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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-17
A BOYS WILD RIDE FORLIFE

With u family around expecting
HIM to die, and son riding for
life, 10 miles, to get DR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, W. Ii. Brown,
of LeesvilIe, Ind. endured death =
agonies from asthma; but this
wonderful medicine gave instant
relief and soon cured him. He
writes: 81 now sleep sonndly every
night" Like marvellous cares of
Consumption, Pneumonia, Bron
chitis, Coughs, Colds and grip
prove its rhatchlcss merit for all
Throat and Lung troubles. Guar
anteed bottles soc and S10O
Trial bottles free at Crawford
Bros, j. F. Mackey Il Go and
Funderburk Pharmacy.
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Bridge to Let.

will on Tuesday, Sept 9th,
1904, at IL O'Clock n. m, let the
building OF u new bridge across
Horton Greek on the road leading
from Fork Hill to Kershaw.
Plans and specifications will be
known at the letting. Bond will
be required of the successful bid
der in double the amount of the
bid, The right to reject any or
all bids is reserved.
l.. j. Perry,
County Supervisor.
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to The Ledger.
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a New Jersey Editors TsStim)
NAL

VI. I. Lynch, Editor of the
Pbilipsbnrg, N. j. Daily Post,
writes: l"have used many kinds o +
medicines for coughs and cold in
my family but never any thing sn
good as FOiey's Honey and Tar.
| cannot say too much in praise of
it,. Sold 10y Fun,ierburh Phar-
macy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-17
Feet Swollen To Immence Size

81 had kidney trouble so bad
that l could not work." says j j
Cox Of Valley View, KY, "ny
feet we're swollen to immense size
and / was confined to my bed and
ph ysicians were unable to give
me any relief. My doctor finally
prescribed Foley's Kidney Cure
which made a new man of me"
Sold by Funderberk pharmacy.
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S1,242, ,943, lis
f,f72, 5G5, 235
1904, 644, 55
1,O59,563,7S7
973,5S9, 0S0

We get the above figures by
way of The New Orleans Times
Democrat, which remarks upon
the matter to which they relate.
i. g, the habits of the people,
that "on no other subject has there
been so much legislation. Every
State and almost every city has
tried its hand at the liquor qnes-
ton, and it has been the leading
issue in some of the most impor-
tant elections; but all this legis-
lation has accomplished very little
in the way of restricting the con.
sumption of alcoholic liquors. y
Charlotte observer.
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ALTON 3. Z p eARF1ER saws:
Tread the NEW YORK WORLD Every Day.,.
THE WORLD Elected Cleveland.

ut may be said toithout reservation
that u the Democratic party in my
FIRST campaign had lacked the Jorcetu
and potent advocacy of Democratic
principles at that time by tho NEW
YORK WORLD the result might
have been reversed. Cleve-
lands Letter to The World, May 10.
1903.
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How He Won Out.
A TRUE STORY.

IL was TWO years ago Tue TN
day of June coming, my little
girl Esther's birthday. | was get
ting ready t, 60 to work, when
shO came into the room where |
was.
81 am 10 years old today, pa
pa" she said
Eyes, knew it, little girl, and
I've got Just fifteen cents in
my pocket. What shall Iget you.
81 don't want you to get me
any thing, papa"
"Oh," | answered.
"But | want you TO promise me
srmetblng, papa" she said
"Well, 90 ahead; let's hear It,"
81 want you to promise me you
won't drink any moro. That will
be my birthday present. she SAID.
ooh, run along, little girl"
said; "your mother has been
talking to you
| heard her go outside and I
slipped into the kitchen where my
wife was and asked her why she
had been talking to Esther about
, my drinking. She said she had
not, and burst out crying. Then
got a little ratified. | never sus-
pected that my children knew l
drank. 1t is true that / reeled
home many a night and that |
scarcely ever drew u sober breath,
but they were in bed, and by morn
ing | was always over the worst
effects of the liquor. l do not
know how she learned it; possibly
by instinct. But it was shock
to me and unnerved me. | went
back into the sitting room and be-
gan to choke up. | tried to clear
my throat by swallowing, hut
could not do it My eyes were
filing with tears, although I
couldn't cry. Threw myself full
length on the lounge and blubber-
ed out sort of prayer: "Lord, if
you'll help me, I'll never touch
liquor again" " In little while
Esther came running in, saw me
and said:
Papa, you've made up your
mind to promise, haven't you ?
l know it.
eyes l have. little girl. am
going to try never to drink again,
and more than that, | am going to
put u penny in your bunk for
every time refuse n glass;
Do you know that IN seven
weeks | had two hundred and
seventy-seven pennies in that
bunx! But election time came on
and one morning l found tfat some
one during the night had rolled a
keg of beer to my door. "That
settles the penny proposition, Els.
ther,' | said when 1 saw it. 81
guess there are more glasses in
that keg than | have pennies. Chill
dren, roll it over there on the
commons" They did so, and il
remained there a couple of days,
| but was gone the third morning.
My old boon friends have given
up trying to get me to break my
promise. When | saw that man
there in ii salooa, last April, one
f the men at the bar to test me,
| put $40 gold piece III the bottom
| o a glass and told the bartender
to fill the glass with beer.
DO YOU mean 1t I" he said.
"Of course | do. Go ahead. -
lie did, and then my friend
turned 10 ne and said: "Oh, drink
the beer and keep the gold -
"Not if you filled my packets
with gold" | answered.
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". F. LA NEY
Physician and Surgeon.

