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f-r ^ . i The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1378 ENTERPRISE J891 VOL. 3. NO. 31. SEMI-WEEKLV. LANCASTER, S. C., JANUARY 22. 1900 PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER CODY. The Legislature--Review of ! First Week's Work. Columbia special in Monday's News and Courier: The G iv al Assembly of South Carolina I has completed the first week of] the annual session, with a record of little accomplished. However, it is said lo be important in beginning an action lo "clear the deck," and perhaps the General Assembly has done that much. The Senate began by recommit ting all bills, which was wise, since many of the bills are now out ot date, owin'T to circumstances, but in the House the Calendar was retained intact except that on Wednesday the House "went through" the Calendar and disposed of all uncontested matters. The observance rf? of Lee's birthday, a legal holiday, by the trip to Wiuthrop College on Saturday, consumed one day, but the time was well spent and adjournment was taken until Monday night. * When the elections are disposed of the two Houses can get down to business in dead earnest. It is likely that the elections will be held on Wednesday, though there is no formal agreement to that eflect. The withdrawal ol Representative Cothran Irom the race for Associate Justice to succeed the Hon Eugene B. JGary makes the election of Justice Gary certain. The only other election in which there is ranch interest is that of Judge of the 2d JT circuit, to succeed Judge James V-i Aldrich, resigned, and in this the candidates are Solicitor Davis. Col. Robert Aldrich and Col. Claude E. Sawyer. The House has touched on the prohibition is ue and has refused by a vote of 49 to 45 to kill ^ the Nash-Smith bill. The bill, in its amended form, is a ver.v drastic mea-ure, and will if passed prevent tv?'n the keeping ol liquor in a private resideuce for personal use. . Death of Mrs. tf. K. Marshall. Mrs. Marg'rer Marshall, the aged widow of the 'late W. K. Marshall, died Monday at her home near Pleasant. Hill. Iler m liden name was Harper and, she was about 80 years old. She is survivf d by the following childi r t ? ??? ren : Messrs. jonn, William and Keece Marshall, Mrs. Margaret Kiik. Mrs. Mary Jane. Porter, Mrs. Isabel Kirk and Miss Julia Marshall. She was a devout christian and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. The remains were buried yesterday at Elgin. Town Property for Sale. I will fell at public auction at the oourt house-on lirat Monday in February, next, the house and lot in town of Lancaster facing on Catawba street and adjacent to residence of Magi*> Irate < askey. Same being the late residence of Miss Phenie Crockett, now deceased. Terms of sale, cash. K. C. Crockett. ?Attention is called to announcement elsewhere by the ? ? r\_p viicftwij 010(51101 i/mry rnnii. ^ ?A fine 10-pound boy wan ? J born to Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mc < Ninch yesterday, Jan. 21. I Miners Entombed 45 Days Dug Out Alive. Ely, Nevada, Jan. 19.?After; lulling been entombed lorty-six clays one thousand leet below the surface in the Alpha shall of the Cliroux mine, A. I), bailey, I*. J. Brown and Fred Mc Donald were rescued last night. Whistles all ove? the Camp blew loudly, while crowds cheered in the streets of Ely to the ringing of bells. "Ah", was the only word of Bailey, the first, to reach the ou *,? ii~ ? * - ci on. uo luvit-rtju iopwaru inio the arms of comrades, who in a few minutes recuperated him. "Is that you, Arthur?*' queried Fred McDonald, as his brother stepped forward and embraced him after nearly seven weeks oi separation. "By George, it certainh seems pood to be out of that hole," he said as he was led away, tellinp his brother of hiterrible experience. "Somebody pive me a chow of tobacco," said Brown, with a laugh as he was led from the mine shaft to the change room ot the mine, where the three men were made comfortable, Negro Lynched in Alabama for Shooting White Man. Dothan, Ala., Jan. 10.?Cleve land Franklin, a negro employe of a cotton oil company, was lynched hereto night by amasked mob of two hundred angry citizens. The negro's body was riddled with bullets after he had been swung from the limb of a tree in the northern part of the town. It is said Franklin shot and seriously wounded A. G. Faulk, secretary and treasurer 01 the oil company, here last night after he had been caught in the act of robbing the cash drawer at the mill. . Plot to Destroy Fleet. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 19.?The Brazilian police have discovered an anarchistic plot here, having a9 its object the destruction o.? part of the American lleet now lying in the harbor. The conspiracy, while centering in Rio Janeiro and Petropolis, has ramifications in Sau Paulo and Minaa Geraes. An individual named Jean Fedher, who resided in Petropolis, was the chief conspirator here, although it is understood that foreign anarchiats are deeply involved in the plot. Strict Compliance with Recommendation of Board of Assessors Urged. I most respectfully urge upon the taxpayers of Laucaater county the importance of making their returns before Feb. 20. If any fail to do sojthey will have to pay the 50 per cent, penalty, according lo action of board of assessors. II. H. ilorton, Auditor. i Death of Mr. Oscar Clark. I The Noble Young Man Pass- i es Away in the Prime ol His Manhood. Mr. Oscar W. Clark, who, as noted in our last issue, was op erated on for appendicitis Wednesday ot last week in a Columbia hospital, died there Friday j night at 8 30 o'clock. The remains were brought 10 his late homo in Heath Springs for burial, the interment taking place Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock, with Masonic honors, Mr. Clark having been a valued member ol that ancient and honored fraternity. The funeral obsequies were attended by a large concourse of sympathizing relatives and friends, quite a number from Lancaster being present. Mr. Clark was one of the most highly esteemed and p >pular young men of Lancaster county, lie was a man of exceptionally line character and spleiieid business qualifications. His gentlemanly bearing a? all times, companionable disposition and pleasing address won for him friends of all with whom he came in con tact. Mr. Clark at onetime was engaged in the mercantile business at lleath -Spring*, b'>t tor 'he I past few years he trnveled lor a I wholesale molasses house ol Louisiana, being remarkably suece^sful in his work, He built up a large and profitable trade in this and neighboring states and his invaluable services more than ouce received substantial recognition at the hands of the firm he so well and /aithtully represented. Mr. Clark was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clark, of this county, and was born (Noy. 10th, 1879, lie was, therefore, in his 29th year. He was married on the 3rd of Feb. 1901, to Miss Boaunie V. Cauthen, daughter of tlie late John M. Cauthen, of Heath Springs, who, with three small children, survives him. A fourth child by the marriage is dead.? Mr. Clark is also survived by his parents and the following broth ers and sisters : Jason A , Burk and Biggard Clark, Mrs. Ernest Powers, Misses Elizabeth and Sue (/lark, all of Heath Springs. It is a singular (act that tin bereaved widow's grea e;t joys and sorrows have occurred on the Sabbath day. She was married to Mr. Clark on Sunday, all of her four children were b.?rn in different years on Sundav and her husband and the lost child ware both buried on Sunday. ?The L. <fe C. Railroad will change its schedule next Sunday. The morning train will leave Lancaster an hour earlier, at 6 instead of 7 o'clock as at present, and will return at, 11.15 a. in. The night train will arrive at Lancaster at 8.35. The after | noon train will continue to leave ' hero at 4 o'clock. Young Georgian Commits Suicide in Columbia. Columbia ^peoi il in Monday's Charlotte Observer : Mr. George Berry I'roiToti, a welUmaniie|u<l aud attractive young draughts.; man about 23 years old, who! eatne here lust September from his home in Elberton; Ga., to work in the ollice of Architect r? i /.eigitr, in the skyscraper build- j ing, committed suicide at his j boarding hou-o on lower Main street earl}' this morning, apparently on account of unrequited love, bv taking an overdose of laudanum. The young man left 110 note explaining his rash act, all his letters and photographs being destroyed, llis mother has been dead about a year. There was suspicion among his friends to-day that ProffeM might have been murdered for the Durpose of robbery, nearly $ 100 in cash he had on his per son Saturday afternoon not haying been accounted for. The .0 friends deny that thoro is anything in the theory ot unrequited love. They say Proffett and the vnnnir ?