The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 17, 1898, Image 4

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DEFENSE OF AGUINALDO Philippine Junta Says He Loyal to the Americans. All the Junta Desires is Anno: fion to tli<? I'nited States?.fa pan Said 10 Want a Hand in the (iaino. Ilon<; Kong, August 11 -*l tnomhers of the Philippine jut called publicly on ( onsul Wil inun to protest against the ropoi that Aguinaldo had declined aid the Americans in the battle the .'list nit., also that he had < sorted the trenches, failing warn the Americans of the n preach of the Spanish. Th claim that Aguinaldo retired 1 forces from the trenches boh Mai.tie at the request of Morri as I hoy retired from Cavite at t request of Anderson. The junta claims that Aguin; do has kepi every promise that made si nee he left IIouu: Kon also that his life and the lives the men at his command are at t disposal of Merritt and Dcwav and that they only desire annex tion to tho failed States. If the junta are to be beliov the .Japanese government is an ions to take a hand in the l'hili 5?ine name. Till-: COST OF THK W Att! The Dollar and Cent View of ti Matter?Nearly One .; ?.itired Millions Alrca iy Paid Out. Washington, Aug Id.?A though the war with Spain last* 1 14 days, it is estimated tli :t bis cost the government so f; $150,000,00, of which $08,000 000 has been actually paid out * the treasury. The total charg< to the navy department. $.12 700,000. The appropriations made I congress on account of the w; aggregated about $'}???),ODD,<)C and cover the time to January Pup Wasn't in it. - How many cows does voi father milk?1' asked :i mm of Soy that wit on a foilco near Missouri homestead. ' Don't nrlk none," t!io Ik answered. ' I'm sorry to hear it. for I' about to start h choose factory this neighborhood, and I want know how much milk I can d >)':nd on. So your father don milk any?" "No. pap don't." "Well, how in my cows h your father?" "!?'? aiu't fjot none, p Iiain t " "Well, I declare, and vet seems to ho very well tixod." "Yas, I reckon he is well ti <-l." "Why don't he buy sot cows?" "Don't need 'cm, I reckon." "lint don't your mother li i*ilki" "Oh, yos, mighty fond of it "And don't you?" ? ? V nu * \/ v **/ i? t* ft ? I ' "And yet you do without j iit because your fathor dues! happen to like it.'' "No, don't do without Drink a alltlred sight of it." "Oh, you buy it, I suppose. "No, wo milk it." "Thought you said that yo father had no cows " "I did. Pap's boen dead year or moro, and blamed if I c see what he wants with a cow. you had asked mo how ma cows mam had I could a tr you." 5 ; . > /-j w ?>1 Slightly embarrassed Him. ! derstatuI him, and thinking l|1j A good story i* told on ur...-'H,;?1ut her cohl, iiAl . . . . . swored ' I.at although --Ii ;* u.v.inllll tarn 11)11;I>1 i in.I a Ihi iistiiii mm . , , , . . ,1 in hail owe every winter, ilns wail 15 from here. He made u ea;S re- j(u, worst one she had ever had: eently at a home ? iiieh had not it kept her awake nights a goij | long before been blessed by the deal, and at lirst eon lined her 1* arrival of a new baby. lie was her bed. Then, noticing that lief <a- met at the door by the lady of \ isitor was getting nervous, sho the house, and after the usual said that she could tell by hus salutation,asked after the baby's looks that he was going to liawe health. 1 lie ladv, who was a lit- one ju-d like hers, and asked hi^j tie hard ot healing and su tiding to go in and sit down.?Hend.^jrwith tlie grip, did not quite uu son (Told Loaf. / he -I V " i" n r '"i r-iTf TiiimrftiTBMnMMMitnWBt : AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD * CASTORLA," AND to ? PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK. /, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hysnnis, N.assachu- . ey setts, was tho originator of "CASTORIA," the same that lis has borne and does now bear s/1T7> on everY >\v the facsimile signature cf 7*c&cji&Z? wrapper. It, This is the original "CASTORIA" which has been used In |1C the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at tho wrapper and see that it /'a the kind you have always bought s-ij? ^ .. ? on the |,c, and has the signature of wrapper. No one has authority frum me to use my name except o}- The Centaur Company, of which Ches. H. Fletcher is President. he March 2d, 1898. /7 , a II - tMC ?? "??" CORRPMIT. TT MURRAY TlltlT. RL. TOOK Oirf. *- A 35,000 Cash Offer ! !