Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, August 18, 1897, Page 3, Image 3
V Suffered 20 Years.
MRS. MARY LEWIS, wife of a prominent
farmer, and well known by all
old residents near Belmont, N. Y,.
writes: "For twenty-seven years I bad l>cen
a constant sufferer from nervous prostration,
and paid largo sums of money for doctors
and advortlsed remedies without benefit.
Tlirco years ago my condition was
alarming; the least noise would startle aud
unncrvo mo. I was unable to sleep, bad a
number of sinking spot's and slowly grew
i ? ?- -
-vov. uv^uu u.iiuK in. mites iseswrimve
Ncrvlno and Nerve and Liver l'ills. At first
tlio medicine seemed to have no effect, but
after taking a few bottles I began to notice
a change; I rested better at night, my appctito
began to improve and 1 rapidly grew
better, until now I am as uearly restored
to health as one of my ago may expect. Uod
bless iJr.Mllcs'NcTvluo."
Dr. Miles' lie medics My ^H
are sold by all drug- EN
gists under a positive |f*
guarantee, first bottlo E?s\!?rVin? 3
benefits or money re- fc. Rostoroa'^
funded, lioolt on dts- Bur u ... vfl
ease .1 of tlin heart and {fifr.,- ,
nerves free. Address, BBBlffllMBBi
^ DK. MILLS MKD1CAL (JO., Klkhart, lad.
TWO IUI.MO.\K n PEXSI?\S.
.Wore I*eii*loner?< (linn were
it er in Nertlee ill ??ne lime
I>iiring llie War.
v
Front I ho New York 5 tin
Thirty-two yenrs alkr the end .
of tho civil war the iumber of!
pensioners on account of that
war exceeds l?v ;t rpnirtcr of a
million tin? ntnnber of soldioisj
actually engaged in service 111 all !
tho armies of the (iovernment at
any time hot ween the firing upon
Sumter ami the surrender of F.oe
at Appoinatax. The army of
pensioners altera third of a century
is hot.ween .'50 and 10 per
cent larger than the fight intri
army at any one time durin.tr the
war.
In the period between the war
of the Revolution and the second
war withe tireat Rritian the pen
sion exjnnditore culminated at
^ iM.lS5.0GO i i 1 SO 1. ahniit twentel
years after the end of the Revolutionary
struggle. In the j>e
riod liet.weun the war of I si2 and
the .Mexican war the pension ex j
| penditure culminated in 1 s II
and thereafter decreased, with J
fluctuations, from $7,*00,00o in
in 1818 to $ 1.800,01)0 in 1 s 10.
In tlie period hot ween the Mex
ican war and I lie war I<?r tin* i n i
ion the pension expenditure was i
highest in 1s2. when it reached
$2,101,000. This is ;?11 accord
ing to the normal process of;
growl h and decline.
Dividing the years since 1 S0f> i
into four-year periods, oncli equal j
in length to the duration of tlio
war itself, the increase of pension
expenditure to its present stupen
dous proportions is thus exhibited;
lsfi.'.tsr.s 7?'?,ti72,l 10
1?0!M.*72 * I lW,7tM.l22
1s7H-ls7i? .f 110,11144.~>I
1*77-1**0 * 11C,I-J7
Is*I-is*I * 2.H,* t6,27??
Iss.Vlsss $ 274 M21.741
l*s<?-i*i?2 |
? $ r>si,:?;i,!?7;t
Total . $2,001,172**11
Since the -nil of the war more
than two billion dollars, I hat is to
say, more than two thousand mil- 1
11011 m dollars, ha> been paid out in 1
pensions.
Now, tho total cost of the
gigantic military and naval oper
at ions which occupied the (Joi
eminent Iron: !SH1 to IStio, ii
eluding the pay and sustenanc
of all the armies, the buildin
and inaintainence of all the ship
the transportation of troops, tl
recruiting and bounties, the am
and ammunition, and war mat<
ials in its myriad tonus?inshor
every item of (lovernment e>
penditure on account of the wa
save that for interest on monc
borrowed wherewith to continu
the fight-is included in the officii
figures of the war departmental)
the navy department for the p<
riod in question:
fiscal Year. War. Navy.
IHrtl ... f 389,178,502 * 42.040,1
1803 ? 003,341,412 t 03,201,2
1*04 ? 090,391.040 85,704.9
1805 if 1.030,090,40) 122,017,4
#2,713,509,423 (314,!23,9
Total war and navy ,13,027.70:1.3
Roundly speakinir. t lie re ton
we have already paid in pension
since the war two-thirds as nine
as it cost the (Jovernment t
carry on the war.
tot ton Cornered In St. Louis.
