The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 25, 1899, Image 2
rHE LEDGER.
ThuHow S. Carter,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
WRDMMDiT, JAN. 25, 1K99.
Honrv Jones, col., who was to
have been hanged at Bamberg
Feby. 3d, has had his sentence
commuted to life imprisonment
by the Governor.
- On
Saturday lent Col. W A
\eal. Sunt, of the Panitaatiarv.
paid into the Stat? treasury the
110 ,000. made by the penitentiary
last year.
Jno C P Williams, a lawyer by
profession who has been postmaster
at Kidgewar since Me
Kinley's administration, was arrested
Friday charged with embezzling
$*8. of post othee funds.
+ *
The river and harbor appropriation
bill was completed Saturday.
It carries appropriations
for the ensuing fiscal year aggrogating
$12,503,138. Continuing
contracts are authorized aggregating
$ IC, 701.53S. Charleston
harbor under continuing contract
gets an appropriation of $175,0(?().
- fIf
farmers would consume more
poultry autl less pork they would
be hcalther and livo longer. There
is no meat which compares with
well bred, freeli poultry. Many
make the mistake of sending all
their luxuries to tho market. Tb?
same food that will produce a 200pouud
hog will paoduce 400
pounds of tho best poultry meat
and with one-half tho labor.
?* Southern
Greoce was severely
shaken by an earthquake last
Sunday morning. Two villages
were completely destroyed and
many people were injured. All
the houses ! Phili&tra on Iosian
const wero damaged and the inhabitants
are camping out.
-4 +
Col. 1) H Tompkins, who has
been in office since 1891 aad who
lutn lived in Columbia during this
time, returned to his old home
near Ninety Six, Saturday and
will resume farming. Gen. John
Gary Watts, who wan first assistant,
and afterwards Adj. and
Inspector General and whose
duties in these positions made him
* oi i^on i\$ ( \ tl * ? ? ? I ii t* .-U A
? viMUivu vi vwmiiiina 1U1 Cl^lIL
years, also returned to his old
home at Laurens Inst Saturday.
The transport Ron mania has
been ordered to New York to lie
equipped as a transport for the
dead. When thus equipped, with
m largo force of undertakers, coffins,
etc., she will sail for Santiago
to Wring from Cuba to Now
York all the soldiers who were
killsd in battle or who died from
disease, whence the bodies will he
distributed over the country to
relatives anil friends. There were
many hundred* ?rid the work of
removing and preparing the bodies
will take sonic time.
TII K l)K\l)bY ii It I PI*
again abroad in the land.
The air you breathe may ba full j
of it* fatal germ f Don't neglect
tho "(trip1' or you will open the
door to Pneumonia and Consumption
uml invite death. Ita sure
signs are chills with fever head~
ache, dull heavy pains, mucous i
discharges from the nose, wore
throat and never-let-go cough. '
Don't waste precious time treat- I
ins: this cough with troches, tit)- I
lets, r?r poor, cheap syrups. Cure!
it at once with 1 >r. King's New
Discovery, the infallible remedy
for bronchial troubles. It kills
the disease germs, heals tho lungs
and prevents the dreaded after ef-1
foots from the malady. 1*1-106 50 1
cts. and |LOO. Money back if'
not cured. A trial bottle free at
Crawford Bro's Drug Store.
I AN AGED CITIZEN DEAD.
! The "Father of the Chester
Methodist Church ' Passes
A way.
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; Special to The State.
Chester, Jan. 20.?Another
lone of Chester'** oldest and one of
|
her best citizens parsed awar last
light. Capt. W. T. D. Cousar,
after a long and painful illness,
died in the 72d year of his age.
lie was a native of Lancaster
county, and has resided in Choster
for the past 40 years.
He was a senior member of a
large Mercantile firm doing business
at this place aid at Bascombvilla,
this county, for the past
ears. The business at this place
was, however suspeaded some
three or four years ago.
Capt. Cousar was well known
all over South Carolina. IIo was
known as the father of the Chester
Methodist church, was an influential
citizen, an well as a consecrated
Christian, and was one
of the bent men in this section of
the State.
Ho has from the days of his
voung manhood represented thi?
church in the annual conference,
and has twice been a member of
the general conference of the
Methodist church.
lie wan in active service for
four years during the civil war,
and was a captain in the fnmotu
Sixth regiment. He was verv
much interested in the building of
| the new Methodist church in thin
city, and that handsome building
stands today a monument to hb
i zeal and liberality.
He leaves two sons ami three
daughters, and a 1 rgo circle of
friends and relatives to mourn hi?
loss. His Methodist frieads all
over the south wiU be greatly
saddened by the announcement of
his death.
lie Only bet 'Km Up.
