
approximation to the truth is very
much wagner than ours. And there are
certain qualities of his mind which
make it inevitable that he should per-
vert the truth. In the first place, truth
is synonymous with knowledge. He
does not know what truth is. In the
second place (and it is the same with
u.s.. children gradually approximate
the truth. They have their ideas Of
truth. In the third place, the child's
Imagination drives him often to tell
what is not true.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-21

When Lafayette visited Loudoun
county he was entertained with the
other eminent guests by President
Monroe at Oak Hill. Leesburg. too,
the historic town nine miles from Mon
roe's country seat, accorded him hon
ors on that occasion, and at a dinner
at that town John Quincy Adams de-
livered a famous toast to the surviving
patriots of the Revolution, who, he
said, were like the sibylline leaves
the fewer they became the more pre-
cious they were.
On the return to Oak Hill another OF
Monroe's guests said TO Mr. Adams:
Excuse the impertnence, but would
you not tell me what inspired the beau
tiful sentiment of your toast todayF
why" replied Mr.. Adams, lit was
suggested this morning by the picture
of the sibyl that hangs in the hall of
the Oak Hill mansion"
"How strange" remarked the less
brilliant guest, II have looked at that
picture many times during the past
years and that thought never occurred
to me."-Leslie's Monthly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-21

state Of Michigan County of Van Buren-ss.
At session of the probate court for said county,
held at the probate Office, in the village OF Paw
Paw, on the Goth day OF August, I'm the year one
thousand nine hundred and three,
Present, Hon. James II. Johnson, Judge OF
Probate.
In the matter ofthe estate OF Catharine A. Baxter
deceased
On reading and filing the petition duly verified
of J II. Baxter, son and one of the heirs of said
deceased praying for therein stated that adj
mimstraton of said estate may be granted 10 some
suitable person.
Thereupon il is ordered that Monday, the 2lst
day of September, A. D. 1903 next at ten O'Clock in
the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of
said petition, and that the heirs-at-law of said
deceased, and all other persons interested IN
said estate, required 10 appear at ses-
sion of said court, then to be holden at
the probate Office i'm the village Of Paw Paw, and
show cause, If any there be why the
prayer Of the petitioner should not be granted.
And IL is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice TO the persons interested in said estate
of the pendency of said petition, and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order TO be pub
lshed I'M The True Northemer, newspaper print
ed and circulating In said county of Van Buren,. for
three successive weeks ateast previous to said day
of hearing.
JAMES II. JOHNSON,
Judge of Probate.
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Melancia b Pratt to Allen Odell; lots
80 and 81 Kendall $40.
Frederick Hotrum to G f Case ct al;
W 4 e "A Paw Paw; $1,000.
l. G Pratt to Henrietta Cowan; lot IL
Kendall; SD.
Sarah + Phelps to b Galbreath; lot
10 blk b Decatur; 1928.
J Mason to w w Patrick ct al; 80
d "a Is Pine Grove; 81 O0.
A j Newcomb to l. O Graham ct al; n
a ne a "a Is Pine Grove; 81.
f J Mortified to David Anderson and
w;sw u Sc a Columbus; $500.
Mary L Gould to NJ O Gould; n p e
"A % Lawrence; $1,000
Christopher Young to Claude Brown
ct al; n e u n W u 30 Bloomingdale;
$1,000.
q b Alden to Beulah Alden; SO a sec
- Lawrence; 81
Catharne b White to + Tuttle; ! a
n "a Ii Antwerp; 80.
w j Thomas to AR Miller; lot will
Paw Paw; 81, 200.
II Simmons to f. G Lewis; lot sec IL
South Haven; 81 300.
Erwin White to Clara ID O'Brien: lot 4
blk 81 South Haven; $40.
United States to f p Atlee: Il 5 G
a 4 Antwerp.
United States to w II Angel; a 4
Antwerp.
United States to Samuel Sherwood ct
al; W . a %, n W a "a, W = 36 and
y . South Haven.
Ellsworth Chorpening to Chester
! Chorpening; ID a " 3 "a 81 Covert:
! 81.
f J Earle to Jennie Merriman e 80 a
W w Il - Covert; 81.
Richard Hill to Albert Coleman: G .
W e "a % South Haven; 81.
+ NJ Barto to Archibald Lyle; pei e
! a 26 Bloomingdale; $50.
Cora Ray to Archibald Lyle; pei l 1
! 26 Bloomingdale; $50.
Nora NJ Cate to NJ Labadie and W:
lots and 3 blk 56 Paw Paw; $500.
f. Mortified to w j Barnard; lots
and 2 blk G Ravens add Boomingdale;
81.
w J Barnard to f Mortified and W;
same as last above: 81.
Freda Walker to Archibald Lyle; pei
5 "A 26 Bloomingdale; $50.
Edgar Barto to Archibald Lyle; pei
5 "A 20 Bloomingdale; $50,
Pearl Abbott to Alice Wheaton, "
"a W Il II Keller; 81.
Joel Harmon to Geo Weidin: 81 a sec
81 Porter; 50.
Geo Weldin to j l. Harmon; same as
last above; 3d.
l. X Jillson to Carrie III Macbeth lC
ae w ne - South Haven;
5000.
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G l. Perez TO A Vincent; lot ) blk >
Union add Lawton; 800.
Elizabeth Stuckum to Philip Stuckum;
pei sec y Bangor: $500.
Margaret Fish ct al TO G. q Fish; 33 a
sec 7 Lawrence; 1917.
Jacob Niffeneggar to Theo Meilke; S
= W e "A II South Haven; SLIGO.
Il II Gleason to G III Ormsby; lot sec
IL South Haven; $500.
G. w Cain to Chas' Sundqust; lot .
blk 30 South Haven; 81.
w G Shelter to Chas Sundquist; y
lot 6 blk % South Haven; So.
Frank Krein to 5 Hicks; n p " "A
a % South Haven; $500.
Emma ID Estabrook to JOS Himer; IL
a sec y South Haven; $1,000.
a ID Leach to Jno Evans; 219 =
a NV a ID South Haven; $1,000.
Will Barber TO f. w Williams; 6 sec
. and 3 Paw Paw; $1,000
Mary Kilefer to w ID Quick and W;
lot 1913 Bloomingdale; 81.
ID w Williams TO Ora NJ Heath; lot
will Paw Paw; 500.
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C. A. NORWOOD,
Bicycles, Guns, and Gasoline Stoves
Cleaned and Repaired.
\ full line of Bicycle Sundries, Fishing
Tackle and Ammunition.
GIVE US A CALL.
G. A. Norwood.
Let Us Help You Find Home in the
Southwest

