The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, November 23, 1898, Image 1
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5t(VII-:WflKLY kUl'ION. LANCASTKK, S. P.. NOV. 23. I*!)8~ ESTftBLttHEP 1852
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Three White Men Drive u Georgia
Farmer's Wife from Her Home
And Burn the House, To- ]
gether With Three Little
Children. I
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Jacksonville, Flu., Nov. 19.? i
A special to The Times-Union and ,
Citizen, from liiver Junction, '
?1a., says: This aftornooa, about <
4 o^Hock, three unknown white |
men went to the house of Andra Shackleford.
farmer livinc shout I
* n ' r I
fir? miles above here, in -Decatur
county, Georgia, and demanded
food from his >vife. She wuh
*Ione with her three little children,
mud offered bread, saying it was
all she had. With an oath they
demanded moat. She became
frightened and fled to <he woods.
Tb? tramps caught the three little
children and -sot tire to the
house, roastiug the little ones to
death.
Sheriff Patterson, of Bainbridge,
Ga., has been wired to
come at once with bloodhounds,
end strong hopes are felt that the
fiends will be apprehended.
No Bidders.
The Chester Mills wereofferd for
eale yesterday at an upset prico of
$60,000. There were no bidders.
It will be necessary to get another
order of court, and the result of
yesterday's effort indicates that a
lower price will havo to he named
We trust that no time will be
lost in getting; the institution in
shape to utilV^ its plant.?Chester
Lantern, 18th inst.
85gF~ Pay your subseripiton to
Ledoek!
SAY! DON'T DO IT!
Don't send off for jewelry,
watches, clonks, silverware, or
for anything in these lines, for
the identical thing can be obtained
from 11. Brandt for the same
money and oftentimes for less,
besides you know how often one
is deceived.
Did you ever think of it, that R.
Brandt haa mad* a study of ordering
auch thing* for 8 yeara. and that ha
certainly knows bette where to order
from than you who eccaaiouaily read
an advertlaement or receive a catalogue.
Remember all jewelera are
not ho well poeted. Bring your caia
iogue along and ha will demonatrate
what he asya. Now.tr., It, he want*
you to <l-> It.
Our pri eaare low and a 10 per cent
Reduction mikes them a great ileal
i ?*?_i^
unci, n rue ior circulars.
RBRANDT, ;
For jou a money Having Jeweler, ^
Chester, 8, O.
, CLERK'S SALE. :
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (
COUNTY OF LANCASTER,
Court of Common Plena.
Jennie P. Belk, Plaintiff,
vs.
Wdltam P. Belk. Defendant.
PURSUANT to an Order of court in '
the above ease, signed t>y Geo. VV. <
Gage. Circuit Judge, Oct. 5, 1898. 1
wilf sell at Lancaster court-house on '
'/Tt^ Vi-T&f lit/??l/7sin &*> / '
?f* i/cucmwcr, (
within the leral hours of sale, the fol- .
lowing described pioperty to wit:
All that Irftfit of land in the conn ty 1
of Lancas er and Htate of rtou h Caro- (
liua, containing
12 ft Acreh. More or Lett*, 1
bounded, North by 8 J Htarnes and J j
H Williams; South, by estate lands of
II It W Belli, deceased; Kant, by lands *
of Margaret Hinson and D A Punder?v|
burk; West, by estate lands of H RVV
Bel It. C
mr Terms of Bale, CASH, or one- c
half cash and balance In one year, to .
1>? secured by bond Oi purchaser bear- 1
lug eight (8) per cent interest from
date whieh shall be secured by a mortgage
of the premises Purchaser to t
pay for papers. .
' W. S. L. Porter, 1
C. C. C. L. C. *
R. B. Wylie, Plff's Atty. 1
[Tor 1 he Ledger
Flying Trip of a Lancastria
Through the Shenandoah Valley.
Editor of The Ledger:
I recently had the pleasure o
making a flying trip through th
Shenandoah Valley in th? wester
part of the State of Virginia
itopping off at Roanoke and Salem
Virginia, and perhaps a hric
Inscription of the same would nr.
