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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-05-18
Letter to c. 6. skipper.
Lancaster, S. {.

Dear Sir: Three churches in
Baidwln5yille, N. Y, have had
their first lesson in Devoe.
Meesrs Osterohut& Lock wood
painted the Pre- sbyterian par.
sonage; estimated 80 gallons ;
took %.
Messrs Slingorland & Shutter
painted the Episcopal church ;
estimated 40 gallons took 2S.
Same painters painted the
Catholic church ; estimated 80
gallons took SO.
OF course, they estimated from
what they had been using. The
saving In paint and work is $4
or So gallon. Total saving on
three jobs 1926 to $15O-the
painting costs two or three times
as much as the paint, you know.
Yours truly,
+. ". LEvOn q 90.
. Now Yorl,
Lancaster Morcaatilo Co. sells
our paint.
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Kicked by Il Muic.

Kirby, the 12-year old son of
Mr.. Thos. Il. Durcn, Was kicked
by a muIo Mondry afternoon and
the calf of enc of his legs SO bad
iy injured us to require the at
tendance of physician.
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Homicide Near X crshaw

On Thurs lay last Charles
Brown, col, was Shot by Mr..
Lewis D. Horton and died from
the wound on Saturday. The
ball took effect in the negro's
neck. Brown it seems had aban-
doned share crop which ho was
working for Mr.. Horton and when
the latter questioned him as to
why he left it, some words passed
between them when the negro al
vanced on MIR. Horton with an
axe, which he held in his hand.
when Mr.. Horton fired twice only
one ball taking effect. Drs. Halle
and Brazington conducted the post
mortem examination. An Inquest
was held Sunday when verdict
was found in accordance with the
above facts.
Mr.. Horton came up yesterday
and surrendered to the Sheriff
He ha, employed Williams &
Williams & Dobson as his at
torneys and will apply for bail.
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NotIce---Lancaster Graded
School.
all whom it may Concern:

10 all whom it may Concern:
lake notice that pursuant to petition
signed by ten voters and freeholdcrs resi-
dent in Law caster Sci nol District. we. the
undersigned, Trustees If said District, do
hereby cali pubic meeting to be COM
posed OF all those voters who are resident
IN and return for taxation In sal District
real or personal property of the value of
not less than one Luudred dollars to as
semble in the Court House at Lancaster
5. O., on Friday the 9th day of May, 1891
at o'clock, p. m, for the purpose Of elect
ing chairman and secretary of said meet
ing, five trustees of said school district
and OF determining what special tax, if
any, not to exceed five mills, shall be lev
led, as the majority present shall decide,
on all real and personal property within
said School District for the maintenance of
the public schools of said District. This
May 10th. 1914.
W. Il. GREGORY,
W. j. CUNNINGHAM,
LEROY SPRINGS,
Il, S. CARTER,
CuAS. T. CONNORS
Trustees Lancaster School District
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Death Of Miss Alicc Horton,

Miss Alice Horton, of the Oak
hurst section, daughter of the
late Charles Horton, died at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti-
more last Monday morning where
she had been under medical treat
ment for the past five weeks, having
undergone an operation. She was
about 80 years of age, a mem Der
of the Methodist church and an
exemplary christian woman. Her
remains arrived at Kershaw YES
terday and were inferred IN the
family plot at Hanging Rock
church
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-05-18
Ice from now on in any quaint.
ty delivered at your home.
j. B. Mackorcll.

