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6 Our New York Letter. " i History of the First Chart ed Corporation in Amer ?Governor Hughes of N York. Here is au Hem of iutei about now when so much is be said and written about corp( tions. The firs! one organized?eli tered-in this great country \ by Aaron Burr (of a cert memory.) It was the Munhat "Water Company (now the M hattan Bank ot this City.) B was a schemer?a power in p tics in his day or at leist ui up to the time of his disgrs The promoters proposed sup| ing water to the residents New York City. Little attent was paid to the measure?so s pie?merely a 4iwater bill" i l: i i . at tliat lime was an uujeut. to growing city. It was found afi wards that Burr had incorpc t )d in the bill broad privileg exclusive rights, not only wa rights, but all manner of thi were granted, banking, tradi speculating, anything, eve thing could bo carried on un< the protection ot law and to exclusion of others. The wji company is defunct and has b< for years, yet the far reach charter is preserved and urn it a score of enterprises are tot operated. The great Manhattan Bank Institution takes the lead am< the many under the wings this franchise. The law-mak at the time incorporated in measure a clause requiring dailv numning of water and J r * w minimum was placed at 1 gall From that day to this water been pumped daily and n every day 1 gallon is lor through the pipe, to save valuable franchise. A good man, no matter w his politics or religion is, serves the commendation of fellow men. Governor Char E. Hughes of New York Stat< the one your correspondent I in mind at this time. I his is written to further the politi chances of Governor Hughes I simply and solely to give hoi to whom honor is due. Hug] is a man?a make up such as writer has never before se and it is a truth that the it does not <*are whether he is 1 ther favored or not political he is a nature's nobleman v does right though the heavens I and lets fly the chips no mat whom they hit; his first and t thought seems to be the Ilight christian tried and true, son c Baptist preacher, Ins train was correct and lie has ne deviated from it. As some 1 put it, "novelty is a great a; in politics. The people at la have an instinct tor discover the new thing, and the Hug method is unquestionably n< Joining the stiff orderliness sociated with extreme consei tism to an uncompromising rj calness of idea, disregarding a] the appeals of friendship an( party, using no weapons exc those drawn from the arsena reason, here is a man of wh anything is possible, even permanent lifting of Amerii life to a higher level." The young man of today 1 *rfr THE LA. do well to watch the life and ExtC doings of Charles E. Hughes. -P H. W. Finlayson. . Co ica ? ew Homicide in Aiken County? Young Man Brained Stepfather with Axe. rtu"0 Chen rest i. injj Aiken special in the News and ^ Vj >ra- Courier: Last night about 9 ^ ^ o'clock Riley L. Johnson, a high- ^ iar- 'y respected citizen of Warren ^ ^ vas ville, met a horrible death at ^ am fhe hands of his stepson*, lieu tan Turner, a lad of nineteen. The an- dead man's body laid on the jjQe urr ground at his homo, about one ? i <. , Char] oli- mile from Warrenville last night ... , of the niil and tismorning the coroner went ice down to the scene of the tragedy '>ari^ ? I| 0 J )1\. and held the inquest. The body i , . . . aed i| of was fouud in the yard just as it roa(j ion had fallen when ho was struck o rran im- on the head and brained with an . . . whicl 1 " ' ? ? i ?? ?* * a m/\m\i tur I nriiDP 111(1 Hi<", i'itti;,y mio aivi "luh ? ui-'vi the came to Aiken and surrendered ^ J ter- to the sheriff, and he is now in >ra- j '*i 1 to await trial on the charge _ Rofo :es, of murdering his stepfather. iter At. the inquest the. following ^ tigs tacts were brought out: For some ng, time there has not been good S(3' ry- feeling between the boy and his H ^?11 ler stepfather. Last Friday they had AVas the 1 quarrel, and on Sunday alter- runav iter noon Mr. .John Murrell testified in^ w sen tha' Johnson told him tin t it he an'm ing had to whip Bt 11 lie would do it der or kill him. was 1 lay Monday night as the family out ^ were about to retire Johnson was ^uggi iug seated oil the front porch. Turner was c )ng went into the house to retire w j of and it was then that Johnson e(* ov ers asked him about the ploughing ',reak the of some land, and a quurrel a'^ 8 the arose iu which Johnson told rnan the Turner that he must leave at on. once. Turner replied that he wh0n hasj would leave as soon as he finish- .vearrt ' ' ?.; live. ow e(l 'lis crop, or suiueuiiu^ suiiiim R?d to that. Mrs. Johnson, wife of the the deceased and mother of Tur Mee ner, testified that Johnson drew As hat his pistol on Turner, whereupon 20l de- Turner picked up an axo that his was in the room and struck him Mr les o'? the head. Johnson fell under to an a is the piazza railing and on to the The I lias I ground. At this stage Mrs. John- era' not son turned from the scene and count cal did not see what happened after ob.jec but i that. As his head bore four terri- Natio ior he blows it is supposed that Tur- whicl ies ner went out when Johnson fell in At the ft?