!>e uninteresting to the readers c
four paper,
Roanoke is a city of 22,00
inhabitants, situated on th
Koanota Hirer, between the Blu
Ridge on the east and the Alle
i?hany Mountains on the west
The climate is healthful and ir
rigwrating. In winter it is col
iut free from blizzards un on ni
lion in the north; in summer i
b mild aud salubrious. Tho sani
,ary condition of tho city in a
.bat could be desired. The grea
lateral attractions in this pi act
which make it of so much interes
,o the world at large, are th
Crystal Springs and tho mout
ains which almost surround th
tame. The Crystal Springs con
prises two springs, one limeston
ind the other freestone, in abou
ire steps of each other, whic
low from the foot of Mill Mour
,ain, a spur of the Blue Ridgt
These two little springs, not mor
.han two feet across, feed to larg
akes i" the same park, and th
mpply of water seeme to be in
exhaustible. The water is as clea
is a crystal from the time it leave
he springe and passes into th
akes, until it mingles with th
;urbid waters of the Roanok
Itiver, hence its name, this cleai
less net boing affected at all b
-ainy weather. These springs ar
i great resort for summer visitor
ind the city is always full of thee
ileasure seekers in tho summe
ind spring. These springs can h
iasily reached in fifteen minute
'rom the city by electric car
which passes right by tho same.
The other attraction here is th
nountains. Mill Mountain i
situated at tho head of the Cryi
al Springs, just on the caster
>dge of the city, and rises man
lundred feet al>ovo the surround
ng country. Good roads hav
leen graded around the same an
i pavilion, observatory and othe
imusement places mark tho sum
mit, which is a great rendezvous
ng place for picnics and pleasure
>arties in the springtime, who
he mountain is covered with he
rerduro of green. The Bin
Itidge Mountains run along th
;astern edge of the city, whil
ho Alleghany are some mile
listant on the west, both of whic
end enchanting scenes to I)
dewed and admired by all wh
ire so fortunate as to behold then
The Virginia College for youn
adies is situated on the caster
xige ot this place nt tlie foot c:
he Blue Ridge and is surrounded
>n all sides by everything the
nakes up an attractive and coir
'ortable temporary homo for ou
lear college girls. The buildin
a large and commodious, contain
ng all the modern convenience!
md no pains are spared to mak
Jio girls comfortable, and it i
>no of the best ?<pii(>pcd femal
alleges in the south. The facult
s composed of thi best instrui
ors and the curriculum is ver;
ligh. This institution was founde
>y that eminent Georgia divine
ormerly president of the Wei
eyan Female Institute of Stauc
)?*.?; ? ; a ?* ??;% >* ' "
ton, Virginia, Rev. William A.
n Harris, D. D., and its doors were
opened to pupils in tho autumn ol
18D3. Onjthe death of Dr. Hbv
ris, a year or two ago, ho was
f succeeded as president of thi.?
e Seminary by his daughter, Mis*
n Mattie Harris, a lady noted for
her scholarly aitaimnents and
i, high culture and refinement and
>f who is eminently qualified for
it this responsible position. She
if has in the last two years of her
administration of this ollice,
0 brought the school up to a highor
e standard of excellence than over
e before in its history. Every departuiont
of this colloge is well
provided for. Tho music department
is one of the best in the
j south, being under tho tho super.
vision of Prof. It. E. Ilenning of
it Cleveland, Ohio, one of the most
[. eminent musicians in this country.
