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\il WU WEEKLY ^m=*=?ii ? LA N OA S T E K. 8. 0.. M AY 24 1905 E8TA B L1SH E 1)?852 "
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sentenced lo Death.
Johann I loch, the Man With
Forty Wives, Must Hang for
the Murder of One.
Chicago, May 19.?Johann
Hock, who by his own confession
is a polygamist, and who is charged
by the police with having
married at least 40 women in the
last 15 years, today was found
guilty by a jury of murdering the
next to his last wife, Marie Wclckcr
Hocli, and the death sentence
was recommended by the
jury.
Hoch had been married to Mrs.
Wclcker only a short time when
/ she took suddenly sick and died.
He then formed an alliance with
the sister's sister of the dead woman
and securing the money fled
from Chicago. This Mrs Hocli
told the police that Hoch had poisoned
her sister and a search for
Hoch was begun. Hock was
found two weeks later in NewYork
and baought back to Chicago and
confronted by several alleged
wives. During the trial expert
testimony was offered by the
State that Hoch had poisoned the
woman by administering arsenic.
Today's verdict was reached
in less than half an hour. Three
ballots were taken. The first ballot
was unanimous as to Hoch's
guilt and then a ballot followed as
to the punishment to be inflicted.
This ballot showed 10 in fovor of
the death penalty and two for life
imprisonment. A third ballot resulted
in 12 jurors voting for the
death penalty.
"Well, I guess it's all off with
John," groaned Hoch, as the verdict
was read in court He was
greatly affected. lie had sat in a
stooping position, but when the
word "death" was read he turned
pale, stared hopelessly at the jurymen
and then sank limp in his
chair. Hoch's attorneys will ask
for a new trial, although the condemned
man declared he was
ready to die and would be better
satisfied if they did not make an
effort to save him.
"I wish they would hang me tonight,
now that I have been found
guilty," declared Hoch. "1 am
not afraid to die and the sooner
it is over with the better."
FULL OF TRAGIC MEANING
nre these lines from J. fcl. Simmons,
of Casey, la. Think what
might have resulted from his terrible
cotigh if ho had not taken
the medicine about which he writes
4'I had a fearful cough, that disturbed
my night's rest. I tried
everything, but nothing would relieve
it, until 1 took Dr. King's
.New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Ctdds, which completely
cured me." Instantly relieves
and permanently curee all
throat and lung diseases; prevents
grip and pneumonia. At Crawford
Bros., J. F. Mackey & Co.,
und Fnnderburk Pbarmncy. drugSgest;
guaranteed; 50c and $1.00.
trial bottle free.
A little girl was asked to wiite a
(sentence using the expression,"bit*
t?.er end." She wrote: "A big doe
phased my kitty and as who went
Tinder the porch he bit her end."
-?Inland Printer.
OASTOHLTA..
B?*rs the j* Kind You Have Always Boujlt
eieTn
Notice to the Public.
I will bold all inquests in the
enounty. Phone to my residence
w set Pleasant Hill for me when
needed.
J. Montgomery Caskey,
[ opt. 20?tf
Municipal Ownership.
Boston Watchman.
S
It seems singular there should
be so much hesitation in adopting
public utilities in this country in
the face of the success it has nttaincd
in othor nations. It is
charged with being socialistic,
when it is well known that muni- S
cipal management has been vindicated
equally in socialistic Aus- ti
tralia, conservative England and p
imperialistic Germany. It is d
claimed that it. will be enormously C
expensive, although one of the a
largest cities in Australia clears s
$8.coo a yeur from its sewerage
farm, and Glasgow, Scot., furnishes
its people gas at 52 cents j
per thousand feet, electricity at ^
$t.o8 a year per lamp of a seven j
hours' day, has reduced the price t
of water one-half, and yet makes ^
a profit of $200,000 a year on ^
water rates; and has paid $1 000, ^
000 on its debts from profits 011 ^
its street railway lines, while giv- ^
ing the people reduced fares and j.
a.1. _ 1- ? *
me workmen snorter hours and
j c
pensions after i 5 years' service. : <,
It is charged that government own j t
ership will lead to an a increase
in corruption, when as a matter of ^
fact the public utilities uow mana- v
ged by our municipal and national ^
government 4most free from graft.
