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THE LEDGER. Thurlow S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1000. The horses attached to the omnibus ran away last Saturday and at Dr Maekey's corner the him tlirnnd nvop tnrni'ni, flio Impono over with it, which put a stop to the runaway. The Lancaster correspondent of The State says in a recent special to tha* paper: "Dr T J Strait is making an active canvass for congross in opposition to Congressman Finley. This, his home county, will he practically solid for him, so in all probability will be his native county, Chester. He has carefully surveyed the entile field and counts confidently in his election. A Straightout or anti-Reform Democrat remarked the other day that Jones in the race for the United States senate against Tillman would stand about as much chance as China against the world." We are informed that the negro woman near the Haile Mine, supposed by some to have had small pox is well after eight days. Dr. C C Welsh, the attending physician, contends that she has only had what is known or was formerly known as swine pox and antici pines no danger. troin it, but County Supervisor Gardner, out of duo precaution, established a <piarnntine of tho premises. No other cases of swine pox, small pox, or whatever it was, has up-, peared in tho vicinity. Annual Settlement Mr T B Clyburn of the Comptroller's office was up yesterday aud made tb? annual settlement with tho Auditor and Treaaurer. Lancaster is the second county in the State to settle. Killed l?y Lightning. The terrible blow to Mr John A Estridge of the upper section of the county, in the death of his daughter, and the injury of other members of his family by lightning, a full account of which is given by "Optimus" in the Van | Wyck letter in this issue, will elicit the deepest sympathy not j only from his friends but from | every person who reads about it. Union Services, During the Summer months; from July to October there will j be union services each Sunday j night meeting first in one church j nno then in another. The serviceJ _ _ 1 LI ... .... ' earn nunuay night will be con- ] ducted by one of the resident ! pastors, each taking his turn, The ! following plan will be observed during the month of July: 1st. Sunday night at A K P church?Rev. Chalmers Fraaer. 2nd. Sunday night at Methodist church?Rev. W C Ewart. 3rd. Sunday night at Presbyterian church?Rev. A N Brunson. 4th. Sunday night at A R PI church ? Rev. J H Boldridge. This plan will appear each week. Trustees and Patrons of Public Schools. According to the suggestion of the State Superintendent of Education, the trustees and patrons of the public schools in this county are invited to meet with the teachers attending the Summer School, for the purpose of discussing matters of interest to the schools of Lancaster county. It is hoped that nil interested will be present on Friday June 29, and also prepared to make suggestions looking to tha remedv of flvi?tinrr rl*fnM<i J .-~.~v.v-. in the management of our schools. This meeting will be held at the Lancaster Graded School on Friday next 11am. Immediately after the program has been completed, the County association will elect officers for the ensuing school year. Principal Teachers' Summer School. / For The Ledger. VAN WYCK ITEMS. Van Wyck section has been visited with a number of hard raina lately and the damage to the lands and cropa is very heavy. The corn crop on low lands is | suffering very much for the want of work, and from too much water. Some has already turned yellow and if the wet weather continues it will have to be abandoned. Cotton on the cloy lands where it has been well worked is doing fairly well and on the sands tbft f'Tnil iu nn nnil WMV V. v/|' ?v ^VV/VI MUVI VUU HLrtlllUl will have to be favorable from now on to get anything like a fair yield Last Friday night, during a fearful thunder storm the residence of Mr. J A Est ridge, near Cureton's Store, was struck by lightning and it did some strange freaks, and much damage to life and property. The bolt enteted at the south eastern sida of the house by the chimney and tore away the mantle piece and played around the walls, tearing a sash j out and holes through the ceiling. | In tho second story room where : the bolt entered, three of Mr. ! Estridge's daughters were asleep, i The room is large and contained three beds?one of these was aear the part of the room where the current entered, but was unoccu- 1 pied. Another in the north eust corner, in which wore two of the daughters. The one sleeping next to ihe walls of the room received a fearful shock and is now pros^ trated from it. The bright metal hair pins in her hair were melted and the hair about them very much burned. The current affected one shoulder aad one foot and her condition is auch, that she in unable to swallow anything. The other daughter in this bed aUo received the shock, but aoon recovered and is unhurt. In the south west corner of the room, which is fartherest from where the currert entered, stood the bed, where Maggie, the 14 