The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, December 15, 1897, Image 1
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StiVII-A/MKLY hUllION. LANOASTKK. S (!., IjjKQi MHKll i."> >M)7 ' til;"! ~
Tho latest addition to the list ol
semi-weeklies in South Carolinti
is the Chester Lantern?a pa pet
creditable alike to the publisher,
Mr J I' Iiighnm, an I to the town.
Tho example set by Tho Stato in
1 SO 1 has been followed by the
Greenville News, the Greenville
Mountaineer, the Yorkvillo Knquirer,
the ltoek Hill Herald, the
Lancaster Lodger, the Newberry
Herald and News, the Georgetown
Times. The success of these
papers evidences not only improved
mail facilities. It shows also
the desire of people in the country
for fresher news and for timelier
discussions of public questions.
The opportunities of the country
paper ate thus greatly expanded.
?The State.
Si t>tn oit Ilea.
Amr J the lending druggist <d
Hhreveport. I .a . ? ?> *: "Dr King'*
New Discovery is tlie only that ured
niv cough, ami it is the hest seller I
have." J K Campbell, merehanl ol
HtafPml, Ariz., writvs* l>r King'*
INew Discovery is all that is claimed
'or ii; it never f ills, sinl i< a sure cure
for Consumption, Coughs ami Colds
F ennnot aay enough for its merits "
Dr King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, CiiukDh ami <?ohls Is not an
experiment. I has been tried (or a
quarter of a century, ami today stand*
at head. It never disappoints Pre?
trial bottles at. Crawford Hro?' l>rufc
Store.
KxecutorM1 1-Cm
late ot Kvan IfolIin<rH
Deceawed.
BY VIRTUE of an order from tire
Probate J udye of Lancaster ('niinly,
I will sell, at Executor of Kvan
Itollin^s. I)ee? used, the persona' estatr
ef said deceased, at bis late residence
in Lancaster county, on the I7<h dav
of December 1M?7. commeneinjs at If
o'clock,and continuing from day toda\
until all is sold, exeunt I lie cotton
which will he sold .in th" usual way
privately in the u-ual market Terms
of sale, cash at auction, to the highest
bidder. Thi* property consists of ill
head o'" horses ami mules, c ittle, oca,
'-till bushels of corn. ?u bushels of wheat
1211,00(1 pounds of cot too seed I nut
bundles of fodder eitirine, g n feeder,
condenser, cotton press, corn inl'l,
four rubber holts end shafting, Iron
snt>. Ml oilier arliel s. machine nil.
It. K. Rom.in(??,
Kxecutor
Nv fOlh 1K07,
? FRESirTEEr"
AT aijij mii? *hh my market in tin
D?vIh liiuliiin< Mr retri^eratoi
keeps it almost ice-cold I wiltdelivei
l> in any purl of town at any hour de
ired You <*a i pureliaae heef wner
you wish leave it hi the refrigerant]
m l I will send it t your home anj
time you may w nit it ?ent This hi'
aurmi your heef heinir kept perfectly
freah. W K YOUNG
July 20th. 1197?8m
NOTICE
To the Tax*payer<t of Lancuter f'oun
ty :
The tax b mkt will he open in tin
flice of the on nut v ireaauaer for l.an
ea-uer oounty f<?r the n illociiim of taxei
for the tt^ea year 18*7. from tlie l."?<|
day ?f October to the 3lat tiav of l)e
c inker, 1*07
TImj following it 9he levy for tin
enmity :
Htae A uiiJIi
County 5 "
Interest on O A C H It 8 "
I lit. on C <' & C It It Gil la Creek 4 J
I ut fait * " IMuuu If ill 9
#<umtliution*l Hohool lux 3 "
I.fttseatt'T firs'!?!! Srhwl *1 '*
Jones' X ttoeds 2 "
Kerehaw 4 M
Ohw hurst 4 "
The levies by townships are .