Instead of discussing theories ^
about municipal ownership and ^
operation of public utilities, why q
do we not learn lessons from those 5.
places where it is in successful j
operation? The only^
know to this question is, that -ve ^
are prevented by the politicians ^
and grafters who arc making gains g
from our present notoriously expensive,
corrupt and inadeqnate -j
system of municipal government a
and the corporations which bribe ^
them. We submit that this is not 0
a good reason for depriving the
people of the advantages of s
public control of public utilities. t
DON'T bORROW TROUBLE f<
d
It is a bad habit to borrow anything,
but the worst thing you
can possibly borrow, is trouble. c
When HicU, sore, heavy, weary sl
and worn-out. by the pains and p
poison* of dyspeptia, biliousness, b
Bright'* disease, uny similar in- 5
tcrn-il disorders, don't sit down ^
and brood over your symptoms,
but ily for relief to Elec- u
trie Bitters. Here you will find
sure and permanent forgetfulness ec
of all you?* troubles, and your ai
body will not he burdened by a -p
load of dobt disense. At Crawford
Bros., J. F. Mackey & Co., ^
Funderburk Pharmacy. Drug ?
stores Prices 50c. Guaranteed. 01
Presbyterian General Assembly m
Meets Next in South Caro- n.
lina. p;
tl
Fort Worth, Texa*, May 20.? bi
Greenville, S. C. was selected as 01
the noxt meeting place of the gen. la
eraljassembly of the Southern Pres bl
byterian church,the convention to ct
be held in tie First Presbytorian c\
church of that city. et
PLANS TOGJSi Rljp ^
are often frustrated by sudden ta
breakdown, due to dyspepsia or Gj
constipation. Brace up and take .
Dr King's New Life Pills. They 1
take out the materials which are Cl
clogging your onergies, and give sc
yon a new start. Cures head- ai
aches and dizziness too. At ac
Crawford Bros', J F Mackey & t|,
Co's and Funderburk Pharmacy. .
'25c, guaranteed.
cc
Foley's Kidney Cure makes tl(
kidneys and bladder right. Don't c>
delay taking. Sold by Fundtr- sn
burk Pharmacy. or
Education In This State.. J
. ,T
tatc Superintendent Martin Tells
How and Why our Schools
arc Kxtending and Succeeding
in South
Carolina.
Special to the News and Courier,
Columbia, May 20.? Supcrinendent
O. H. Martin has prearcd
a most interesting and conenscd
statement of what South
Carolina is doing in an education1
way.lie Writes.thus:
TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DCPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION.
Columbia, May 20, iQOfL?The
1 oil W. 11. Mcrritt, State school
Commissioner, Atlanta, Ga My
)car Sir: In reply to your lcter
of recent date asking for a
iricf repoit of educational process
and prospects in Sonth Cardina,
1 wish to quote a few Staistics
from recent report to the
;encral Assembly. During the
ast five years, our public School
nrolment has increased from 26975
to 290,115; the average atendance
from 194,419 to 214,133
xpenditures from $725,770 to
>1,161,962; average sulary of
/hite teachers from $152 49 to
>126 92; receipts from local taxs
from $93,088 to $185,541; exicnditures
per child from $2 69 to
>4 05; rural libraries to 520)ur
Legislature taxed the dogs
occnts each last year for ttyc]
enefit of the schools. A^e
:?t 'money forU education also
/ith a tag tax on fertilizers, and
rom the sale of liquors in dispell- 1
arics. We spend a quarter of a ,
liliion dollars on colleg education |
'his is a great increase over the (
pproprintions of a few years ago.
)ur girls' normal school gets 1 ,
f this amount. We expend \
bout $9,000 a year in summer |
chools for teachers take to advan ,
age of the opportunities thus of- |
:red. So much for what we have t
one and arc doing. (
You ask what wc propose to j
o. That would take too much ,
oace. However, wc propose to
ush our library law until it will
c generally recognized that no
chool is adequate without a li
rary. Our library law, which
as passed in 1905, provides for
le rasing of $10 by private sub:ription,
$10 from the county,
, 4 a:./-, c. n.. . r ,
itu ^ i v ii u111 U1C OUUC IllllClS,
he county's $10 purchases a nice
olished oak book case, with a
lass door. This law has helped
ur work, greatly because a new
brary leads to other imprcvelents,
just like when you buy a
sw hat, you have to buy a new
air of shoes, a new suit etc., in
lc interest of harmony. Our lirary
law led to the passage of
jr school building law at the
st session of the General Assemly.
This act sets aside 5 per
:nt of the entire school fund of
/ery county to encourage the
ection of adequate school builngs.