Calls answered from Office in
rear of Funderburk Pharmacy
during the day, and from resi-
dence on Elm street ut night.
Residence phone, 3S.
Office phone, 1iS.
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Avoid serious results of kidney
or bladder disorder ny taking
Folev's Kidney Cure. Sold by
Funderburk Pharmacy.
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MONEY 10 LOAN

/ have made arrangement with
lenders Of money in New York City,
with whom am able to negotiate loans
secured by first mortgage on imp: owed
cOttou farms, at per cent. interest
repayable In annual installmCnts of
five years No brokerage or commits.
sion charged Only reasonable
charge for abstract oftitle.
II f. WYLIE,
Aug 31-6m, Attorney at Law
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PILES! PILES! PILES!

DR., Williams Indian Pile Ointment,
will cure Blind. Bleeding, liberated
md Itchirg Piles IL abs ribs the tn.
n0rs al'aya the itching at once. acts
~ , "uhi e. gives instant relief. DIR
Will ,Gis' Iniitu Pile Ointm ent is
!re' ard only for ''ile. and itching of
he private pal Is. aud 'othing else
Every box is guaranteed Sold by
ruggists, sent by mail, for SOC. and
81 90 pr box w IAM5 VEG
o. Props, Cleveland, Ohio.
sold by Funderburk Pharmacy.
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The Nations $ Drink Bill.

The American Grocer, which
for years kept careful record
of the nations diiuk bill, tho
amount expended for sumulants,
both strong and weak, alcoholic
and non alcoholic, has finally sum
med up the figures for 1908, and
finds that we paid 81, 451 ,633,379
for our drink, or as much as the
cotton, wheat, corn, rye, rice and
sugar crops. Alchol, however,
took the greater part of this money
rs the following details show:
Alcoholic drinks S1,242, 943, ISL
Non-alcobolic
stimulants-
Coffee 6,69O,261
Tea 100000
Cocoa 100000
Total, 1908 81, ,451, ,G33, $40
p'' ''"
Penoi'"re OF slo 10 or s'o % per
1aml'y. Inc quantity OF tne lour
leading beverages:
Gallons.
Coffee 1866, 2,614
Beer LAO, ,S79,952
Tea 100000, 1000
Spirits and wines 157,13O,62S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
WOOD SAYS THERE'S ROOM.
Popular Hotel Man Answers the Men
Who Are Finding Fault With
Topeka.

