The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 22, 1905, Image 2
T"clEBGEfl,
THURLOW S. CARTED,
EDITOtt AND MANAGER.
nWCBl) WKONKSDAY ANI) 8ATITKDA Y
BUBSPKI l'TION 60 PKH YEAH
Lancaster, S. C\, April 22, 1905.
The Trespass Law.
Following is the law as to trcsnassincr
enacted bv the last leris
lature:
Section I. lie it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina. That from and
after the approval of this Act, any
person or persons entering upon
the lands of another, for the purpose
of hunting, fishing, trapping,
netting, gathering fruit, straw or
surf, vegetables, herbs or cutting
timber on same, without the consent
of the owner or manager
thereof, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall pay a fine of
not more than twenty (20) dollars
or be imprisoned at hard labor
not more than thirty (30) days,
for each and every offense.
Sec 2. All Acts or parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Approved 22d February, 1902
The Cotton Growers' Pledge.
There is a great deal of interest
being taken in the pledges alluded
to by President Smith that are
being filed to reduce cotton acreage
and fertilizers as a result of
the work of the Southern Cotton
Association. The South Carolina
association states that it already
has over 60,000 pledges filed in
which the signers agree to reduce
heir cotton acreage and fertilizers
25 per cent. The pledge that is
ocing used and signed is as follows:
' We, the undersigned, farmers,
tenants or land owners, livlncr at
precinct, county of
Stato of South Carolina, hereby
pledge ourselves to the South
Carolina division of the Southern
Cotton Association to reduce the
acreage planted by us in cotton
for the year 1905 from that planted
in 1904 25 per cent.
"Also, we pledge ourselves to
reduce the amount of fertilizer
used during the year 1905, 25 per
cent.
" Also, 've pledge ourselves to
report for the benefit of the South
ern Cotton Association, the names
v>f all persons living within our
precinct who refuse to sign or
"arry out terms of this pledge.
"In unity shall be strength."
Three Negros Escapo From .Jnil.
Special to The State.
St. George, April 20.?Three
prisoners', Allen Washington,
Burly McClellan and Jerry Myers,
who were confined in the county
jail at this place awaiting trial for
larceny of a trunk from the railroad
company at Summorville,
broke jail hero Tuesday night.
Sheriff Limeh011.se .says that the
nPrrr/\ trior* u?K/? - *
?^au mull iv >it; linn CI1IU gU (II
feeding and entering the prisoners
allowed these prisoners to remain
outside of the cells last
night in the corridor of the jail
roon. and that the iron door,
which secured the room, was
locked l?y this negso servant, but
the door had not been pulled shut
good and the lock bolt did not i
catch.
An Election Ordered in Pickens.
Pickens, April 19.?Yesterday
the county commissioners decided
to order the election on the dispensary
question for Saturday,
May 20. There were a little over
lfiOO names on the petitions. 1
Small Rftpited froitl Gail i>wi
DtolinglUii Man Who Was to
11 ivo Been Hanged in n Fort
, night for Negro's Murder.
Thu State Aptil 21st.
Bolt Simile, the white tuati who,
was to hang in Darlington two
weeks front today, has been given
a icspite Not by the governor,
but by virtue of the fact that his
attorney hns taken an appeal to
the supremo court, and this action
in itself stays the execution of
sentence until the supreme court
shn'l have passed upon the merits
of the appeal. Smalls and an
other rvhito man from North Carolina
were charged with having
mui tiered a negro in wanton manner.
Senator Geo vV. Brown, who
defended Smalls, yesterday nolitied
Gov. Heyward in the following
language:
' I beg hereby to give you formal
notice that 1 have perfected
the appeal to the supreme court in
the above stated case and have
this diiv jjftrvo/1 nrw?r? T M t~u_
- J . . v>? ..jywil U . 1U. JUUI1"
son, Esq , solicitor of tho fourth
judicial circuit, tho proposed case
for tho supreme court which serves
as a suspension of sentence as
to tho hanging of Hob Smalls on
the 5th day of May, proximo,
and a I so as to John Nail, and I
ask that you extend tho proper
notice to tho sheriff of this county
and to the superintendent of
the State penitentiary.
Bondsmen Responsible.
lie escape of Napoleon Lanier
yesterday after he had presumably
gotten information of his conviction
on the charge of abduction,
has caused no little unfavorable
comment, and il is very natural.
There is a serious defect about a
system that allows a defendant to
quietly walk away after he has
been convicted of an offense that
is punishable by tine or not less
than two years' imprisonment.