Whenever a district raises
oncy by subscription, by local
xation, issuing bonds, sale of lj
d buildings or otherwise, '
ie county appropriates $50 for (
ich $100 thus raised. No a
hool can get more than $300 of ^
d.The buildings must be erected i
;cording to designs approved by C
is office and must also be ^
spected and received by the ^
>unty superintendent of cducaDn.
Preference is to be given to n
immunities which consolidate p
nail schools and build larger n
ics. Many communities are al- S
ready moving under this encouragement,
and, I believe this law
is going to cause a general building
revival.
We arc very much interested
in your efforts in Georgia to build
high schools. We arc watching
your "model schools." The absence
of public high schools mark
the weak point in our system of
education. We hope to develop
a system of State aid and encouragement
to township and county
high schools with industrial features.
We are working for improvements
in school equipment,
for the beautifping of school
grounds, for better salaries for
teachers, for better supervision
and for a general development of
educational sentiment. I believe
that the next few years will
progress in educational and industrial
work in the palmetto
State. Sincerely yonrs,
O B Martin.
State Superintendent of Education.
Floods in Graysou County Tex
Twenty Thousand Acres of Rich
Cotton Lands Overflowed ?
Losses Estimated at $25,000.
Dallas, Tex., May fO.?A
special to the News from Sherman,
Texas, aays:
Tremendous rises m tho creeks
of Grayson county, from a five.'
inch ramfall in seven hours last
**'d thia morning, hare
caused the flooding of 25,000 acres
of rieh bottom cotton lands all
undor cultivation, and the destruction
of much stock. Tk<j
losses are estimated at a quarter
af p. million dollars.
Dead hogs and cattle by the
dozens have been found. Two
families named Griffin and Webes
tenants on the Reed Davis plantation,
wore driven to trees and
Housetops and were roscued with
difficulty iu boats. Fifteen per
:ent of the Grayson potato crop
is under water and believed to be
i total loss. R E Smith a planter
011 a largo scale of alfalfa, is
one of tho heaviest losers.
Physician Dies of Alcoholism.
Jor. Cbarlotto Observer.
Wilmington, May 16.- Dr.
Liogers S. Turlington, 40 years of
.go, a practicing physfWanjof Benlottsville,
S. O., and son of a well
cnown merchant of that town,died
ather suddenly in the James Walk
>r Memorial Hospital heroyesterluy.
Dr. Turlington came to
Wilmington sovmal days ago to
loll somo land. Ho bed been
kinking rather heavily for severil
days and had to be sent to the
lospitul. A violent type of alchol8in
developod in his case and the
ind came qutckly. The body wai
mibalmed and sent to his home this
norning for interment.
NEW CURE FOR CANCER
All surface cancers are now
mown to be curable by Bucken's
Arnica Salve, .fas Walters
?f Dnffield, Va., writos: "I bad
) cancer on my lip for years, that
oemed incurable, till Bucklen's
triuca Salve healed it, and now
t is perfectly well." Guaranteed
ure for cuts and burns. 25o at
Crawford Bros', J F Mackoy &
2o's, and Funderburk Pharmacy.
Foley's Honey and Tar contains
o opiates, and will not consti?ate
like nearly all other cough
ledicines. Refuse Substitutes]
old by Funderburk Pharmacy.
Happenings in the State.
As Chronicled bv tho Alert Cor- 1
respondents of The Columbia
Statcyrud tho Charleston
News and Courier.
(Specials to The State.)
Jury Awards Five Thousand Dol- !
lars Damage.
Yorkville, May 20.--The case
of Waverly Fairman against the]
Seaboard railroad occupied four j
and a half days of the court. ItJ
was a suit for $20.000 damages on 1
account of injuries in the wreck '
near the Catawba river last fall.
Attorneys on both sides made
able arguments and the charge of
Judge Gage was a fine one. The
jury returned a verdict this afternoon
for $5,000 in favor of plain*
tiff. Motion for a new trial was
made.
(-'peetul to News ami Courier.
Recovered Iler Stolen Money by
Means of a Dream.
Spartanburg, May 20. ? |A
strange revelation was made to
Mrs Curtis Wall, of this city, in
dreams. A few nights ago Mrs
Wall dreamed that a little negro
had stolen from the place she had
concealed some money, three bills,
a 10, 5 and 1. The dream was re
peated. She recognized a small
negro boy as the one who
had taken the money. When she
arose next morning she looked
for her money and the^bills named
abov^ were missing. With her
husband she went to a ncgroc's
house, some distance away, and
saw the little negro, whose features
were impressed on her in the
dreams. lie was only about 8
years old. She notified the older
people that she had come for her
money, and after little waiting
they brought out the three bills.