year-old daughter slept, who it seems received the full force of the current and never moved after being stncken. No skin was broken but the deadly current left its mark over different parts of the body. Mr. Estridge and the other members of his family were sleeping in the rnnm on the first floor and were more or less shocked. Mr. Estridge in his dazed condition started to ring his farm hell to summons help, fell from his piaza on some stones and received more or less injury. After the lightning did its fearful work up stairs it passed down through the house and tore up a hole in the ground near the fire place of the chimney where it first entered. Three chickens which wero under the house, were 1.:ilA.1 T*L ? t a - kiiiuu. i no neignnors and mends came to Mr. Eatridge's assistance and did what they could to relieve the distressed family. Cedar Camp, Woodmen of the World, at Van Wyck, of which Mr. Estridge in a member, appointed a committee of four of its members, to go to Mr. Estridge's and act as watchers or in any way they could assist their brother sovereign and family. They appointed from their camp, eight pall hearers to take charge of tho hody and see it buried. On Sunday morning a number of Cedar Camp, wearing their memorial badges met at Mr. Estridge's and escorted the body, followed by the family and a large number of relatives and friends to Wax haw Baptist church, near YYaxhaw, N (J, where a large congregation was in waiting. Rev. Mr. Little preached an impressive sermon and gave the message from God's word "Be ye ready," after which the body was laid to rest in Waxhaw cemetery. OPTIMU8. [For The Ledger. "TIIE WHITE PLAGUE " A Few Way* i" Which it May l>e Stamped Out, etc. In a recent article, we wrote concerning the establishment of a State Sanitarium for Consumptives, and as the editor so kindly published it, we offer a few more thoughts along that lino. ? ? ? - * - in a recent issue or the Ledger, we noticed that Governor Mo Sweeney had pardoned tivo con victs for the simple reason that they had consumption. Now where did these convicts contract that disease? It is likely they were sentenced to long terms, and it is more than probable that they contracted that disease by sleeping in non disinfected cells, etc., while in the penitentiary. That was a good reason why these prisoners should have been given their liberty, but looking at this question in a different light, our governor bad a legal right to pardon these convicts, but he did not have a moral right to so do. South Carolina has committed a crime by not caring for these convicts, and seeing that they had proper treatment. Our officers did not want them in the penitentiary for fear of infecting others with that dread disease, and nothing was left for our governor to do, ex^..i 41 *i - vcjii gnu muao mwu mei/" lltHJrty, and send theai to their Glomes . to infect their families and friends with consumption. The state should have provided a place where those patients should have been sent for treatment. I All licensed physicians should i he required to report all tubercu- < lar cases 10 a health officer, and rooms of such patients should bo thoroughly disinfected. People should not he allowed to expectorate at random in any public places. In most of out large cities it is a punishable of-! fonua ? - ' 1 AVUOV W VA|?OV^VV/l ?IC llpliu It 81UC* ! walk, or in any public place, but in most of our towns men are per -' mittcd to congregate and ex pec tor- | ate, for hours at a time, upon every sidewalk,soiling dresses of ladies, and endangering tho health ' of every passer by. Go into our court house during court week, and there you will see loads of sawdust spread upon the floor to absorb sputum and breed germs of tuberculoses from mouths of Anglosaxon and Ethiopian alike, and yet our authorities seem in different to any danger whatever. ' A ..it * ? jtuuiuer way 01 gelling rul ol this disease is to require a state veterinarian to give a tubercular test to all cows from which licensed dairymen soil milk, in every town and city in the State. Tests of cows show that nearly 20 per cent have germs of tuberculosis, and science tells us that these germs are the same us those of tubercular persons. If, after giving a tuberculin test to cows of licensed dairymen, it is found that reaction occurs, such cows should, at once be killed by the officer giving the test. Only licensed dairymen should be allowed to sell milk in any incorporated town. Such tests should be given every year. The city of Boston has recently taken steps to stamp out consumption, and as it is an infectious disease, in the course of timo, it can, to a certain extent, be obliterated. These questions are of vital importance and should be agitated. The laity should be well informed along those lines, l?efore we can hoilA for miv nrool ? ??j iuijmifoui?m toward lessening the number of deaths caused by the 44 White Plague." M. J T Stevens & Co, have purchased the planing mill of J V Welsh and son at Kershcw. Mr m S Witherspoon will have charge of it. Short Term of Court 'Court convened Monday. The grand jury was given a short charge and hunded eight bills of indictment. Judge Bonot finding but three cases on the docket bn ught <?ver from tho last term, and the defendants out on bail, ordered tho cases continued. The petit jurors wore then called and discharged in about half an hour. The Court then took a recess until 3 o'clock, when the grand jury brought in trne bills in the eight cases, as follows, banded them by the solicitor : Grant Alsobrooks, I George Hilton on<l P hi .