|| If young ladies desire a complete
musical education, as most of
them do, they will find tho course
t here as thorough as can he found
e j in the southland. The writer,
t. through the*courtesy of the pree:
sident, was conducted through
,.jthe college by somo of the
0 teachers, and he is convinced that
t what he has ahovo written is no
|j exaggeration but the unvarnished
i. truth. The following South Caro
, linians are engaged here as teachers
e and are giving thorough satieface
tion as 1 learned: Col. J. Colton
e LyneH, Prof, of Modern Lant
guages, and who was some years
r ago, Superintendent of the Kings
l8 Mountain Military School then
e located in Yorkville; Miss Miller
e of Columbia, who is th? teachet
e of Engli h; Miss Mamye Allison
- of Lancaster, who presides over
y the practice division in the Music
e Department. The courteous and
s afahle Mr. Boatwright. formerly
e of the Emp're State of the South,
r is the efficient Secretary of thit
e institution, fathers and mothers,
is you will not find a hotter equipped
, school for your girls, where they
will ho under more competent in
e structors than this. The salubri[8
ous climate and invigorating
mountain air here muke this e
n very desirable location for the
y same, from the standpoint o1
[. health. Situated, as it is, at the
e foot of the mountains, facing the
(j west, it is very inspiring to stun<
ir in the front porch of this bliihl
i-'ing and view tho hills and vale;
, as they lie stretched out before
^ you, and beyond in tho distance
n tho majestic Alleghany Mountains,
ir j as they extend far away to moot
e j the south-western horizon Win
e cheater, one of the famous battle
0! Holds of tho Civil War, is only t
!>s few miles from Ibis city,
h Tho llollins Institute, situatec
'about tivo miles from Roanoke, if
0 another tine institute for young
i. | ladies, but tho writer did nol
g have time to visit it, but onl)
n passed by on tho train on his wa)
,f to Harper's Ferry. lioanoke
(] boasts of two as tine and well
Lt equipped hotels as can bo found
i. j in tho country, the I'once de Loor
r and the Roanoke, tho latter being
g owned by tho Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company and situated on
, j an elevated sito near the depot,
01 occupying a whole square tc
itself. The Norfolk and Western
e | Company own all the railroac
y lines coming in and going out ol
1 tho city and have thenefoie i
y monopoly of the business,
d The writer had the pleasure ol
>, visiting the quaint old town ol
i- Salem, which is situated about
i five miles south west of Koanok<
:r , ' j "u? .
^ f . >? ?- v
in tho same county and which is,s
i connecting with the same hy j r
f electric line and the Norfolk ami I
I W extern Railroad. This place is p
; situated at the foot of the /Vile- I:
;; ghany mountains and is almost ii
; surrounded hy the samo. Situated j J
I .
j in an apparently little flat and j ii
1 encircled almost hy these enor-1 g
I mous natuiul giants,it presents an i f
enchanting scene to tho eye, as *
j you enter tho village by the elec- 11
? trie line over a high hill on the o
j north-western boundary. It looks p
nae ft little fairy land. On the J
western limits of this place is a e
very rugged range of mountains n<
known us the North Mountains, si
. which is a brunch of the A lie- tl
i ghany, nnd us each peak rises in- a
. to view, one is reminded of the
! Sierras in the west, we have read S
; so much of. It is impossible to
describe this picturesque scenery
i and you have to see it yourself in
( order to appreciate it. As you
i stand in the midst of this old
I town and observe these giants of j
antiquity looking down upon you
on all sides with all of their
i grandeur, you are very deeply
i impressed with the omnipotent
; power of the Great Almighty and g
i how insignificant and perfectly
I helpless is man in comparison. ^
His power is all-powerful and we '
i should never forget that we owe ^
everything to him, and should be
i ever ready to advance hia cause. ^
Salem is a small town between
) t ' ^
i 2,000 and 2,500 inhabitants and ^
is the county seat of Roanoke ^
i county.
Roanoke College is situated in ,
the southwestern portion of the c
1 town, on square behind the county t
court house, just at the base of
1 the Alleghany. As is well known, y
' this is one of the oldest colleges y
in our country and is noted also a
for its fine library, where you h
1 will find a great many curiosities 0
in the way of ancient publications. n
^ This is one of the most attractive y
features of the Roanoke College g
" and is the pride of the same. The f
' grounds are also beautifully laid v
' off and enclosed, the backgrounds h
1 extend to the foot of the moun- h
5 tains and scenery on all sides is
^ very inspiring. I
5 After leaving Roanoke, I pur- I
'| sued ray trip up the Shenandoah r
i Valley ami passed on my way j I
! the Natural Bridge, Grottoes and j j
Luray, all famous for the magni- r
3 ficent scenery, hut as this was I
5 after nightfall, I saw nothing of j
1 j them. Day broke on us at j
' | Shenandoah Junction, where we j
| took the Baltimore and Ohio '
5 track and wont by Harper's For- j)
I ry, one of the most picturesque
| points in our country. This ?