The responsibility, however,
should be put where it belongs,
and it is due to Sheriff Brown to
say that he is in no wise to blame.
The prisoner was under bond to
appear at court and await the
event of his trial. The sheriff
had no jurisdiction over him until
aflei tho publiration of the [jury's
verdict. The supreme court has
so held. The uuderstandinc is
that the solicitor will look to La
nier's bondsmen and if he finds
they ure not worth the money, he
will get after the magistrate who
may have failed to require them
to qualify. ? Yorkville Enpuirer.
Little Hoy Killed.
Special to News and Couriei.
Hamburg, April 20. ? A distrossing
accident occurred Monday
afternoon at the home of Mi.
N. Z. Folder, near town, by
which his 9-year-old son, Sam,
lost his life. The little fello*>,
with others, was playing ball and
while running along with a bat
in his hands, fell und struck one
end of tho bat on the ground and
the other under his chin. His
neck was dislocated and despite
the attention of several physicians
he died about 9 o'clock last night
Arrested on Suspicion.
A special from Kershaw to The
State oay>-: Two arrests have
been made in connection with the
safe cracking which occurred hero
Sunday night. Both of the men
are negroes, and suspicion poiuti
very strongly to one of them,
John Moore, who was arrested in
Jefferson Tuesday night. He has
been employed in the Jefferson
oil mill and is said to have made a
present of $50 to his wife yesterday.
nM.imiw.'.'.w,n.. ken
Maj. Jas, Fj Han Dies at
Yorkville Home.
One of State's Best Citizens Succumbsto
Cancer.?Commander
of " Hart's Battery."
Special to The State.
Yorkville, April 20. ? Maj.
James F. Hart, a prominent lawyer,
the gallant commander of the
famous " Ilart's Battery" during
the War between the Sections, a '
leader in the Hampton movement
of to/6 and a highly esteemed
Christian gentleman of Yorkville,
died at his residence at 3.30
o'clock this afternoon. Maj. Hart
has been a great sufferer for some
months with cancer of the stomach,
which caused his death. All the .
best medical skill and attention
of loving relatives and friends
could do for this fearless Ccnfederate
soldier was of no avail.
Maj. Hart graduated from the
Citidel with distinction, fought
with marked gallantry through the
War between the Sections and was
severely wounded, being crippled <
through after life, having lost a
leg.
He was one of the most success
ful lawyers of the upper part of
the State and had a large practice,
lie is survived by the widow of
his second marriage, by three sons
and two daughters.
Counterfeit Dollar Moulds.
I
Rock Hill Herald.
We have in our possession the '
dye from which it is evident a
number of counterfeit dollars have c
at some time been struck. It was
found about four inches under
earth in a thicket in which Wyatt
Mobley, colored, was digging up
some plum bushes last Friday.
It is of plaster paris and has at
some time been a very perfect
stamp. The side on which the
head of the goddess of liberty appears
is in fairly good conditions
with the date 1880 plainly dis- 1
cernible, while on the other side j
showing the eagle nearly every '
mark has been obliterated. Mobley
found it several hundred yards
west of the Highland Park Mill,
and not knowing what it was,
showing it to some white men,
who informed him that it was a (
mould in which counterfeit dol- 1
lars had been made evidently and \
he at once became anxious to get ,
rid of it, and brought it to the J
mayor, who still has it in his possession
If Hart 1?r
< ? ?? * UV.V.II
hidden where it was found.
Fire ut Vunderbilt Does Great {
Damage.
Nashville, Tenn., April 20.-Tho "|
main building of Vanderbilt university
was gutted by fire today.
The fi?-e originated in the second
story of the building from a defective
flue. A high wiud was
blowing, and in a few minutes the
structure was a mass of flames. A
general alarm was turned "in and
every engine in the city responded.
On account of inadequate
water supply the firemeu expe
rienct-d much difficulty in fighting
the fire. The loss is placed at i
|200 000, with 115,000 insurance
on the building and furnishings. j
Clarendon count) is said to he
maintaining a county chaingang
at a cost (f $75 per month per
convict. Few counties can afford (
such luxuries.?The State. i
$IW REWARD! ]
A reward of $J00, will ho paid
for the arrest and convictiou of
the party or parties who set fire
10 and burned my harn and stables
about three miles Noith of V?n
Wyck, on Wednesday afternoon
April 12,1905.
J. D. Nisbet,
April 20, 1905-2t.
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