j. B. Mackorell.
Good rains fell in most eve,
ry section OF the county yesterday
morning.
Mr.. w. e. Parduo has been
appointed carrier for r. f. d.
No 4.
Five good secondhand sew
Ing machines at bargain, for
cash or on time.
j. 3. Mackorell.
E. d. Blakeney, Esq, is
having lumber and granite hauled
for a large dwelling on the site of
his present residence ---Kersbaw
Era.
"A number of our young peo>
pie enjoyed a pic mic at Heath
springs last Saturday.
-Chlldren's day exercises were
observed Sunday night at the
Methodist church. An appro-
pirate program of songs, reclta
lions. ETC., was rendered.
Mr.. Judson Beckham, who
has been il! for several months. we
regret to learn is gradually grow.
ing weaker, and his condition is
considered critical.
New announcements in this
issue: For!Sheriff, j. P. Hunter;
for Clerk of Court, j. F. Gregory;
for Treasurer, w. G. Cauthen.
Mr.. Frontus Funderburk has
returned home from Texas where
he has been teaching school for the
past year or two.
MIR. Dun ham A. Cauthen of
Millyillc, Miss, is visiting rela-
tives at Heath Springs. He has
not as yet recovered the money
and valuables of which he was rob
bed at hotel in Kansas about a
month ago.
Rev. j. T. Dendy, of Ker-
shaw is spending a months vaca-
tion with relatives in Oconee
County.
Miss Lila Lee, of Anderson,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A.
Stewman, at this place.
Died, on Friday, May 13,
1904, Elmer, the two-year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bowers,
of Pleasant Hill township. These
young parents have tho deepest
sympathy of their friends in the
loss of their only child.
There will be preaching at
Tirzah church on the 4th Sabbath
of this month instead of the 5th
Sabbath as announced by the pas
tor last sabbath at II A. M. and
at the chapel at 2. M.
Letters remaining uncalled
for in the post-office at Ian
caster for the week ending May
18th, 1904, are as follows:
Mrs. Matte Black, Mrs. Alfred
Jackson, Miss Lizzie Chope,
Miss. Hattie Gilmore.
Belle Nance, p. N.
Mrs. Mary S. Thompson Of
Riverside, is visiting her grand
daughter, Mrs. M. w. White
Yorkville Enquirer.
All the latest books and mag
aZlnes for sale at the Crescent
Restaurant. Will also carry a
line of school books.
Pm. Jno. w. Elliott.
Foley's Honey and Tar pecu.
liarly adapted for asthma, bron.
chi'ls and hoarsencss. Sold by
Funderburk Pharmacy.
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Notice..

iio Board of Control for Ian
caster county will meet at Ian
caster Q. H., S. c., on June The
9TH, 1904, for tue purpose of
electlng dispensers for the Aispon-
sary at Lancaster c. H., &ad the
dispensary at Kershaw f = thd en-
suing year beginning July 1st,
1904. Applications for these po-
sitlons mnst lie filed with SAID
board at lest twenty days before
said 7th u! J&ue, 1904.
}. T.. ". Halo,
Chr. Board of Co. Control L.C.
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Administrators SaIe==NOtiCe

BY viltue'of an order Of the Probate
Judge, | will sci! ~ pubic auc ion, at
IL e a. IL. L. Parsonage, in the town
o. Lancaster, on Saturday the Dist i'm .
stant, commencing at IL O'Clock IN
&, psj sonul property OF he late Hat
tie T.; Hubbard, deceased, con is'irg
chieny OF Household and Kitchen
furniture. Terms CASH.
May 4th, 1904. r.. q. Allison,
Adm nis,G"tor.
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Local III argoYs

APPOINTMENTS OF REV. J. NJ. WHITE
Unity, lst and 81 Sabbath.
Giils reak, "a and lth Sabbath y,
a. m.
Pleasant Hill, 2l aud 4th Sabbath.
lp m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Mr.. BRYAN and the Senate.

Latest reports from Nebraska indicate
that the democrats may lose even the legis-
lature. There has never been a prospect
state, and they have made no great claims
for their state ticket. But the fact that
Mr.. Bryan desired a seat in the Senate, and
fusion had been effected between the demo-
Gratis and populists with that end In view,
for a time inspired the peerless leaders
followers with confidence as to the legis-
lature. This, now. is said to have materi-
ally waned. The general drift is to the
republicans. who expect to carry every
thing.
Worse things could happen to Mr. Bryan
than to be defeated for the Senate. The
program he advertises for the next four
years could be prosecuted much more sue
cessfully outside than inside that body It
calls for no end of chasing about; for quite
as much lecturing and speechmaking; for
conferences with ieutenants In every Sec
ton Of the country. A senatorship looks
easy, but. as a matter Of fact, 1t Is no sine
cure. 1t makes heavy demands on a mans
time and energy. Those who fill the office
with distinction-men like Allison on the
one side. and Cockrell on the other-are
among the busiest men in the land. Mr..
Bryan would find he had his hands full
too full to be managing successfully, In adj
dition. scheme for the reorganization of
the democratic party.
In the way Of public interest Mr. Bryan
would add something to the Senate. He and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

Mr.. German would soon be In collision, and
might be expected to put up very pretty
fight. The one man is by nature an agrees
size radical: the other a conservative, a tenn
porizer. They are further apart than MI.
Bryan and Mr. Roosevelt AS Mr.. German
is already the accepted leader of his party
In the Senate, Mr.. Bryan as new conner
would either have to follow, or set up for
himself. He would hardly follow, and in
setting up for himself-in inaugurating, as
he would likely do, his new democracy right
In the presence Of the old, as represented by
the Maryland senator-the country would
be treated to a series of breezy engage
ments between two clever politicians.
After two terms in the House Mr.. Bryan
voluntarily retired. He found the life a
little prosy. He pinned for more excitement,
and sought 1t on the lecture platform. Now
the House compared with the Senate is as
a foot ball field to a prayer meeting. Mr..
Bryan would soon wither in the Senate at
mosphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
The Brentwood Line.