^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ This paper announces, in connection with The Atlanta Weekly ' Constitutution, a new offer in which everyone may have a chance, ^ SEND IN AN ESTIMATE, 0N_-^ , i::!: GOTTOn GROp S -> Vi0f 1897-98 uviixiLoT /A:\uU? i L?.>Ut> t>fc?n,l,,98* TO ENTER THIS CONTEST YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE FOR IN CONNECTION WITH li L-jEJDO-HIR, ' !- AT THE EXTREMELY (?1) flA LOW PRICE OF iDbiUU \ In connection with this Clubbing Rate, we will. If you send your ir guess with the subscription price, forward all for you and thus 10 ^ GIVE YOU A CHANCE AT THE SPLENDID CASH PHIZES _^> AN EXTRAORDINARYlFFETrO OUR SUBCRIBERS! Ilcre II Is, rend it all very rarrfallr and be ear* row understand lb# lrrm<i Inaiili To the suhacrt- Srcoml Iwnrdi To the ?uh- Third Award i To the iuV r >r i'--crit*r? tinntlng the arrltwr or tulecrtliani ntmint aerlber earning tha road i- ?t miiut-r or tiro real to thi-i-Mirl nnmlirr < ( bain In the Oral nret neareat we will aext aearrat w? will give If ;t m .-r-'p "f 1*07 IM we will give If the call mile la received U?e rail male Is raeaived :!tn i t lie miirntU- 10 re-*l vol " K!,r ": $2,500 V ":. SI,500 $1,003 }l ,^r'uApr,,:._... 2,000 1,250 ^i?,in^Ap,1': 753 ,, II I'.irins' Mayor j trftn If During May or i aaa If During Major CIA Juo- IV. V I,.)<JU June. IfcO*. I ,UUvl June I VJ* 0 'J If During .liiv or i nno If During Inly or ern If During July or IRA DCS l,UUd August, IM / OU August. ISM . _ dvU ?y S?, THAT TrlE FIRST THREE PRIZES AMOUNT TO $5,000 IM CASH. "N'rxtr* ?i 11 tr If the KXACT figures are not given during ihia con,U ) " y* ,cst- ,hr moner will be psi.loui to (be M AUEM I O j,, 'I 11 R F.XAt'T figure*. Somebody will gel the money, il does not go berk lo ihr The < on*'itution by any mean*. Those who solve the problem at the longest range ?i I ret<? r?m- pioporlionately the highest prizes, a* you notice the figures grow less as ihe tune eg. ^ j.irrv ?ii,t because the number of bales received up lo certain dates, as the tir.e advances, can be known egaclly, leaving shorter lime and prolutbililies to figure against. l'| In all ihree of the cases submitted it is distinctly understood that, should more than "if tonect or equally correct estimate be filed in ihe contest, the amount of the prices so earned will be divided equally among the correct answers. The prizes are offered in cash. J here is no "missing word" in this, no probability for tome one to know absolutely tha . men nniwcr, nil inn is orain versus brain, skill versus skill, pencil versus pencil, lig!IS ures versus figures. Every man is interested in the cotton crop, the amount of the crop vanes the price an J the price of cotton in our territory is the barometer of the people's prosperity. j rmamm. . On Such a Vital Problem You Ought to Hake Figure*. THE CONTEST CLOSES SEP! to 1st The estimate is to be made upon the total United States Cotton Crop for 1897-98. the crop that has already been gathered and is now in the country as official figures ol receipts ?v;ll show it from Sept. 1, 1897, to Sept. 1, 1898 This is not the crop that is to be planted X s spnrg, because the figuies thereon will not he obtainable until Sept. t, 1899. It ? for tlx: crop already in and marketed, official figures of which will be announced in Septenil>er. \n 4 guide for making your estimate we give official figures for each of the last tea crops. ]1C The conditions under which this last crop was grown and its probable output are e'o merits for you to compute from and will aid in the correctness of your present estimate The figures given by Ijitliam, Alexander & Co., of New York, are generally received throughout the South as official, and we given an exact copy from their latest edition of "Cotton Movement and Fluctuations" as follows: ko Senon Acres planted Bales in crop Season Acres planted Bales in crop 1 <>7 SS . . . 