The ledger. tmriow s. carter. EDITOR AND MANAGER. .8811 Kl> WKUNKSDVY A N I> SA I I'Kl?A Y SUBSCRIPTION TO I*KB YKAK Lancaster Sr>. C. August 'JO. 11)05. Mixson Gives lip Letters. Is Arroslril Rut I talks at luil ? More Nairn's of lVoiiunont Men Mixod up With I>ispetwu v (i raft in he placed in juil until ho purjod himself of eons tempt. lie turned the letters over to the chairman. They are to l?e eanvasood hy Messrs. Spivey link Gaston before coming out in tIn* evidence. It if thought they involve only one member of the I ion nl, referring to conference with him nt point* in other States, tint affording no definitely incriminating facts. Tliis business being over, Messrs Lyon and Christensen's suhcotnmittee held a *ession, which was full of interest fiom the jump. Tlllf MAClIlNi: AT prAItTANItl'lii Kx-Chiof Constablo ?1. K Kant gave evidence portraying the existence of njmachincin Spartanburg 'run on the Mark llanna plan.' with lawyer William McGowan in charge, in Spartanburg, and I . X Guntor, then assistant attornoy general, in charge at the Columbia end of the lino. Witness said lawyer C. P. Sims, of Spartanburg, told him MoGowan tried to get Sims to go in with him on the deal to get constables appoint cd who would be willing to give up $20 of their $00 a month salary. Wi ncss said ho could give names of responsible witnesses to show that at one time McGowan had such applicants on the string from whom he was receiving from $25 to $50 promises of positions as privates and $250 to $2>0o for jobs as chiefs. lie says that lie wrote Governor McSwecnev advising him of the existence of his machine and giving him the de* tails as to how it worked, and that whilo this letter was not answered he supposed McGowan got a warning, as the machine suddenly ceased to operate, no says that after this purchasing of jobs bogan the number of divisions with chief was run up from seven to two. Witness said ho knew nothing of Mr. Gunter's connection with the machine except from what Kudistill, of Spartanburg, said. While witness was talking to Kudisil, Marion Goss came up and complained that McGowan had clnirghim *75 for his influence for a place as constable, when Kudisil remarked that this was cheap, as Gnnter bad charged him $225 for a place on the Spartanburg board. Witness said he would later hand to the commission the names of others who would testify as to tel1 in?? him of Mr. Gunter's confine. tion with the matter. HOW MACHINE WAS IMSCOVKKED. Witness said he came upon the machine through the efforts put forth by Constable S. T. Howie to buy witness's place for $'275, through W. VV. Hun F, then chief dispensary clerk in Governor McSweoney's office. Hob Floyd had ' ? < ? J?' -? #. ?-r-. told wIlhtKS that !?C hi* 1 loaQcdj "ioV. iu $1?5 lutV.'thl tins piojoci. j 'le sent McGowun an oiler of $300 ; ? hold *1 j? in hie Savor, and this was done, hut the tnuchitio was broken before it became nocoasary to pay. lie arranged with Mr. Me Gowtin through 11. L. Toland Mctio.vn i* (Hunter's Spartanburg law partner. Witness said he bad turned ihe mater over t ?? Representative George lv I'rinee, Spartanburg, tint tluil I'rinee bucked out. of having the rollonness aired in the Legislate!e. Then ho says he rillingham, of Spartanlnirg, eajie to him and assessed him S'jii for sin alleged campaign fund in the interest of Governor Heyward, who was then completing his tirst rare. l)illinghani said that $1,080 had to he raised and that Kant's slniro was $50. Dillingham also assessed private eon s!al>|'.>, among them .(oo Sony atnl I'hv Banks. Witness exono rated Governor Heyward from am knowledge of being connected with the Spartanburg machine saying I ley ward, on learning id' Dillingham's conduct, broke with him telling Kant he had never authorized Dillingham to incur any expense or make any assessments for him. lie said Governor 1 ley ward told him that any expense incurred by him in Spartan Imrg was to ho paid by Mr- \\\ A Law of the Central Bank there. Mr. Dillingham was sworn and said tint he had made no xsscssments against Mr. Kant or anyone olso, and had said nothing to him about any $1,0S0. lie admitted gotling $40 from Joe Seay, $50 from Kant and about the same from Constable Drake. Ho said that Govornor Heyward, while in Spartanburg, arranged through Mr. Law at the Central Bank, for witness to take charge of his campaign in Spartanburg, Mr. Law being