'! scenery here is a strong rival to t
'1 that along the Hudson in New i
[York. The Shenandoah River | ?
t flows into the Potomac at Harper's (
' | Ferry and the railroad runs down : ^
the hanks of the Shenandoah to fl
51 the Ferry, and then crosses the J t
' j Potomac at the junction of the 1
M two streams. For miles up and 1
g
II down both of those rivers the
I r
i I hanks are lined with high moun- H
1 tains on each side and this '*his- f
1 tone military post" is situated I
1 right in the heart of these enor-jk
mous rocky cliffs on the Virginia
I fciidft fit (Kd Pnlnnnnn TKn ..11<T., I
V* VIIV A. Ui\/UiaV/. X lie <U 1111 9
^ project so close to the edge of the S
' streams that the railroad has had
1 to dig out of these rocks long <,
tunnels for ita track. As these ^
f great rivers wind their way ,
f around these tall and precipitous ^
t cliffs, one can get a good idea ^
i what a canon is, such as we have ,
u . . .
"
tudied of in the liocky mountain
egions of the west.
Harper's Ferry is a historical
oint and is the place where John
Irown and his hand of traitors,
l 1808, seized the United States ^
irmory and tried to raise a slavo
isurrection in the State of Virinia
with the hope of securing
reedom for the slaves. Hut as
re all know, United States Troops I
nder Gen. K. E. Leo (then Col i '
nel) were dispatched to this |
lace to quell the insurgents and ftn
ohn Brown and his cohorts were wl
xecuted. This is a point that all hi
outherners should see and I am I fll
r>
are th\t they will never regret G
he time and money spent on s uch hi
trip. ev
"G. W. A." wl
henandoah Valley, Va., |G,
Nov. 16, 1808. I o\
a ? th
HILL PAID THE DEATH |in
PENALTY. IU
ha
rlurderer of Miss Lybrand Le- ov
gaily Put to Death at I^exington?Protested
Innocence
to the Last.
an
pecial to The State. *?
lv
Lexington, Nov. 18.?Jesse .
[ill, the negro who was tried,conicted
and sentenced at the Sep..
smber term of court to be hang- ^
d the third Friday in November,
allowing for the murder of a
>hite woman, Miss Mary Lyrand,
paid the death penalty to- ^
ay. The bov's father was conicted
at the game term of court
accessory to the crime and re*
eived life sentence in the penientiary.
Jesse Hill, the victim who apeared
not entirely sane, was 21 8a
ears of age, medium size, and of m
ginger-cake color. Just before
is execution and after he was up- C?
DC
n the scaffold, he made a statelent
to Magistrate George Saw ^
er that he was ignorant as to the
;uilty party, and that God had ^
orgiven him of the crime for
vhich he was charged, and that W1
ie was ready and prepared to meet
lis God. re
VC
At 1:15 o'clock, S O Kaminer, ;
n B
>y special request of Sheriff Thos
1 Caughman, read the death warant,
the negro's ham's were tied
lohind his back, the black eap adusted,
the trap sprung, and in 13 '
ninutes I)r Hendricks pronounced
tfe extinct. G
_ ^ I
KOI)ISK l> TII K OK A V K. (ll
A startling incident, of which j)f
Jr. John Oliver of Philadelphia,
vas the subject, is narrated by
lim as follows: 1<I was in a most
lreadful condition. My skin was h'
ilmost yellow, eyes sunken, af
ongue coated, pain continually j w
n back and sides, no appetite? j
gradually growing weaker day by ! jj
lay. Three physicians had given
no up. Fortunately, a friend ad~|'1(
used trying Electric Hitters:'I pi
ind to my great joy ami surprise, w
1- . .i_ i
no mil Kirum UlttllD rn UUCHICU 1)
mp?*ovoment. I continued their j ^
isc for throe weoks, ftn<l am i.ow
i well man. 1 know they saved ; ut
ny life, and robbed the grave of | 1}
mother victim." No one should H
ail to try them. Only 50 cts per Ljj
>ottle at Crawford Bros1 Drug
Store.
