The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 07, 1900, Image 2
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SATI"ltI>AY AI'KIT. 7, 1000.
When the present veur *~nds,
Rock Hill mills will he equipped
with ;ts,OS 1 spindles, 1881 looms, j
will employ 10110 operatives, to
whom will he paid $18,100 every
month, or $217,000 annually, and
the consumption of cotton will
bp 1 0,900 bales. This amo'nt is
mo o cotton than was produced
in Hock Mill's territory durinir
the last year. Indeed, it is about
as much as ever has been produeed,
so that the year 1901 will
tin'I Hock Mill consuming every
bide of cotton that the farmers in
tbw section of the county can
raise. - Rock Mill Merald.
It is the conviction of this writer
that this yeai the voters will ex
prc-s their desire to give prohi
bit ion a trial by eleetitfg a than
for governor representing that
idea. < *f course a great deal will j
deoi'lld on tbn *l.~l
, - I '* ?.J V>1 U1U
man who is put forward to hear
the standard of prohibition. Our
own belief is that Mr. Feather- !
stone, who, in spite of the fact j
that he ha I to hear the-'fcssaults' of .
those opposing him on that issue, j
made such a clean and manly race ;
two years ago, is the most uvaila- [
hie man. It was the tirst time
that a thorough canvass of the
State bad been made on that issue; ,
it was the first appearance of Mr. j
Featherstone in public life but, !
not withstanding this, he only narrowly
missed being elected. In (
his rounds he made many friends,
however, who did not vote foi
him in his former race who would '
vote for him if he ran again. They ,
admire him and they admire his
manly stand for what he conceives
to be right, and they believe that
ho would make a good governor.
?Kershaw Era
The Way of the World.
Because Senator McLaurin a<>
knowledges William McKinley as
president of these United States
and respects and honors him as j
such, he is called disloyal to hisj
state and a traitor to his party. 1
Senator Tillman aids and abets in |
this sentiment ; but "'at the same
time he says of Mr McKinley:
"I am always willing to trust
William McKinley. * * * Left to
himself, 1 bolieve this aspirations
and his purposes are patriotic and
noblo " McLaurin has never tie
stowed greater praise than that on
the president ; tint he has to he
called a traitor by little Whipper*
snappers, coat tail swingers,
political shadows and the like.?
Spartan burg Spartan.
NO It I OUT TO IJGMNKSS
The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be
attractive must keep her health.
If she is weak, sickly and all run
down, she will lie nervous and
irritable. If she has constipation
or kidney trouble, her impure
blood will cause pimples, blotches,
skin eruptions and a wretched
c< mplexion. Electric Hitters is
the best medicine in the world to
regulate stomach,liver and kidneys
and to purity the blood. It gives
strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth,
velvety skin, rich complexion. It
will make a good looking, charm
ing woman of a run-down invalid.
Only 50 cents at Crawford Bros'
Drug Store.
If every Judge in the State
would attack the concealed weapon
liahit n? Judge Benet did yea
terday and if juries would not be
lenient willi persons charged with
homicide, South Carolina's criminal
courts would soon have fewer
homicide esses on docket. Columbia
Record.
Solar Eclipse Next Month. ?)
PATH OK TOTALITY PASSES
THROUGH SOU TH CAfcC^
UNA. >
A Letter from P,-of. Young on
the Path Across This State ?
How to Make an Observation
Glass.
Charleston Post.
The occurrence of a total ?ni?'
eclipse is as event of ouch extraordinary
rarity that it attracts the
widest interests The sight is one
of the grandest of natural phenomena
and few persons have had
the good fortune to heaold it.
The coming eclipse occurring as
it does in a convenient and accessihle
region doubtless will ho carefully
watched by a largo number
of people
For the convenience of those
who are already making prepara
tions with a view to witnessing the
eclipse the following letter written
by Prof. C A \ oung, director of
Princeton ousorvatory and one of
the highest authorities on astron- j
oiiiical subjects to Dr. TN Roberts'
of this city will he read with in
teresl. Dr. Rooerts wrote making
inquiries as to the line of totality
of the eclipse and other
maters and received a rcnlv as- i
follows:
Princeton, N J, March 27, 1000. !
Dr. T N Roberts:
I)?*ur Sir ?In reply to yours of
24th I would sav tirst in "011th j
Carolina, Newberry, VVinnsboro, 1
and Lancaster lying near the central
lina of eclipse. In Georgia,
Washington, Greensh ro, Monticello,
Forsyth, Thoinason and
Columbus. In Georgie, West
Point and Elberton lie on the
northern limit of the shadow
track, a'nd in South Carolina, Abbeville
and Rock Hill. Laurens,
S C, and Covington and MeDonough,
Ga., are just outside.
