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THE LEDGER. Ttiurlow L. l EDITOR AND MANAGER. MHMBBHnnHHMHMinaBifticwiaanriMi* WKDNKSDAY, 1ANIWIY *J7, 1004. Meeting of Teachers' Association lust Saturday. On account of inch ment weather. very few teachers wore present at the meotiug of tho County Touchers' Association last Saturday ut this place. However, ji U! a t. a r suiucicui minium were present. 101 re-organization, which was tin principal obj#ct of the meeting, The regular programme was continued until the noxt meeting, tirst Saturday in February. lie mombor the time. The associa tion was culled to order Saturday by Chairman Howell. A few busi ness matters were discussed am disposed of, and the following of ticers elected for the ensuing yo.tr President, Mr. 11 A. Dobson Superintendent of Kershaw gradei school; Vice President, Mr. 11. T Cox, principal of Lancaster gradei school; Secretary, Miss Eva liob inson, teacher of Factory school Executive Committee, Mis. T. Y Williams, Misses (J crush a Mitch ell, St. Claire Brown, (iertrud Sherer, Eva Robinson, Messrs K A. Dobson and II. T. Cox. The Lancaster County Teacher? Association has heretofore bee practically a failure so far as at tendance is concerned, thoug certainly through no fault of it ofliccrs, who have always don everything in their power to carp on this exceedingly importnn work, but the barrier to the asso ciution's success is that the teach ers and trustees, and people gen cr?*l\y% do not jippf to how important and invaluahl thcte meetings are. Seemingly on this account, they do not at tend thorn, and wo all know hoi utterly impossible it is to attai A I C A % 10 iiuv accrue 01 success in un kinil of work without the heart co-operation of tho teachers, 11 least. Teachers, try to get you trustees interested, u.id insist, a you have a right to do, upon tliei occassional attendance, at an rate, upon these teachers' meet inp. The association will meet hen after on the lirst Saturday of eat month. The programme for Fel ruary tho Oth is as follows: How can Lancaster counl maintain a live Teachers' Associ tion?, by It. A. Dobson, of tl Kershaw graded school. Sliou toxt hooks be used ?in the lir grade, by It. K. Mood, of Oa hurst school. How to iteauli school and school grounds, 1 M iss Gertrude Shorer, of I)ix school. What is condition scheol house and grounds; a any steps being taken to impro C 4.. i: UUIIWllHMl Ui BUIIIf, !( ? ?>U UINUllSSt by each teacher present. Jos. K. Connors, See. pro tcm. Mr. O. P. Heath's Views < Cotton. Mr. 0. P. Heath of Monr yesterday gave the Chariot Chronicle his viosvs on the pri of cotton. Mr. Heath argu that the staple will he a go price for at least live years. 1 says the world is short on cotto with an ever increasing derniu with no prospects of I irgely i creasing the supply un lor li years. Even with a big cr next year, Mr. Heath thin that prices must stay well up, Monroe Journal. It is truly piteous for our Sti that its whiskey business is bei maguilio i into its most imp >rti interest. Its o dices ure 111c Bought after and ils business i terests require the largest consi eration, it is the greatest fuel in politics and it is the most pi ductive of evil. It seems to ov< shadow every other dapartmont all particulars.?Kershaw Era. The Solons Against Rryan And Silver. Poll Showing They desiie to <lio| lioth in llM>4Cuuipaign?Only 1'hrec Found Other i Way. Tlio State, 2t>th inst If the present South Caroliiu t | legislature had the editing of th< ' last two national Democratic plat forms for use in the coming cam i paign and the naming of a slainb r nrd bearer, the silver 4kpiramoun ) i>nie" would be blucpencilcd ou . 