Solictor Bollinger Resigns. ?
Special to The Dai'y News. n
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 21.? "
solicitor Bellinger's resignation B'
ias been accepted. Hin successor
pvill be appointed December 1st.
1?nt. Sawvor will lilralv h? ?n.
?r- j ? ?t' H
xiinted, "
U1 ImiMi Mil Dr. kUlM* hwrt P1m<?> ?
Vac?**-'-v. >tv- X v.
KILLED HER HUSBAND,
KS. HUGHES SAY.s 81 iK
HOT HIM ACCIDENTALLY.
le Dying Man Said She Dared
Him to Fight but that He
Refused to lift his Hand
Against Her.
reenville News, 20th inst.
George \V. Hughes, the merchit
of Greers, Greenville eaunty,
ho was shot night before last by
s handsome wife in a domestic
larrrl at. th?,ir 5.
V..V?? A VOIVIl. UV?U ill
reers, died from the effects of
s wound at 8.30 o'clock last
ening. The death occurred
bile a representative of The
reenville News was conversing
er the 'phono to Greers about
e shooting. The wife is now
jail here awaiting trial for
urder, and it in said that she
,s a very black case hanging
er her head. She says the
ooting was accidental,but it was
ported last night that while
ughes forgave her he never at
y time excused her and that up
the time of hie death he resoluterefuped
to say that the shoot5
wan accidental, declaring that
could not die with a lie on his
>8.
Friday night, it is reported,
len he was understood to bo in
lying condition, and when, as
b mistakenly thought, they were
:>ne, M rs. Hughes tried to get
m to say to her that the affair
is accidental. He said:
"No, Mattie; you know it was
it accidental and that 1 did not
ab your arm. You know you
id, 'George, I'll give you two
inutes to get up and tight like a
an, and not die like a d?d
wardly dog," that I said that I
iver would raise my hand
ainst you even in self defense,
d that the littio boy said,
lama, don't shoot papa.' While
freely forgive you, I cannot die
ith a lie on my lips."
"Yes, 1 know, George," she is
po ted to have said. "I shot
m, but you know it would never
ive happened if you had not
abbed my arm."
"No, Mattie; you know 1 never
abbed your arm," replied the
minded husband.
Willful Murder,
reenville News, 22d.
Coroner Willbanks spent Suniv
holding an inquest over tho
xly of George W Hughes, tho
roer's merchant who was shot
riday night just after supper by
s wife and who died 24 hours
'terwards from the otTeets of tho
ound she inllictcd. Tho verdict
f the jury was "that George W
ughes came to his death at his
one in Greer's, S. C., from a
stol shot wound inllicted by his
if?, Mattie Hughes, on Nov. 18,
398." The jury added "that
10 aforesaid Mattie Hughes then
id there, wilfully and feloniousr,
did kill the said Georgo W
ughes, against tho peace and
gnity of tho ir'tate aforesaid.1'
Ilcnuty Is Illood Derp.
Clean blood moans a clean skin. Xo
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clean your blood and keep it clean, by
irring up the lazy liver and driving all im*
iritioa from the body. licgin today to
inish pimplea, boils, blotches, blackheads,
id that aiekly bilious complexion by taking
Mcarets,?beauty for ten cents. All drug*
it*, aatiafaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c,50c.
Itoa't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tosr Ufe Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
'"o. iuii 01 ma, nerve anu vijor, line no i ?
M. the wonder-worker. that mtkti weak men
rong. All druggist*, SOc or !. Cure guaran>ed.
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