St. Louis, August 5.?Cotton i
j said to he cornered in this citt
: and is likely to remain so unt
(September 1, or until the oiliciti
cotton venr opens and the rue
erop begins to move. The state
ments of the local ware house
show that the total number <
bales in storage aggregate 9,OS
bales. Last year at this tiiu
there were 2.'?,25>5 bales.
Of the 9,(582 bales now on ban
9,000 are held by one linn, ti.
Allen-West ('ommisiou Company
.I-imh's I!. A Men, of th" bitte
company, when asked if ther
was a corner, replied: "Tins l
the end of the cotton season <
189(5 and W97, and cotton i
mighty scarce at all the ieadin
points between New Orleans an
St.Louis. We have over 9,00
bales in the warehouse, ami w
are holding on to it. as nearl
nan oi that cotton is two year
old. It is well seasoned, and tii
crop of two years ajro i? line
than last year's urowth." II
would not admit the existence o
a corner.
A TI.MKLY WAliMMI.
To Those AVIio f'outi?ni|>Ial?* 4?oin
to The Klondike.
Washington, Aiivi. !< .?Seer*
tarv liliss iia> taken eojrnizane
?r f Ik. n.J. ?l.~ I.- I >: I ~ '
W. ? ..X I linn ?w UIV ( \ I I I I ' I i 1\ ' mil
Holds Mini Alaska, and lias issue
the lollow ini; warnini; to the j;en
oral puI?1 i<*:
To w hom i' may concern :
I:. \ iew of' in format ion receive!
at thi- departm> ut Iiiai d,00
persons wit li 2,'MM) ton ol ha^^a^
and In i^'Iit are now waiting at tli
entrance to White I'ass, in Alaska
for an opportunity 1 > < ross tli
mountain-- to the Yukon river
and that many more are prepai
iniitojoin them, 1 deem it prope
to call the attention oi all wh
contemplate making tin1 trip t<
the exposure, privation, suilVrin
and danger incident thereto a
this advanced period ol the sea
son, even it they should succee
in crossing the mountains. T
reach Dawson City, when overth
|?:i-s 700 miles of dillioult n aviga
tioii on the Yukon river, withou
adequate means of transportioi
will si ill l?e before them, and i
is (loul?tI'd 1 if the journey can h
c(?mplele<l before the river i
closed by ice. I am moved to drav
public notice to these condition
by the gravity of the possibl
consequences to people dotainc*
in the mountainous wihlerne*
during Jive or six months of a
arctic winter, whore no relief ca
reach them, however great th
need.
(\ V Iti iss
7
Secretary of tlic Interior.
, MISS K ITT IK HKNDKItSON
, ASSAILANT IIA Mi K I) BY A
>Q MOB.
{5
How lie Was Captured FroiaTI
( OHiecrs Who Were Kudcavo
ing (o Spirit Him Away.
IS
( Asheville, N. Aug. II.'
j Hob Hrackctt the negro a.-sailai
1 j of Miss Kittio Henderson, w,
r, i lynched this afternoon,
y As announced in an Associate
[t. Press dispatch last night, a m<
broke into the jail at this pla<
and commenced to batter dow
the steel doors that led to tl
e" cells. The doors soon yielde
and it was then discovered tin
Bracket! had been spirited awa
**'} }i\f t lin A 11 t l./\ L?? ? ?
^3 ?yj vtiv uuiij^in. i \ 1 I I IK' UIIH'I I'
<j.j oners in jail were liberated.
n Pursuit of the officers was i
~ once commenced and a crow
in caught up with thorn at Terre
s, station, on the Southern railwa;
lS IS miles east of Asheville, earl
this morning.
Hraekett was taken from h
? protectors, hut the mob cowl
not agree as to the disposition <
him. Some wished to hang hii
there, but the stronger party d<
cided to take him back to the v
1Q einitv of his crime. It was
I *
la. m. when the party started 01
'j afoot, leading the negro, no
nearly exhausted and sccmingl
1 I only half conscious, t hough he ha
| not been ill treated. itreakf a:
'*! was had with a fanner, the negt
(slhnviiv 1 i<dciro mil tlu>n tl
c- ' ?
>f walk of some t welve miles w;
2 resumed. The loute was throug
e a deep ravine, between toweriu
i mountains.
(j I At noon Hemphill sehoolhous
J was reached, ami there the i>;?"t
' j was informed that the- Ashevill
r 1 turilitin had been failed out an
e j were on their way to meet tli
s mob. After consultation. Mb
ifiKittio Henderson, the negro
sj victim, was sent for, tour and
i'1 half miles away, that she mig!