The report that several papers are
sending out defaming Topeka as a
convention town. claiming their hotel
facilities insufficient, we wonder if they
have overlooked the fact that the Ma
tional Hotel, has about 100 rooms,
and together with the other hotel ser
vice. Topeka can handle a crowd
twice the size of any other town in
Kansas.
Mr.. Charles L. w. Wood, one of the
proprietors. is one of the best hotel
men in Kansas, being secretary of the
Kansas Hotel association, and through
his untiring efforts he has made the
National one of the most popular, as
we'll as the best hotel in the state.
There is no question as to the eff
fciency of the National and the treat
ment accorded its guests, as it is this
that has made this hotel so successful.
In view of these facts it seems
strange these far away places should
make such charges against the hotels
of Topeka that they have.
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HIS AWFUL NIGHT IN A TOWER
Workman Narrowly Escapes Death
from Freezing.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 29.-"Help!
am locked in the top of the tower.
I will freeze to death unless somebody
lets me OUT
Not until Frank T. Larson had
nest of the court house tower did one
of the elevator men learn through the
above note of his terrible predicament
and when he climbed up the long,
narrow stairway and unlocked the
door the first exclamation to greet
him was: THANK God! At lasti''
The note had been thrown to the
sidewalk beneath the tower in one
of Mr.. Larson's shoes, but it was not
picked up until 1880 when the ele-
vator man came down Fourth street.
He could not believe his eyes when
he read the note, but no time was lost
in reaching the "crow's nest Long
before he reached the head of the
winding stairs he heard a man tramp
ing back and forth and weakly calling
for help.
After the rescue it was learned that
Larson had gone into the tower to
repair the floor. He had worked until
about and then started down, when
he found to his horror that the door
had been closed.
The night was the longest in his life.
He feared at one time that he would
freeze to death, and had to keep
moving constantly to keep from get
ting numb. When taken into the
court house in the morning he was
so weak he could hardly put one foot
in front of the other.
1t was not until just before dawn
that Larson thought of writing a note
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
HE SPANKED ROOSEVELT.
Inmate of Ohio Infirmary, 100 Years
Old, Claims This Distinction.

Akron. Ohio. Dec 29.@Thomas Dillon
now an inmate of the Summit county
Ohio, infirmary, is one of the few men
who can boast of having applied cor
poral punishment to Theodore Roose-
welt, president of the United States
Dillon is 100 years old, veteran of
the war of 1872 and the Mexican war
At the time of the spanking of the
future president he was a carpenter
having a shop several blocks from the
Roosevelt home in New York city
He says that the president, with 9TH
er boys of his age. was fond of playing
tricks on him, such as small boys often
play on their elders, and on one occa-
sion he caught young Roosevelt in the
act of pouring water on the walk in
front of the carpenter shop on a cold
winters morning, evidently expecting
that it would freeze and cause some
excitement.
Dillon administered a sound spank
ing to the boy, who was then about 10
years old. despite the youngsters
threats of what the elder Roosevelt
would do to him when informed of the
indignity of his son.
Dillon, who proudly cast vote for
Roosevelt at the last election, SAYS:
THE Roosevelts and have made up
our quarrel. I forgave him for the
tricks he played on me as boy when
/ heard of his dash up San Juan Hill
in the Spanish war;
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the marriage of their daughter when
she was only Is years old, insisted on
a wedding at the home. This was
agreeable to both, but when the groom
went to the marriage license clerk at
the court house this morning he found
he could not take the prescribed oath,
being already a married man. 1t was
suggested, however, that he could be
married in Kansas as often as he
pleased on the old license, and tonight
a rabbi will perform the ceremony.
Afterwards they will come back to
Missouri and the wedding feast will be
held as planned.
Mr.. Friedman is a clerk at the Gold
standt-Powe1 Hat company. He and
Miss Werbe were engaged, but on ac-
count of their youth the parents of
both objected. After the wedding had
become known the parents relented.
Friedman is a brother of David
Friedman, who was REMARKED Sum
day night to Lottie Ebling after the
first ceremony had been performed at
Parsons. Kas.. without the knowledge
of their parents. In this case the
parents of both parties insisted on a
second marriage. The couple which
is to be remarked tonight were pres
ent at the wedding Sunday.
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PARDON FOR GODDARD.
Governor Dockery Asked to Release
Former Kansas Doctor.

