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Kilffefield Advertiser Ti'US, J. ADAMS,.EDITOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2. INFORMATION. Subscription, Price-Sent to any address for one year for 1.50; for Mx months, 75c; for three months, 50c. Payable in advance.. Rates for Advertising-One inch, first insertion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 00c. Want Notices, one cent per word, each insertion. Other local .totices, ten cents per line for first in sertion; five cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect, Notices of Thanks, and all personal notices of a political nature, are charged for as regular ad vertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months Write for terms. /THE ADVERTISER, " Edgefield, S. C. South Carolina is still leading in new manufacturing establish ments. A bobbin factory at Greenville, flouring mills at Orangeburg, ictfjiactory at Ander son, an iron mining plant at Gaff ney, a $50,000 lumber company at Columbia, Mattress factory at Anderson, also a planing mill, and others. The legislature meets on next Tuesday, Jan. 8th, 1901. Among other things, this body will be call ed upon to vote an appropriation to the Charleston exposition, of this year, and it is hoped they will not be too parsimonious in this matter, but give the old city a handsome douceur. It will be a wise investment for the whole State so to do. T^^4??iit,??fe CLEVELAND INTERVIEWED He Writes That the Psesidency Should Have a Tenure of at Least Six Years. New York, Dec, 29-Writing on "The Presidents of the Twentieth Century," for the New York World, j ex-Pre&ident Cleveland refers to j the presidential tenure in these words : "Thoughtful citizens will more j and more appreciate the objections j urged against the present indirect and cumbersome mode of electing | their presidents. The circum stances in which this plan origi nated, if ever of controlling im portance, ought no longer to ex cuse such a baffling confusion of ideas as grows out of a propopition that in a popular government the peopled chief officer and their most direct representative may be made the recipient of their trust 4 and the depository of their power j ^W-fl^D^ant opposition to the de clared popular will. "Strong arguments are from time to time urged in favor of a j change in the tenure of the presi dential office. These should chal lenge Prions attention, to the end that the present constitutional limit may be removed and a more reasonable and useful one substi tuted. There has been a continual increase in federal legislation of a peremptory character and related to the immediate and routine ne cessities of the country ; and so it has come to pass that of the four sessions of congress held during a presidential term, two are so brief as to scarcely permit the passage of necessary appropriation bills, while one of the others occurs when the president is usually strange in his new office and bur dened with importunities and la bors inseparable from a change of j administration, and the remain ing one encounters during i*s con tinuance the interruptions, timid ity and demoralization of a presi dential and congressional can vass. These conditions suggest the scant opportunity allowed for, the initiation and adoption of new and important remedial legisla tion during a single presidential term. "Another argument of considera ble weight in favor of the change is based upon the complaint that the business and other important interests of our people are now too frequently disturbed and disquiet- j ed by the turmoil and heat of a j presidential election. A substao- j tial extension of the executive tenure should pave the way for es tablishing the ineligibility of an incumbent to succeed himself-I which has long found favor with a | large class of our people as a con summation much to be desired. "Thus American citizens in the Twentieth century would be charged with the duty of securing j for themselves the actual sub stance of popular rule by estab lishing a more direct mode of se* lecting the people's chief executive in strict accordance with the peo ple's will, and by so extending the tenuie of his office, as to enable j him to better serve his country men and to more thoroughly pro tect and defend all their inter eats.", The Advertiser, The Cultivator, and The Constitution, all three for two dollars and a half. Now is the time to fet a good stock of reading for 1901. Wedding Invitations, Visiting Cards, Commercial Cards, Job Work of all kinds at this office. TAS. m F0LL IND UJIDlil WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FO PRICES. DON'T I LADIES' DRESS GO READY-MAD FA -or Clothing, She SURPASS.'ANYTHING SHOWN IN STYLE, QI Try the market well, then come to we have tho prices TERMS TRAGIC SCENES III UL 'Three Mei il, One Be MHJlSlofOilll. WHOLE TOWN SADDENED. Murderer's Reckless Bravado When Officers Tried to Arrest Him. KILLED BY SHOT FROM DYING SHERIFF. The Dead are J ohn Dansby, Gam bler, and United States Mar . shal; William Kyle, North ern Contractor ; and Sheriff Kennedy. . I _ Greenwood,, .Dec. 30-At Abb? ville last night, as a result of a drunken man's spleen and malice, three men were killed, one of whom was' the sheriff of the county. The story of the triple tragedy sounds more like an account of an occurrence in some western border town than anything that has oc curred in South Carolina within recent years. About 9 o'clock last night in the office of the Miller hotel, several gentlemen we rd having a social game of cards. One of the players was William Kyle, a Northerner, who has been superintending the building of the addition to the Abbeville cotton mill. While the game was In progress John Dans by, a somewhat notorious charac ter, entered the room. He was drinking and m a quarrelsome mood. It is said that he had a difficulty with Kyle in the after noon. In a few moments Dansby managed to have some words with Kyle and applied a vile epithet to him. KYLE REMON8T?1ED. According to the story of wit nesses, Kyle got up from his chair and remonstrated with Dansby, but without making any demon stration of violence. Dansby drew his pistol, a 45-calibre Colte, and when a bystander grabbed his arm he quickly changed the gun to the other hand and fired, the ball striking Kyle in the abdomen. The shooting occurred so quickly that those present hardly realized what had happened. BAN8BY DEFIANT. Dansby then backed out of the room, declaring he would shoot any man who attempted to stop him, and started to the home of his father-in-law, Tom Cresswell, who lives near the cotton mill. I |The newe of the shooting quick ly spread, and Policemen Johnson and O'Brien started in pursuit of the murderer. They overtook him near Cresswdl's house, but Dansby stopped them with his pistol and said ha would shoot if they ad vanced. The police then went to a nearby house and telephoned up town for assistance. In a short time Sheriff R. L. Kennedy with several citizens re sponded to the summons. They surrounded the house, the police men being stationed at the win dows and Kennedy going to the m eOBB. / B RELIABLE GOODS AT LOW 'AIL TO SEE OUB ODS, iE SKIRTS, NCY RAL. SKIRTS. rs, ?es and Hats WE HAVE EVER JALITY AND LOW PRICES. us and we will certainly 8*11 you, ; and goods right, ! OA-SHC. front door. Kennedy called to Dansby to come out and surrender. DESPERATE ENCOUNTER. Dansby came out, closing the door behind him, and with the re mark, 'JWell, we'll go to hell to gether," commenaed firing. Dans by was shot twice, once in the leg and once full in the chest. Ken nedy was struok once in the left breast near the heart. Both men emptied their pistols. Kennedy fell aB soon as he was hit, but Dansby walked some 50 steps and was reloading his pistol when one of the policemen ran up and grab bed him, and took the gun out of bis baud. Several others of tht party were firing at Dansby at tbe time, and there is some uncertainty as to who fired the shots that struck him, but it is thought that they were fired by Kennedy, Handcuffs were placed on Dans by and he was carried to the jail, but died soon after reaching there, about an hour after the shooting. He did not speak after being shot. Kennedy was carried to the jail and expired within a few minutes after Dansby. Kyle, who was first shot, lived until 2 o'clock u lay, when he breathed his last. The coroner today held an -t | quest and the jury returned a . ^ mal verdict in accordance with t facts. HAD KILLED OTHERS. ? This, in brief, is the story of the ; bloodiest tragedy Abbeville county has ever known. John Dansby, who precipitated the affair, waa a notorious character in Abbeville county. He was about 35 yearB old and has always been a reckless man. He was a noted gambler and has killed two or three men before. His associates were principally ne groes. He was tried for the mur der of a negro several years ago, but came clear. He was for several years a deputy United States mar shal. His wife and one child sur vive him. KENNEDY A GOOD MAN. Sheriff Kennedy belonged to one of the best families in Abbeville county and was universally popu lar. In the recent primary he was elected on the first ballot over sev eral opponents, aud he took charge of his office only 19 days ago. He was a man of unquestioned cour age and was a splendid citizen. He was about 35 years old, and was vice chancellor of Abbeville lodge, Knights of Pythias, and had $2,000 insurance in that order. He was also insured in the Woodmen of the World. He leaves a wife, who was Miss Harvey, and one child. His remains will be inter red tomorrow at Lower Long Cane church, near his old home. Kyle, who was from Ludlow, Ma?s., and had been superintend ing the erection of the addition to the Abbeville cotton mill, was about 30 years old and unmarried. He had finished his work at Abbe ville and was to start to his home in Massachusetts today. It is saul that he and Dansby bad had a quarrel yesterday, but this cannot be verified. During his sUy in Abbeville he had conducted him self well and made friends. ABBEVILLE OVERWHELMED. The people of Abbeville were overwhelmed by the tragedy. To day groups of three and four stood around the street corners in the drizzling rain discussing the affair in its details, without dissent , Dansby is blamed for tbe whole affair. He was a man without re gard oi respect for h.mself, and naturally cared nothing for his own life or the life of others. He had long been a terror to many who knew him. There are no tears being shed on his account, but the regret that Sheriff Kennedy should have lost hiB life in the attempt to j arrest such a man cannot be ex- ? pressed.