The southern boundary o; the
i ?(11 >1 d rt U' l\iiaiin? .--U < ? --
, ..... |/?iiov> uiniu^ii v^wseiH,
Macon and Thompson, Ga, and
through Lexington and Bennetts*
ville, 8 C. Laurens, S C, is just
outside the track 011 the north,
ami Columbia on the south, frd^etield,
8 C, Greensboro, 8aluda,
Camden, Chesterrtehl and Chester
are all inside tho track which is
from Hfty to fifty two miles wide,
widening towards the northeast.
The duration of totality at Winns
horn will be about 85 seconds. I
do not know at present of any
astrononrcal parties that will 1
take stations in 8011th Carolina, '
l 1:1?1 - - - *'
.u./ugii i liiiiik iw iiKfiy mat ? inns-.
borro or Newberry will lie occiu
pied. The weather chances are
better in Western Georgia and
Eastern Alabama urn! parties will
go there. My own (Princeton
party) stut'on will lie at Wades
boro, N C, which offers better
weather chances than any of the
other stations which are not a
good deal more distant from ns.
As for a shadow glass w:th
which to look at the sun you can
easily make one for a few cents.
Get a slip of good window glass
about 14 inches wide and 3 or 4
i
inches long, smoke it largo as a ,
large pea will be enough if right |
ly managed, and cover this with '
annlU^ ..f -I '
.. wu.ui n111f >>i 111 uiu siiine
size, the simiked surface between
the two glasses of course. Tie
the two glasses together or bind
the two edges like a lantern slide.
If you try to use the smoked glass
unprotected you will probably
smudge your face and hands and
spoil the smoked surface.
Yours truly,
C A Young.'
The suggestions set forth in
this letter will he of great valuo
to those desirous of witnessing
the eclipse and thev will doubtless
he followed out.
PA8TOHIA.
^ lbs Kind Yw Man AlasysBMifiK
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For The Ledger.
Enterprising and Progressive
D wight.
t
Mr Editor: ? Ah wo have seon
nothing in the columns of your
paper from Dwight in a considerable
time will you allow me space
for a few items?
The peoplo, not only around
Dwight, but in general seem some- i
what dull. Some think that wet j
weather is th? cause, but I at
I I'ilinto it Si fli*
v v? 11 iu\) mi t iiuu uiuy
have -had n?n? of Dwight's
"cream of life'' to make them
shad their winter coat and put on
their new ornamental spring suit.
Some are beggilining to plant a
little with a ten cent smile on,
but if they had a little insight
into the enterprise and progress
of Dwight they would wash their
faces, comb their heads and go
forward with renewed courage and
greater zeal to accomplish some
thing. They would "be a hero in
I ho st r i fi> "
Our people generally speaking
are in good condition: that is they
lire at home* They have all the
necessities of life that tend to
make the home happy Who is it
that cannot he prosperous and en
joy life when they live in the garden
spot of the county if Men
who have canvassed the county 1
say that we certainly have this.
We like to talk of L)wight's resources
ami her fertile lands, hut
we do not over estimate theui.
Hurrah for i)wight! She is
not dead if she has had the mumps.
It takes something more than tho
mumps to kill her out f it takes
high taxes and low prices for cotton.
Bless your life, since cotton has
gone to It J Dvvight has heen building
like the trees in spring time.
She has three store* ami a fourth
one talked of and a phone line.
A railroad and a cotton mill is all
she needs to insure her success.
Another substantial sign of
Dwight's progress is the public
spirit that her citizens are manifesting
in the shape of good roads.
Mr Editor, were you to puss
through our neighborhood you
would think that the chain gang
had been with us all winter.
Keep kku move on"' Lancaster?
don't let us get a head of you!
Our citizens are paying much
attention to education. Tliey are
building u cotmnodioiiH school
hou?e which we hope to .see completed
in the near tfnture. Our
school is in a very prosperous
condition. In connection with
tho school we have 11 literary
society, in which the young men
take an active part. Any one
desiring to attend our meetings
and hear our young men display
their eloquence will receive a
hearty welcome. The society
meets every Friday night. We
have a religious community. Our
young people are of a strictly
high moral tone, ami are the
pride of the ueighboi hood. They
neither smoke nor chew, nor do
they take 011 any spirituous
liquor*. Tboy disdain intoxicating
drinks.
Misses Minnie and l'earl llluck
mon paid Dwight a visit recently.
Their stay was appreciated very
much, especially by some of the
young men.
'I'ho young men of Dwight are
vei y social and considerate, and
young ladies if you desire a pleas*
ant social time just pay a visit to
Dwight.
Guess what young man called
upon a young lady but .could not
face the old folks? Then guess |
what he did? "Invited her out
to her .grandma's, 1 suppose!"