Despite the protests and the petitions of
the people, conditions on the Brightwood
car line are not improved. The car sched-
ule has not been increased and the power is
just as unreliable as ever. This morning
the cars were blocked for thirty minutes
while waiting for current enough to turn
the wheels, and the delay was serious
disadvantage to all who were on their way
into the city. Business men thus held up
were menaced by the failure of engage
ments at the banks. This tie-up, indeed,
was typical of the whole condition of the
line at present. The great majority of the
patrons of the line are required by the ma
ture of their duties to reach the city on a
schedule. Government clerks business men,
school teachers and pupils cannot now rely
on the service to bring them in on time,
and they must either make specially early
starts for town or run a grave risk of be-
ing late and losing thereby.
The Brightwood road is owned and oper-
ated by general corporation, which holds
a series of franchises, the value of which
depends upon the relations of all parts to
the whole. The central corporation, the
Washington Traction Company, is under
obligations to the public and, in fact, to it's
own interests, to develop all of its appurte-
nant lines or feeders so that they will at
tract business and thus increase the opera
tons and earnings of the general system
The territory traversed by the Brightwood
road is at present sufficiently populous to
make that branch pay fair share toward
the general company's dividends If it were
not for the heavy burden of debt which
remains upon the shoulders of the uselessly
maintained individual corpora ton theoreti-
cally operating the Brightwood line. If this
branch were definitely made part of the
general system and operated on the same
scale of reliability and sufficiency as the
city portions of that system, the territory
would be rapidly developed and the branch
placed upon a highly remunerative basis.
But present conditions on the line serve to
depress and retard the growth of the sub
People will not move in numbers into that
territory as long as the car service Is both
inadequate and unreliable.
A company which holds one or more street
railway franchises owes a duty to the COM
munity which it cannot safely ignore for
long period. 1t undertakes to carry pas
sengers over certain routes for fixed fares.
If 1t fails to carry them, either because of
insufficient cars or unreliable power, 1t
should be required by the higher powers to
remedy the faults or step aside for other
owners willing to spend money-in order to
make more money. The present condition
on the Brightwood road, with the publics
rights ignored, and It's protests treated con-
temptuously by the management, is likely
to lead to demands upon Congress for an
effective remedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Again the Baltic Fleet,

The Baltic fleet. after spending a night at
sea, has returned to port. This settles the
question of the seaworthness of the ships
They can be kept afloat out of sight Of
land. And now for the next sailing day.
Port Arthur is still in the middle of a very
bad fix. Vladivostok will soon be in the
grasp of the ice. Kuropatkin has again
been licked, and is retreating. But Russia's
purpose with respect to the Baltic feet Is
fixed She is going to start it to the scene
of strife at all hazards. Truly her hope Is
in that fleet She has nursed it with
mothers care. 1t represents her best skill
and patience In the matter of getting good
and ready. and If when it reaches those far
waters where the Japanese have been lord
Ing 1t so long 1t does not put a stop in
stantly to their arrogance Russia, plainly,
will never be able to understand the reason
why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

this served to keep his name alive. 1t
caused his friends to predict that the coun-
try would hear from him again. Some Of
them insisted that he would make a capital
President of the United States, and we
have recently seen how sincere they were in
that feeling. The Olney boom at st. Louis
was not formidable at all, but 1t was very
far from being a joke. There were good
men and true behind 1t, and no risk at
taches to the assertion that if Mr.. Olney.
instead of being a Bay State man, had
hailed from New York, or Indiana. or Illi-
nois. he, and not Judge Parker, would have
carried off the st. Louis prize.
But, for all this, the Venezuelan letter
was roundly denounced in certain quar-
tiers, and its author held up as one of the
most reckless of men. Did he know what
the Monroe doctrine was? Not he. Did he
realize what he was doing in thus imperil-
Ing peace between the two great English
speaking nations? Evidently not. Did 1t
occur to him what a figure his country
would cut at war with the greatest of the
foreign powers, with Grover Cleveland as
commanderin-chief of the army and navy,
and Daniel S. Lamont, whose military edu-
cation had been obtained as legislative
clerk at Albany, as Secretary Of War?
Was Mr.. Olney mad? Or had he been sud
denly overcome by the spirit of 'swagger
and meddlesomeness and lawlessness'?
Mr.. Olney made no reply to this criticism.
but stood pat" on the record, and the
country stood with him. How strange 1t
is now to find him in the city Of the New
York Evening Post and New York World
seizing the strap with which those news
papers then larruped him and applying it
vigorously to Theodore Roosevelt! 1t was
a great evening for fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Clear the Road!

