The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 28, 1900, Image 3
YHE LEDGER.
Ih nrlow S, rarter.
EDITOR ^ND MANAGER.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1000.
TO BUILD A RAILROAD.
How Chesterfield County is to
Use Hoi ConvictB.
Showing how nnf county of the
Stotv is to use its convicts, the
follmviner recent net of the le<rii?>
latino i* of interest:
Section 1. That on and after
the approval of this act hy the
governor, whenever in their judgment
it shall lie for tho best interests
of tlio county of ChesterterHold,
the county hoard of commi-sioners
of said' county shall
have the power and authority to
use the chaingang of said county,
or tmy portion thereof, in the
grading and construction of the
railroad hod of the Chesterfield
ami Lancaster railroad company
within the limits of said county:
Pr ovided, That the said company
hall furnish all necessary material
and tool* for said construction,
and shall feed, clothe, maintain
and securely keep said chaingang
while employed as aforesaid
without expense to the county.
Sec 2. The sheriff of Chesterfield
county shall turn over to
the Chesterfield and Lancaster
Railroad company any prisoners
sentenced to the chaingang in
said county in his custody, for
employment as mentioned in boo.
tmn 1 of this act, upon the order
of the county boaid of commissioners
of said county, through
the supervisor.
Sec 3. That all acta and parts
of acts inconsistent with this act
he, and are hereby, repealed.
criminal, statistics.
The New Law Requiring Proper
Reports to he Made.
An important act of the general
assembly is that requiring the
keeping of a record and the making
of reports of criminal statistics.
The need of such an act has
been obvious. Here is the text:
Section 1 That each clerk of
the court of general sessions shall
keep a record and report annually
to the attorney generul and the
solicitor of his circuit, in duplicate,
by the 10th day of December,
on blank forms to be furnished
by the attorney general, the
name, race, hex, age, alleged
crime, of every person brought to
trial in his court for the year ending
December 1st; and in case of
his failure to make said report
within the time herein limited, he
shall forfeit to the county $ 10 as
a penalty for each < ay's delay in
making such report, to be recovered
by the solicitor of the circuit
by an action in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
STORY OF A SLt VK
To be hound hand and foot for
years by the chains of disease is
the worst form of slavery, (ieo.
D Williams, of Manchester, Mich,
tells how such a slave was made
free. lie says: "My wife has
been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in
bed alone. After using two bottles
of Kleetric Hitters, she is
wonderfully improved and able
to do linr own wart 1' TKio
supreme remedy for female disease
quickly cures nervousness,
sleeplessness, melancholy, head
Ache, backache, fainting and dizzy
spells. This miracle working
medicine is a godsend te weak,
sickly, run down |>eople. Evary
bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents.
Sold by Crawford Bros' Druggist.
t*T Have you forgotten to
pay your subscription to Ledger!
?
MISTAKEN AGAIN.
Yorkville Enquirer.
Sheriff Logan returned from
Tennessee last Wednesday night;
hut ho did not hring M R Reese.
The man who was being held out
in Tennessee turned out to Vie
another fellow who hears not the
slighest resemblance to the man
wanted.
Although tho public is not
aware of the fact, Sheriff Logan
has received, sinco the escape of
Reese and Luckey, probably 50
or 100 letters from different poo
pie in different sections ot the
Union with reference to.the whereabouts
of the two convicts. Often
the writers of the letters ara dead
certain I hut they have the right
man or men, at the case may ne,
an*l sometimes they are only suspicious.
The sheriff has been
making it a rule to investigate
?very likely report, taking such
steps as might lie necessary to
assure himself as to how much
foundation there might be for it.
Generally be has been able to determine
on the instant that no
further attention was worth
while; but on several occasions he
has been put to considerable expense,
all of which he lias to bear
out of his own pocket.
The most recent Keese capture
was made by a man named Williams,
at Cowan, Tenn. He communicated
with Mr W H New
bold, at Cheater, and as tho result
of the correspondence, went a
photograph in which Mr N?wbold
thought he could see tho likeness
of Reese. The letter seemed to
evidence more than average intelligence
on the part of the Tennessee
writer, and tho personal
description of the suspect made
,ip bo completely for all the shortcomings
of the photograph, that
really there could have been n>
satisfactory settlement of the
question without a trip to Tennessee.
This, after consulting
with Mr New bold and Solicitor
Henry, the sheriff decided to
| make.
j But it was not Reese. When
I the sheriff got to Cowan, a little
i town about f>0 miles from Chati
. tanooga, he found the entire
j neighborhood gathered around a
i private house in which the susI
pect waa under guard. The out'
standing reward for Reese is $700
' and the lucky capturer of the suh
pect had been offered $200 for
hu chances. He said he would
not take $400. But the instant
the sheriff entered the room in
| which the prisoner was confined,
1 the price went down to two cents.