Indian Land 1 ?S iniIli
Waxlitw 16
t'ane Creek 16
" " Graded ^ohool 2? "
" " (Jonee* X Roads) PH *
Gil Is Creek 201 "
(Graded Hehool) 24}
* " (Jones X Roads) 22j "
Buford 16 "
Flat Creek No 12 2D
Pleasant Hill ID
No 9 28 "
Jonee'X Roads 21 "
" (Oakhuret) 26
C #ek 16
* (Jonre'X Roads) 16
Respectfully submitted.
J. E BLACKMON,
Co. Trees.. Lancaster County
CASTORIA
Tor Infanta and Children.
fj THIS YEAR'S TAXES. j
. | The Total Amount Charged and
*
Now Collectible ? Largor
Than Last Year.
I
, j The State.
j The comptroller general's statement
of all taxes due by the several
> counties for the present year, now '
. * f
.due and collectible, has been made
,; ii|> and on ercd upon the prrma.
nent book. Of the amount charged
in taxes only a very small proi
portion has yet been collected by '
the county treasurers in the several
counties. Every taxpayer
seems to be waiting for the final
day?Dee 31-?and not a few it i*
feared, will have to let the penal-j
ties go on because of inability to
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get the ready cash with which to |
pay- j"
Last year the total amount of
1 I * ('
I:taxes charged for the several
r counties of the, State was 159,|
0(15.48. This year the total is}*
> $2,315,273.77. The total poll J
, tax for this year is $1(13,909.1*
Thee* figures embrace all State i
I 1 ||
l | and county, school and local taxes j
| for all purposes.
: Charleston is the largest tax y.
paying county in the State. The
j following table shows the counties ^
paying the largest amounts in taxes
in their proper order:
(tHiiiTui liocal
Thx?*?. 1 *c?lI S 'IkmiI '
rhar'.eHtou $221 4V?.2.s $1 HVI !
K|iartnnburg 156 2s-|.21 s,416 $s 2UI,43
Greenville 114.MM 21 6 232 1 47T ?h>
i Kietilnmt 166.814.63 6 611 10082.00
Charleston county is credited
with no 'oca! school tux, that he-i'
ing managed iu the city hy the
>1 municipal government. j*
In addition to tin; revenue to Ih> 1
1, derived from the taxes n-> indicate I i
above, the Stale has during the *
I I
present \ear received about S'.mi,. '
I 000 in cash from the dispensary:
nothing will come from this source
the coming year. The insurance
licenses and special tax of one-l'
half of one per cent, on the gross
premiums received by the insur- i
\ ance companies will net about >
$7,000 more. About $-1,500 in .
r fees from the secretary of state's i
office will be received.
A Dispensary Showing of (ireat
Losses.
S|>ecial to The Daily News.
Colombia, S C., Dec. 0.?The
i
State board of control gave out
today figures which show that the!
dispensiry for September, Octo,
tier und November, 1806, had
* assets for $3*7,421.87. For the
t same months in 1*07, $276,542.70
9 sdecline in receiptsof $110,*T0.17,
for three months.
Business for November fell olT '
i $30,302.02 against $43,166.15
for October. Tins delights the
<lis|H>tiHury people.
Clerk Harris will be retained. |
( The Hub committee reported that
the volume of mad watt as large |
as ever and the governor wanted
the elerk to handle dispeo^ry11
business. ,
The State board of control at j
the request of the Sumter board i
withheld the profits of Sumter aod i
the governor will appoint a con.
stable to be paid out of the city j
profits. i
The board is not pleased with j
, the enforcement of the dispensary <
law here.
Twenty.ive thousand dollars
was ordered paid to the school J
fund today. i
I
?Pay your subscription.
IITNG IN DARLINGTON.
John Wright l'avs the 1'cnulty for
Murder.
special to The State.
I >ai lington, Dee. 10.?.John
A'right, col, was handed in the
ail at thi?* place today nt 12: 15 |
'or the murder of Clarence Ilvrd.
vhite, on Aug 3, last.
