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THE LEDGER. Thurlow S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. ATUKDAY, MARCH 21, 1003. [ror Ibe Ledger. Letter From A Lancaster County Boy in Texas. Dresden, Texas, March 15.? We are having lots of rain. It has been raining a little over four months and it still raining. If it continues 1 do not know what we will do. It is now corn planting time and n? plowing done to amount to anything. Some of tho farmers have plowed a liitle in tho mud. Nearly all of tho farmers are buying corn now. The people on tho black land are out of wood and tho roads are so muddy they cannot haul any. Somo of them are burning their fence post and some go to town evoty day horse back after coal. It takes four good mules to pull an empty wagon. There is a good | deal of cotton to pick yet. I sea in the Ledger where some of tho people in your county are I losing their stock from blind stag gers. l send you a remedy that 1 cut out of tho Dallas News: HI.INI) STAGGERS REMEDY. 1 will send a valuable recipe t? to be published. It is for blind staggers in horses, if it is heeded it will save many dollars worth of valuable horses. I personally know of the remedy being given to thirtythree head of horses last year. It did not fail in a single instance. Don't fail to try it. You will be rows riled. The last horse that I tried it on was my own. IIo wus blind and down and had deen down about one or two hours. In eight hours after the lirst dose, one hour after the second, the horse was grazing. 1 have the greatest contidence in the remedy. The ingredients are: One pint whiskey, two tablespoonfuls turpentine, quarter of au ounce quinine Mix well. The above is enough for two doses; hardly over have to give the second dose. Drench with half pint and with turpentine; rub the forehead between the eyes thoroughly. Be careful to not i ?_ " *' get it iu iuo nurse s eyes. it lue firat done doesn't relievo the horde in three or four hours give the econd dose. Whoever tries it, write me the results. --NV. A.Higgins, Floyd Co*, Tex. Success to the Lodger. S. C. Bov. UURES RHEUMATISM OR CATARRH IN A DAY?TREATMENT FREE. B. B B (Botanic Blood Balm) cures the worst and most stubborn ca^es by draining th? poison out of the blood and bones, and building up the broken down constitution, Actus and pains in the bones or joints, swollen glands, droppings in tli"? throat, haw king, spitting or bad breath, etc . at disappear promptly and permanently. 11' B. It cur a where nil else f.dis. Druggists, $1. Treatment of It. It It Henl abs >lutely free ami prepaid hy writing to Bool Balm Co , At'nnta (la. De-crilt tr >uble and fre < modi cal advice giv*" untiljcur?d. B ! '. B. put-* new co'or in your skin, and makes the b'oud redder and more lioni ishing, stopping ad aches and pains. Over cures In, B B B. Fully Six Htiiulred Lives Lost San Francisco, March 1G.? The steamer Mariposa arrived here tod ty from Samoa brin<jin<; news of the disastrous hurricane which uwfini ol?/?P iKn C w v V? l ? m.7 1 WIIIIMIKI ^imij) UJ islands in Jununry. In all over (500 lives" were lost and the fuiiin i eial loss will exceed $."?oo,()00. ! The P.?m< n! 11 group of islands number about 100 <5 iUi aiffnatare is on overy l>ox of tho gomiinc Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets | hm rtaar1/ tbat rur<-? m eol?l In one day A Gruesome Find. i The Dead Body of Lewis Pittman Found Alongside the South eru Kail way. Kock Hill ileruld, 18th iust. A gruesome tind was made by the section bands of the Southern Railway when they went down the track to work yesterday morning. A few yurda beyond the city limits was found the body of a white man, apparently about lifty years old. There was a deep ragged hole under the chin, another in the tc p of the head, one arm and one leg were brokon, and he was otherwise badly mangled. M Htdslrnto IteoUhuiii nntincr w?ro. I nor, impaneled a jury, who viewed the body, whioh was then i brought to the room of Undertaker Frew anil an examination made by l)r. Fonnill. While there the deceased was identified as Lewis, or "Lute," Pittman, whose home is in this city. Rumor declared the deceased had been down the ro 1 Holiday, with three other men, all uiinking, and that one of the men had left town. At the