The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 25, 1900, Image 2
THE LEDGER.
Tliurlow S. Ca.rt.or,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
WEDNESDAY, AI'Kll. 2"), H>00.
| For The Ledger.
Majji'.l Items.
I
Mk. Himtou: We hud a very'
heavy rain yesterday (Wednesd \ t
which washed up the lands very
badly.
Misses. Carrie Biggart and j
Florence Boll have i)eeu spendinga
few days with the family of Mr. j
and Mrs. L 10 Caelhcn, near Ker- j
sliaw.
Born to Mr. and M.s. R F Boyd
April 1 7. 1 '.ton ? a son.
We learn that Mr. S C Powers
and Mi>s Blaneh Hammond of
Ru->el ldaee, will be married
soon. We widi them a happy
and prosperous life.
Tom.
Magid, .\pril lb, ltbjO.
TilF 11F.ROIO niCFD OF A
(HiLLNVlLLF LAD.
Jumps From a IFblroad l>rid<*e
Into tlu; Water to Save a
Little (iirl.
Special to The Slate.
(1 rcenville, April ?Yesterday
afternoon a party of children
were on the Southern railway
trestle over a meadow which was
Hooded by the much swollen
lieedy river, when some of them
cried that the train was coming.
Aland Hammond, the ?i year old
daughter of Mr Frank Hammond,
president of the People's Itank,
was frightened and she lost her
balance and fell oil' the trestio
into six feet of water. Charlie
(iower, who was the eldest of the
party, promptly jumped in the
water and succeeded in getting
hold of the little girl as she was
about to go under for the third
time. lie seems to have acted
with great presence of mind, as
his was a ditlicult ta-k under terrifying
circumstances. He clung
to the timbers, holding the almost
drowned girl until help
came.
Charlie (Jower is the son of Mr
A (' (lower and is an activ,
athletic boy of It. Naturally he
is the hero of the town, but he
was in his class and well up in the
catechism at the First Presbyterian
church to<l;ty. The little
?rirl is very little worse for her
almost fatll experience.
J. A. H.
(iot ^v5ou,000 and llunj* Himself.
New York Di-patch, 15th.
.Julius Roster, a brick layer of
\V?*st Fifl V Si'cnnd 4ifvn.it n il'.
recently inliei ited *-'>00,000 from
Ins brother's estate in (Jermany,
was found dead today, swinging
from n rope in an empty water
tank on the roof of his house.
Koster had only recently recovered
from u long spell of sickness.
I Ie caught one of his lingers
in a hook <while iishing about ill
year ago and blood poisoning re- j
sultorl. He was still weak in mind
and body when his brother in,
v (r< rmanv died, leaving him a for-I
' ' r> ? j
tunc. The sudden change from 1
poverty to riches left his mind '
permanently affected. (
V ~ 7 . !
Col .1 Harvey Smith, one r?f <
the most wealthy and "nfluential
citizens of ( hester "died rather i
suddenly at his home Monday. t
I
The Atlantic Cotton Oil Co, of ,
Sunder, will build a cotton seed t
oil mill in Charleston. This '
company already has four mills "
* i
in operation in the State. It has
also purchased the Mutual Oi1 (
Kefinery in Charleston. ?
JIM CKO W A CT IC F FI OCT I V K.
No Partition Hut Separate Coaches
for White atnl Hlack ami
Hoth Fares 'A Cents?
The 25 Cent Charge
No More.
Special to (Ireenville News.
Columbia, S C, April 2<C ?
The new Jim Crow ear act went
into effect today. It requires!
that there shall he two first class'
coaches, one for whites and one
for negroes. There is to he only1
one fare and that is .*> cents a
mile, there hcinji no second class
fare. I'lie railroad commission
today issued an order doin<* away
with the charge of 2."> cents to
l)ss*en?;er failinuf to huy tickets r.t
the stations. Passengers under
this rule may pay the conductor
the regular / fare without excess
for not havim* tickets afu^encir*.
A .Merchant Pisappears.
Correspondent (ireenville News.