It. S. Austia, of I.anc&ster
county, wai carried before Judge
! Brawley yesterday on a bench
warrant. He was tried at the
i last term of the district court in
I (.Jreenville, on a charge of violatI
ing the liquor laws and a sealed
sentence was brought ia. He was
arrested the other day and came
to Charleston with a deputy mar*
sbal to have sentence passed.
Austin went iato court jesterday
to hear his sentence. He
took a seat and waited quietly for
what .Judge Brawley might say in
the way of a sentence. He was
asked if he had anything to sav
against the result of the trial.
"VVaP hit's this way, jedge,"
; ntii<i Aiisiin; "i nad Meen keepJ
ing some liquor at my place, a?d
when my friends called around I
always wanted to treat them right.
' So one day 1 gave them alia
{drink. I gave them the liquor,
and they didn't pay me a cent.
It wia a treat and it was on me,
1 j edge."
The maa was dismissed with
lout a sontence.?News and
Courier,?Thursday.
Rev. A'. S. Moflfatt Dead.
Rev. .J. S. Moffatt received a
telegram yesterday morning announcing
the death of his father,
II lit ^ ? ~
iv#v. ?. rv Motiatt, in Arkansas,
asking him to go on at once.
He left on the 11 o'clock train on
th# Southern. ? Chester Lantern,
20th.
Mr. Charlea Raid, a prominent
merchant of Norfolk, aged 99
years, having 7 children, 44
grandchildren and 57 great grand
children, died Tuesday.
OASTOTIIA.
B?*ri Ui* /> ktad Yea Han Always BougH
j THE LEGISLATURE.
Special to Greenville News.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 24.?
; The house of representatives de
voted almost all of today to th
consideration of Verner's bill t
repeal the liea law. There wa
much discuasion with many se
speeches.
M r. Verner talked half an hou
and in hie speech hooted at th
I idea of free silver being a panacea
j The house by a vote of 51 to 4
refuged to continue the bill unt
| next session.
>, Mr. Robertson, of Anderson
introduced a bill which hasalarg
following. It provides that o
, petition of tea per cent of tb
| votes of a county the commission
11 *rs shall order an election betwee
I prohibition and the dispensary. 1
a dispensary county the petitio
may he prohibition and vice rorai
If a county that is dry wants
dispensary it must have a majorit
vote to change while a majorit
will also be required to ehang
1 from dispensary to prohibition.
The central idea is to do awa
i with the Siate dispensary whic
i may sell to county dispensation
All county dispensaries are to b
run by boards elected bv the conn
ty commissioners and the mayoi
of towns or cities whore the dii
ponearies are to be situated. Tw
thirds of the profits are to go t
> the county funds And one third t
the town or city; none to th
' State.
i The State dispensary will h
; giyen until .July to close ou'
i There is no license option in thi
bill.
Another bill with three option!
' including license, will bo offere
' in a day or two. Some license me
will support Robertson's bill as i
does away with the State dispell
sary and its machinery.
The election to come off torn*?!
row occasions much excitemonl
The Stnto hoard of contrc
recommends the election of dii
ponsere by county delegations. 1
reports that the heer privilege
havo netted $50,S67.40 in royal
ties and suggests that the hee
privileges be continued.
A CbKVKIt TRICK
It certainly looks like it, bu
there is really no trick about it
Anybody can try it who has Lam
Lack and Weak Kidneys, Maluri
or nervous troubles. We meal
he can cure himself ri?rht away b;
1 taking Klectric liittera. Fbi
medicine tones up the whol
system, acts as a stimulant t(
Liver and Kidneys, is a hlotx
purifier and nerve tonic. It cure
Constipation, Headache, Fuintinj
Spells, Sleeplessness and Molan
choly. It is purely vegetable, i
mild laxative, and restores th
system to its natural vigor. Tr;
Klectric Bitters and be convince*
that they are a miracle worker
Kverv bottle guaranteed. On!;
fOc a bottle at Crawford Bros
1 b ug Store.
George Rice and another negr<
broke jail at Anderson last Mon
day and wbileiseveral were in per
j suit Rica turned upon younj
Frank Hamlin, who shet and al
| most instantly killed the negro.
Brigham Young understood
how to dodge. A man cauv
from Europe to get him replace
a leg that had been removed
Brigham said to him, ''I can d
this and it would not cost me an
i trouble; but if I should brinj
back your leg you would, on th
morning of the resurrection, hav
throe lege?the first leg, the on
that you lost, and the one that
would make for you. Had yoi
not better go on with one leg fo
a little while, than to go througl
eternity with three legs?"
' Don't neglect to talk sensibly a
times; it may be difficult; hut it'i
necessary,
REPEAL OF THE HOMESTEAD.
What Senator Sullivan Expects of
His Constitutional Amendment.