Tne air's are beautiful.
The girl* are sweet,
The boys are as sour
Asa'pickled beet.
Aliquis.
Dwight, Apri' 4, lJiOO.
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Will Tolbert Be Fired ? i
DEVELOPMENTS IN CUSTOM
HOUSE TIGER SCANDAL.
Watchman Resigns and Mysteriously
Disappears f??r the Suj> i
posed Purpose of Shielding
Higher Officials.
Special tv? Greenville News.
Charleston, April 4?There
were no new developments today
in the custom house blind tiger
scandal. Watchman O'Brien, of
the custom house, resigned last
night and has mysteriously doparted,
leaving the inference that
he was the man guilty of keeping
liquors stored in the building.
O'Brien's resignation is not ac
cepted in good faith and according
to the general talk it is believed
that it was a part of a plan
to shield officials higher in authority.
In fact there was a
persistent rumor afloat this after
noon that Special Agent McAtee
would recommend the dismissal
of Collector Tolbert and Deputy
Ostendoff The investigation however,
is still in progress and the
results will not he made known
until the official report is sent to
Washington.
STEVE HOWARD PARDONED.
One of the Mm Punished for
Killing Pittman in
Greenville.
The State, 5th inst.
Gov MeSweeney yesterday afternoon
pardoned Steve Howard,
a young white man from the
Glassy mountain region of Greenville
county, who was sentenced
to !if?? im risonment in March,
1895, along with a cousin, who
haa since died in prison, for the
killing of Pittman. The ci renin
were iliUlganng. i'lttman
had beaten an a?*ed uncle >f
the hoys and had made the old
nan's little boy drunk. I'ittmun
was drunk at the time. He was a
powerful man. The young men
came up and ho had both of them
down when Howard'" pistol was
tired, Howard never knowing
whether he had i out or not, and
Pittman fell dead.
Judge Buchanan at the trial said
he would recommend the pardon
aftei a service of three years in
prison. This he did, though
Howard has served tive years.
Solicitor Ansel also recommended
the pardon. Since he has been
here Howurd, who is a manly
looking fellow, has made, so the
officials say the heat of prisoners.
Ho has l>een running tho dairv
department near the institution
and has never required the presence
of a guard.
He now goes hack to bis aged
parents who are living on their
little farm on Glossy mountain.
A I'OWhkH >1 I I.I. h XPI,OrflOX
Removes everything in sight;
so do drastic mineral pdls, hut
both are mighty dangerous. Don't
dyna nit? the delicate machinery
of your hodv with calrimnl oM/in
oil or aloes pills, when Dr. Kind's
New Life I'ills, which are gentle
uh a summer bree/.e, <lo the work
perfectly. Cures Il^udache, Constipation.
Only 25c at Crawford
Bros' drug ntore.
The State Democratic Kxecuti"e
Committee will meet in Columbia
next Wednesday, 11th of
April, to arrange for the May
convention.
CASTOR IA
Por Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Han Always Bought
B.?r? th. ST?' '
Signature of
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Lee Not Now a Methodist.
THE QUARTERLY CONFER !
ENCE ACTS.
I
Expels "The Irish Evangelist" 1
from the \1. E. Church, South
?The History of a Had uian
who Wore the Clonk of
Religion.
Special to The Observer.
I
I Greenhorn, N C, April 3?The
Quarterly Conference of West
i Market Street Methodist church
met last night to consider charges
i of immorality and abandonment
recently brought against Evangelist
.1 W Lee, a member of the
congregation The evidence was
considered conclusive and the ac
cused was deposed rum the min
I # 1
istry and expelled from the
| Methodist Episcopal Church,
I South.
The evidence established the
; fact that since leaving Greensboro,
I after the whitewashing given him
by this same Quarterly Conference
last fall, Mr Lee has been
in Washington City, living unlawfully
with the young woman
whose name was mentioned in
connection with the former charges.
At I he trial last night the
principal evidence introduced
were two affidavits from different
land-ladies in Washington fron
whom Lee rented rooms. One of j
the affidavits stated tiat the rooms
were rented Leo with the heiiwf and
undei standing that.he was the uncle
and guardian of the young woman.
They hud not occupied the rooms
long, however, before their illegal
relations were discovered, and it
is stateo that Leo made insulting
proposals to the landlady, when
: he and his paramour were driven
from the hous ;. The other afliant
bay o t hut Lee ??d the woman I
represented themselves as being I
husband and wife, and with this
understanding she rented them a
room. While they remained in
j this house their relations were
those of husband and wife. During
all this time ho represented
himself to he minister of the
Gospel, and wus very active in
doing ctty mission work and im j
,-osiiig on iho good church people j
of Washington.