(' j see her assailant handed. Who
" she arrived the ne<:ro was strun
(> up so quietly that half the ban.
! ers on who had gathered from lii
Hi .
ej country round did not know tin
r;it had been done. No shots wet
0! tired, and the mob dispersed afti
if I a ball hour leaving the bod
; banging.
At no time was it possible IV
I the malitia to have interferred.
! This is tl>.. i;
i lluneonibo fountv in twolw year
CA3TORSA
For Infants and Children.
il The f*o- /)
il
; (iOVEUNWENT BY INJUNCTIONd|
n. The State liailroad Commission <
c Texas Enjoined hy a Fcderi
e| Judge.
' Austin, Texas. August,
Tlii' Texas railwav coinniis-io
| was serve; 1 to Tav with a tenim
rarv injunction, granted hy .1 udi:
i? Met'ormiek, oT tin* Federal ('our
> | at New < )rleans, at 11?** instanc
- ol the Texas F.xpress Compare
restraining 1 ho coinmission I'roi
putting into olloct its tarilTon o>
0 press shipments. 'The tarill w:
e issued some time ago, and wci
olloct to-day. The express con
1
pany charge that it lixod expre:
|t" charges at less than freight rate
ejand hence is ruinous to the Inis
is'nessoftho company. A 1 ivol
v I tight is contemplated, as the eon
lsjmision threatened that it the e?
I j press eoinpany objected the
,s would take ste[)s looking to to
u foitnre of permits to do htisine
ii in the State, Future develo]
? nients are awaited with interns
.No-'I o-Hue for Fifty Con til.
Ouar inlo< il toiiftrco httbli rurc. nmkc* wc
I muu auvug, blood pure, buc, ?1 AtldrugKis
>V41 ~ ~ r ,
I IVIiAl*#-*- IVil LL ?*\ IJsA&Xi '
AJA\ TAKL!*T5 POIT1VL1//CUKE
* i MomI
ry sj , | i. ' '
u **, \ 1 by Atiixjo or tdhur >!xc*?a?e? ami India- x
} :. , and Bun 7
V ~2/ rwtore X/v*t VuaUiy in oldcryoung.und
1U. 11 it?ii:i for ntv 1;*, H cr nnirrinc". 1
11 I'rev'. ii litKut.i an l Con ?unit?tion ii*
l"M*n m tiir-.o. Thoir i:-*> show* immediate linnrovo- ;
11 out i.nd oftoct* n t "iiiP. to i I oth-r !::ii Info-t
upon hiving the cmu'mu; Ajax Tnblets. They r
imvocnrod thononnd*and willcnr?>>ou. Wo pivo H|ios- *
itlvo written i!tir.rant?M> tooll&ct a euro E*A pT/J in o.ich
cnKo or rotund tho money. Price v" v# I Wtper A
(nckuue, or ?ix <fnil treatment) for $2.60. liy ?
tnuil. in plain wr up?,n n*coipiof priro. < ircti'ir
_ *? AJAX REMEDY CO., ,
lit For salt* in Lancaster, S. hj r. F. i
;IS Mar key & Co. j j.
m1 , Report of Tlio (Jills Creek Town- j
>l>: ship Sunday School Convention. j
H . ; ?
11 ] lie Convention met at I nitv
>? A. R. L\ church on Saturday, July
'?! 24, 1897. * * '
it 1 1 Ooh ....
iimi <111 iiuiuuuuiury service
iy of prayer and praise, conducted by
s- .Mr. K. K. lioyce, the convention
was called to order by the PresiM
dent, Mr. T. P.Nesbitand proceed'(1
ed to business.
11 Kev. It. Krvin Hough was then
introduced. Mr. llough deliver- r
l.V ed an eloquent and inspiring address,
captureing his audience ?
and holding it in rapt attention 14
Id during his remarks, which were
M based on "the best methods of w
t? promoting interest in Sabbath ki
' School work."
i Dr. (J. II. Burgess and Mr. .1.
I >. Nesbit then followed with a it
: few spicy impromptu remarks, q
w | on th<' same subject,
y "The Perils of the Sabbath
d School," was ably discussed and
-t the hidden dangers, which menace
the existence of the Sabbath c
to i ^^*oroi' 'H!y *)0i^c(l y
i* that veteran Sabbath School work- 11
:h j er, Mr. .1. W. McCain,
ijij The Convention then repaired "
to the grove near the church, <|
to j where a bountiful dinner was w
y | spread, by the ladies ot the com- j,
munity. After about an hour of a
d i 1. : i - -11?t. social intercourse the a
Convention reassembled; and n
? after praise service, which was 1
" conducted by Mr. .1. I). Xesbit, $
ii proceeded to business.
it Deports from the Sunday Schools
ii in the township were then heard. ^
it? as usual these reports were incom c
- plete, and right here, the Conven
iv tion directed me to urge the Q
" senoois to rouse up ami take more vv
'0, interest in t lieso meetings and see n
>r that a lull delegation from each (,
y school i- sent to the next annual A
ineetng. as we believe that they fi
'r are productive ot' much good to
j those who do take an interest in
' I them, and would he much more ?
i interesting it all would wake up;
j to their duty in this matter.