Anderson, S (April 21.?d
\Y Howard, i? merclnint at Dean.
disappeared troin there on last
Sunday, under suspicious eireutn
stanees. lie was in luisincss Willi
1{ XV I'lilitt, although tile ledixel'
containing an aeeount of the linn's
business cannot !>? found and is
believed to have been destroyed
by Howard. \fter taking stork
Mr l'ruiti thinks there is a shortage
of about SKddf). Howard i
wrote a letter from Augusta say |
ing he was going to Cuba. His
politeness and courtesy had won
for bun many friends who still
hope that it will be all right.
A Young Murderer Acquitted.
Charleston, S C, April 20.?
Several weeks ago at Kock Hill, I
this State, Hud Jenkins slabbed
Sylvestei .lones to death, both of
them being about 12 years old. I
J'-nos charged Jenkins with ''gossiping
about him" to a nogro
girl of their own age. They
went to her house an 1 there the!
fatal uliarrel ensued ! '
of Jmurder against .Jenkins was
complete, t>tit tin? jury this week
acquitted him because of Ins ''infancy.'
'
Mysterious Mortality Amonj*
* Horses.
IVoolc living in tin* vicinity of
(iuthriesville have lost some valuaIde
stock lately in a manner that
is entirely unaccountable. With-,
in a short while of each other,
three ?*ood horses died on Mr. .1
lv L'ndsay's place, all with more j
or less suddenness and general I y
durimr the ni?*ht. Mr W-ut.. it
liicklin lost a lino mule it few.
nights ai.ro in tlie same manner,
ami a telephone message of Tlmrs-!
day reported that Mr. Robert
W'itherspoon had two very stick i
mules on his band. The stomach
of one of 111 - dead animals was
analyzed by I>r. Ilanalian on the
theory that it may have been
poisoned: but the doctor was nn-|
able to tin<I anything that seemed
to coi rohoratc the theory. ?York- |
ville kntpiirer
r<oi;nui> tsi k *;k \ vn
A startling incident, of which
.Mr. .John Oliyer of Philadelphia,
was the subject, is narrated by
hi") as follows: '%I was in ji most
dreadful condition. My skin was.
almost vellow, eves sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite? gradually
growing weaker <I,A l>y day.
Three physicians had^iven me up.
Kortunntely, a friend advised try
ing Electric Hitters; and to my
*reat joy and surprise, the first
u tile made a decided improve-,
liont. I continued their use for
,hree weeks, and am now a well
nan. I know they saved my life,
md rohhed the grave of another
dctim." No one should fail to
ry them. f)nly 50 cts., guaraneed,
at Crawford Bro's Drug
Store.
HOLT/CLAW'S HON!) GOOD.
The Bond Company Most Pay
the Shortage of the
I dispenser.
Special to Greenville News.
Columbia, St' April 21.?The j
supreme court has reversed the
circuit court in the case of G Lawrence
Walker, treasurer of Green
ville countv, vs Iloltzelaw, ot al.
The circuit court sustained the
demurrer of tiie sureties on Iloltzclaw's
bond as count y dispenser to
an action for funds not paid to
the State authorities for liquor
sold on the ground that the hond
was not such as is required by
the statute.
This decision sends the case
back to the circc.it court where
the Act ion will he prosecuted and
payment on the bond enforced
The bond was for S:'Nr>oo, the
surety betn^ the American Bond
ino and Trust Company of Baltimore.
which employed (.'apt .! A
Mooney to as-.Lt Shuman Dean
in the lefenee of Ilolt/.claw
Later the State brought action
mrainst the surety company and
.Indue Towiisend sustained the
demurrer tlcit llicrn ? <?! <> i?.o f.
- - - ... . V ?.. " x ? ? "MFl I??l 1-1
sutliciont to constitute a cause of
action. Mordccai (iadson, /?f
Charleston, and Captain Mooney,
of this city, defended the company
and Solicitor Ansel represented
the county treasurer, 111
whose name the suit was brought.
I
DAVE SANDEKS TKAGIC
DEATH.
Accidentally Shot by His Fi iend
Walter Hopkins Near
Easlcy.
15y Telegraph to Greenville News.
