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THE LEDGER. Thurlow S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. WMDNIMDAT, MARCH, 4, l'J b 8. Disappointing to Two Classes. Tke dispens: ry muut bo disnp pointing to two classes of its friends, those who were deluded into approving and supporting it as a step in the direction of prohibition, and tboso who have seen in it a measure that would ulti- j inately relievo them of the burden | of taxation, or any appreciable! proportion of their taxes. This j thought was suggested upon learning recently that the sales for the Kershaw dispensary aloce amounted last yeur to the enormous sum of f20,558. These tigures affotd interesting study. In the first place the preceding year was one of the most trying 011 crops in our recollection, nncl as a consequenco the people were less ublo last year than usual to squander money. These figures, deducting the 55 days the dispensary was closed last year, roprcsent average daily sales to the amount of $05. Tins amount it expended in the em* ploymont of teachers for our schools would have paid the salary of 45 at $50 per month for nine months, or 57 at $4 0 per month for tho same term. It would have paid tho salaries of 34 ministers of the gospel at an annual salary of ?600 fuel), but when wo consider thut the average salary of ministers is only about $300, it would have paid OS at the lutter figure. But all of it was wasted while the schools had to lie closed because of an insufficiency of funds to uiaiutaiu them and doubtless many preachers failed to receive their salaries in full. Of course a lot of suffer ing must have been occasioned by such a waste of funds in such a year us lust. Tho sales of the Lancaster dispensary are largely in excess of Kershaw and when the two are combined they would represent figures something lik? $50,000 a year for the county, and yet we continue to hear the cry of hard times.--Kershaw Era. The Avon Cotton Mill Wrecked ? Ky a Severe Wind Storm. Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 28 ? The Avon cotton mill, at Gastonia, was partially wrecked and four or live operatives injured, tw# probably fatally, by a windstorm which visited that .town at C o'clock this morning. One hundred and fifty feet of the southern wall of the factory was blown down, falling inward on the operatives and machinery. Sadie Besty, aged 12, and Bessie Lay. aged 15, were badly crushed against a spinning frame, Jler hair was twisted on the spools, her head was gashed and she was internally injured. The Lay girl's jaw and one hand was broken and the back of her head crusbo 1 in The injuries of tho other operatives were not serious. Tho damage to the factory is $5,000. The town academy building was wrecked, chimneys wcro blown from the graded school building and the Mooena cotton mill wan lightly damaged. , i XT SAVED HIS DUO. 1*. A. Danforth of La()range, (ia., HiifTored for six month i with a frightful running sore on his leg; but writes that Bucklon's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For 1'leers, Abounds, Piles, it's the best salve in the world, ('ore guaranteed. Only 2f> cts. Sold t?y Crawford Bros., and .J. F. Mackey & Co., Drug- ( gists. A Young Lad Defends His Home. Gilliam Will batiks, a 12 Year OKI Boy, Shoots and Kills Thomas VVilaon in Greenville. Special to The State. Greenville, Feb. 28.?Thomas Wilsou, a white man 30 years old, a painter bv trade, was killed this evening by Gilliam Will banks, a 12-year old boy. Wilson lived with the mother of the boy on Fall street near the jail. Mrs. Will banks was at Thompson's market on Main Street about sundown when Will Murray asked her to lend him five cents. She got a quarter changed in the market when Tom Wilson stepped up aad asked what she was doing. The woman handed him the money to give Murray and he cursed her and said he would kdl her. The woman start ed home and Wilson went with her, cursing all the way in a low tone and making threats. She did not go into the house and told him not to go, but Wilson swore he would go and kill all the family. She went a short distance to Goodwin's store seeking assis tanco and piotecticn, while ho went in her house and fastened the door. The woman asked sonic one to get hot- children out of the house. About that time a pistol shot was heard and Wilson ran out of the door and fell to the ground. The two Willbanks boys were in the house when Wilson entered, lie began to curse and abuse them, striking Gilliam oyer the right eye, when the boy seized a pistol lying on the table and tired at Wilson, the ball en tering behind the right ear. Death ensued shortly after he fell outside. One of the neighbors ran to him, but Wilson died with out speaking. 0URK3 ItHKUMATWM OR CATARRH IN A DAY?THE \TM ISN'T KRKE H. II R (B .lu ic Blood Hulm) cures the worst and meat .