authorized to meet the expense, which he did to the extent of $000 to $700, for all of which he had checks to show. W. T. Castles, administrator of J. T. Morrison, a white man who was lynched in Kershaw, S. C., a httlo over a year ago tor shooting down William Floyd, a good citizen, because Floyd refused to loan Morrison ton conts, has brought suit against the county of Caucasia.. e?.. *: f?.. a?.. i ,i?ii 1 ioi n?i iiiiji IUUII3HIIII uouiuu uiiiijagos. Morrison was not worth fifty conts, no not if ho had lived until Methuselah was a youngster compared with him. Morrison killed three or four people. Ilia administrator may claim fifty thousand dollars as ibo price of Morrison's worthless life, but while ho was living that murderer did not deem the life of a good and industrious young man worth ten cents. While the manner of putting Morrison out of the way is not to ho commended, it a good thing for the community, and a I thin/# f'/vn 10 /? / n ? I t? Uini- iwi mr? u ifimiiy thiit there is three feet of good American soil between the body of ihut murderer and daylight. The county of Lancaster should not have to pay one cent for the life of Morrison, Hut there will be found somewhere a lot of work on-share lawyers who will take the case for what there is in it ? Monroe Kutjuiior. o^sivoniA. ft .firs the ,il0 KM Y?u llav0 Boilgff *lr NcLaufiti Replies To Landrtiin Citizens. former Senator iJcclatcs # He Would Prefer Not to Make The Fight Personal. Special to The State. lJcimottsvillo, Aug. 'J3.? l ho following reply was made by exSenator J. L. McL'iurin yesterday to gentlemen in Lnndrum, S. C. who recently nominated him for governor of South Carolina: Hcnnettsvillo, S. (\, Aug. 22 loo;. \lr. T. M. Heine, Al r. Alex l'rewotto, Mr. G. W Plunicly, Mr. L. K. Fisher, Landrum, S. C. (icntlcmcn:I thank you heartily for the compliment which you pay in your card published in Saturday's State and trust no act of mine will ever loss mi the confidence which you express in my integrity ami patriotism. The platform which you declare ithe only one upon which I would care to stand \yero 1 a candidate for governor, and I hope that the right man will come forward and carry the principles which you lay down to success. Personally 1 do not wish to become a candidate for the ollice but if I fell that 1 wore needed 1 would not hesitate to respond to the call. I am sure, however, that the present situation is such that my candidacy for office would give the opportunity to confuse by making the contest personal and I wish to see this campaign made without regard to the personal or political fortunes of any individual looking solely to the public good. Willi kindest personal regards, I am evei, Yours sincerely, John Lowndes McLaurin. The card referred to follows: Landrum, S. 0 , S-1S-05. I IA l: a n. a ivinor oiaie, Columbia, S. C. I)eai Sir: Wc tbe undersigned believe l! tt 'its fimo has come for a '-..c\v d.ul" ir State affairs. The widespread corruption and charges of corruption, inseparable from the attempt of a sovereign State to engage in any business for profit is multiplied when that business is liquor traffic. If there is corruption it should bo known and the guilty parties punislx d. It is nor haps impossible to enforce prohibition in every county in South Carolina but in ni'inv of them it is possible and should be done, we beli -ve. First pass a general prohibition law for the State. Second. Recognize the fact that the question is one of local consideration, und can only be a success when it is backed by public sentiment; therefore, if a county desires to be exempt from the prohibition law, let the qualified vo tors say so at ballot box, and then the legislature chii provide the mode of selling under tho constitutional restrictions. This is the idea as we understand, of exsenator McLaurin, ami be sounded the keynoto in his recent speech at Greenville. We want the issue made as he put it: Take tho State out of lka partnership with the devil in a liquor traffic thut is sending souls ot men to he?I, tainting tlx* very foundation of good government." Wo nominate Hon John Lowndes AlcLaurin of Marlboro for governor on a platform with iight words in it, "Take South Carolina out of the business." T. M. Heine, Alex. Pre wet te, G VV, Plum ley, L. It. Fisher. Pay your subscription. HAMMER ?ALVfc mot* healing salya in -> w >H<* Cotton Oil Failure Has Anoilier Victim. William C llnrdison of Wudcsbo-. : ro Commits Suicide.?Owned ?