Mr. I. S. Caldwell was then I'
introduced, and in a few timely
and well chosen remarks, illustra
] ted the great influence for good. _
which the Sabbath school could
; have on the youth of a comtnuni- a
i. |ty and for the promotion of good
i morals and ehristain civilization.
I 'I'l <11 - 1
i lie louowmg query was men;
I answered liy Mr. K. K. Roycej
J "How can the members of t li*?'
kl Sabbath school 1 ?f>t help to -top
Sabbath desecration."
After :ni address by the I'resi?
i dent the convention adjourned. *'
11 to meet at (lills Creek A. R. I'.
> ehnreh. the * I rd Saturday in July, !i.
o 1 S1>S.
. Respectfully submitted. ?'
t, 1 i.i
! I. I'.. ( OI FKV,
( i Secretary. ?
i\ I '
n ! ". v
: IT DON'T TAKE A
^FORTUNE TO BUY A
iNEW HOME
k . , ' 1
To people of moderate means, j
l- we do not hesitate to say that (!
iv our variety of sew in;; machine* t
and prices cannot tint command ji
1- their consideration and we
nsoiire \ mi 111;it t In*
v| MEW HOME ?
IMain liiii->li \o?, I anil r> which J
ss can In* ?p?mi by calling on its,? '
arc in linish ami style < ?|unI to (
' many of the *." *,<><) ami smi.iio .
;| machines.
Sold and guaranteed l?y the
ak ENTERPRISE PUB* CO.
u. i
t>
.H'O RIVER AND CHARLESTON
RAILWAY CO.
pASSKNGLK I Jlil'AKJ M :;*.*i.
In IlKvci Wounesduy. .M.i\ .v.h tv.*r.
tforilibotitui. |
tOj M >33 j STATIONS : o2 12 34
M. A. M. KM. I KM j p.M P.M
i uo . | . Cauideu I ; CM)
>' - ?-Joj 1)' Kalli . 12 35 o |f>
in . 2 32 Wostvilie. 1 22 j 5 f ft
I I" . - 451 Kerehuw. ' I2IM ft ;< i
1 AO, 3 o.i . ilealli Springs. ' 11 ;i* , 4 j,;,
I .V?l . 30ft iVesuiuiit lilll.. II 47 j 4 2ft
- 3 2ft .... Lancaster 11221 3 25
I O-ii .1 ! > .... Ulvcrsldi' . . Il<nl 2 36
I 2Uj I* -Ail SprinjMloll. .. Ill Mi 20ft
0 : 1 "3 Cutun l>.i Junction 104ft! 15u
i lo. . 4 II) !..-ssll?- Ill 3ft | I |j
fJ'i! I3H . Hock Hill ... I0 20j 12 ft*
"0 14-) .... Newport 9f?l in ftft
>-'<? . I ft i .... Ti/kb y 471 1U4-S
loo ?IK> .... Yorkvillo .... 93ft1 102ti
5 2t>. ft an ... shurou 9 2o! ufti,
> 4U 5 40 .Hickory Grove. ?oft 9 25
> 55 ft 50 ... .Smyrna 8 ftol 9 lift
30 jj till) . ..H'acksblirg ... Mini1 9oo 8 40
8 30 'j'*"' luarls 7 48 >, 4?, j
8 40 ' Patterson Sp: n's 7 4'-' 940
9|0 'i ^0 Shelby 7 30 n?5
940 -I Latimore .... 735
! 9ft0 ... Mooresboro ... 7 2ft
loon Henrietta.... 710
11020 . Forest City... rtfto
IiOfto ..Rutherford ton.. 0 20
.iHOft ...- Millwood Oik)
.,ii25 . . Golden Valley.. 53ft
. 11 35 . . Thermal City .. ft 30
. 12 mi - .. Glenwood ... ? ftoft
'|220 Marlon : 4 4ft
.li>. M. . P.M.
. M. P.M. AM
1 I ! AM
Mo. 32lias connection with Southern Kailav
at Knelt Hill, and with Seaboard Air Line.
t ( ntawba Junction.
Nos. 34 and 3ft will carry passensrerK.
Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Mat ion
iih Southern Hallway
All trains will stnpoti 8 lit nil! at OaUliurst. L
Ill.t'UHKC VS. Uoddvs. Old Point. London TCInir
r?ek, and Vain Mountain.
SAMUEL HUNT, Prestdent,
S. B. LUMPKIN, 1*. A.
'ourisl Sleeping Car Lino Hetwecn
Washington and San
Francisco.
The Southern Railway and its
onnections (tho A. & W. 1'.. L.
: N. and .Southern Pacific) have
[laujrurated a Tourist Sleeping
!ar Line between Washington
nd San Francisco, via Atlanta,
lew Orleans, and Los Angeles,
his sleeping car goes through
rithour change, leaving Washngton
every Saturday morning
t 11 :15, and is accompanied by
Personal Conductor and Pnlllan
porter, who go through. The
'ullman fare for double berth is
7.00 from Washington to San
rancisco.
This service is especially for the
onvenience of the parties holding
?cond-class tickets, though iirstlass
tickets are good in the car.
Further information may he
btained from any Southern Railay
or Southern Pacific agent or
flieial, or from A. J. I'oston,
leneral Acent, 511 Pennsylvania
.venue, Washington, 1). C., or
rom W. A Ti hk,
/ s it ? - l?
u. i . 2\., oo. ivV.,
Washington, I).
I AN C ASTKIr .V CHKSTKK
I? V ! IAVAY.
lot ween Chester suul Lancaster.
in i ffuct ; 00 u.in., .Sunday, fob. 14, lhl?T.
Dailj/ l'].i'C4'i>t Siimfili/.
f outbound. KiiMt bound,
o. ft No. II. No. 10. Na 12
M.ll*. M ^\. M. I* M.
II oft ft fti (I Ar... Chi'stcr . f.vl II Oft 7 o">
* 5(>' ft lift * Orr's " II 2n T *
i:i| ft 25. ' Knox's .... " | n ?> t 3i
8 3ftj ft is . Mi'D.iiiitii's... " ii ioi 4ii
8 2ftI ft oft 11 . Klcliburtr.... " j II fto| T fto
s ifti i ftft Musfoinvilir ' 1 1" oft s o
S Oft, 4 4ft * ". (ft-dar Shonln. I- Ifti 8 10
7 ft.". 4 KftM ". .Fori I .awn. " 1" 2ft s 20
7 I4S| 4 20 * " (irai-HM " | 12 40 s 3ft
: >' 110 " MllkrVs C'ross'K" 12 ft'.'! f i:
7 2* I <1 l.v l.alUMslcr, ,\r' 1 '?'( 8 ftn
M II' M I*. M l)'. M
Train li'avio.r f.a.'H a>br .a 7;20 a. in., r?i.i
rts it ("1 i -1. - " wit I. soullii i n Kail way u'i>nut
Ill III, I . I . I_'i 'I 111- IK'l II ill." I I I < .< M'-'
an?l K i'iil trains oolni' west
Train leavlm.' Kane-aster at :t: 40 j> in , cm
c;-> I. ii.- i w.ili ' i; & i' 'rnir Curr,
ii. ami ?")ii stir wiili lii-rn Railway ttuim.
artli an>: . Ml. ami with C & I- north.
Train leaving Chester at 11:05 a. m.. connects
[Chester w ith Southern Railway from Charilte,
also C & I., from north.
Train leaving t hosier at 7:05 i>. ii: . con nee 1s
itil Soiilherii Railway from Columbia, i?. C
N'. from Atlanta anil C. & fron Kern ir.
I.T'KOY SPKINKS.
V . II. II A KIM N, President
Vii-f-l'ri's. ami Manager.
Teller, Salt-Rheum anil Kciema
The intense itching anil smart incr incilent
to those diseases is instantly allayc 1
iv annlvinir Chamberlain's Eve and
Ikin Ointment. Many very bad eases
lave been permanently cured by it. Ir
s equally elbeient for itching piles and
l favorite remedy for sore nipples;
happed bards, chilblains, frost bites
ind ehronie sore eyes. iWcts. per box.
Dr. Cudy'ft Condition Powders, are
ust what a liorse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
,'ermifuKo. Th y are not food but
nedicine and the best in use to pat a
lorse in prime condition. Price 25
jents per package.
XOTICE,
1 want c(crv man and woman in the T"nlt*d
State* interested in the ?'|iiiuii and Whisky
habits to have one i f my hooks on these tli
rnsos Address It M. Wooltev, Atlanta, Ga
lio\ island one w.i" he ttut you free.