18.961,897 7,046,833 1892 93. , , 18,067,924 6.700.363 I SS Sr> . . . 19.362.073 6,938,290 1893 94. . , 19,684,000 7,349,817 r;.s.| 90. . . 20.171,896 7,311,322 1894 95. . , 11,434,000 9,901,251 181091 . . . 20,809.053 8,652,597 189569. . 18,882,000 7.157.346 1891-92. . . 20,714,937 9.035.379 >89^-97 . . 22.341.000 8,757,964 Their figure* will be used In deciding thla content. Their Fstimate of the Acreage for the Cmn nf the Ses??n ?f tftQ7_oo 1. 02 otn aoo a ~-m- ? r w. w.w iwvc^v &U|?i4U,wu nvrvi. >'t Fallowing Art th* Conditions of tho Contost: I V V I T r?l mete opus tho number of btlw, the prl>M offered under the oeonnd proposition will (? U e >r?Ht "-Mil rn.ii?-. fiut If lbs ft rut pniM are given for Lbs * KA KfST entlmnte, no onr having ? lined ?'iv thr rmt ligures, ?nen tho wond prises would eon* In for the asoood nrsrwt estimate end lb* it 1 ' i<>r i bn llilrd nearest estimate. iuiim II someone should submit n onrrect estimate In one division nf lbs tlms shown shore nod yrneupo ihnuld srsil n oorrect wllnals In soma later division, this last sstlmats would Inks rar.k only among 11 is* second prtrro. lie. suae lbs Aral had boon previously awnr>lsd M aomoono who named UM , sinusal correctly In the former period. Til IK11 -The condition r.reoedenl tor sending an estimate at tho Cotton Crop Is that each and roar? .Irimtc unlet lie accompanied bp a roar's subscription to Ths Weekly Constitution. If sent through lbs p ..? r publishing this mlvertlsement In aocrptenon of oar dubbing oflbr. the estimate of the cotton rrop * .1 '? forwarded. This must be sent In the Identical enrelrrps that brings U>* money thsl par*'or tbs Hit" rlptlon. Yon aannot subscribe now nad asad pour estimate afterwards; ao forgsttlng It or Isaring III I* nut iiy eei.l-Bi or otUrrwtns, or not knowing of this eon tent el the tlms pou subsonic* er sap olbs* r SOU. will entitle one to send an astlmots after wants. The estimate roost come with tbo subscription, er ti .1st nil. In send lag pour sail mats bp an agent of The OomstltuMoa, poo maka blot poor agent and not ours in forwarding pour CSV! male both so to tbo aorrectneae nf tbo Agurra as poo Intended lb a as on! oeiinlntv of tbo forwarding of tbo sell in ate. Hhould o party send mors thus one estimate, be or aha II will tie entitled tn n share of tha prim-tu ml under which It map soours a prtso for each cor rest estimate rnt I'enona map eater the eon test as many times as I bey send subscriptions sad ander the rales tha (III ? m" person mar raeeirs a prlae with anob or the threw propositions Kiiumth ? In making poor anawrr. Juat state aim pip 'I estimate tha somber of bales of cot lea Hwvl Ire ...... Make poar flgursa rsrp plain. If poo want to make estimates later, or If rsp want to repeat tbo estimates raa bars raids, send other suMortpUoaa Doa't forget arsry subscription lor yourself or poor friend*will entitle poa to aa estimate ny - r ild ' ? -jinnw KHA ALL ciiPMiwa >? PIKA TO X. I )(-r T-1 i LANCAfiTEU. t. % 1 1 TRESPASS NOTICE. 5 1 I All persons ure hereby notified not I to trespass by walking, riding, fishing j : swimming or in any other way,on inv ! . ' plantation, situate a mile or twoHotrii ' of Lancaster court bouse. Any per* u son or persons disregarding this notice wll! he prosecuted to the fullest extent 1 of the law. j it Z Wm.sif. | June 6. 1S98. 1 ? THE MUTUAL LIFE IN3U , RANCH COMPANY OF NEW YORK. J 111( HAUD A McCKKDY, President." Assets over $ 263,000,000 00 tl j Surplus over 85,OtM) 000 (Kl . I insurance in force, over 930,000,(km) 00 , incomk 1897. i i Total I ncotne 1897 $ 54.102 008 09 1 1 Income per week, over 1,000 (nmioo tl 1 Income < ach working day 180,(mm) (mi Income per hour (Hank- j 11 ing hours) 36,108 00 c I Insurauce in force in S t Dec. 31st. '97 $8,875,816 00 j f( Insurance written and paid for In S C in '79 1,205,493 IM) i C Premiums received in S U I ? in '97 2)4.057 84 Death losses paid in S (J iu '07. 