John Wright was a tenant on!
he place owned hy the Bvrds, in
he western part of Darlington
ounty, in the Antioch section,
lis wife cooked for tlio Byrd ,
trothers, and they were in the'
lahit of going to his house to got (
heir meals. On the 3d of last;
\ug. quite a number of persons, 1
>oth white and colored, gathered
it Wright's house. A small barel
of cider was there and all were
Irinking. They got into a friendy
tussle and for a time all was
tcaeeable.
For some reason Wright got
tut his pistol, hut it was taken '
rum him. This made him mad, I
md ho ordered e,rery one away. !
They did not go at once, and he 1
rot his gun. When he got to the i
loor he found that there was no !
ap on his gun. Ho wont hack
o the mantelpiece and put one on, 1
md then went to the door. Clarince
llyrd, h young white man, i
viis standing a little distance awav,
n.d seemed to know what Wright
,vas going to do. He (Ilyrd) call-1
;d out, <l()h, John, don't/' The
.vords were scarcely spoken he-!
rore Wright tired, killing him in
itantlv. Wright lied to North
'arolinu. where lu? ?"^ r.?n??nv?.l .
..WW I
in< 1 brought from Monroe to this
dace. At the full term lie wus tried,
In- court appointing Mr K L Darjan
to defend him.
Negroes I'se Pistols.
s uM-ift? to the State.
Willston, Dec 11.?A negro
named (ho Kpliraim was fatally
diot by another negro named Jack |
Jones in the store of Messrs Ken -;
iiodv <Sc Son here tonight, resulting
from a dispute between these negroes.
After the shooting Jones
tied, hut was pursued hy a posse,
who will doubtless soon have him
caged.
Accidentally Killed.
Special to The State.
Greenwood, Dec 11. ? Mr W 1*
Hush, son of II J Hush, living 15
miles below here, accidentally shot
and killed himself this evening
whis hunting. He was years
old and leaves a wife and two
small children. His wife is a
(laughter of Mr Tillman Hurling.
Mrs. McKinlcv is Dead.
Canton, ()., Dec 12. ? Mrsi
Nancy Allison McKinley, mother
r>f the President, died at 2:30 this
[Sunday) morning, after lingering
in an unconscious condition, as j
the result of a stroke of paralysis,
for 10 days.
The President left his mother a
few days ago to be in Washington
it the o|>ening of congress, but
immediately returned and has been
constantly by her bedside.
Mr Itch on human, nianite on horses
fugM aud ?!/Niock, cured In 30 minutes
?y Wool ford's Han I tary lotion. This
never fails. Hold by J F .Vackey &
Jo., Druggist, Lancaster, H C
Hdrao Co far fttdart CWnW
??000,000 6N A LlFK.
i
(leoijg^ vanderbilt Takes Out the >
Ihftgest l'oliey Known to Insurance?Premium,
$35,j
00o a Year?Money
for a Special j t
Object.
k'fi
New ^ [ork World, Oth. \
(ie^irge W Yanderhilt may not N
havo t*s many millions as others of |
the f nUv,but in the matter of life j
insui m' he now leads the world, 'j
Hoftwe sailing for Kurope yes- (
terduvlon the American liner St.
l'aul^ fee took out a policy for ^
*1,0j if000.
IV fis the largest policy evei
issir |jb the history of life insur-' ^
ance. Hen years ago the strongest j
companies would have shrunk from f
such a insk. It is a straight life ;
policy, jlnd the annual premium is [ ^
135, 000. This premium ceases !
with the twentieth year, and then ^
the insured will only have to die
in orderfto secure the money. I
The president of the company
in which Mr Vanderbilt took this n
policy s??4d last night:
?Thi?| is unquestionably the:
largest |X)licy ever issued, and
there will doubtless he consider- i 1
able simulation as to tho inspiring ,
motive with Mr Vanderbilt. i
only feel at liberty to say that Mr
Vandorhi t wishes to appropriate J t
to a special purpose. x
llv this policy he will accomplish N
what ho wishes without entangling ,
his estate lie will simply pay ,
his prom'* n?s ou.1 of his income, I <
and at death will leave tae hulk t
sum of *1,000,000 to the purpose ,
he has in view." \ .