Fie upon the unidentified tollgate keeper
stationed on the turnpike between Glouces-
ter. n. j., and Atlantic City who put his
gates down in order-to Stain the number
of an automobile that Wa; speeding coast
ward at merry pace AS result of this
unsportsmanlike maneuver Mr.. Pease of
Philadelphia lost wager of $1,000. Had
the gatekeeper not been of a curious bent
of mind Mr.. Pease could probably have
sent his machine from Gloucester to At
lantic City in the ninetyfive minutes of his
boast, which he backed by the bet AS it
was, Mr.. Pease made the run down in one
hundred minutes. a matter of sixty miles,
and then, just to show that the brazen eff
frontery of the tollgate man was a negigi-
BILE factor. he speeded back to Gloucester
All. that was running 1t was rare sport.
No scenery to distract attention, for the
runs were made at night No troublesome
citizens getting in the way of the car to
lead to annoying arrests and suits for
damages. Just care-free scorch. This
remarkable achievement of sixty miles of
road running IN an hour and quarter will
doubtless stimulate other whiz-wagon own
ers to try for the record, and soon perhaps
the road between Gloucester and Atlantic
City Will become a grand concourse for
speeders. Something. of course. will have
to be done to prevent the obstreperous toll
gate keeper and the obtrusive public from
getting in the way. But that is mere de-
tail easily arranged. The roads belong TO
the scorchers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Make It Hot for Burglars.
rom the Leavenworth Times.


The criminal code of Chicago makes a
distinction between unarmed robbers and
those who carry dangerous weapons. The
extreme penalty for the first is fourteen
years. The second can be imprisoned for
life. A good many Kansans would like to
see the same law In force in their own To-
calities. The statute should be amended to
include burglars armed and unarmed and
the penalty for carrying weapons made
heavy enough to wholly discourage the
practice. If the man whose house is being
burglarized or the individual who Is being
held up had the assurance that the law
breaker had neither a gun or a club, he
would welcome the chance to try conclu-
sions with him. There Is an abiding belief
among those who have been held-up or
whose homes have been entered that they
could have whipped the culprit In a fair
fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Mr.. olney on the Stump.

Richard Olney, in New York last night,
taking up the anti-imperialist cry Of swag-
ger and recklessness against Theodore
Roosevelt. presented a striking and vastly
suggestive picture. And thereby hangs a
tale.
Mr.. Olneys reputation in the political
world rests upon the Venezuelan episode of
the second Cleveland administration But
for that We should not have heard of him
in this campaign. But for that his invita-
ton to last nights meeting would never
have been issued. But for that he would
have returned to his Boston law office In
March. 1897. merely an ex-Secretary of
state The arms of the law would have
embodied him once more, and the political
world would have known him no more
forever.
But Mr.. Olney while at the head of the
state Department had written a letter
which commanded universal attention. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
A Delicate Suggestion.

Howdy, Mistuh Candidate, We done de
mos we could
To show you dat yous mighty welcome in
de neighborhood.
Howdy, Mistuh Candidate! De skies is
bright and blue
We had 'em kalsomined today especially
fob you.
nowadays,
A glitterin' in de splendor of de autumn
twilight rays;
Dey's jes a-showerin' gold around without
no kind O. stint
Mistuh Candidate, ives wonderin If you's
gwine to take de hint.
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soc. a Ward.
The New Black
Dress Fabrics.