No evidence was needed to support
the charge of abandoning his
family. His wife and three children
live in Greensboro, and it is
( well known that for the past few
months he has contributed nothing j
to their support. When the billi
of charges was drawn against him '
a short time ago and a copy sent
' him lie forwarded his family $5,
the only money they hare received
from him since he has been in
W ashington.
This fellow Lee in what might
be termed a "smooth article,"
apparently a ^scoundiel of the
deepest hue. For jears he has
been roaming over the country,
preaching and raking in the cash,
special attention being paid to the
latter. After managing to be invited
to hold a meeting bis habit
was to inform the minister, or
those in charge, that, while he
expected no reward in this world
for his services, there would be
certain neccessnry expenses attached,
and the amount named was
usually a neat little sum.
ii- -
tin caueu iiiiiiso11 tho "Irish
' Evangelist," und the "Paddy
| from Cork" mark he hore was:
about tho only genuine thing (
about him. After coming to
America he lived in New York, !
where he said he was a dalesman.
Professing religion, he emigrated
to Virginia, where ho held a number
of revivals up and down the
eastern shore of that State. Some
eight or ten yours ago he moved
his family to Greensboro and pro*
reeded to "do" North Carolina.
Since his residence in this State
he has been prominently before
the public. While many doobed
his professed piety, no open
charges were brought against him
until the Atlanta affair of last fall.
This was the beginning of the
end.
Run Into by Tiain.
Special to The State.
Union, April 3 ? At 10 o'clock
last night, Mr. John Carroll, a
contractor on the Buffalo siding
hero, had his team run over by a
southbound freight train. The
horse was killed outright and the
buggy was demolished. Mr. Carr
>11 was in the buggy, but wae
only slightly bruised.
VObi A NIC ERUPTION?
Are grand, but skin Eruptions
rob life of joy. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, cures them; also Old, Running
and Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts,
Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped
llands, Chilblains. Best Pile
eure on earth. Drives out Pains
and Aches. Only 25 cts. a box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by Crawford
Bro's Druggist.
S. U MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
The Semi-centennial Meeting of
the South Carolina Medical Association
will tie held in Charleston
April 18, li?00. It is proposed
to make this event the occasion
for u general reunion of all the
physicians in the Stute. Invitations
will therefore be sent to
every doctor in the State, requesting
him to be present. A public
reception will be tendered to the
physicians by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Charleston:
Fxcursions to Isle of Palms and
other entertainments will be offered
by the local profession. Dr.
Hoburt Amory Hare, of Phila
delpkia, Pa, wdl deliver the An......
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/vmicMi. nouro in me city
can l>e obtained at $1 and upwards
at the hotels. Redi eed rates r?f
fare will he on sale on all roads
lending into the eitv.
NV 1' PORCHPjR, President.
T 1? WHALEY, Secretary.
lm-8.
T.W. SFCRFST, SURVEYOR.
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CHESTER
MACHINE
AND LUMBER
COMPANY.
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CHESTER, S. O.
Tlie ' he-*ier Machine ?. am! B. VT.
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wo p m tn, ard now many lo furniwh
r?i >*111 i?>fr " tlx* Mio Ihio and Lumber
I ne<, with a well equipped K in.dry
ttni Mai'liitie "hop, and Door. -*a?h
t< d B'ind Fac'nrv ur farilitiea are
nil quailed in tl?i- purl of the Htate.
KKAPER" dOWEKrt.
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ENGINE* - A V MILLS,
I vY AND CO ON PRESSES,
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ALfO
StCONO HANO MACHINERY.
9iair Mi' - complete f??r Dwd'l k?.
o r?* K>>o111-, ell! -?mi.i
iiu* wiiuIk, miuI we will aim w r by ?
hu m m il
Re?l'i"'l fit 'IV.
';hes(ir Machine &
IIIMBf-R COMPANY.
ELLIOTT &
CRAWFORD.
Mu't-M for th? money ?
MuIph lor goo I i aper?
Mulexuny way y >11 want'em Mn
lento work or mulen to caper.
W p ft WE NOW HAVE IN
W ? ^ our H'ableR every eon~
I Sw W J eeivable kiml of a mule
? From the <|Uiet and docile to the
fen live and fr.aky?from the doroeaLlc
plug to the superb young Western
mule Another car load of tiie latter
kind received lant week.
Kememtier, we Hell either for the
caeh or good paper.
<)ur present ntock of Home* cannot
t?e beat. H?m?
~ uhuiuvi UU0 HHUctlerrl
and harness auimalH.
('all and nee our atock of all kinds.
IVe'U a'ao show you some of the heat
and cheapest Buggies and Wagons
you ever saw.
ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD.