The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, May 21, 1898, Image 4
JEWELS MELTED.
4 TREAT (JON FLACi RATION
: N MASSAC .ill'SETTS
Thtreo Thousand Skilled Workman
Out of Employment -Over a
Million Lost.
.\tleehoro, Mass, May.lv?Tin?
strophe that had heen feared
far rears because of the crowded
situation of jewelry factories of
VOe.e.boro, representingpractically
1 helown's entire industrial wealth,
at last came to a dread reality
' early this morning. The line
three and four story jewelry factories
on either side of Mil! street
caught lire at 12o'clock and in
rin incon iderahle short time were
biUKcil to the "round with their
entire contents of delicate machiacy.
tools and tinished and
unl'tv.shed jewe!r\. Very little
?f j roperly \vo?tho\cr n million
>f dollars was saved.
Th'-ce thousand skilled '.vork
ihmv. are thrown out of eni|>lov
uiettt, with littIt- hone of soon 1
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?ht?ir.inix inciim of livelthooil for
themselves an I families. Four 1
larjje fro* ories, several -in ill ones, I
i <in .on or lift eon dwelling houses, '
tour or live liarns, marhle works. <
arm liter shops ami several oilier
dmildiie_'s were destroyed.
KNli A< iKMF.N I" AT rlKNFl'K<;os.
'Spanish Loss Mueh Heavier
Than First Supposed Three
Hundred Killed?The
Marhlehcad's Headlv
Fire.
Kcv West, M:iv lb. ?The
Spanish loss during tlio recent en
or.tljetMwit at Cienfuogos i> now
knH-.vw to lnvvc been much heavier
ran at first reported. Three
mvlrcd Spaniards were killed
ad several hundred wounded.
*>tvrat Dam age was done along the
cnftKl. Soon, after the engagement
Site I'nitcd States cruiser
Marblehead picked up several
Cubans in an open boat somo
miles down the coast, including
Colonel Oriz, Lieutenant Oivarez
.and three privates from an insurgent
camp near Cienfuegos. They
reported that the Spanish losses
ami the damage wrought by the
shells from the warships were
very heavy. The hospitals at
Cienfuegos, they said, were full
,-nf wounded, and fear prevailed
everywhere that the American
warships would return to complete
the w rk of destruction.
A Wonderfril Dlnrovfry.
The last quarter of a century records
Muy wonderful discoveries in medicine,
-msv. none that have accomplished more for
Avmanitv tlian tlint sterling old household
svwncdy, Itrowns' Iron Hitters. It seems to
savtain (In* very elements of good health,
mil neither man, woman or child can take
. ct without deriving the greatest iienefit.
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J Oi CE-LANCASTER
GRADED CHO DL.
jT? ail whom it may concern:
t X'ufce notice that pursuant to a pe?
iiiien bigntd by ten voters Mini freersr?sideiit
in Lancaster Hchool
OI wriot, we the un lersigned, Trustee-*
of said District, d<? hereby call a
--.public meeting to he composed of all
(.brsee voters who are resident in and
return for luxation in said District real
or personal property of the value of
not ires than one hundred dollars, to
aaseiui>iein the (Jourt House at. Len OMtrn
, 8 C., on Friday the ?7th day
?f May 1898 at 4 o'clock p an., for the
4>u rpoee of effecting a chairman and
secretary of said meeting, five trustee#
of naid school District, and of determining
what special tax, if any, not
Xocjceeed five mills, shall he levied, as
tfce Majority present shall decide, on
mil real and personal property within
mmifl rtc.bool District for the maintenance
of the public schools of sahl Disdet.
This May 10. 1398.
R F MILDER,
IRA B 'ONES,
W T GREGORY.
O T CONNORS.
M PCRAWFORD,
Trn stees of Lancaster School Dlsatct.
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The Kind You Hi
BEARS THE !
Money lo Loan.,
J H A\ K M AI)K nrraiitfenieiits with
i lookers in New York City through
whom I am utile to place Iflaiix, se>-ur? |
eil hy a lir*t mm tirade on improved \
cotton liirinn, for mix \ear.M lime, tmyu*
!>le in'in-taluient-i at '.lie ra e of 7 per j
vein nor annum. The hr->keriiue mp! :
t lie charge tor alls' rael ami inspection !
-ill' small ami at the expense of the
borrow, r. K K. WYI.IK,
Atty. at Law.
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County Auditor Win G Eason,
f Charleston, committed suicide
v shooting himself in the breast
ist Wednesday morning. Pro>nged
ill health is the supposed
nuse for his rash act.
.ANCASTER AND CHESTER
RAILWAY.
ETWEEX CHESTER AND LANCA8TEK.
chedulein efFeet Daily exeept Sunday
on and after May 11, 1898.
WESTBOUND I EAST BOUND,
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180 Fort Lhwii * 8 25
146 Bas nmvllle 8 10
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30 Ar. t 'heater Lv. 7 25
Connects at Cluster with Southern
ot'Way, Seaooard Air Line and Carina
and North-Wt stern Railway.
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iver it t harleston.
croy Springs, Pres , Lancaster, S. C.
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Frank Card well, a yout
1 years old, was thrown fr
bflggy i" Columbia Wedne
afternoon and almost insti
killed. Mrs Leidy, who
riding with him was also I
hurt remaining unconscious
several hours.
Clarence Long, the 10 yea
boy who shot and killed
brother in-law, Hen I'm sum
Spartanburg county, two ;
a no and who was Servian i
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sentence in the penitentiary
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petition for his pardon.
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Men will refrain from
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refra!ti from evil hearing.
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This paper announces,
Constitutution, a new o!
<?si^_SEND IN
THE COTTON GR<
CONTEST BEGAN Jtt
TO ENTER THIS CONTEST TO
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ATTMIi EXT
A. LOW PRK
In connection with thia (
guess with the subscriptio
- _ OIVE YOU A CHANCE
AN EXTRAORDINARY
Hare ll la, rrad II all very ear
Firm AwarAi To the uierri- Hrrai
ber or ?utj?enber? naming iha acrltM
riMt namhrr ar araraal la
lha atari a a at War of ImIm in ,hc
Ibo cotton crop of IW! M w* will (Wo If |
(It* if lb* aMImatr a ranlvol
$2,500 ?S8r
U11^"Aprt'-.... 2,000 ,f?8W
If During Mayor < EAA If burl
Jan*. IMn. I (DUU June
If During July or , nnn If burl
August. IMC I ,UUU Augu
SO, THAT THE FIRST THRE
Note Specially.
THE EXACT figures. Somebod
Constitution by any means. Those
ceiri proportionately the highest |irii
pires and because the number of ball
can be known exactly, leaving shorte
In all three of the cases suhmitti
one correct or equally correct estima
eamed will be divided equally amonf
There is no "missing word" in this,
f correct answer, but this is brain ver
ures versus figures. Every man is i
varies the price and the price of col
prosperity, a
?m On Such a Viti
THE CONTES'
The estimate is to be made upor
crop that has already been gathered
I will show it from Sept. I, 1897, to S<
this spring, because the figuies there
the crop already in and marketed, of
j As a guide for making your estimate
The conditions under which this la
r meats for you to compute from and
The figure* given by I^tham, A
throughout the South as official, and
"Bolton Movement and Fluctuation
Season Acres planted Bales ir
1887 88 . . . 18,961,897 7,041
188889. . . 19.36a.071 6,93
1889 90. . . to, 171,896 7,31
1890-91 . , . 20,809,053 8,(65
18919a . . . ao.714.937 9.03
Tbair flftirsa sell
Their Ettimate of the Acreage for ttx
Ftltowlng Art tM CtndHlons
EXACT seCUaate iyo? lh? nantar of la
ma estimate, bail If U< Brat pnrre
(ormtip ika atari figures, Ian Ik* m?n
IklM artesa far IKa Iklrl aeareet Mlaal*.
An. am a- If aomeane akaiM aubn.lt
taweoae aboaM hi4 a eerreot aatlaaata la
taaai lb* second prlMt. bariaaaa the Si
aaaoaat norrartl r la tba former parted.
Tut en?Tba aoadlUaa proorde lit tee
Hanb maat be aroem panted by a raar i
paper publishing this adeartlaamaal la ao
will ba farwardad. Tbta muat ba seal la 1
>ia*si ilpMnii Yaa eaanot snbeertbe isa 1
M aaS bp a. a ideal a* aihsi aba. at bat ke?
raaaao atl annua aas la aaad aa abaili
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as aaea in termardlag rear retiaaate. bail
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II ba asKiM ta a abate of tba prtt?-f and
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state sat a Mae reset ea a prist sltb aae(
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adl. ba . " Make poar flgniat
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a fii'is in M'iy or dune and ends in
isduy November. The most rain falls
intlv *n September an-' Oetober. The
was ayernge number of rainy days in
rndly ? year is 10'2.
* ^ot Havana harbor, one of tae tin!
est in the world, is entorod from
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'''s is narrow for three eights of u
'* 1,1 mile and then opens into a mag>e:us
niticicnt bay.
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AN ESTIMATE, 0N.^^>
OP SEASON OF 1897-98
MGA1-E.NDS SE?PT. 1/98.
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IT THE SPLEMPID CASH MtttS
OFFERTOWSU BC RIBERS!
fally and be aara yaa lUtnuU tk( Itran
<1 A ward I To lb? iub- Third Award i Ta th? tabir
or ?ubocri(j,r? ntmini ecrtber aaaalag U>? aaeaad
I aril aearaat ?' will aaxt aaaraat wa will glvi IT
llir ailuaU I* raorlrad Um MUmtU a raotlad
"r : S1,600 tStf T*, % 1,000
Apr"' ... 1,250 ,riiSlrtl,.*.Apr,l.L 760
VnX".?Z 1,000 600
ingJulror TEA If Duties July er OCA
itl, IM IDU AKVU. IM *011
e prizes mourn TO >6,OOP III cash.
if EXACT figure* ire not given daring this conthe
money will be paid out to the NEAREST TO
y will get the money, it doe* not go back to the The
who solve the problem at the longett range will reel,
a* you notice the figure* grow leas as the time eies
received up to certain date*, as the tine advances,
r time and probabilities to figure against,
rd it is distinctly understood that, should more than
>ie be filed in the contest, the amount of the prises so
! the correct answers. The prise* are offered in cash,
no probability for some one to know absolutely the
sus brain, skill versus skill, pencil versus pencil, fignterested
in the cotton crop, the amount of the crop
iton in our territory is the barometer of the people's
nl Problem You Ought to Hake Figures.
r CLOSES SEPT*- 1st
i the total United Stales Cotton Crop for 1897-98, tho
and is now in the country a* official figures of receipts
rpt. 1, 1898 This is not the crop that is to be planted
on will not be obtainable until Sept, I, 1899. It is for
facial figures of which will bo announced in September.
; we give omctai figures lor tub of I be last tea crops.
?t crop was grown sad its probable output are elewitl
aid in the correctness of your preseat est ha ale
lciandrr 8 Co.. of New Yore, are generally received
I we given an exact copy boa their latest edition ef
s" as follows:
i crop Season Acres planted Bales la crop
6.833 >893-93 . . . 18.067.934 6.700.365
8,190 1893-94 . . . 19.684.00* 7,349,817
1.33a 1894 95 . . *1.454.OOP 9.901,351
*.597 1895-69. . 18.883.aop 7.157.34*
5.379 1896-97 . . . as.341,OOP 8.757.964
1 bo used In deciding this eoatast.
1 Crap of th? Snwi af1897-98 la 23,320,000 Asm.
ot tin count:
iW, IM prltea offered aaOov lee sraaaS ereeeeHiee wtil n le
ere (trvn for the N RAP RRT ?tluiSi, ae ?M heeta| * ??
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a oorrert eetliaete la eee SfvMen ef the SUee shewn aheee ana
owe Utrr 41 vtetee, this lees I etas sea wee 14 teke reek eel/
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re/teece of eat PahMag edka. the artlaaaSe ef the eeatea ceea
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