inquest, J. T. Gregory on the stand, gave evidence that he and his brother, W. M. Gregory, Lute Pitman and llick Sutton went down the road kionday afternoon, purchased a quart aid a pint of whiskey, and sitting down by the track, on the ends of the xross-ties, proceeded to get drunk. They evidently remained there until after night. A colored woman testitied that she saw them there all the afternoon. Gregory's evidence was rather broken, but he remembered that ^ some time in the night something ruu into them and he was thrown 1 down the embankment. When he waked ur> a little later on, he made his way to a colored mau's house and got him to take him Home, lie knew nothing of Lute Pittman's death until yesterday 1 morning. XVI ORB RZOTS. Disturbances of strikers are not nearly as grave as an individual disorder of the system. Overs' work, loss of sleep, nervous tension will be followed by utter collapse, unless a reliable remedy is immediately employed. There's nothing so ollicient to cure disorders of the Liver or Kidneys as ' Electric Hitters. It's a wonder- ' ul tonic, and effective nervine ..~.l lU. .? -II > i kiiu iuc "luiuesi uii inouiki modicino for run down systems. It, dispels Nervousness, Rheumatism ! and Neuralgia and expels Miliaria germs. Only 50c, and satisfac-; tion guaranteed liy Crawford Bros., and ,J. F. Mackey & Co. Druggist. ? A week ago was published a short referenco to the marvelous discovery of Professor Steins of Paris of an instrument that restores ?igiit to unfortunates who nam iwmi M, linn LT'ves 11 TO mosG I w.io li-ivt? never beheld the light. ; By is use the 11111 : i >- ttlind were ( mad- to mm* New comes the stut< me it t at Miller Reese Hutchison, a \ ?u???r Alabumian, has act11 i' \ made the deaf to hear by hu m s of an instrument that ho ' i ? in I invented Sf //? I'll Cmli/ii Unit ll'OVk.1 Off IIIe (! hf. Lixitivu Broiuo Quinine Tab I u I I - I--- W-T HJV.- 1 m; i! i "ill III IM1W liny. O Care, No Pay. Price, '25c. Safj Crac'xi Continues. Charlotte, N. March 10 ? The safe at the postnftice at Liacolnton, N. (' , was blown open early this mornir?> and $700 in money and *timps sccnred. There is nr> c!o? t<? the rubbers. ? State Superintendent of Kdu cation Ma. tin will probably issue a call for a meeting of thy county superintendents in Itook Hill in the middle of April. Federal vs. St tto Statutes. Charleston special to the Green ville News: In the court of common pleas here today Judge R C Watts made a ruling which con* corns the constitutionality of the dispensary law. The suit was brought by Gallagher & Burton against the estate of J. F. Braioo vich for liquors. I'ho purchase was admitted but payment wastefused under the following clause of the dispensary law: "The possession of said illicit liquors is hereby prohibited aud declared unlawful, aud any obligation or note of indebtedness contracted iu their sale or transportation is declared to be absolutely mull and void, nor shall any action nor suit for the recovery of the same bo entertained in any court in this state." .Judge Watts ordered a VAtwl mf f/i?? f ltn nloinlllT Iwtl/lirw-r that otherwise inter-state commerce would bo restricted and the rights of trade would he abridged, barring the recovery of a just debt through the courts. The case will probably go to the highest courts and attract much attention before it is finally settled. 27i<? Iirnt Prescription for Matam Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It lssiumlv Iron and Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. Resisted Vaccination and Sent to Jail. Ashevillo, N. C., March 1#.? Prof. A. T. Weaver, at the head j of a loading educational institu- I ticn, has been sent to jail because j he refused to be vaccinated and ^ also because of his refusal to pay a line of $25 for the same. The vaccination was ordered as a precaution against smallpox. Professor Weaver, it is said, may institute legal proceedings against tho authorities, and may take his ease before the supreme court of North Caroliua. AFTER LA. GRIPPE ? WHAT? Usually a hacking cough and a general feeling of weakness, often leading to fatal results after the patient is supposed to have passed the danger point. Foley 'a Honey and Tar is guaranteed to cure the "grippe cough'; and mako you strong and well. It never fails to atop a cough if taken in time. Take no substitutes. T. Eugene KniidHrlturlf I One Family of 24, Another of 20. Gaston in News. i Wm. Skidmore, of near Stan- ( ley, probably has the distinction of being the father of the largest ^ fumily in Gaston connty. He has 22 children. Some of them died before reaching manhood. J. W. Ferguson, of Clover, was ! in town Saturday with his family and the group was taken by Photographer Green. Mr. and Mrs Ferguson were manied on Match 2nd, 15/4,' and to thetn have been born IS children, 12 of whom are now living; two of I horn are twin*. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson still look young, and they are not old. Mr, Ferguson is 51 and doesn't look over 40. * ? ? ? Out in Missouri a justice decided that the coos on a farm be j f ! longed to the wife and not to the husband, and that he was no betl ter t hun a thieT when lie sold them contrary to her will and pocketed the money. ? Col J. P. Caldwell, editor of the Charlotte Observer, has accepted the invitation to deliver the annual address before the 1 South Carolina Press Association, j The association holds its meeting ) this year in July at White Stone Lithia Springs. t / ? ??? Tlie Whim of An Aiken Farmer. A gsnllemau f'oui Aiki.11 who was in tho city yesterday tolls a good st ry of one of the natives. The coming f northern people into that section Was given a number of tho country people tho opportunity to sell, at fubulons price, land which has been untit for sucffiSHfnl fiirminir An old fellow named Blank is one of I'.iose who have reaped u harvest of shekels on real estate which would hardly hold up a mortgage ten years ago but is n >w graced by patrician homc?teuds. But the sweetness of "Yankee money" could never palliate entirely the rancor toward Yankees in the heart of the Aikcnite, und he longed to lord it over the rich swells?just once. As necessity is the mother of invention, so does envy sometimes foster novel ideas. A bright idea fastened itself on the intelligence of Mr Blank. A tract,not valuable to l iuist'lf. was verv deairnhlft ?? ? ? J ? some northern folks and by them very much desired. For the ensh consideration which they offored, Mr. Blank agroed to part from his realty, but w:tk the stipulation, $100 of the amount to lie representod by nete secured by mortgage, with tho further proviso that the $100 must not be paid during Mr. Blank's lifetime. The whim was gratified and now tho eccentric Aiken farmer holds a I mortgage on a Yankee millionaire. I ?The State. After Back Taxes. , I I Spartanburg, S. C., March IS. ? It is learned today that proCM.flinnrR nrn l???nnr inufitiitorl n~ ?against the Spartanburg Beaumont Cotton Mills for tifty-lire thousaui! back taxes from which the mills were exempted by a city ordinance, which is now held to diave been illegal. A Set Back Fer Roosevelt. I Washington, D. C , March 18. President Rooaerelt to day withdrew the nomination of William jtMimley for assistant treasurer of the United States at New York, and late this afternohn sent to the Semite the appointment of Hamilton Fish, son of former Secretary of State Fish, to the office. The nomination of Mr. Fish was confirmed promptly by the Senate. Mr. Fish had the endorsement of theNe<v York Senators. To daj Assistant Secretary Armstrong, of the ticusury department, had a conference with I the President, at which it was decided that, in view uf the gravity of the charges against Mr. Plimley, he could not be commissioned. The President then withdrew the nomination from the Senate. lCeady lor Hi<ls The building commit toe of the Heath Springs Model and Industrial school i->nn.v r-nd* to receive bids The contract wi-i b i ?wir I ed by April 1st. Poms unl spec idcation s of the t>uil ling cm b" seen tit the store of A. P. Bio vn at Heath Springs. C mtractors expecting lo bid on this work are requested to >end in their bids as early as possible to A. 1*. Bro.vn. Manager Wanted. Trustworthy lady or gentleman j lo manage business in this County and adjoining territory for well and favorably known House of solid financial standing. $20.00 straight cash salary and expenses, paid each Monday by check direet from heidquartcts. Expense money advanced; position poi nt i neut. A<ures? 1 nomas Uooper, Manager, 