Kansas City, Dec. 29.-As the days
of the present state administration are
fast drawing to a close, the sister and
brother-in-law of DR.. Jefferson D.
Goddard, who is serving a sentence in
the penitentiary for the murder of
of the Jackson laundry here, are max
ing strenuous efforts to secure his
pardon. A large number of friends of
Goddard are assisting in the campaign
for his release, and have secured a
number of Endorsements for Goddard's
pardon. They, too, have appeared be-
fore Governor Dockery and asked for
clemency, but as yet he has refused
to give them any answer or even en-
couragement.
The killing for which Goddard was
sentenced to serve twenty years is a
familiar one in police annals of Kan
sas City. 1t occurred at 10:4o O'Clock
on the night of April 2. 1897, in the
Hotel Woodland, Eighth and Wood
land, now the Carleton hotel.
Goddard was a single man and had
suffering with pneumonia jackson
was Jealous of him and had warned
him to stay away from his wife.
On the night of the shooting jack
son walked into the rear parlor of the
second floor of the hotel and found
Goddard there. Guests in the building
said they heard angry voices and
few minutes later pistol shots, fol-
lowed closely Dy the SOunQ OF a man 5
body falling heavily to the floor. DR..
Goddard rushed out into the hall with
smoking revolver in his hand, cry
ing and acting like maniac. jackson
died instantly, and when the coroner
examined his body a loaded revolver
was found in his hip pocket
Jackson and his wife had not lived
together for some time previous to the
tragedy He had a room in the rear
of the main laundry office on indie
pendence avenue, while their four
daughters lived in the hotel with their
mother Jackson is said to have had
a strong appetite for morphine and
whisky, which he appeased often, and
he and DIR. Goddard had been enemies
ever since gossip had connected the
name of the doctor with that of Mrs.
Jackson.
When DIR. Goddard was taken to po-
lice headquarters he walled and cried
like a child and was hysterical for a
long time. He kept crying, my God,
why did L shoot him ?'' and could not
give intelligent answers to questions.
The night on which the tragedy oc-
Cured Jackson went to the hotel and
asked for his wife. Travelling men who
talked to him said he was not intoxi-
Gated and was not under the influence
of morphine. He went to his wife's
room on the second floor and found
Goddard and her cousin. George
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DON'T LIKE JAIL FARE.
BIanch Boise and May EcIworth COM
plain of Treatment I'm Jail.

Blanche Boise, serving a sentence
for breaking joint windows, and Jennie
May Eckworth, awaiting trial on the
charge of stealing a $500 sealskin
cloak from John Petrizilik. are oc-
cupying the same cell in the county
Jail and they have Joined in making
complaints about the food served them
at the Jail and the treatment they
receive.
A State Journal reporter visited the
two prisoners at the jail this morning
and talked with them through the bars
of the steel door of the cell.
Miss Boise and Miss Eckworth oc-
cupy the large cell over the jail Office.
the same cell Chauncey Dewey and
his cowboys occupied during their
time in the county jail.
The two prisoners complain about
the food furnished them and the fact
that the wooden door to their cell is
locked in addition to the steel barred
door. The prisoners displayed the
breakfast consisted of corn mush,
bread, molasses and coffee.
Miss Boise said: THE food sent US
is not fit to eat and I could not live on
have here and the food my friends
send me which I cook 1 could not
exist. The coffee sent us is made from
screenings. One of the TRUSTEES told
he he saw the barrel the coffee comes
in labeled screenings We are not
treated right. The door to our cell
is shut so we cannot see into the hall.
Prisoners are taken from the cells to
the hospital room and as we are not
allowed to see them it looks queer.
would like to have the door OPEN
Miss Eckworth was not so mild in
her statements. "I do as please
kick the sheriff 1 kick him. He took
a letter containing a $40 money order
away from me and I kicked and
scratch ed him. May Eckworth will
make people remember her when she
gets out of here. The food sent us
from the Jail kitchen is not fit to eat"
Sheriff Lucas was asked about the
complaints made by the two prisoners.
He said: Miss Boise and Miss Eek
worth have the best cell in the Jail. 1t
is the largest and best ventilated and
has a bathroom in connection. 1t is
the same cell Chauncey Dewey occu-
pied while he was in Jail. These two
women are allowed more privileges
food sent them by outside parties and
are allowed to have all that is sent
them Miss Eckworth received a box
of 81 worth of groceries last night.
These two women have more visitors
than any other prisoners. They are
furnished the same food that is fur
nished other prisoners from the Jail
kitchen. The letter Miss Eckworth
speaks of was s1nuggled into the Jail.
These two prisoners receive more con-
sideration than any other prisoners
and they make more trouble. The
door to their cell was shut because
they talkel with prisoners across the
hall They have a small oil stove in
their cell No other prisoner has. All
the books and food and things sent
them they are allowed to have but we
do not propose to have things SNUG
gled to them. The principal trouble
with them is that they are in Jail and
they naturally do not like to be there"
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WEATHER IN JANUARY.
What Record Has Been for the Past
II Years.