Seneca, S C, April 10.?A sad
affair occurred yesteiday after.,
noon in tlie Return neighborhood,
ft few miles from town, when
Dave Sanders was killed 1?v ft pistol
shot from the hands of Walter
Hopkins. Several young men
of the neighborhood congregated
and in going from one neighbor's
to another's they were handling
pistols when that ?>f Walter Hopkins
accidentally discharged, the
load striking young Sanders in
the back and penetrating the
heart, causing immediate death.
THAT Til It Oil it I.NOlll*:
A I > % < IIK
Would i p lick I v leave yon. if
von used Dr. King's New Life
Pills. Thousands of sufferers have
proved ti.eir matchless merit for
Siek and Nervous Headaches.
They make pure; Mood and strong
nerves and build up your health.
IvisV to take. Try them. Oulv
go cents. Money back if not
cured Sold hv Crawford Bros,
druggist.
IN MLN'S CLOITIINTJ.
Wofnen Found Among the Boer'
Prisoners at CapcToUn.
London, April gl ?A letter
from a nurse in a hospital at Cape '
Town corroborates no unpleasant
featuro of the war. The writer
says the medical otliccrs, for sanitary
reasons, forced a number of
' 4 . I
Boor prisoners to bathe in the
river behind the hospital. Two
of them absolutely refused to
strip find when forced to do so it
was found they were women in
men's clothing.
The writer adds: "Quite a
number of the dead on battlefields ,
have been found to be similai'v
disguised and, worse than all, it
lias often been those women who
have been guilty of ustrocitscs,
such as killing the wounded."
The most cruel suggestion yet
made about the half cent coin it is
proposed to introduce, is that it is
intended to enable Philadelphia
people to subscribe to the republican
national convention fund ?
(xreenville News.
4
r^TT* ' * - ? T? T? I ???
ST1\()N(? PKMANI) IS MADE
ON THE Sl'LTAN.
State Department's Position is
Polite I?ut Positive. Turkey
Must Keep Iler Promises.
Washington, April, 20 ? Seere- (
turv Hay returned t*> Washington
today from Now Y rk. It is sip- j
parent that, though determined
upon positive netion in ttie* online- '
tion of its just claims against the
Turki-h government, the State
department is proceeding decorously
and with duo precautions
against being led into the assumption
of anv position which it can
not maintain. It may lie stated
by authority that tho State department
is entirely satisfied of
tne accuracy of Minister Straus*
statement relative to the promises
made to him by the* Porte, notwithstanding
tic* attempted explanation
eid elforts to becloud
the issue by declaration that the
sultan's promises were conditional.
The minister's dispatches, sent
while he was in Constantinople,
are couched in exact terms; his
written statement- arc fully continned
by hi- oral explanations to
the department upon his return to
thel'nited State--, and, moreover,
the pledges lie ?eeured were similar
to those made to the t\o preceding
I'nited States ministers to
Turkey. In the opinion of tlio
State departinont ollicials, it is
inconccivable that throe I'nited
States ministers should ho suecossivolv
deceived in the terms of
a promise or ?houl<l have reached
similar misunderstandings.
The approval which the State
department's latest action seems
to have received in Kurope was
anticipated, it being realized here
that several of the continental
poyers having claims similar to
our own against Turkey, tiring
themselves prevented from initiating
any forcible demand upon the
Turkish government by reason of
the jealously of their neighbors,
are entirely willing that the I'nited
States government shall act as a
pioneer in tins mailer and clear
the way for a prosecution of their
own just claims.
It al.-o is believed here that
mo r,uropean powers are hopeful
that tDe attitude assumed hy the
I'nited States in the present in
stance mav indireetly serve to deter
the Turkish government from
the proposed arbitrary increase |
of 3 per cent, in custom dues'
which it seems to make in defiance
of the joint protest of the Kuropean
powers. It appears that 1
our government is lending its 1
moral support to this protest, for,
while not joining \\ itli tho others
in the coinhinc'd note, our charge,
Mr. (iriscom, lias heen instructed
to make representation'1 on our I
own account in opposition to the I
increase of duties.