^ dealt the other blows, and catior en, there is no doubt but that it was and 1 ian the intention to kill the man. trust* ur- From two of the wounds the lars 1 ly ; brains were knocked out, and in for ri vho the others the skull was broken, pie. fall On the ground about two feet teach ter from him lay the pistol, and in sent t sole his pocket this morning were trustt A found a pair of knucks. teacli 1 The >1 a Thejury found that death had a J J count ing resulted Irom blows from an axe p08sj| ver hi the hands of Ben Turner. one . b' th *set 9 Six Young Men Drowned, to be t!.e d , Bangor Me., July 11?Bv!^HV' hes the capsizing of a pleasure boat j ^ ag in Penobscott bay late o-nighl, six young men of Bangor were ,. drowned. i?th*i lul" oonntr like _ praean Dieoov 1 Of __ . uiedier W ar Ariiln*t Oonnumplloii. Trnro ePf All nation* are endeavoring to check the immad 1 of rftVAtt*8 ooDHnuiptioD, the "white pla- sough gne" that claiuiH so many victims each veer shared lorn Foley's Hooey and Tar cures coughs and thin on the ooldn perfectly and yon are in danger of lungs i consumption Do not risk yonr health by medie* can Rome unknown preparation when Foley's oolds ii Honey and Tar ia safe and ear tain in re- J. F. K salts. The genaiue is in a yellow pack- Druggi Will age. Fnuderbnrk Pharmacy. free. # NCASTKR NKW8, JULY 18,. 1901. vision of Chesterfield and m Lancaster R. R. A Jj lumbia State: Arranges are being made for the V ision of the Chesterfield and ? aeter road from Marlboro to BIj" iw, uooui inree nines, hqu mems cation has been made to the >ad commiesion to cross the 200,000 1 jard Air Line tracts at 150,000 f nw. This road is owned by 200,000 s age fumily and is now about j car joa, iles in length. Their object a extension iH to form cotion8 with the Atlantic Coast and secure a share of the leston trade for that section 1YTIY i country. The same com- XVJLv is now operating the Ben vrille and Olieraw railroad I t is planned to extend the to the Pte Dee river and \ ge to carry the freight n is to be brought up from iraE *etowu by the Cheraw . j oship company. ^ 1 Runaway in Salisbury. isbury special in Charlotte v ver : This evening at G.30 ng man named McDaniel :illed on Long street by a vay horse. He wasoutdrivith a companion when the ?1 dashed away at a furious iiis companion jumped and inhurt. In an attempt to get McDaniel stepped on the Sy>R* Y stirrup and in some way aught in the wheels. Hi* as broken and he was dragg ?" er the macadam street at a* jj lH : neck speed and was litercalped. Dr. J. D. Heath x 9*PUcil _ . ... stand the pi was the first to reach Mc Capucii si, out, he was already dead foaled May found. He was about 30 vados. Sir* of aire aud a mill opera- by Galba, 2c If you i ting of Colored Teachers' H 6 31 sociation Called for July Lancaster th. _____ i . Editor: Please permit us nounce a meeting through ^ews of the Colored Teach- 1 | Association of Lancaster y, for.July the 20th. The t is to send a delegate to the j nal Teachors' Association, mm | i meets at Hampton, Va., i jgust, and to makeanappli- _____ i to Dr. Mollis B Frissell liooker T. Washington and FOT >es of the one million doleft by Miss Anna T. Je.tnes t iral schools for colored neo I have been asked by the Men; ers of the county to repre- Men? heir interest. Every negro Men; ?e should corne, as well as * ers, and urge your claim ? l.^aul< rural scIhioIm in Lancaster Ladi,y need all the improvement i.le. Mr. Washington states Few O these petition* be indorsed . . e county superintendent.? ? hall ask 8upt. W. M. Moore ^OO yds in the meeting. Remember ste, July the 20 hjOnSatur- Ever , r , goods car M. D. Lee, Chr m. ncaster, July 0, 1907. everyt Just tMm* good thin yopnlar cry throughout European ? ien; while in America, the cry of the nicked OV t day in "bong live Dr. King's New 1 ery. King of Throat and Lang Hell" ot which Mrn. Julia ltyder Paine, Maa* , Maya: "it never fails to give late relief and to qnickly cure a or oold * Mm. Painee opinion in by a majority of the inhabitants of _ m entry Jtew Discovery cares weak B* I 1 f tnd nore thronta after all other re- I Ui I i have failed; and for ooagha and t'a only rare cure. Guaranteed by tas key and Faaderbark Pharmacy at. Cos aad $1.00. Trial bottle f I0(0)re lumbe: 0(0)re shingi 0(0)re doors, rmna iut/^ttt t^tati LllJLfU, 1TXV KJ JUJL/XX1 ' 'eet finished lumber, $17.50 to $30 ?eet rough lumber, $13.5(llp $17.5 ihingles, $3.00 to $4.00 p?*1000. d doors, sash and blinds. All kin< If you anticipate building, now time. Building material is ( ually advancing. ORE LUMBER & B B >>&S ^ 4 ' . __ SjlUM 79^HBn|^HH| ^pP MWI1I IN b?0? e French Si i, 4069, the Imported French C resent season at the Stables of th i is a superb animal, bay, star, bo 28, 1902. Bred by M. Foutaine, ] ?d by the Government Stallion T I dam Gastadoure by Gastadour. vant to raise fine stock, now is yO th-Elliott Mule Cc , S. C., April 26, 1907. 0 UTPD P CTI 1 1 ?/K?/J 1J NEW the next few wet ;o make prices as ft ; $5.00 Oxfords - - - 5 3.50 Oxfords --- ? 2.50 Oxfords ... 2S #3.00 and #3.50 Oxfords cs $2.50 Oxfords - - dd lots in ladies white anc ome price?75c and up. > white 15 and 20c Lawn to j ything in colored lawns at i be had from manufactur hing in the shape of clothir received line of notion gs in these. See them be er. Yours Respectf iderburk Co R ft I .ES, 'r I SASti, GjJETO. .00 per 1000 feet. 0 per 1000 feet. Is and prices. is the ;ontinIFG. CO. I iallion oach Stallion, will e undersigned. *-1- L:_J in mnu leet wnite; Department of Calyrol, dam Fugitive ur opportunity. }mpantj. ING 40^ W ' t jks we are >llows: " *3-75 - 2.50. - - 2.00. - " 2.00. ' !-75. 1 black Slippers yo at Old Prices. ; less than same er. Cut prices ?gsamples?some fore they are all ully, mpany {