110 477 The largest ami best Company i the world. Paid Policy Hold i j./s in 1897, $20,902,055. H. G. McILWAIN, SPECIAL AGENT, 1 Lancaster, S. C. | | J -Tal N - 50 STi!? S JL till l\ I. i - 50 c< - im F |h^9~ By paying your aubacriptioi the al>ove i>o| ular pa|>ers at price* a bm a Bus ARE YOU IN ARREARS T If so, you can give us your note to be duo Decernl)cr 1st, next, for , your indebtedness todato, and pay your subscription one year in advance and get the benefit of above prices. Address all on T. S. C> i ^. :*tr bit O w 4 (T AVlfJ 1 1. I . .ni IMPORTANT ii5K remove outner Sot ice by Hoard of Registration. make* The board of Supervisors of nS'poc 1 book. Registration for Lancaster county net tliis the 7th day of March, 80S, and organized l?y re-election ~~ if W (J A Porter, chiirman and r Montgomery Caskcy secretary. According to notice already BKT iven, tho board will not keep the Doks open for tho registration of lectors between tho consecutive Itys in each month until thirty * ^ ays before tho general election 94-, , liis year. 8 6"> ( Electors who registration in 8 800 and 1807 and still remain in h 20 J lieir respective poling precincts " re not retpiired to register. Those 'l ,*ho have moved from one pre a. m. inct to another will have to com * 1,0 a 3n arward and have their certifies' 9 4f; hanged to c inform to their pr? 0 ft-5 nt precinct. , 10 W G A Porter, t on Chairman. olilmi .1 M Caskey, j CoII Secretary. I River ancaster, S C., March 7, 1808. I Iieroy J M 1 ?T" Pay pp. \V H Tickled because I cxtri pain. 1 can do the same for you. effects result from my extracting, pleasant noss and satisfaction instca I've the experience, the "know ho doing all branches of scientific dentis S|H?cial attention given to ( Work. No charge for examinatioi m Mi ? ?. ? Or J. E. Rutledgi LANCASTER, ? ?# m mi mm Three Times Each Week) cents for one year IjJS>4 e, A 11 ' IA1#S Aa A i Sixteen Pages Every Week) iiits tor one ye: mm m mm ree for one year. i to Tiie Lkduek ono year io advance \% ve quote above. Cheap Enough. The Ivedtfer (Semi - weekly), The I New York World (Tri-weekly) ^ nn<t Home and Farm, all three pa- ?^rilj pers, one year for $2.15. now The ledger (Semi-weekly),The cluhl Atlanta constitution (Weekly) and Home and Farm, all three papcra one year for $2.25. The Ijed^er (Semi weekly) and 1 lome and Farm one year for $1.50 Or, all four papers one year for $:).00. vTXpvtf.u.-vx ^ ilers and make ecu ^ OTCD Led Mi I CVi i^aii I '?l t f rin'-f. I \ i??*3 - with TOO whether yon continue tht^HH illllng tobacco habit. M O-TII KAI^J BOm it the tleai re for tobacco, Jf vnuxllilrcM. eipclinlco^fl . Ifr^RT iriflea the bi<>?d, llh 'Oi Inal manhood. .-ft* I I K^^uOO boxaa jrou Ironw^pH I *JR iffl^aold. 400. Odi li.norTt^w^ P rasescur??f.Bu? kt'WClB S>i gl^KOTIHIAIirrow 'JR? jU^jrour own drugKlat, who , ail ^ffjS&?-^wlll vouch for u? Take It with IB f 5 aft^ a will, pat lent I). |>eraiateutly On* box *I. uaually cureai Jlnuot.ttV, iruaranteod to cure, or we refund montr. Surlla* MewaX/Ca., lUtap, Beatraal, lot. CASTER AND CHESTER RAILWAY. KEN CHESTER ANI) LANCASTER, lule ill effect Daily except Huinlay on ami after May II, 1898. 1ST HO UN D I EA8TBOUND. 14 ami 18. | No'e. 1 6 ami 17. P M. A At. P M J 00 Ar ('heater Lv 11 05 7 25 5 20 KiclihurR 1141 8 10 r> 10 Basconibville 11 50 8 20 P M S00 Fort Lawn 12 05 8 40 4 30 Ly Lancaster Arl2 35 9 20 'raiu No 19, Humluy Only. P. M. Lv. Lancaster ^4r. 8 55 Fort Lawn 8 25 Haw 'omvllle 8 10 Kichburx 8 01 Ar. (.'heater Lv. 7 25 nut'ts nl #?lif*utf?r u-itli Won l>a*n ay, Seaooard Air Line and Cariml .North-Western Hallway. iu-cIh at ' uncaster wllh the Ohio <fc t'harlestnn. Spring*, l'rea , Lancaster, rt. C? [eutli, (i. I*. A., " * Hardin, V Hand And .Chester acted his tooth without Neither pain nor after My methods suggest 7 cc .1. w" and .no facilities for try at the least cost, iold Crown and Bridge is and estimates. 0. Dentist. -J ?' 5. C. 1rh JTffi, - 11*. fTI 77 " o will send'you any] one of SUBSCRIBE NOW! you aro not already a Bub>er to The Ledger Hiibscribe and get the benefit of our tiing ratca. nit tan ccs to ?r?i% caHtor,N. <JJ,