- 1 1 J J luruili'UOU Iiau bean merely friends and bad recently quarreled. The fact9 brought to light so far by the coroner, however, all tend to strengthen the theory that the young man committed suicide on account of a love affair. Banker Walsh Found Guilty Chicago, HI., January 18.? John It. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, which closed its doors in December, 1905, was found guilty today on 54 counts of an indictment against hira, charging misapplication of b ink funds. The verdict was returned by a jury in the Federal Di-trict Court here. The penalty fixed by the etatuetsfor the offence <>f which the aged financier wat convicted is imprisonment for not less than five years or not more than ter for each count upon which his guilt was established. Wreck in Georgia. Savannah. I'H., Jan. 19.?A wreck occurred 0,1 the Central ol Georgia Railway, near Macon, at 2 o'clock this morning, when the passenger train bound tor Savannah from Atlanta struck a split switch at the Macon and Athens Junction. The engine was thrown broadside lnt?? the ditch, two express cars were wrecked and Engineer W. B. Tarver was killed. His Colored fireman, John Williams, was painfully hurt The fireman had jumped, but the engineer remained at his post. I ?The advance of the cotton market of about a cent the past , wot'K is credited largely to the , work of the famous Sully and his backers. The Dispensary Investigation -?Ex-Officials Surrender Under Warrants Columbia, Jan. 18?John Black, a former director of the sia'e dispensary, was arrested here yesterday on a warrant issued by the stale dispensary commission, charging conspiracy to de'rtud the slate. Black was released in the sum of $10,000, Ex-dBpensarv C unmi-sion r VV. O. Tatum and ex-dispensary Directors John Bell Towill and Jodie llawlinson all canto in today and surrendered under the warrant of t'.te dispeusary commission charging them with coil spiracy to defraud the State. Ex director L. W. Boykin was expected to at rive to-day, but has not yet arrived. Towill,RawII y fia . nsuii anci luium were held oa $10,000 bond each, which they promtly gave. The arrests and issuance of warrants or the arrest of other persons is the result of the work of 'he d"- pensary commision, appointed lor the purpose of winding up the business of tin* state dispensary, after it was kdled by jthe last general assembly, and that of Aitorney General J. Fraser Jjvon, who was elected to office on an anti graft, platform The dispensary commission has arrived at an official finding to the effect that Ullman & Co.. of Cincinnati, has defrauded the State of South Carolina out. of at the lowest estimate $63,000. It is also charged that this fund was "fraudulently and unlawfully employed by said firm in bribing and corrupting the otlicials and agents of said Mat*." Spartanburg Lad Injured while Learning "New Trick." Spartanburg special in :he News and Courier: Raymond Scruggs, a young son of C. C. Scruggs, the well-known shoe merchant of this citv, was blown up by gunpowder and se" on ly burned nhnut lii* ami - ?jr A colored boy was showing him a trich with powder. After scattering a lot of powder on the ground a mulch wah applied, but tnere was no explosion. Toe little boy stooped ovet ine powder to make an investigation when the powder went otr. It in fetred that the boy may lose the si^ht of his eye9. Bad Wreck Near Raleigh. Raleigh, N. C., January 18.? As the result of a head-on collision at Cameron, fifty-four miles south of Raleigh, between a;- t : ? t?: ~i-? - - -> n uciiuy CM' J ill! Ultin I infill, HIKt I lie north-bound fast passenger train,|No. 84, early to-day, two men were killed and twenty injured, none seriously. Engineer E. H. Vaughn and Hemp Townsend, a negro fireman, both of thi) n?4<nnirpr trnin worn Irillml I Both were from Raleigh.