-Columbia State. K TREES and PLANTS. We offer an immense stock of Trees and Plants adapted to the Sooth. First class stock at rea sonable prices. Illustrated Catalogue free. Address P. J. BERCKMANS CO., AU?U?lA, GA. Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELB. Court of Cjmmon Pleas. The Wadsworthville Poor School Truetees, against Benjamin Thurmond. Pursuant to the decree in this cause I will offer for sale at pub lic outcry, before the Court House, town of Edgefield, and State of South Carolina, on the first Mon day in January, 1901, (same be ing the7th day of said month) be tween the legal hours of sale, the following doscribed realty, to wit : All thaf tract of land in Abbe ville and Edgefield counties. South Carolin, on the south side of West Coat Road and branches of Shults Creek of Savannah river, contain ing one hundred and twenty-five (125) acres, more or le9B, and moro particularly described by a plat of 157 acres, made by W. J. Robinson, Dec. 1st, 1885, and in cludes all of said land where Ben Thurmond lives, except thirty-two (32) acres lying on the creek and west Chrestianburg, bounded by lands of T. A. Dallas and others. Terms o? Sale :' Cash. Purchaser to pay for stamps and papers. W. F. ROATH, Dec. 12, 1900. Master E. C. Assessment Notice. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, ) EDGKFJKLD, S. C. } THIS office will be open to receive returns of personal property lor taxation from theist day of January to the 20th day of February foliowiuff. All transfers of Real Estate made since last year's assessment must be noted on the return-stating1 number of acres, from whom bought, or to whom sold. The Township assessors are respect fully requested to meet me at the ap pointments for taking tax return? in their respective townships, and they are also required to make tax returns for all those who fail to make then own within the time prescribed by law, that the legal 50 per cent, penalty be added for their failure to do so. 2JA11 male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except ex-Confed erate soldiecs over 50 years of age, and those incapable of earning a sup port from being maimed or from any other cause are deemed taxable polls. All persons owningproperty or hav ing co'ntrol of such as hnsband, guar dian, executor, administrator, or in arty fiduciary capacity are required to return the same for taxation, and upon their failure to do so 50 per cent, pen alty will be added to the valuation of all such property. - For the convenience of tax-payers I will be at the following places on the dates mentioned to receive tax returns. Please meet me : ^ongbranch - Saturday.J PM. 12 Trenton.Monday. " 14 Johnston.Tuesday. " 16 Elmwood, Wed'day, 10 to lo'cl'k u 18 Meeting Street," 2 to 4 * ? 16 Pleasant Lane..Thursday. * 17 8.Cheatbam's Store, Friday.... u 18 WY Quarks'_Saturday..... " 19 Loagmires.Monday. " 21 Plum Branch....Tuesday. "22 Parksville.Wednesday... " 23 Modoc.Thursday. * 24 Clark's Hill...... Friday. " 25 W Cheatham's.. .Saturday. u 26 Roper's X Roads.. Monday. " 28 Colliers.Tuesdry. " 29 Red Hill.Wednesday.... ? 30 Edgefield C. H. from Jan. 31st, 1901, to Feb. 20th inclusive. J. B. HALTIWANGER, County Auditor Stllllll tue Ring. am happy to announce to the public that,Kthough slightly dis figured, I am still in the ring for good STAPLE and FANCY GRO CERIES at living prices. I oau be found on the corner in rear of the Bank of Edgefield, where I shall be glad to see my old patrons and friends and as many new ones as the case will admit. L. E. JACKSON. iEflflDH OF [JDGEFIEIID EDGEFIELD, S. C. State and County Depositary DIRECTORS. J. C. SHEPPARD, W. W. ADAMS, J. H. BOUKNIGHT, J. A. BENNETT, J. M. COBB, B. S. HOLLAND, A. S. TOMPKINS, C. C. FULLcfR ? W.E.PRESCOTT. OFFICERS* J. C. SHEPPABD, President. W. W. ADAMS, Vice-Preeident. E. J. M IMS, Cashier. J. H. ALLEN, Ass't Cashier Pays interast on deposits by sppcial contract. Money to loan on liberal terms. Prompt and polite attention to busi ness. your Recount Soliciten. Buggies, Buggies, Buggies-A large stock this saason. The strongtst Mid cheapest can be had only at A. Rosenthal's, Augusta, Ga. ? FINAL DISCHARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned will make application unto the 1'rohate Judge, in ami for the County of Edg?tl?Td, State of .South Carolina, on the 21st day of Jan uary, 1901, for a final discharge as Administrator ortho Estate of Annie M. Tiinmer/naa. deceased. A. D. TIMM 10 RM AX, Administrator. ?Notice lo Stock OMS! ruy ?B? TORONTO, CANADA. SUM ano Office and Infirmary at B. L. 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