W hat that purpose is. whether
public or private in it-> nature, the ,
presided of the company declined <
to say. ,
Mr Yanderbilt is now for*y ,
years old. lie is of a studious ,
disposition, does not affect society ;
to any extent, und has a distinct
taste for literature. He is said to <
Ikj the most charitable man in New
York. He supports a host of poor
at Biltmore, where ho is simply j ,
I worshipped. His fortune is esti
I mated at from $30,000,000 to!
$50,000,000.
, _ _
Jackson's Limbless Cotton.
I ~ '
Jackson, the "limbless" cotton
' man of Atlanta, claims to have ',
raised three bales of cotton to the |
acre, and is trying to sell his cotton
seed at the rate of $7 a pound. ,
Mr l". I) Thompson, of Point,
raises four bales of cotton on an
acre and offers to send anybody (
who will pay postage, a pound of
the seed freeof charge. Jackson,
it would seem, is fishing for suck
era; but such a charge cannot be (
laid at the door of Mr Thompson.
?Yorkville Enquirer.
| Mrs Nann Bell of Walterboro
killed last week, a hog which 1
weighed 615 pounds and which
yielded 305 pounds of lard.
Something to Know.
It may be worthsomething to know 1
that the very beet medicine for reetor*
ing the tired out nervous system to
health ami vigor in KlecttiO Bitters.
Thin medicine ie purely vegetable, j
its by giving tone to the nerve centres I
i the stomach, gently stimulates the *
?lver and Kidneys, and aide these or* (
sns in throwing off Impurities in the ,
blood. Klectrio Bitters improves the <
appetite, aids digestion, and is pro- '
nouuced by those who have tried It aa
the very beat blood purifier and nerve ,
tonlo. Try It. Held for 50a or $1.0#
per bottle at Crawford Bros' Drag |
Store. |
TEN DOCTORS WORK. | ui
s'i<iht unci Day Vaccinating Rock
Hill's People?A Thousand
Treated. .
lis
;>((
Special to The State.
Rock Ilill, Dec. 11.?The 10
of
diysicLns of the city have put I.
. . . id
n the entire day in tho work of
aecinating the citizens. The Li
owestestimate as to the number j,
hey have vaccinated is 1,000.
The work will continue night and
lay until completed. There is no j
ipprehension of a spread, though
his precaution is taken.
The one case brought here from
Vtlantn is carefully isolated, and in
he family quarantined. !1111
A letter from Atlanta from aj"1
brtner citizen of this place, whoPlu
s thoroughly reliable, states that 'u'
hero are many moro cases there,
end that the local pajiers are sup- *u
iressing the extent of the facts, i
The case hore is so mild as to 1
>e of little moment.
I he
L'HE FORTHCOMING M ES C
SAGE. j8U
J an
jo
t Will be Sh >rt and Deal With re
the Liquor Problem. nt
iq
Governor Ellerbe in talking 111
ibout his forthcoming message
fnuf Ar/ln \r uni/1 4 k.> 4 1 .1 1? ? ?<?
vuvvi (1U1M Hint It WUUIU H
-cry brief one. He said he did h>
lot propose to deal exhaustively st
vith the several branches of the ai
state government; there is no or. sj
aision for m, lon?r message this j
rear. He has already written a w
port ion of it. in
The message will deal almost ()
ntirelv with the liquor problem, tli
inventor Kllcrhu said he propos- tli
(I to < leal with the sit tuition thormghly,
hut he <li<l not indicate j w
ivhat line ho would take. ? -The al
"state. 1
A
S r K K K N 1) K U K I) TO TilF 0t
SOl'TH. | fa
tit
Lowell Mills Will Make Linncn
ami Specialties. 1 lU
fa
Lowell, Mass., Dec. 10.?The j
reported division of the Fall River
manufacturers to reduce wages
has not aroused much comment in 1 m
Lowell. The increasing compe- j
tition of the southern plants has j>v
long been foreseen here, and hasj(f
been discounted to as great an ex- 1
tent as possible. Several mills | ri
have already installed expensive w
linen plants and others have chang- 'K
ed over their machinery to run on 111
specialties.