?
n Columbia Stata.
w Senator Sullivan, of Anderson,
(t is op|K)sed to the homestead, and
yesterday in the senate, introdur
eed a resolution looking to its re?
peal. He purposes to make a
>. hard fiight this year against the
7 homestead, and when asked about
il the object of his resolution, said :
"The joint resolution offered
for the repeal of the present hornse
stead provisioa of the constitution
n looks to leaving the matter of exe
emption of personal property to
, the general assembly, and to pron
hibit homesteads in lands.
n "The present homestead law is
n the root of many evils, such as
k our oouoxious ilea law, a source
m of constant litigation and legislay
t,or
j "Gat the homestead out of the
e way and we can repeal tho lien
law, and at the same time leave
y the people of limited means u ha*
h sis of credit. Tho necessity of so
Smuch til irtgnge taking will no
,e llonger exist. The credit of our
vpeoplo and of the State will he
B greatlv enhanced.
, Why ahould money ho tight at
0 8 and 10 per cent in South Caro
0 lina when in other States it can
() he had at 4 and 5 per cent ? This
ie homestead law discredits us at
once before the world and keeps
ie out of the State mono*- products
L and out of touch with those who
jR are clad to extend credit on tho
least margin. Repeal the present
, homestead exemptions and money
in ?South Carolina can aoon he
n had readily at 5 and t! per cent.
"The homestead law is no friend
i? to the poor man who desires to
riae in the world. Get it out of
.. the way aud we can then legislate
to aonie purpose on questions re}j
lating to the credit aystetn. There
j. may hare been a time in the years
t and centuries gone hy whom this
^ law served a good purpose ; hut I
j. think reflection will convince us
r that it is now out of date and a
real ohatacle to every branch of
industry and trade."
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPE A R 1
ANCE.
e
a Mr. Thomas R. Towles is Missing,
n information Wanted.
v
* Special to The State.
>. Johnston, Jan. 21.?On Tues*
1 day, Jan. 17, Mr. Thomas R.
*^Towles of Mile Creek section,
" about 10 iniks from here, left his
u house and told his family ha "was
e going out on business." Not reY
turning tlmt day, they began
' search for him. He was traced
to Johnston, and here all trace
YI '
> i was lost. When ho left l c.nie
i he had about 10 Java' growth of
I
I reddish gray board. He was
about 55 years old and weighs
about 145 pounds. The family
' cannot imagine any cause for his
v unaccountable disappearance are
greatly distressed. Any information
as to one of his description
seen anywhere would he
greatly appreciated hy the dis4
tressed family.
B ? ? l*ay
your subscripiton to
Ledoek!
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The Oregon has orders to sail
straight to iManila.
tor coughs
1 regard Ayer's Cherry Pectoral ma superior to
any cold or cough medicine made. I hare
used it for years and am never without a
bottle in the house."
J. T. COOKE, Publisher,
Waynesboro, Va.
Ayer's
Llitrry Pectoral
HALF-SI7.U BOTTLES, 50c.
j For The Ledger, k
VAN WYCK ITEMS. 11
1<
The pretty weuther of tke few r
last days, has put a move on our Cl
people. It looks like they have
put now life into their business. ^
j They are clearing uplands, haul- 1
l ing litter, choppiug cord wood n
! and placing it on the side track a
. . tl
for shipping. Already the side
track is lined several cords deep "
with two foot wood and a good ?
deal more to be hauled. None has
been shipped away as yet and if a
some of it is not ?oon moved the
| yards will be blocked. There are
also a good many cross ties being n
placed along the main line of the *
railroad. Wo have an abundance n
of timber and the wood market *
and cross tie trade bring some *
cash returns for the farmer and ^
I \
\ his laborers.
i c
Fa rmers are indifferent about j
j commercial fertilizers this spring
I and it now looks as if there will
not be much used around Van 1
I r I C
' Wyck this year.
r I ^
W % reported u few week* ago m
; in our items, the departure of a ^
colored couple, George Wallace *
and Polly McKinney. George
I loft his wife and a daughter aad ^
! Polly a husband. About a week
I after the departure, Polly returned
and gave her husband, Pelhaon a
McKinncv a satisfactory cxplana!
ti(?n of her whereabouts while j
gone. Hut ia a few darn they ,
had a misunderstanding and *
agreed to separate and divido
I their household goode. Pol ham
I kept his and Polly moved hers to ^
I a sisters house for safe kwep'ng.