The little negro confessed, but
said he fonnd the bills in the
roud. He said he had gone to
the house to buy milk, and no
one was at home. It is supposed
he got the monoy then.
Shocking Death of a Young Lady
in Marion.
Marion. May 19. ? MissClennie
Smith was accidentally shot and
killed this afternoon by an Italian
boy. Miss Smith was standing
upon her father's piazza when the
hoy aimed a supposedly unloaded
gun at her and playfully said that
he meant to shoot her. Throwing
up hor her hands she replied, in a
ipirit of fun, "Don't shoot, I surrender."
Tho boy pulled the
trigger and the ontiie load entered
Miss Smith's right breast,
from tho effects of which sho died
1 l- A
luuigni.
Miss Smith was 17 years of ago
and was a daughter of Mr N P
Smith. Sho was a member of the
Baptist church and possessed of a
sweet disposition and noble character.
L. B.
An Unfortunate Affair.
Choraw, May 20. ? Last night
an unfortunato affair happened,
when Cash Watts accidentally ,
shot a negro naniod Myers. Watts
was riding horseback lato last
evening to tho Cash plantation,
whero he is in iho stock raising
business. Ho firod his pistol in
tho road and tho negro was accidontally
shot. Tho bullet took
effect in tho negro's leg, which
will necessitate amputation. Doctors
in attendance pronouueo tho
nogro in a critical -condition.
Cash Watts is tho eldest sou of
Judge K C Watts.
The negro accidentally shot by
M. -roxtoti on Monday night is
improving uud will live.
j. 11. a.
Notice to Debtors and
Creditors of C H Lathan
All persons having claims
against the estate of Charles
Harvey Lathan, deceased, will
present them properly proven to
the undersigned for payment, and
all persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate pyanient to
the same. John T Green,
i May 12, iQOS-im. Executor.
~~ NOTICE!
The L5ourd of Control for Lancaster
County will meet at Lancaster
C. 11., S. C., on Tuesday,
Juno lith, 1005, for the purpose
of electing dispensers for the dispensary
at Lancaster C. 11., and
the dispensary at Kershaw for the
ensuing vonr l>nnin?n>'?
- r> J ..v^.uu.u^ HUl) lbl
1905. Applications for thoHe
positions must bo tiled with side
board ut least twenty days beforo
said Gtli of ,J uno 1905.
J E VV llaile.
CJlir Board of Co Control L C.
May 5, 1906 ? lm.
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that by
order of the County Board of Education
of Lancaster county, State
of S. C., an election will bo held
at Tradesvillo on Tuesday the
30th day of May, 1905 to determine
whether or not a special tax
or four (4) mills shall bo levied
on all real and personal property
Jin Tradesvillo School District No.
12 for school purposes.
At which election only such
electors as return real or personal
property for itaxatioo and
who exhibit their tax receipt and
registration certificate us required
in Gencial Elections shall be allowed
to vote.
II A1 Polk,
,1 B Funderburk,
V AFuuberburk,
Board of Trustees.
Notice of Election for an
Alderman.
Whereas, John A Miller, lately
one of the Aldermen of the town
ofLancastcr, has departed this
life leaving a vacancy in said ofuce,
Resolved by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Lancaster
in council assembled and by
the authority of the same, that
an election is hereby ordered to
fill saidjvacancy, said election to
be hcld^on Mouday the 5th day
of June, 1905, the polls to be
opened from 8 o'clock a. m., until
4 o'clock p. m., and that J C
Foster, Amos McManus and J M
Warwick be nnnninto/1
-I'i
to hold said election.
Ratified this 6th day of May,
190 5. ??i
(Signed) R. K. WYLIK,
Attested by: Mayor.
C. D. JONLS, CD
Clerk and Treas.
Bridge to Let.
1 will let out a contract to build
a new bridge over Twelve Milo
creek on the Steele Creek road,
near Osceola, to the lowest responsible
bidder on Tuesday, the
Gth day of Juno, 1905, at 10
o'clock a 111. Also one to build u
new or repair the old ono over
Six Milo creek, nearby, the same
day, just after 1 got through with
the above ono.
Also ono over Hear Crook on
tho Potter road, near Mr liuseol
Barton's 011 Friday tho 9th follow
inir at 9 o'clock a m. The unpei.
Hcations of nil to bo mado known
at timo of letting, reserving tbo
right to reject nny nn<! ull bids.
M C Gardner,
Co Supervisor.
May 15, 1U05.
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