011 irely, nod if either Mr. JJryai - or Mr. Cleveland bobbed tip n candidate he would be told to ? ( i way bac k and hit clown. Wkili - j botli moil hare ninny admirer among South Carolina legislator j and their advice and council wouh bo treated with respectful c-onsid eratioti, neither would ho allowei to domi late or control. In n poll made yesterday by representative of The State o both the senate and house, onl three members of the legislator were found who desired the real Urination of the platforms of ISO and 11)00. Three others decline - to expie^s themselves?Speake e Smith c f the house of represent! - lives, dercmiah Smith and J. 1* lleumguard. saving thai they ha >" not given the matter suflicier n thought to warrant ezpressior - ! for publication. Neither a sens h tor nor a representative idroe.ate s j the nomination of either Mi o J Cleveland or Mr. Hryan. y j ?? 11 Julian .Johnson Case Compromise liook Hill Herald: It is ri ? | mored on the streets and wo hav 0 the heist authority for saving thi a compromise has been effeclc in the suit of J. II. Johnson f< v his inn Julian against the Soutl n ern railway for injuries sustain? |s by the young man in iho Kishin y crook wreck on tho Jrd of So| toiubor. The compromise suit r for 500. Suit was cute red f< s ?50,000. While tho acttlemoi v has been elTcctcd and the settl y nient is agreeable to all eoocori L. ?d, judgment baa not yet be< entered on tho court hooks j, Yorkville There are now on :h three suits to be settled ? that K W. Hall for his son Verno Mr. H icks o; Lancpstci and l'rc L V | Slaughter of Hickory Grov ,0 Vernon Hall's injuries are L Id licvcd to ho permanent, hut ?t to?, may lie settled outside court, if tho railroad will tr? him fairly. >y * of The Rig Catawba Luke. re vo As tho result of tho closing the dam of the Catawba l'ovi company on Saturday, the be water ros9 to a height of 2G incl at Wright's ferry the next di 3n It is understood that the dam s lacked f ur feet of being full tho top. It is reported also tl oo fine of tho public bridge* to Allison rruok became unnpproni co able when the water wan at ijs highest point.?Yorkvill* I ori quirer. n I)r. T. A. Crawford was dec j without opposition by the Legist ln_ tire last Thursday to (ill a vncar ve in the board of Ti ustoess of VV 0p throp College. It happens t j.s Senator 11 It. Tillman is 1 Trustee whoso commission 1 expired and whose place Dr Cra ( ^ ford was elected to fill. J ? ? Doctor h is tendered his rosicu n'' s fl,.., K..t ? l.~ I . - i . ltll iiwi. iM.ii nit; Lwgisiniuri DIRT ! )1M Senator 1 illman as in? < rvn si ,, ces?or. It would havo boon [(j easy mutter for the lotiislati or to have ascertained before i election whoso term was cxpiri 3r but tlio solo is are excusible ?t i, dispensary clt ction> came <dT | prior to the election of trustees, I Nearly Two Hundred ; Dead in Hardwick Mine.! _ i ( Terrible Kxplosion i?cnls Death to the Miners. Rescue .Vork Very Slow. I Pittsburg, Jau. 25. ? Ry an explosion in the Hardwick mine of j the Allegheny Coal compnny at j Chepwiek, 1?? miles from Pitts- j - I I?uiwestern Pennsylvania prom- ] iscs to add one of the groateat j | tragedies of years to the ulrsady j , long list of mine fatalities. Even t n ( the officials of the Allegheny Conl , 8 company, the owners of the mine, / ) don't know at this time the num0 her of men eutoinbed in the chains hers of the mine, 220 feet below j * the surface, hut a conservative 1 estimate places the number at 184. j Even General Manager Geol'go tl Scheitzo of the c*al company, who is in charge wf the minu>, a gives littie hope that many of the f j men will he brought to tho surface. The first ray of hope that ^ any of the men had escaped tho tremendous concussion of tho ex" plosion, came at t> o'eloca tonight (> when Adolph (1 unia was brought ,1 to the surface still living. ir Tho explosion occurred at 8.20 o'clock this morning at tho hot , | torn of one of the shafts and was ' presumably caused by lire damp, d It wns 4 o'clock this afternoon it heforo it was possible to make tho lS first attempt at rescue. The littlo village of I lai d wick j that surrounds the tinning works . two miles buck from tho West I Pennsylvania railroad, has been horror stricknn all day. Tho i wives and relatives of the entombdied miners Iiuyo crowded about the entrance to the pit, heseechi ing for news of loved ones below, e but only to meet with .the same it sad answer: M\7e do not know d yet, if wo find him wo will send ir him home." I(^ Important Bills Passod. Washington, ,Jan. 25.? The 18 senate today passed the following >r hills: ^ Providing for tho appropriate e" marking of the graves of Confederute soldiers who died in nothern prisons during the Civil war and *n appropriating $200,000 for this 'v purpose. Authorizing the erection of a n? monument to the memory of John ^ Paul Jones Authorizing the u?e of tho >0" vvntors of tho Coosa river, Alabama, for tho generation of elec?