* liar^o Block of Stock. I Special to The State. Charlotte, N. C., Au^. 23.? Mr. Mr. William C. Hardison of Wadesboro. N. L.. committed Puicidc at 10 o'clock tonight immediately on his return from a trip to Mowing Kock, where he had. been in search of health, lie arrived home from Charlotte, went to his room and immediately shot lnmsrlk the bullet passing .through l.is head. Doath insultI ed almost instantly, The deceased was about 40 years of age and is survived by b s wife and six children Mr. llardison was manager ot 'the Wudcsboro brunch ol Independent Cotton Oil company and was owner of a very large amount of stock in tlm defunct c ncem. His health fur the past several months has been very poor and these financial troubles have weigh I eel very seriously on his mind for the past several weeks. II-: has been subject to spells of depression and it is thought that the act of tonight w as the result of one of these melancholy lits. It is worthy of note that an attempt was made but a f*w weeks before the Independent Cotton oil company failed to make Mr. llardison president of the corporation but this position was refused rhejjevents preceding and subsequent to the tragic ending of the life of Robert Keith Dargan in Darlington several weeks a go are -.till fresh in the public mind and the suicide of W. Hardi son adds another to the many unfortunate events that have gone before. It is understood that the deceased was involved in the Independ-j ent Cotton Oil company to the ex- < tent of $65000. j The lh'ookland Fraud Case. Lexington, Aug 23. On the conviction of Geo. 11. McContbs, M L Fox and T. D. Mitchell last week for participatioo in the election frauds of New Hrookland notice of appeal bond was grant ed in tbo sum of $200 each. McComhs since then hits decided he does not want any new trial and has paid his fine of $7f>. Fox has given bond and has returned to Brooklnnd. Mitchell is still in jail because of failure to pay his fine or t ? give bond. Tin people ot Cai.'-nstcr count) will by the end of the present year, he very wo!I supplied with mail facilities. Some sections of the county have apparently been neglected in the distrihuti-n of the It. F. 1). service, hut this, we think, will soon he remedied. in conversation with Congress man Finley last Wednesday ho informed us 1 hat lie has been at work in the effort to improve these conditions and, as a result. 5>v thu end of the year there will he seven or eight now ronton put in operntion. The people of tlio Flat (.'rook section will doubtless he jrl.nl to learn that thoy will i?o include I in these who are to have increased mull facilities, as n new route is to go through ihat section, to hegin at Hath- Gold Mine. The ex-I act route has not vet In or. laid out hut will ho very soon hy an agent of the post oflioo depart mont.? Kershaw Kra. ? Letters advertisnd as tiuc'illeil j for and reinaining in I ho po-d-otlice ; for week ending Angus'. 2(5, 15?05. 1 j Willie Welsh, A. N. Kunherhurk j Pun1 Murgny, Mosdames |{ohecca | Weston, B. II. McComh, II (J. Belle, Miss M iggio Crockett i rumen * 'imng ror navertiaod loiters will please flay if udvertiM J. K. Hunter, P. M. . - ?n >A vir -v4 UtiKAtt.V in ni* aNo ni : ?v lit Upihl;! ik (? t) .. ;iK'?!n:t;io w'lioh ilucls inoiLiu p icc,jiiiunilitocil. C'... i?4WMMWft'?ltUi(C4 A* * , j Notice. d iii AH paiiirs who >oll cotton rl Heath Springs, S. ('. are earnest1 y n r< (jiM-sti il to inoot there Saturday, (i Sept 'J, 11105 ul o'clock p. in. 1 Ik* purpose of securing u plnei to have i i.i i olO n im iojioi'. j, Lot i! int? rc>ti (1 t.o present K COUNTY OK [,\NCASl'Klt. II In tin* Court of Com moil Pirns, (J Mm S. 11 :?.* 11, t;(l\ llgul fl Jmiu'h M Miath W Sham.on Mouth, A hm n< > ?> Si, .Mb P lieaih ami ' Henrietta s lli'.iiii, Ih/' tiduut-i. a 1) If !<* .. \N i I'M (Um K-.i it| the ul.nve -* s'n'e-l eater lot of html t fronting sr v? nty-nine t 7h) hot outlay o Street iiinl - > -tun hi <1 one half ^ ((52 A) feet on Ai 1; street, lyittjr in the town of Luc-ster i'i the i unity of Lancaster asni SUi pn i>- *' erty of Lei.-y Spring.