1039 Caxton Bldg., Chicago. ? Rudolph Fores tar of Virgin ia has hecn appointel as assistant secretary to the president. ? In the finul lotllement with the Stuto of S u'h Cnr.linu, the estate of the Into cohnty treusurer of liichlund county, Cupt. .James S. Ciuiipht-r, will bo short not less than $4,000 nod not more thnn $7,000 ?Lynching is un expensive luxury for taxpayers in some seclions of Ohio. Champaign county must pay the heirs of "Clint" Mitchell, a negro executed by a mob several years ago, $5,500. The costs of trial amount to $1,000 in addition. Where this law is enforced it is elective. Many ptfl MOIIJ. IlilVU SCIUp.e* 11"81 dancing only when they have to pay the piper ?Tho State. WORKINQ O ?BltTX?VXXI. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers?Dr. King's New Lifo Pil's. Millions are always at work, uight and day, curing Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation, Sick Headache and all stomach. Liver and Bnweh troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at Crawford uros., una ,1. *. Mac Key cV uo., drug store. RUTS The walking* sick, what a crowd of them there are: Persons who are thin and weak but not sick enough to go to bed. " Phrnnir rnQf?c " 1-U'il'c what the doctors call them, which in common English means?long sickness. To stop the continued loss of flesh they need Scott's Emulsion. For the feeling of weakness they need Scott's Emulsion. It makes new flesh and <nv*/?c 11 ?M\r 11 *-r\ f 1i 1. ? N j nbiv in\^ iw iiiu wtctrs. system. Scott's Emulsion gets thin and weak persons out of the rut. It makes new, rich blood, strengthens the nerves and gives appetite for ordinary food. Scott's Emulsion can be taken as long as sickness lasts and do good all the time. There's new strength and flesh in every dose. cv,^ We will be glad to send you a lew -1 -a Ik uustb iree. [lP, Re sure that this picture in IrE the form t.l a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of P Emulsion you buy. ^ SCOTT & BOWNE, 5? 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. and $11 all drujjlsU. J. I1A1UIY FOSTER, Attorney at law, LANCASTER, S. C. B&r Collection < a specialty. Notice of Discharge. Notico is hereby srivon that on I ho 0 h ilnv ( f April 11)03, the underpinned a Committee of the Ksta'o of Margaret Langlev, deceased, will lile his tiual return and settlement and make applies tioii to the Probate Court for the County of Lancaster, S. for n final discharge a-> .-unh Committee. R. J IIaUpku, Comt. | March, ('?, ? 1m 1 ? II I II II I H . Trespass Notice, All persons are hereby warne d not to hunt, walk, rido, or trespass in any wty, on the la*ds of th<? undersigned in the Dixie neighborhood, said lands being in O:II? l. ?i it..i?i vjiimd * iicu ami DUMiid lowilnhips. Tho law will In* enforced against nil pers >ns rii-rfifHrding this notice. .1 K. Poiitkk, T. It Langi.ky, T. M. Bri.K, ,1. W. A. PoUTBIt, VV (} A Pout Kit, Agent, Dix?o Gold Mine, MRS. II. II. POKTKK. Mar. 3, 1903?1 m. \ UK II Our entire Si f o of* *. \/ v M. Winter Goods Not at Cost, Hut 10c on the Dollar Less Than COST. Our $12.50 Suits now at $9.50. Our $10.00 Suits now ut $7.50. Our $ 5 00 Suits dow at $3.50. Our $ 3.50 Suits now at $2.50. AJI 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 cull and see us. We don't want to carry over any of our winter goods, therefore this explains why we arc selling 10c on the Dollar Leas Than Cost. R Mtt fs ^ ^.TJLXJLJ LJ In Riddle Block. If It's Meat WE HAVE IT. If It's Groceries WE HAVE THEM. And if you are hungry, call at THII LANCASTER CAFJS Where we serve the best meal that fMiruhfi fr?iirwl ir? !>? *? .uuuu iu mo iunu mi 25 cents. FKKSll Fish and () ? s'ors? vei y Suturduv Yours to ?orv<v> PORl'KR & WMKRRY, % Phone 142. Proprietor*. \otice. The Ocunty Board of 15,| ml-ZA* tion t*? injuisfd of tho ('lia'nntn of the l owio-Kiji ami Special Bohi'iIh of At-sessoi-.-t. will imet on the | fourth TuomIm\ in \lnn?li , - * 1903, at tho office of the County ' Auditor to equalize the valuations o* personal property of the County, ami to hear grievances and appeals from the valuations and a?aessnu-nls fixed l>y the Township and Special Boards of Asses, flora tyes poet fully, jno. A. Cook, Co. Auditor. March, 6, 1903. Foley's Honey and Tar tor children,safe,sure. No opiates.