* tricity. 3at _ ? Mr. #1. C. Elliott, who for nearly two years past has beon the manager of the llca-.h-Elliott Mulo company at this place has U1 returned to Lannaster to take r01 charge of the company's affairs l( ^ there A? to whether the change 18s is a permanent one, the reporter I] ' has not been able to learn definill" toly. It iv (juitc certain, however, that Mr. 1011 iott hns made '1<l' numerous- fiicnda in Yorkvillo /8! and in the country surrounding during his residence hero and the 11. H loss of himself and his excellent family will lie a aourco of general regret. The Yorkvillo business l( (j of the company is at present in charge of Mi. C. F. Gordon.? Yorkvillo Enquirer. The six-year old child of Mr. 'lut .loo Harti , who lives a short HisII) c tanco northeast of town, died last ) ttdl Saturday afternoon. A few days previous to it.s death the cliii < ')0 was eating persimmons and a seed 1R lodged in its throat. The seed ect .... ... could not. DO removed and the litan tie child win a ^rout sufferer unnrf. til death came to its relief.?VVaxIhe haw Entei prise. lie 0J-?f%.S,X,,C3XTLI^.. iibt ao.-ra the AII18 K'n,l Vou Have Always Boujjtfit A Happy >?New" Thanking ou patronage and in past kindness in have decided to es Thirty Days Lo so tliat all <i bene tit of s educed are principally ?v month intend t<> s< one knows that w< STBCUSE & BRi which is by you look like you them. With evei antee, ?iim*antecii fades or loses its nliv tiiey rrciB ill it! because every pie and shrunk he to consequently ther lading- So forws the cut prices tor VK/eSI AEGllv pall 1* a jr a / ?.?> i m. ?.??, i y stock wilS promts i otne of our comii I Rembemkr our I The very bes pair guaranteed 1 i leather soles an< ; not prove to he t! you at our store, you a new pair o that is not as we HATS. Come alosg a We have a samp yon to take out o Our best soft Millinery, a 1 closeovt eheap. Groceries of cheap and meet i Again tliankin patronage shown , will continue to remain. I -lilk in and Pre Year to A! I* CUKtO;ik('IV tin* (H'dei* <o reeip <> patronizing n m ktvinl the hiu nger in Slaugh! J our CllStOillf prices. Cloth er stocked on el!, regardless o b have the exciu* OS. Kill ART far the best iitti were moulded a ) > suit there is a * ng you a new si shape. Now I ^ ? B. x*' f*?ia ^iina H gun et of goods is the re it is made if e is no chance of trd boys, and tak< the next 30 dai it* on/ ? i t?ji|rxrt uia^ e to dress you up letitors give you a touglas and Godman Li i ill !. i ;? m <1 ii nfo t ?. %j ? k_7 iiJUiii ttiliV. bo ho solid leather 1 double tip toe a lie same as the i cut open, we wi u receipt of the represent it to be, NO END TO TH md let your cran: le lot that Ave wil f our Avay. bosomshirts at c ew pickings left, al kinds in abun< my prices given ; g our customers i i us in the past ai patronize us in Yours ti 1 8 f) a no; & m sperous 11? ^ tilt i** liberal rale lor tliei** [> largely, we lering Prices will get the is what we <! for the next cost. Everyii ve sale of CLOTHING. og and makes nci poured in written guar mi in case it can tell you ran tee, simply trough ly tested ito a garment; shrinkage or ii advantage of is and if you (I 2 ? si v* l* IBIDllVV/t UU1 i or else make i new suit. ine of Shoes. stored. Everjr counter; sona nd if they do sample shown 11 freely give ones returned I |Mj ium he eoyed. 1 almost give ost. which we will ilance, will sell you._ tor ther liberal id hoping tliey the future, we ?c-erve. nil lit .