Along the Cotton Belt Route, where
land can be bought for 81, 81 80 an acre
up-cut-over timber land that affords
good range for live stock; rich bottom
lands for corn, wheat, oats, cotton; up
lands for fruits and egetables-peaches,
pears, plums, Strawberries, tomatoes,
potatoes, onions, Misunderstanding good
markets at fancy prices in the North on
account of excellent qualities and mar
keting ahead of other sections. a land
where living is cheap-lumber at 81 to
81 a thousand fuel for the cutting, range
for the stock nearly the year round, gar
den truck for the table from March to
December. The farmer who pays high
rent in the North or tills worn out soil
in the East is missing some of the best
things of life by not securing home in
the Southwest.
Write for copies of our "Homes in the
Southwest" "Glimpses of Southeast
Missouri, Arkansas and Northwest Louis
lana, Through Texas With Camera,
Fortunes in Growing Fruits and Veget-
ables," "List of Real Estate Agents
Along the Cotton Belt, Developing the
st. Francis Country" THE Diversifier,
fruit and truck growers journal.
On the first and third Tuesdays of each
month the Cotton Belt Route will sell
one way tickets from st. Louis, Thebes
Cairo and Memphis TO points in Arkan-
sas, Louisiana and Texas at half the one
way rate plus 81, or round trip tickets at
one fare for the round trip plIs 81.
For full information, address
f.. w. LABEAUME.
If c. p. a, q r. st. Louis, Mo
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SHOE DEPARTMENT.
GROCERY SPECIALS.

Genuine Red Salmon Ioc.
Corn Starch &c.
White Floating Soap , for sc.
Seeded Raisins SC.