On lust Saturday night, Polly
j boarded the south bound train ^
with u well packed trunk ana
other bundles. On Monday PelJ
e
ham took out a search warrant .
r
for his things and a warrant for
Polly, claiming she had carried .
otr one hundred and tifty dollar*
of his money. The things that
Polly had carried to her sisters j
wore examined hy Constable
Crenshaw who eerved the warrant ^
And nil that Pelham claimed waa ^
turned over to him. After this ^
Mr. Creaehaw accompanied hy ^
Esquire Secreat, set out to locate
and capture Polly. They traced
her to Catawba Junction, then to
n
Hock Hill, from theie to Char
a
lotte by following the checking ot
her trunk. They found the trunk
at the depot in Charlotte but
could not locate Polly. After j
working two days and nights in
which they displayed some detec- ^
tire skill, they gave the facts to ,
the chief of police of Charlotte
ana returned nome. l tie day following
their departure from
Charlotte, Chief Orr, wired Mr.
Secresl. he had captured Polly and =
also George Wallace. Mr. Cren- .
aliaw and Mr. Secreat went hack
to Charlotte for the prisoner, <
who was Willing to return to Van
J ?
VS'yck for trial on the charge.
Wallace wis turned loose as there
was no warrant for hiin. When i
Polly waa arrested she had aeveral
hundred dollars on her person j
and tho chief took charge of one *
hundred and fifty dollars of the
kind ami denominations described
by the warrant, which he turned
over to Mr. Secrest with the jr
prisoner. The prisoner was i a
brought to Van VVyck for trial
Saturday, but after Pelham and
Polly talking the matter over,
1 they thought best to compromise r?
: than* differences by arbitration c
which whs done satisfactory to
both by a division of si I their
household and other goods in
common. f)
Mrs. "Optimus" hat* l>een at ?
ease on the rat question for some
time. Her broom stick and Lancaster
cats had driven the little
rodents off of the premises to the
anntt^anccof our neighlMtrs, friend *
Robert on the east and .John on c
the west, who each had to ;,n 5
an eatra supply of rat-traps to ^
eep the mischievous little anN
lals down. One brave little fel:>w,
notwithstanding the unering
broomstick and watchful
its, made an invasion of Mrs.
'OptimusVfloui barrel, when she
jund the self made prisoner, and
rum her own confession, she was
lore scared than the tiny mouse
nd had to call help to dispatch
be little fellow. t4Optimus," as
rail as the rats knew something
f tko effects of the broomstick,
nd did not put in his appearance
t this rat killing.
A few evenings since, we
bought that we were in the
lidst of an earth-quake from the
rambling of earth and rumbling
oise in the eastern part of Main
treet. After a little investigaion
the commotion was explained.
)ue of our Bel es, an amateur
myclist w?h trying her skill on a
ontrary wheel which would perist
in making unusual detnontrations
of speed and volunary
somersaults, much to the
hagrin of the professional who
ras present to give instructions
nd assistance in the performance.
Vbout all we know of it, is, it
ook about a week to get the sand
lit of the young cyclist's auburn
resses and humps off o* her
raniuni. The earth for yards
round ~ as knocked out of shape,
nd the wheel generally demulshed.
This is another job for
\ C Hough, provided he can atnch
the much needed ballast to
his particular wheel.
OrTiMi'S.
Valt Whitman Puts in a Word.
To the Editor of the News and
Courier : ? When it was first anounced
that Ellerbe had sold out,
ur> rosa, to the local optionists,
i (i Gonzales president, 1 wrote
o the Nows and Courier advising
ho State executive committee to
nveatigHte the matter, and if retorts
were true, to pronounce Elfrbo's
nomination nulla bona and
f none effect on the ground of
raud. The News and Courier
lid not publish. Will you please
ake it from the waste basket and
3t it see the light of day.
The announcement that I would
etire from politics after twenty
nonths, has l>een misunderstood,
nd, to correct that misundertanding,
1 have reconsidered and
nnounce my candidacy for Govrnor
at the next primary, and if
get all the votes of those who
;ive me credit for always being
ight 1 will get where I csn do
he people good.
G. Walt Whitman.
JnnattTille. Jan. 16.
Vigors
i/erdicts
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR fulfills
11 the promises made for It, is the
verdict of those Ivho have tried it.
jii/cr's
"I have sold AVER's Hair Vioor for fifteen
earn and do not know of a single case where
: did not ffivo entire satisfaction." ? If. JL
ROVE, Faunsdale, Ala.
Sfa/r
** When disease canned my hair to fall out, 1
?tind AVfK's Maim Viook h most excellent
reparation and on? that doe* all that la
laimcd for It."'?L. RUSH, Connellavilla, Pa.
ty/gror
"Arrw't Hair Viook does all that laclalmed
?r it. It restored my hair, which waa fast
ecotnlnr ft ray, back to Its natural color?dark
rowa- '-W. H. HASKLIfuPK, I'ateraoo, N.J.
*Did St
" My head became fall of dandruff, and after
time iny hair began to fall out. The uae of
lvkh s Hair Vigor atopped the falling out
nd mi.de the acalp clean and healthy."?mrr
M. AYKRS, Mount Airy, Oa.
hal ntope Neuralgia! JV. mj' Pata PUln.
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