-tubhorn caws by draining tli. poison out of the blood and bones, himI building up the broken down consti ution, Aclusand pains in the bo e- or joints, swollen glands, dr tppings i i ih j throat, haw king, spitting or bid br'ath, etc .nl disappear promptly and permanently. B* B R cur s where all else fails Druggists, $1. Treatment of R. R R. sent abs dutely free and prepaid by writing to Rood K.dm*Co, Atlanta Ga. Describ i tr >uble <nd free inedi cal advice given untilVnr >d It t.l U puts new color in your skin, ami makes (lie boot! redder and more nourishing, sloping nil aches and pains. Over 300') cure* hv H I*. 1? Stables, Barn and Stock Burn ed. Speciul to News and Courier. Sellers, Marion County, Feb. 25.?The stables and corn barn of Mr. Charles llasclden were burned down this morning about 5 o'clock, entailing a loss of ubout $2,000, with no insurance. Besides the buildings throe mules, two horses, a cow and calf, about 500 bu-liels of corn, 40 bushels of peas and a large quantity of forage were destroyed. When the lire was tirst discovered ul1 the buildings were enveh p d in flames and the horses and mules wo.ru domt in ih<*5?? Stalin Tho origin <>f tho firo is un known, hut tho tinio of the burning, just before day, points to incendiarism. Mr. Haaolden is 73 years of age end is a very <juiet, inoffensive gentleman, whom all, both white and colored, greatly respect. The first of January, 1877, ho lost his residence by fire in tho day time and then, as now, had no insuraneo. ."his nignnturo Is on every l??x of tbo genuine Laxative Bromo-Quinine Table* too remr'y tbat cure* a cola In one day South Carolina's Claim Provision Made by the Senate for the Payment of $47,245. Washington, Feb. 28. ? The senate committee on approprin tions adopted as un amendment to the general deficiency bill making provision for the conduct of the business of the department of commerce uud labor anuronria. r ting$301,570 for tho same. Other important amendments were made as follows: Appiopriatiug $94G,083 to pay the prize money claims of Admiral Dewey and the oflicors and men under him at Manila; ap? preprinting $50,000 for the pay j ment of claims of Confederate soldiers for horses taken from them in violutiou of the terms of surrender and barring all such claims under tho act of 1902, which are not tiled by March 1, 1904There is also a provision for the payment of a claim made by South Carolina amounting to $47,245. WOESINQ OVBRTI fVIE. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers?Dr. King's Now Life Pills. Millions are always at work, night and day, curing Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation, Sick Headache and all stomach, Liver and Bowel trou hies. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Unlv 25c at Crawford Bros., and J. F. Mackey A Co., drug storo. Governor Hay ward yesterdav approved the act amending the pension law. Ho is anxious for this fact to ho known, as Saturday is the time for a great many pension boards to meet. This was a bill introduced by Senator Gaines to remove the ago limit restrictions on the indigent widows of Confederate soldiers, so that those not otherwiso debarred may partake of the pension funds.?The' btale. You Khipw lYfiat You ore Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Touic because the formula, is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iror and Quinine in a tasteless form No Cure. No Pay. 50c. Sixteen Tigers Are Convicted. Special to The State. Charleston, March 2.?Sixteen blind tigers were convicted of violating the dispensary ordinance in tho eitv court, toduv mid won tenced to pay a fine of $50 or serve ten days on the public works, j A number of other eases weie also called hut the violators insisted upon a trial by jury and the cases were deferred. In the mean time the police will doubtless give special attention tT those violators and when the cases are called there will be 110 lack of evidence beforo the jury on which to convict them and the blind tigers will bo forced to pay more than they would have paid if they had left their casev in the hands of the court, us was done by the 10 dealers who did not call today for a trial by jury. PNEUMONIA FOLLOWS JL vuuw hut never follows the use of Fo. ley's Honey and Tar. It stops the couch, heals and strencthens the lungs and affords perfect so cority from an attack of pneumonia Refuse substitutes. T. Kngeno Funderhurk, druggist. J., HARRY FOSTER, Attorney at law, LANCASTER. 8. C. ftojr ' oMections u specially. To Curn A (t hi in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fail a to cure. K. W. Grove' ssignnture is on each box 25c. Pound Floating is River The Mutilated Body of an Unidentified Whito Man. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 28.?The body of a while man us yet unidentified, was found floating in the Elizabeth river today. The ..f ? I - - ? uiau Wtt? ?JI line SlipiU Hill hardly u strip of clothing had beer} left on his body by which any attempt at identification could be made. His skull had '.eon split with an axe or hatchet on the left side and his right cur almost sever, d from the head by another blow. The left arm, ubovo tho elbow, was doubly .fractured, the left pel vie bono was ; broken and both legs below the knees had been chopped almost ' off and hacked with s une keen instrument. Tho coroner is investigating and tho entire police and detective force of tho city ia at work on the caso. Supervisor's Ofltce Days. | My regular oflico days will be on Wednesday and Saturday of each week. Tho remaining days will he recpiired in the country ic .the discharge of other duties. L. J. Perry, I County Supervisor. The Itest Prencription for Maiara Chills and Fever is ti bottle oi Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, ll is simply Iron and Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. . Notice i The gentlemen appointed in the townships last summer and giver books for the purpose of enrolling the names of the living and dead Confederate soldiers wil please return said books by Mar. 14tli to the clerk of the court. We want a record of all the old srthiiers, and ask the gen Jem an appointed to pleaso be prompt. Qui1 worthy Lancaster Chaptei Daughters of the Confederacy will on Unit day present to e ach living soldier a badge. They arc doing all llioy can, so let us dt our part. Time is fast passing. Let us have a record. W. (I. A. Porter, Co. Chr. on Enrollment. I .Stoph the Cmif/h and Works ofl thrt Colli Laxative Promo Quinine Tab lets cure a cold in one day. N( Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. i - Trespass Notice. ji . i; All persons aro hereby warned ^ not to tisli, hunt, walk, ride, or trespass in any way, on the lai.de Of the undersigned in the Dixie I neighborhood, said lands being in [(Jills Creek and Buford townships. The law will be enforced against all persons disregarding this notice. "J. E. Porter, T. R. Lanoi.ky, T. M. Bei.k, .1. W. A. Porter, VV (J A Pouter, Agent, Dixie Gold Mine, Mrs. II II Porter.Mar. 3, 1903 ? 1 in. AfimiimtrAtnre Qalo iiuuiiutUllUlVIU UUIOi T?ke notice t? ?i 11> uinlt-r ixii d hm A< ininiHi ruirix of tIn* i fmnnal e* l%ie ol ll-e lair liel K, Unher d6' Crm-ed. y oider ??f the I* < I?>?11? Jinl^e will t-eli on I I hi u\, \ a-? it llith n< hhi.I ht 11 ''dock h hi .1 the IhU rfidd I'i-h > i li e ileciuk? Iii k in dunly ihei-l- i'i of k ode on Iii.imI coind**!in of Imp- > io.Ii ami \;?ri on ?niolt?ofl)r. O'MhIn M?>d M iv > i.dia<s. * Ti rm ol Sale CASH. KMMA V. SMALL, Mj?r 8 19?8-2w. Admx. Bridge To Let. I _.:n i . i- -l. i a win ifi iu me lowest responsible bidder on Thursday the 5th day of March, uext, at 12 o'clock, in., the contract to build a new bridge across Flat Creek, at the Ford near Sylvester Small's residence. Plans and specifications will be i mnde known at the letting. Pond will tie required of tho successful bidder. The right to reject any and all bids is roserved. L. J. Perky, Co. Supervisor. Consumption, Salt pork is a famous oldfashioned remedy for consumption. "Eat plenty of pork," was the advice to the consumptive 50 and 100 years aero. ? u Salt pork is good if a man can stomach it. The idea behind it is that fat is the food the consumptive needs most. Scott's Emulsion is the modern method of feeding fijt to the consumptive. Pork is too 1 rough for sensitive stomachs. Scott's Emulsion is the most ' refined of fats, especially prepared for easy digestion. , Feeding him fat in this , way, which is often the only wry, is half the battle, but Scott's Emulsion does more than that. There is some[ thing about the combination : of cod liver oil and hypophos1 phites in Scott's Emulsion 1 that puts new life into the weak parts and has a special action on the diseased lungs. (Xc^. A sample will be i sent free upon request. ' i* on tlie BMPcS 409 Pearl St., N. Y. Ml ? ?????i . THE USE OF COTTON SEED OIL AS I . FOOD. ' How it Came Into General Use and Why it Gained in Popularity*"It is Safe and Wholesome. From the earliest Bible times to the I present day nations of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean have made the oil of the olive one of their principal articles of diet. It Is used In ' all cooking operations and replaces the butter and lard of the nations In northern Europe. There Is no auestlon but r what a pure vegetable oil is c. most useful and healthy article of diet. We i never read of dyspepsia and troubles of a similar nature among the people i of the Levant, doubtless because the fat taken as a necessary part of a well regulated diet is always taken as a pure vegetable oil. In our own country up to within the