11IsO ID SIdSOll
4 black goods as we'll as col
W. ors. Novel designs, novel
weaves, novel finishes, but
withal certain dignity.
The new blacks are all ready, in
Guiding a broad assortment from
Priestley and Lupin, the worlds
leaders in black goods-and what
ever among them is of the best and
newest is here in our very extensive
collection.
PrieStley's.
voiles, 75c., $1.oo, s1.25. $50, sl.75. $500
and 81. 30 a yard.
Etamine, 75c, 81 co and s1.25 a yard.
Silk-warp Melrose. 81. - and s1-50 yard.
Silk-warp Henrietta, $125. $50. 81 90 and
$50 yard.
All-wool Melrose. 75c. and S1Oo yard.
Silkwarp Tamise 500 and Sl.J0 yard.
Silk-warp Crepe Cloth, S1-2J and $3.50
yard
Roxana, S150 and 500 a yard.
C,ispine, 81 p q yard.
Lizard Cloth, S1t0 yard.
Granite, S100. 81 - and S1.J0 yird
Cravenetted Cheviot, sl.25, SI.50 and $500
a yard.
Cravenetted Cloth. 500 yard.
Canvas Cloth, 500 yard
Etamine Cheviot, 81 80 a yard.
Lupin's.
Crepe de Paris, sl0o, s1.25. sl5o and
$3.50 yard.
Japon, $500 a yard.
Etamine. 75c SLOo and $12J a yard.
Voiles. 75c.. s1.00, Sl.25, S1.25 and S1.J0 a
yard.
Atwood Crepe de Chine, 75c.. SO. and
S100 a yard.
Twilled Cloth. S1.T5 a yard.
Lightweight Cheviots, S125. S1.5J, SL73
and SEQ a yard
Cancels Hair Cloth. SIPS, sL5o and s1.75
a yard.
zibelne $3.50. 81 - and s. % a yard.
Other Reputable Black Fabrics.
Atwood Henrietta. .5c., 75c., and a100 a
ward.
Reads Lansdowne, Sig a yard
Nuns Yelling. ;s9c Soc. 75c. and 81 90 yard
Wool Batiste. 15c. and S1.00 yaro
Panama Cloth, $l.Go and $50 yard.
Brilliantlnes, 50c., I5c., S1.O0 and $i.50 q
gard.
sicllians T5c., sl.oo $500 and $50 q
ward.
Readona Crepe. 500 yard
Wool Poplin. S1.00, S1.50 and si.75 a yard.
Croise Gloria, SEQ yard.
Falmyrna Cloth, S1.15 yard.
Serge. Soc. 6Sc.. Toe. $l.Oo and SLtO
yard.
HerringLone cheviet. 500. s1.25 and $50
u ward.
Pebble Cheviot Sio5 a yard.
All-silk Crepe de Chime. double width
500 yard.
Venetian Cloth, $780, sl.25 and ss.25 .
yard.
spot-proof Broadc.oth, s225 $50. 800
ana S375 yard.
Astrakhan Cloth. s450 a yard.
English Broadtail C1oaking. all-silks mado
to closely resemble fur 5000 a yard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

Every now and then Richard Croker is
expected to return to this country and Gre
ate disturbance in New York. But on re-
Election Mr.. Croker appears to find that
Tammany is sustaining the traditions he es-
tablished well enough not to warrant any
interference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Medical Officer Put in the Front.

From the New York Sun.
If Japan shall teach the world Of civiliza-
ton how to conduct war without inviting
the assault of the greatest enemy of an
army on the field, or by reducing the dis
eases of camps to an almost insignificant
this war with Russia at the OPEN
ing of the twentieth century will prove
boon to mankind which will be among the
most precious ever conferred on them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Wood Alcohol in Tro'


FROM the Troy Press.
Parker's prospects are bright for winning
Wisconsin, where the La Follettes turned
down by the national convention, refuse to
work for the republican electors. All of
which has a somber significance for the dis
migrating adherents of an im2erialistic adj
ministration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
A Theory Confirmed.

ga lot O. people was killed In New York
from drinkin' wood alcohol" said Bronco
Bob who gets the only paper that comes
to Crimson Gulch.
''Well" answered Three-Finger Sam, Its
terrible to think of what weak stomachs US
Americans have. 1 guess those scientific
sharps are right when they say we are get
ting to be nation Of dyspeptics." c:s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Wrecks.

From the Boston Transcript.
How much longer great, wealthy railroads
will be allowed to jeopardize the lives of
those who pay them for being transported
safely rests largely with the travelling pub
lie which elects lawmakers and creates
courts Of Justice. The present conditions
are becoming a national disgrace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

The free lunch is accused of carrying
bacteria in spite Of the fact that it is so
largely patronized by people who are too
strong to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

The men who subscribed money to the
democratic campaign fund would be justi-
fed in resenting the sending of orators to
Pennsylvania as an extravagant expendi-
ture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

Mr. Bryan protests his loyalty to Judge
Parker, but still has his own ideas about
some of the theories which his party now
represents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

DR.. Wiley's reports to authorizations
are discouraging, but he will hardly go so
far as TO declare that the only safe articles
of diet are boracic and salicylic acids.