* >? vu MUVt UUUII A J llUIVylV 11100, violntiun of dispensary law ; Henry Magill, burglary anil lareeny ; Paul Duncan, house breaking anil larceny; das Pate, assault ami battery with intent to kill ; E J Faulkner, obtaining goods under false pretences ; George Eubanks, murder. The cases were all continued. The grand jury then made its report and was dis(charged. Court was adjourned I anil the .Judge left for his home jat 5 p m. EXPENSES OF Ci URT. | Grand jurors $58.40 Petit jurors 90.40 (Constables 20.10 : Witnesses 84.10 | ? Total $253.00 I Several phones were burned out by lightning Monday afternoon. I Mrs W M Crawford and little I daughter are visiting Mr J W Hasscltine and family at Kershaw. Barrel Caston, who was shot in i the lew by Luther Horton, near Westville, has been taken to the hospital in Charleston for operation? amputation of the wounded lep may l>e necessary. Notice of Competitive Examination for Wlnthrop Scholarship THE SVINTHRoP Competitive ex aminatiou, as advertised else where, will be held at /.aucaat t court house July 20. from 9 a in to 4pm Mi.-8 Paris Neal having graduated, Caere is tu>w a vacant scholarship to beawanted to the moHt successful applicant That thia exainination may be perfectly fair, ali applicants i>re asked to bring a lunch, so it wilt not be necessary to leave the court house till the examination is over. Bv order of the County Board of Education. * JHTHOMPHON. I hairman. Announcements. FOR SOLICITOR. I will stand for renoinlnation to the office of Solicitor of the Hixth judicial Circuit subject to the results of the Democratic Primary. 1 1/ IIL'VD v 1/ XV, XX 1% ? e<73 I lureby announce myself a candidate for Holicltor of I be Sixth Circuit, subject to the rules governing the Democratic Primary. W. C. HOUGH. w I hereby announce mj'Helf a candU i date for the office of Solicitor of the I Sixth Judicial t ircuit, pledging my! *el' to abide tlie result of the demoI cratio primary olection, and faithfully ; to discharge the duties of said office ! in the event of my election. | THOS F VcDOW. I KOIi HOIiSF. OP RVl>ni'<PM. TATIVE* I hereby announce myself as a nan* didate tor the House of Representatives. subject to tiie rules governing the Democratic Primary. R L. HICK LIN. I am a candidate for the Legislature, subject to rules of Democratic Primary J. HARRY FOSTER. 109 The many friends of J N Kstridge respectfully announce his name for re-election for the House of Representative of Lancaster county, and will abide by tiie result of I lie primary election. MANY VOTERS. J am a candidate for the House of Representatives subject to .the Democratic primary. J W HAMEL. v. I am a candidate for re-election to the Legislature. I will abide the re suit of the democratic primary election. T Y WILLIAMS. FOR CLERK OF COURT. With a high sense of .appreciation of past considerations and tokens of kindness and with a deep feeling of gratitude for the seme, I heg to announce myself a candidate for reelection to the offloe of Clerk of Court for ^Lancaster County, at the approaching primary, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I W 8 L PORTER # . Wi,. '"V The many friends of Mr. Joseph F Gregory hereby announce him as a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Court, subject to *he result of the Democratic Primary, MANY FRIEND8. FOR 9HFR1FF I hereby announce myself a candidate for Sheriff, subject to the rules of Democratic party. JAAfES S WILSON The many friends ol Capt John P Hunter hereby announce him as a candidate for the office of Sheriff, sub jrtv iai me result or toe aemocratic primary. Mr Hunter's flue record as ttherift in tbe past is a snfllcient guarantee of what ills future administration will be in cuse of his election. many voters. for county treasurer. I am a candidate for re-election to the ofllce of County Treasurer. w. c oauthen. for county auditor. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the ofllce of County Auditor and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. e c croxton. fCT) I respectfully announce my candidacy for the ofllce of county Auditor, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. l j perry. Mr Editor:?Realising the valuable services rendered during his term of ofllce, the neatneea and correctness of his work, and knowing him to tie well qualified for the position, please announce the name of Juo A Cook for re-election to the ofllce of County Auditor, subject to the rules governing the primary. AfANY FRJEND8. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. At tlie solicitation of a few friends I announce myself a candidate for the office of Huperintendenf of Education. R BAXTER BLACKMON. too The many friends of Mr. Ernest B ackmon. hereby announce him as a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Education, subject to result of Democratic Primary. To the Voters of Lancaster Cbunty: With many thanks foi past favors, and at the solicitation of friends, I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Edu 'atlon, subject to the rules governing the Democratic prN mary; and, if elected, my time and energies are yours for the beet interests ui cuutnuuii. J E BLACKMON. e/K Mr Editor:?Pleaae announce the name of PROF1 A C ROWELL aa a candidate -for the office of County Huperintendeut of Education, subjoct to the rule* governing the Demoera'ic primary. If elected, we pledge him to discharge the dutiea of the office to the beat intercut of education. MANY FRIENDS. FOR SUPERVISOR The tnany friends of Mr. R H Sapp announce him him aa a candidate for County Huperviaor. subjeof to tlie rulea of the Democratic Primary. MAIN! FRIENDS. e/K The friend* of W Q C'askey, announce him a* a candidate for County Supervlnor. Mr Cfcnkey will abide the result of the Democratic primary elecMona. VK At the earnest Holicitatlon of many friend*, I hereby announce tnyaelf an a candidate f >r re-election to the ofttjflB of County tBupervlsor, subject to the reault of the democratic primary. M C GARDNER FOR CORONER. The many frrenda of C C Horton, Sr., announce blm for the office of Coroner, subject lo the rule* of the Democratic Primary. w. I I announce myself an a candidate for tbe office of Coroner and pledge myself to abide fbe result of the democratic primary election. J E81KWMAN e/n The friends of D N M ACKEY an* nounce bim aa a candidate for the of* flee of Coroner, and pledge him to abide the rfceult of the democratic primary. MANY FRIENDS. c/x I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-eleotion to tbe office of Coroner, and pledge myself to abide tbe result of the primary. R. YOUNG 1150 PKK ANNUM [For The Eedger. The^Bible and the Dispensary. The Bible, being the word of God, is tbe infallible standard of faith and practice. Whatover accords with this standard is right and true ; whatever deviates from it is wrong and false. All religious teaching should be tested by the scriptures. False teachers are generally popular with men of the world, because their doctrines are usually palatable to those who are under worldly influences. And the Lord God called unto Adaus and said unto him, Where art thou? llitrli if Koamu uu T tho Lord calling to tbe South Carolinians and usking where art thou? In cate it was so, would we make a truthful confession? And say we have left you God, and hare made s covenant with death, and with he.'l are we at agreement. And we are runuing whiskey dispensaries to get fundi, to educate our children, to make preachers and men of science. Hark, I hear the Lord say, 44 Woe the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which are on the head of tbe fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine ; Behold the Lord hath a mighty and strong one which as a tempest of hail and a destro ing storm, as a flood of mighty watirs | overflowing shull cast down to the earth with the hand the crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraiui, shall he trodden under feet. For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it : and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. Men, brethern and fellow travelers to eternity, in order that we may comply with the commanuments of God and the demand of humani* ty, let us get on the God side, and worship God in spirit aud in truth. And the next time King Jesus and King dispensary is put before us, for us to take choice, let us quit ourselves like men be strong, and say by our votes : away, away, with King whiskey ; crucify him, crucify ?him. We will have no kimr hilt .Imdh n * Prohibitionist. A POWDKH MTI7I7KXPLOSION Removes everything in sight; so do drastic mineral pills, but both are mighty dangerous. Don't dynamite the delicate machinery of your body with calomel, croton oil o*- aloes pills, when Dr. King's New Life Pills, which are gentle as a summer breeze, do the work perfectly. Cures Headache, Constipation. Only 25c at Crawford Bros' drug store. HOBSES! HORSES! HORSES! We have just rtceived a carload of number one horses from Atlanta,every animal having been carefully eelec ed In person by our Mr. Elliott. Tn the lot are some of the finest horses eve? brought to this market If you want a good rtaddler, or a good Driver, or a good combination horse, now Is your time to gel It. We now have Juat what you wanl and need Call and see for yourself. We take pleasure iu ex* hibltlng our stock, as well as Vehicles. lif will either sell or swap, and VI Q will sell elth r for the cash WW w or good pa|>er ELLIOTT & CBAWFOBD Subucrib# Im The Ledger UP Annili nmnnn ntftugimniMtt For Best Virginia Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris and Plastering Hair AT T. H. DAVIS1 UHCBSIBB BHBRI