last few years oil has been used but little as an ar--tlcle of diet, except by Europeans who have made their homes In our midst. We have clung to the traditions of our Saxon ancestors and used the hard fats prepared from hogs and cattle. The people of this country are beginning to realize their mistake. Throughout our southern States we have trees, small It is true, but great in numbers, which produce a fruit far more wonderful than the olive, we refer to our cotton ' plant. Its fiber clothes the world. Its seed yields an oil which is unrivaled In sweetness and purity by the finest i product of the pressed olive. Cotton seed oil was refined In small quantities prior to the Civil war. It round its way to Europe and came back In fancy bottles mixed with olive oil. ' In the early 80's the production of the oil lncrensed rapidly. Oreat quantities finding their way to Chicago In mysI terlously marked packages, the contents . of which properly blended with other material, traveled all over the world in I the form of lard. v% About the year 1887 it was discovered that the amount of lard shipped from Chicago greatly exceeded the weight uf all the hogs received and an investigation was Instituted by Congress which brought forth the Information that the product of the cotton seed was entirely unobjectionable as an article of diet and liable 'to be preferred by many to that of the hog. For various reasons our people have always been prejudiced against the oil Itself, though eating large quantities of it In the form of lard compound. This prejudice Is no doubt largely due to the faulty refining methods used by many of the manufacturers who turned out an oil of unpleasant flavor which gave off very disagreeable odors in cooking. Modern science has shed its rays on this great product of our section and the oil is now produced in enormous quantities, absolutely free from odor and flavor and almost colorless. Shipped In barrels it finds its way into the largest bake shops of the country, where . It takes the place of many.tons of lard and butter. Packed In hermltically scaled cans it Is Invading kitchens of our best families. It is making friends everywhere. The greatly extended use of cotton seed oil In the household has added greatly to thewealth of our farmers by making a sure market for all the seed which they can produce. This rapid Increase in the use of the oil has only been made possible by improved refining methods which wer? suits of long, patient and expensive experiments by the leading company In i the business. Such experiments could only be made by the combined resources centered In a large corporation which can command the needed brains and materials and furnish the necesI sary money outlay to conduct expensive experiments on a practical scale. The farmer of the south has no better r friend than the large companies who are dally striving to Improve the prodI uct of his cotton seed and extend the use of cotton seed oil as a food product, and the most successful of these companies In the manufacture of these products Is the Southern Cotton Oil ' Company, whose works are at Savan| nah, Ga., and who have headquarters 1 I and general offices In Columbia, 8. C., Savannah, Ga., Atlanta, Ga., and Charlotte, N. C? any of which Will gladly furnish Information. % i ? m Foley's Honey ana Tar cures colds, prevents pneumonia. 1 Ill? II Our entire Stock of IA A A* I wimer uooas Not at Cost, But 10c on the Dollar Less Than COST. Our $12.50 Suits now at $9.50. Our $10.00 Sums now at $7.50. Our $ 5.00 Suits now at $3.50. Our $ 3.50 Suits now at $2.50. All of our BOY SUITS now at 10c on the Dollar less than they COST us at the Factory. A BIG REDUCTION in Men's and Ladies' Shoes. Don't forget to call and see us. We don't want to carry over any of our winter goods, therefore this explains why we are selling 10c on the Dollar Less Than CoBt. R. Miles In Riddle Block If It's Meat. UIF AIIP ' ?* Wt KAVt II, If It's Groceries WE HAVE 1HEM, And if you are hungry, cull at rL* LI LT* A M9CJ LANCASTER CAF12 Where we serve the best ineal that can bo found in the towu for 25 cents. FRESH. Fish and (.)? sters every Saturday. Yours to serve, PORTER & Y^IERRY, Phone 142. Proprietors. ?Manager Wanted! Trustvvoithy, either sex, by Wholesale Merchandise Company of solid financial standing, to manage Local Representatives who will organize clubs among consumus 40 per cent saved for our customeis. llu-ints* no exoerim#?nt I - - - ? w" * but a proven success. Salary $18 00 a W' ck, expenses advanced. Experience unnecessary. Address D. B Clarkson, Mgr., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 1-24-7. ?Our Mr. .1. M. Hood is al ways in the market to purchase mules and calt'e. A? d don't you forget it. Lancaster Mercantile Co. Foley's Money and Tar for children,safe,sure. No opiates.