The following data, covering period
of IL years, have been compiled from
the weather bureau records at Topeka
They are issued to show the conditions
that have prevailed, during the month
of January for the above period of
years, but must not be construed as
a forecast of the weather conditions for
the coming month:
Temperature-Mean or normal tenn
perature, 2S.1 degrees. The warmest
month was that of 1900, with an aver
age of 34.1 degrees. The coolest month
was that of 1885, with an average of
ITO degrees. The highest temperature
was 20 degrees on 18th, 1894. The low
est temperature was % degrees on 18th,
1892. The earliest date on which first
killing frost occurred in autumn,
September %, 1888. Average date on
which first killing frost occurred in
autumn, October 10. Average date on
which last Killing frost occurred in
spring, April g. The latest date on
which last killing frost occurred in
spring, May 10, 1888.
Precipitation Grain or melted snow)-
Average for the month, 0.9S inches.
inch or more, 6. The greatest monthly
precipitation was 2.5S inches in 1891.
The last monthly precipitation was
0.06 inches in 1893. The greatest
amount of precipitation recorded in any
"a consecutive hours was 1-34 inches on
LIST, 1891. The greatest amount of
snowfall recorded in any "a consecutive
hours (record extending to winter of
18S4-S5 only was rs inches on 1st, 1891.
Clouds and Weather-Average num-
Der of clear days, 10; partly cloudy
days, u; cloudy days, 8.
Wind-The prevailing winds have
been from the northwest.
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Wright, and his wife in there. He sat
and chatted in the room until Dr.
Goddard started to go. He followed
the latter out and asked him to go to
the parlor across the hall. as he want
ed to talk to him.
Once in the parlor. it is said he be-
gan cursing DR.. Goddard and flourish
ed a revolver. His 14-year-old daugh-
ter, Marie, hearing the angry words OF
the two men. rushed into the room
and as she was struggling with her
father for the possession of the re
voIver, it is said DR.. Goddard fred the
shot which killed Jackson.
The trial of Goddard for the murder
was bitterly contested in the courts
here, and the daughters and wife OF
Jackson testified in behalf of his STAY
er. It was four years before he was
finally taken to the Missouri peniten-
tiary to pay the penalty of his act
DR.. Goddard was SO years old at the
time of the killing He was gradu-
ate of Jefferson Medical college of
Philadelphia He practiced at Leaven-
worth and Atchison for awhile. but
for the six years previous to the killing
he had lived in Kansas City. His par
ents live at Peculiar. No., about thirty
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LAW STOPS A WEDDING.
Parents Insisted On a Second Cere-
mony, but Judge Says No.

Kansas City, Dec. 29.-The Missouri
marriage laws, which compel the in
tending bride and groom to make oath
that they are single or unmarried,
spoiled part of the plans of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Friedman, who were to
be REMARKED at the home of the
brides parents, lis West Fifth street.
The couple was married July 4, this
year, by the Rev. Fox. in Kansas
City, Kas., but the wedding was kept
secret until yesterday. when the bride
gave up her position as bill clerk with
the c. a. Murdoch Manufacturing
company to preside over the home her
husband has furnished in Kansas City.
K9s.
The parents of the bride, Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Werbe, after they heard Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

St. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 29-An Italian,
whose name is unknown who lived
with his two brothers, one of whom is
employed by the Italian Worlds fair
commissioners, cut his other brothers
throat and was himself probably fatal
ly shot today by a policeman. The
wounding of the two men occurred as
the elimination of a terrible struggle
between two of his brothers, one of
whom had become a maniac and a po-
1iceman called in to arrest him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
Hnlidar Inrv Rates

To accommodate holiday travellers a
rate of one fare plus so cents for the
round trip has been placed in effect
by the Union Pacific. Dates of sale
December "a, %, %, 81 and January
1 and ., with final return limit Janu-
airy 4. Inquire of ]. c. Fulton, depot
agent; f. A. Lewis, city agent, 525
Kansas avenue.
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and putting it in his shoe. With the
thought he carried it out and if he
had not done so there is no telling
how long he might have had to re-
main a prisoner, as he was 365 feet
above the ground.