The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 26, 1905, Image 2
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<?.
Special to tMinrlotte Observer.
Columbia, S C , Aug. '2 1.?
The dispensary investigating rommission
appealed to ho using a
oleum shovel at this mot ning's
session, so rapidly did tin* sensational
ievel.itions come involving
prominent persons and < fheials.
Kx Commissioner Mixson again
stood out this morning against
giving up his letters from Kelly
Co , hut weakened as the order
was passed turning him over to
the marshal t<> 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 r<ported
fully to Senator Tillman,
who answered that the t iiing should
t?e pro hi <| to the limit and to that
end he had turned his letter over
to his nephew, Lieut .1. M. Tillman
When he saw Jim Tillman
a little Inter in Spartanburg Tillman
-slid he got tile papers, hut
did nothing. W itncss said ho also
reported to Governor MeSweone\
Witness next related how W
lv. I>illingham, 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
ic<jiiii oiiK'ids for u hi. . <! ?tid v
system clciiiisor, sucli us 1)?. j
Kind's New Life l'illa. '1 hoy ?ic ?
just ulnii ylmi |h (ill in ohm' h'oiiiieh
;.it i IrvVi troubles. Try tlieui.
AlC'ruixfoiil !lms , .1 F MiicUey
X Co'ssmil KmihIci l?ui k l'hiirmiiey, (|
ill u?? <;tnre, v2r>c,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<rr | cot f 11II \ ,
11. 11. ll(ii ton,
Chair new of Commit too.
raajcj
CLERK'S SALE'j
Stale of South Carolina, i>
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 eate<e made l?v JwilgeUeo
\V < : ?* . Angiirt 11. 111116, I will
si ll at pi11)11?* auction al Lucasler court
lioii'O on he
FXKST MONDAY IN SICDTICM- |
HICK Nl'CXT, ,
wit liin i he li gu In-ii of s ?le, fhe fol '
lowinu ih-scr.heit iii's of i.uul, i ? wit.*
All that ph-re, pan -I <>r 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<e of Smith f: rolinu. H
ami hounded : s fol'ows: On the North
west hy ?Jay Sire ;t, on the Must for the
entire lerg.h of the lot hy No lefthe ,
f'hafee hlei k, i:ow i I'm er!> 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 ot, inr IS' ,
fe.-f hi it c of the li pth ot ->.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.<H) ;itl
yotir drugstore, or sample bottle free ?
Ch wkont Mixllcluo Co Winston-Salem, N.C *
Tilth; i" tf*M% itt Hptulanbiiig tri .
? hnl \Vr grind jury wj!'
robabi) indict smite of the people
ho h we been mixed up in the *
iad>' 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
<?i*tu Monday, Sept.. 4, 1905.
Ail pupils already assigned to
rades, and those to he oxamin*
d for assignment, will assemble
t the school building promptly
t 8 :00 a in.
Pupils residing within the
imi'.s of th - School District 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 t<Tj ,-chool, under
he sup?*rvision of miss Grace
Whi>onnut, 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-<KION A.L CARD
!>n M H Ckawkiiku I)h It C Bkown
(-It \ WFOivD <fe BROWN.
Phyaleiana ami Surgeons,
I alienator, S. C.
Treatmoot o? the eye, Yiose a11?f
hroa- a apecialtv.
("alia promptly answered day or
night. Ofllee over Crawford Bros*
Rt mr Store.
1'ltoliea: Olliee, N~-> 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 <i, 190ft.
One vacancy in n A'lata Rem fleinry
eholarship to lie tilled by eempetitivo
.-Kami nation exists in Lanoaater
County.
A f plieati.ni Blanks may be obtain**si
at the otllee of Col C S (b\I>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
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