^ |dc
Instantly Killed. l-(
i til
c?
Special to The State.
Laurens, Dec. 0*?Yesterday j
at Youngs, John Wharton, en j
gaged in handling logs at a sawmill
oa a hillside, had a heavy log K'
to roll over him. killing him instantly.
lie was an Irishman and
man of family. S]
Every dy V < / ? St m
CascaretsCandy Cathartic, the mo*,
wonderful medieln ?discovery of the
Ige, pleasant and refreshlug to the d?
taste, act gently and |KMitiveIy on
kidney*, liver and howela, cleaiiMing er
'.he entire system, dispel cold*, cure ^
headache, fever, habitual constipation
tnd biliousness. I'lease buy and try th
dtt.x of <J C U today; 10, -Ji, 60 cent.nt .
told and guaranteed to oure by all
druggists. ei
Wanted?An Idea ,
hro*?et TOUT ldw?u; thor may brlnf ynt wtattl <
Writ. JOHH WKDUKKMt'HM * CO.. Patent 4U? J
an. Waahin?Via. I> C.. .or ihsir ti.mn prta* *% M
IS *'*? '?o i >.?.* ? - ?
e Undersell All Others In
Groceries.
1,1 s?i rr iv s
pound* uranulatcil Riinur for 1 00
pounds light nrown Sugar I on
We have the cheapest line
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco
town. Also we carry a nice line
Notions, such as handkerchiefs,
idies' unci Cents" Ilose, etc., etc
f . *" *- c'h jit.v ?V I ?ro<
[ For the Ledger.
VAN WYCK 1TKMS.
Our fanners are through pickg
cotton and sowing fall grain
d now are getting up winter
and and some gathering and
.uling litter for their compost
aps, while others take up their
lie grumbling at hard times and
e cent cotton. The song of
rd times, was sot to< music
any years ago. It was oue
long the many other things I
ard when a little boy and it
?nt lose any of its power. It is
n<r iust as fresh now as then
id it has many more followers
ining in its chorus. All should
member singing hard times does
it change them but we must be
i and doing the many duties denuded
in our respective vocations.
Dr Hlakuey,dentist of Monroe,
>ent last Tuesday in Van Wyck
oking after dental business. Ho
i(!iiis well pleased with our village
id will be back on the ilth and
>end two days with tis.
Mr .1 II McCain of Wuxlmw,
as in our town Wednesday lookig
after some cotton he bought,
ur farmers are turning some of
loir cotton h ose, notwithstanding
le low price.
From the present ouilooh there
ill be a good innnv ebunges
nong our farmers with the out?i111;
year. We will lose Messrs
T ami (i F Ferguson, two of
ir most thrifty ami energetic
rmers and their families, as we
iderstund they will move to
Igin soon. We regret to give
) these wide awake and soeial
inilies and give tlieni our host
islies for success in their new
imes.
Labor seems abundant. A good
any who ran farms this year, are
Fering to work for wages next
ear. The low priced cotton has
anoralized them and completely
locked them out of the farmers
ng. The low price of cotton
ill he a blessing to the farmer if
5 examines the situation closely
nl it will put him on a better
undation for prosperity and in
HV.4 l e n_
7|H3iiuuii\;i;. n aim rurriuiiv
>ur home supplies nn<l be bene,ted
in the future by this year's
:pcrionee. OPTlMFS.
SHOT IN TI1E HACK.
ne Hoy Fatally Wounds Another
While Rabbit Hunting.
pecial to The State.
Walhalla, Dee. 11.?Yesterday
orning while two hoys wcro out
,bbit hunting one of them acciintally
discharged his gun, the
itire load going into the back of
e other, Tim Harbin. More
an a hundred holes are in tha
iok of young Harbin, who is not
;pected to live.
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