Not a second look was r# quired to
show that the suspect did not hear
! the slightest resemblance to the
man wanted.
It seems that the man under
i suspicion was some unfortunate
| fellow who claimed to have been
! raised somewhere close to the
Georgia ; nd Tennessee line, and
who, for aoiBo reason had, years
before, left his wife and become
an outcast. When arrested he
was engaged in cutting staves for
some contractors near Cowan, and
being a stranger, he was more or
less nervo'ia oter his predicament.
When released he appeared glad,
and that wau about all there was
of it, so far as he was concerned.
It will be remembered that
some time back there was a report
of the death of Mrs Ander-.
son, on whoso account it ivai that
Reese k i I le<l .Williams. Many
people have been disposed to consider
this report a fake. Sheriff
Logan made as full an investigation
as was possible of it while he
was in Atlanta, and although he
was unable to get any positive information,
those with whom he
talked gave it as their opinion
that the woman is really dead.
^JPSnhacribs*; C i :
PROTECTION OF PARTRIDGES.
The Act Prohibiting Their Sale
for the Next Five Year?.
The following in the text of an
act of the general assembly approved
on Feb 7th, that is of
special interest to sportsmen:
Section 1. That section 431,
volume 2, revised statutes 1823 J
(criminal statutes'), be amended by
inserting between the word "par
tridge" and the word "any," on t
line three the following: "and it
shall be unlawful for any person
to sell, offer for sale, or ship or j
export foi sale, any partridge or j
I quail for the space of tiro vears
from the approval of this aft:
i Provided, Nothing in this net
shall prevent importations for
sale of any par ridge or rfiiii.il* j
uo that the said section, when so ;
amended, shall read as follows:
Section 431. It shall not he!
lawful for any person, exce l?t
upon his own lands, or upon the
lands of another with the consent
of the owner thereof, to net or
trap a partridge, and it shall he
unlawful for any person to sell,
i otTer for sale, or ship or export
for sale, any partridge or quail
for the space of tivo years from
the approval of this act: Provided,
That nothing in this act
shall prevent the importation for
sale of any partridge or quail.
Any person violating this section
shall he guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall tie punished
by a tine of not exceeding
$30, or by imprisonment in the
countv jail for a term not exceeding
30 days.
PA.STOXIIA.
Bmti ^lh? Kind You Haw Aiwaj? BaifM
j - GAD
W- For I
Clieapes
No Shoddy c
torn prices.
be more nat
'trade where thej
- We
That means WE are
the only people in position
to handle the CASH
trade. Time merchants
put up prices at this season
for credit trade. We
put down prices for cash
trade. We do not have
to charge honest people
twoprices to pay losses
on bad debts. The trade
knows and appreciates -1
this fact and we are get- ^ ;
ting the cash business. s
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|jfT Th? fact that wo ?HI
Our Guaranteed Lino of I a
For Bargai
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HOMICIDE AT BENNETSVILLE.
Deadly Quarrel Between Two
Cousins. Maddox Kills
Brigman.
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Special to The State.
X
Bennettsrille, Feh 23. ? Henry
Brigman whh killed this morning
by 'Will Maddux at McColl.
Both wore night mill hands and
bad heen unfriendly though first
CCAnftns. ? As they came from
work this morning Maddox
itruck Brigman in the head with j
* stick, from the efFocts of which '
tie died in an ho? r.
As Cartor, the chningang guard,
lied from the wounds inflicted by
Convict.Iim Harris last Monday,
this is the second homicide in our
county this week.
Bolted Corn Meal.
The legislature has fixed the
weight o* a bushel of bolted corn
meal. The reason assigned was
that imported sacks weigh less
than meal ground an<1 put up id
this Stato. Tho law roads:
Section 1. lie it enacted by the
genoral assembly of the State of
South (Carolina: flint from and
after the tirst day of March, 1900,
it shall bo unlawful for nnv person,
firm, company or corporation
to sell, or offer for sale, within
the limits of the State of South
Carolina unbolted corn meal of
less weight than at the rate o* 48 ;
pounds per bushel, und bolted
meal at the rate of 40 pounds per
bushel. Any person violating
this law shall he tined titty dollurs
nr l?e imprisoned lor the term of
thirty days.
What ntopa N?ur?l*U7 e- HUm' I'&in Pill*.
igoM a
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THE 1
t Store ii
> '
' * VBCtt mKlMI
n* inferior goods.
Tile Ti'iiiii' r
Ill' I I IKIV I
get the best bai
Sell Stri
-Two .lunuur.v 1 tu
Beautiful colorings in the now
just half, 10 cents. Also another
in new desirable stylos, 7A cts, wo
GREAT MILL
j it Those who have not yet bonp
luck. We are running r?tr the l>:tli
thuffi Half price. You should avai
-chase u nice hat.
,r gains !
lie Very Best tin
more Shoes than all of Lancas
idies', Misses and Children's tine h
ns in every lin<
NTSON CA
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The legislative appropriations
aggregate $954,571.81 this year.
Last year they aggregated $842,151.82.
This aggregate for this
session does not include $175,000
for the State house. It does not
include $35,000 for Wintbrop;
$10,000 for tho Chicamauca
monument and $10,000 for a
brick building for the deaf, dumb
and blind institute.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
MORE MULES,
BETTER MULE',
LARGER MULES,
FATTER MULES.
!lo? ? li?? I
Ki'Pp iosted hy cat ing ?l our Stables
fie?iU"Miy and nee the quality and
li?r oui price-*?We are In tie huaii
?-r-s t HU'Tued, nt'l "the way to sue
c < il i* i succeed " and that is what
\v> Hrr (l<>ini{,
< Mi Mr Elliott is i ?>w in the Weste
n murk t? Hii'l will return l>^ the
jJm * in- a- floe a lot of Ml'i.E-t and
I i() i;SE-> > s li?-s ever been seen in
11.in-Hi-ler ? We t>u\ t hem to Hell again,
Hint if von want a good male or horse
g.ve us a tri? , ami if we do not aell
y?u **e wn| believe ymi are not in
he niar- hi We guarantee what we
ell a- d wilt do every > Idng reasonable
to suit nil who buy from us
v> e hre inde>'d thankful for the
eatroii'ige anil C'?nfl te<>ce of die pen*
p e > a I-Hster and n- j-dlling COUI1tbf*
an thy strict integrity and fair
iviiiingii hope to merit a cotiliuuauce
or t lie H-iuie
'I TT & l"MWI"?R8.
lSH STO
? g a i n s
?0LKS
i South (
, but reliable me
liis In Us! 'gains,
and we :
ctly For (
i gains .1 list Come.
20 cent Poplin Fluids, our price i
case of thoHe-splendid twilled tleece
rtli double.
INERY SALE.
Million* winter miuory are in grea
unco of our stock at a little bette
I yourself of mch a chance to pur
Shoes Thi
i .t/arket Aflor
ter combined would indicate thi
Lid Shoes cannot he equaled for g
e, Come to
lSH sto
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T.W.SECREST, SURVEYOR,
I OSI-EOLA. H. I!.
Ir fully equipped, and qualified, and
solicits vour surveying
riM Ho. 30
Or call at Duffi's Market fi r a
Roast ?>r ^teok or some good Hausages
1 or a first eliiHH Fry ?>r xtew of Nor,
folk O.ss'ers and he convinced that it's
1 something no d you will get from the
Market on ihe i i>rner of Ma n and
Dunlap streets.
THE RESTAURANT
You will find supplied with the
Res' Norn-Ik Oysters every Wednes*
day and Friday.
I Respectfully.
A. F. DUFFT.
CHESTER
| MACHINE
AND LUMBER
COMPANY.
CHESTER, S. O.
o
The Cheater Machine t'o. and R. M.
^pratt A t o , have consolidated the
two p'ants, and now ready to furnish
anything hi the Machine and Lumber
line*, with a well equipped F undrv
i and Machine Shop, and Door, Sash
and Blind Fac'ory ? ur facilities are
un< quailed in thi* part of the 6tate.
I REAPERS MOWERS,
' THRESHERS, GINS,
ENGINES SA vV Ml LLP,
HAY AND CO TON PRESSES,
HARROWS. CAS i INGS. K C.
ALSO
SECOND HAND MACHINERY.
g!Sf Bills complete for Dwellings,
Ht*?r? Rooms, etc. Hend us list of
your wants, and we will answer by
return mail
Respectfully,
CHESTER MACHINE &
LUMBER COMPANY.
REF
< WE are
Carolinarchandise
at bot
Nothing could
ural' People
are giving them.
Hash Long
Facod
Merchants
* Are claiming higher
jiriceH. Goodtt they nay
uaio j^iuic nj?. tr e are
getting them chea[>er
than ever. The ready
t cash always wins, and
r we are in the lead with
Home Hoft anaps for early
trade.
it Wear! .1^
U?# "
it we nro Headquarter!,
ood service and low price?.
$ kilt
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