-, on tie ,-oiuh- S east 1 v Arch Street, on theWeO unit South wist hy lot No s uf -ai- e lm I;, p kn iwii t tie I**. iC. ? i.i 1 tot N i 2, Hllil I o| Nil '? of -tune hloek t ii.o,'or I tnnriy property *>t Lor. ^ **'pi iuga, 216 feat 2 uietiis, nn kinj ih * wiil'li of in' No h rein described ^ 7'i Let in wiilth from (! ?y otnet foi 2.6 fe t 2 in< he-i, ami the r< mainder of t e lot for 1st) feet I'Hliehes. terinin.it- l. i ij* at AnJi Street; hi in ; <>2 ] ft'- t in v. iilth, >u (I eontn'f inr. <>6 lthl acre- v aeeoi eie - to a plat of nirvey made h\ i . M. IP it., Snt vv.M>r. on Si i ion.hi l II,h, 5t'tl2, A is ) oil? half (J) interest [ in a !> foot alley-way hot ween lot, No. 1 now or fortnely of Aerny Springs, anil ( I lot No 2, herein lienuribed, running i h rough from Uav to A roll Str. etxsaine Ifk In, in -,i 111 i.i li ,1 mi,! t,i l?, L-,n,? / v" "v ... " ?' " *'l'\ .? \ ;is an ai !<>v - m ay for the joint useof both , properti s. f A iso. all 'h;?t piece, j areel or lot of i land in the corporate limits of the Town of | lineayt?r, containing three (8) acres more < i les?, and h-nimh il as follows, viz: On the North hy Iota of ^ I.ida B (tieing the-nine whit h . shederiv d under the wpI if tier moth ^ er Mrs. Amanda Brown, deceased) ami 1 Eliza J. Wylie end It E- Wylie; ? n ihe East hy K atuwh* Street; o ) the 1 -Join h hy what is c: mnionly eal'e.i Elm f Stteet; and on 11* ? West hy French Street. I Kajr Terms of S.iie cash Purchaser ( to pav for papers. .1. F. GiJEfiOUY. C. 0. C P. L. U. t wiimmi i iw !! .? . ! ?> ji i i # Notice to lioiid Overseers, i'ci all the Overseers of the 1 Public Highways in Lmicastei 1 county: Please warn out your $ hands and put each seclinu of road in good condition during the ( month of August as it is an ldlo time with the most of the farmers 1 Take due notice thereof and govern yourselves accordingly. yours Respect fully, j M (1 Gaiduer, Co Super. -~SH0ES~ w . ot mi* in ?aTBKtotfaJ Wo will sell nny s 111?j-C5?* it) our houso tit tirst. cost iii order to tiuiKO room for our Fall I fr-hoes. We have a few I'ttir Canvas low <*?i w lufi in Miif.il tiiiuilier-. oojdjj at a low price ? ctiaee?J?taeEUizitiLtia?N?e?L%* .5 ' . i CHERRY & CO. ' ? I General Debility IuiuuiiHi-n ii now nifuieiii jjnncivit-? acta on every vital organ. $1.' dispensary transactions. Notice of Discharge Notice Is hereby given that on in i?3d dav or September, 1905, u: undersigned as Administrator f the e-t.^e of \\ in N MeMurniy i cetise?l \\ ill niaho his tinal return ml settlement, and iiiuko appliea on to the Probate Court ot Canister county, S. C., for a tinal iselmrge as such Administrator, d. M. MeMurray, Administrate?. 'aleil August 2->d, 1905. Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on ?o 2Gth day of Sept. 1905, io underpinned us Guardian of hsio I. St vor now Mrs. Essie lorlcy, will make hi s final durn a n <1 settlement, un d take application to the Probate hurt of Lancaster county, S. C., >r a final discharge as such Guarinn. W. 1\ Stover, Guardian. )aled Aug 26t'l, 1905. "ho Lancaster Graded Schools. The annual suasion of the j mcu-ter Graded Schools will e required, as heretofore, to >ay a monthly incidental fee of wen ly-five cents, each, the same (i bn paid t-triotly in advance, at. he higiuuing of each ?chool nonth. Pupils entering the school from eyond the school district limits . ill he required to pay tuition ti the following scalo : Grades , 1T, 111, one dollar per month ; trades, IV, V, VI, one dollar md liftv cents per month ; !rudes VII, VIII, IX, X, t*o lobars per month. This in* ludes the incidental fee. Cheap rates of board can bo ecured in private families by jupils coming from a distance. 'u^ils from the country will bo rermitted to take studies in (liferent grades, provided the lours of recitation do not conlict. Special arrangements an; lo )0 made for the preparation of )upiU desiring to enter rol'mge . The K-u tonnut, will also begin its tension Monday, Sept. 4th. No child under six years o?' rge will be admitted in either,he town or factory school. A. R BANKS, CnrXA-l^i - ' uu|iti m venue n o. Lancaster, S. (J., Aug. 15, 1005 PROKIS-n M H Ckawkiiku I)h It C Bkown (-It \ WFOivD 170; St idemrw* N't,a. 11 and tffj. wri'H (*A ROI.IAW MILITARY ACADEM V, >VS I( E OF THK CHAIRMAN BOARD OK visitors. 111 ARliKSTON, S C, JURY SDKN Chairman, Char eston, S (J, or from [! < County Superintendent of Kduen-* bo,i. 'I heee applieations, folly fi led \ II :1 ll i ii? flu- *????-*? ' r a r * ?>i hip i murium 'in July :ll, hi o'iIii: to ri cfl vb 0 -i(I ?nt ioo *iKU? < ) <*: S U \ i)H I)ION, ( ii?ttnii't'i iiourd of V'nitow. 1 it iy Itt /