Ali Ferrouh IVy, the Turkish j
minister, said today that he probably
would hear from his governnient
in a short time concerning
tho American claims, lie insists;
that an amicable settlement can
lie arranged and repeats his .state*
mont already published that, in
view of the hie! i esteem in which
he was held by the sultan, and the
f iot < f his acting in a diplomatic
< macitv. Minister Si runs w?i* i.ni
justified in making tlu- assertion
that the sultan hud broken his
promise in regard to the settle- '
niont of the claims.
For a Shorter Freed.
Washington, April 20.?The
Presbyterian ministers have 113 1
ctcne interested in the agitation
for a shorter church erred. \
special meeting of the Washington
city Presbytery has been called
for May 7th for the purpose of
preparing an overturo on the subject
to bo presented to the general
assembly. i
BLOODY WEEK IN THE
PHILIPPINES
THE INSURGENTSLOSTCNEi
THOUSAND IN IIAl l'LK.
American Loss was Very Linlit ?
Natives Continue to Display
Activity Despite Peaceful
Reports of Ot is Out iinism.
Manila, April 22, 10:30 am.? I
Last weok has been one of the)
bloodiest of the war since the first
day's lighting around Manila.
Authentic reports, mostly official,
show a total of 37^ Filipinos killed,
12 offices and 2 11 men captured
and manv more wounded. The J
number wounded is hardly guessa- |
ble. Considering that the Filipinos
entirely lack hospital faeili
ties, a great majority of the
wounded will die. Probably the
week's work finished l,0U0 insurgents.
The Americans total loss
was P killed and lb wounded. Two
sergeants ami one private were
killed in ambush while escorting
provision trains.
Twenty Filipinos in the province
of llatangas at tacked Lieut. Wen
de, who, with eight men, was
scouting near San dose. The
lieutenant and five men were
wounded and one private was
I.- it !<><!
Sergt. Lendoius of the Thirtyfifth
infantry was Imdlv wounded
in nn ninho>h near Italiuag. Lieut.
Balch of the Thirty-seventh in
funtry, with To men, had n five
hours' tight with !<><> insurgents
in the I'uevn C'aoeriis district.
Twentv of the insurgents were
killed. j
(\?l. Smith of the Seventeenth
infantry, who captured (ieneinl
Montengrn and brought him to
Mnnihi, is in the isolation hoard-|
till swtTering from smallpox, pie I
snnmbly caught from the Filipinos.
Col. Smith's command cuptured
ls<> ollicers nn ! men with Monte
negro. The ollicers were brought
to Manila Montenegro, who I
wns tormcrly mm of the most
dapper oflicers in the Filipino
urmv, looks worn and hajvoard.
Ho savs he !::ss4 It".! a !< ? ? !* !? life
for months, and lie has offered to
rot urn to* tint north with Col
Smith to endeavor to persuade his
former comrades of the naelessnoss
of oppo ino the Americans.
One hundred escaped Spanish
prisoners from the province of
Tayahas, South Luzon, have ar*
rived fit Manila.
I lie insurgents have -I<>0 more
Spaniards in that district. Recently
the Filipinos destroyed
several rods of the railway line
near l'anione in >" miwm.l
1 '* ?
attempt to wreck a train.
1'?:M0 a in ?The insurgents
have hern aimressivo in almost
every province of Luzon. Gen
GRANDMA
liAD
CONSUMPTION
and I am afraid I have inherited
it. I do not feel
we'l; T have a cough ; my
lungs are sore; am losing
ilesh. What shall I do?
Your doctor says take care of
yourself and take plain cod-liver
oil, but you can't take it. Only
the strong, healthy person can
take it, and they can't take it
long. It is so rich it upsets the
stomach. But you can take
soqtt'S
EMULSION
It is very palatable and easily
digested. If you will take plenty
of fresh air, and exercise, and
SCOTT'S EMULSION steadilv.
/ w
there is very little doubt about
your recovery.
There are hypophosphites in it;
they give strength and tone up the
nervous system while the cod-liver
oil feeds and nourishes.
r. and $1.09, all druggists.
BOWNt, N?w York.
n 1 I i I V n 11 4^ u "
1 * \
Pio del Pilnr's bund, numbering
1300, which was out of sight for
three months, tho leader being
reported killed, has reappeared in
its old field about San Miguel.
Pilar is supposed to bo again in
command. IIo nave the American
garrison at San Miguel, con
sisting of tlireo companies of tlio
Thirty fifth infantry, with a < * titling,
a throe hours' light during
a night attack. Tlfo loss of the
insurgents in this engagement is
not included in t he foregoing tot al,
as t'icy removed their dead and ~
wounded, hut presumably it was
considerable.
LYNCH INC IN WLST Y1R(i
INI A.
This Negro's Rodv Kiddle 1 as he
was Pragged to he Hung.
niuelield, tX Ya., April 20?
: News has reached here that on
Wednesday at Tazewell, this
State, John Peter's, colored, as~
saulted Katie Richie, a white girl
1 ?> years old, after brutally beut|
ing her, and escaped. Cloud
| hounds were used and he was cap'
itlirid !IM(1 lil'ttllirlll O, i ? I 1
Shortly after midnipht masked
men stormed the juil with axes.
The ne?jro confessed hut he<rUjod
for his life. A rope was
i laeod around his neck and be
was drnjified 200 yards down the
railroad track toward the woods.
The infuriated tnoo eould not
| wait until a tree on which to luin<r
him could he reached hut fired
i liuXU-t a'ter hullct into his hody
! while lie wits hein<r dragged, and
before the woods were reached lie
1 was dead. The rope was then
thrown over a tree and he was
! drawn up.
iMKMHHMMMLU ?
[ K'?r The !jtjtlyer.
IN' LOVING UftMKM URANi K
OF J M BAUTON
lioNK m 1- Mt i KoK<?<> i'TKJ*.
_
| ,
j ' IMs hard to hreak tUe tender Cord
vv hen love has bound the heart,
I 'Tin hard -o hard to sneak the words?
We mu*t forevei part.
Deadest loved one we must lay thee
Injthe peaceful grave's emhraee,
lint thy memory will he cheii-died,
Ti i we see ihv liea\enly fare.
[ Wrewell dear father hut not forever.
There will he a glorious dawn.
We snail meet to part ? no 11 'Ver,
<)n the i esti rivet ion morn
i mui^ii iii.v oariing form lies .sleeping
In thi' cold ami silent tornh
I Ix'ii shall liuve a glorious waking
When the hlt-sseil IjokI <loth come.
A preeiiuis one from lis lias gone,
1 A voice we loveii is mi i 11c?> 1,
A |> lie- ii? vacant in our lnnni*
YVh'eh never can 1? iDlerf,
liinl in Ills wisilom lias recalled
The hoon liis love hail wiven
Ami though ilie t? .ily slumbers here
The sou is safe in heaven
Dearest Ka'ln-r than hast lcrt in.
A ml our los? we ?h only feel*
Milt t;s (i ill that has herefl us
lie can all our son ?w- heal
Yet ??i*ui i we hope to in-et thee,
j \Y hell t lie ii iy of life is li.nl.
' Whni iii lieivrii wiiii joy ' ureet iliee. t
WIhtc no farewell tear ^o Hlie.i
. Peaceful lie iliy silent sHriilier, .
IVaeeful in tli\ itruve ho low,
j I'hou no inorr will join our unrulier.
Thou no more our sorrow know. s
? I)A roiITKKH.
ELLIOTT &
CRAWFORD.
Mules for tin- mom^y ?
Mule* lor good naper?
Mule- any way y <u want VmMule*
to work or limits tucuptr.
W ft WF. NOW H WK IN
W hi our a'aloes every conI
at VC J ceivahle kind of a mule
? From the ipiiet and docile to the
fesiivc and fr.wky?from the donuiitlc
; plu< to tlie uiperl? ynunjr Western
I mule Another car l< ad of the latter
1 kind received last week.
Jlcmeinher. we sell cither f??r
I or kooiI paper.
Our present stock of ilonfn cannot
be ' eat. Some number one saddlers
hiuI harness animals.
fall and see our stork of all kinds.
ItVII also show you some of the best
and cheapest Itoptfles and Wagons
you ever saw.
ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD.