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THE LEDGER. Th nrlow S. Carter, : EDITOR AND MANAGER. SATURDAY8KPTKMHER 29, 1900. Anti Lynch Law no Good A C'.iso Twice Tried in South t ... j t v 4- * * v<m'iiui? VIMII l!>, UUCH .A g ill II SI the Victim'8 Heirs. Charleston, S C, Sept '27?The anti lynching law of tins State, j making the county responsible for damages to the family of the vie tim, has received another black eye. On January 4, ISO7, Isaac Brown, a negro, was handged to ti\e railroad crossing at Stillton, , Orangeburg county, his neck broken and his body riddled with ! bullets. Brown's father brought! suit against the county for dam- j ages last year, tint the jury j promptly brought in a verdict for the county. The verdict was set ! aside by Judge Gage, and another ! trial of the same case has been j bad, this week, and another ver?; diet rendered for the county of . Orangeburg. The Sheriff Explains That Beaufort Murder Case and the Reason for Inaction. jl I Sherill R K Jenkins of Beaufort ' writes the governor as follows I about ihe case in which complaint was made to the governor a few i days ago. t Your excellency: Your favor i of the 24th inst. to hand. 1 had u intended writing you today in i reference to Mr. R M Fuller's f letter in the News and Courier of t Sept 23d feeling that 1 should do \ so in justice of myself. The L ' quick delivery" letter which reached Beaufort on 10:15 train \ was received *s the outgoing train J was leaeing the station at 12:45. i The telegram came also as stated, i but too late for me to act that day, i especially as I was told by Mr. j Fuller that the man had fled. 1 wrote the authorities in Savannah, Charleston and Augusta imme- ' diately; have had men out in five localities anx offered a reward of $10 myself for the capture of Smalls. I assure you 1 have in ,! this, us in all other cases, since "I 1 have been sheriff, endeavored to * do my whole duty. I am making ^ every effort to locate the man, h and hope soon to rrport his cap- <> ture. Hoping my explanation is I satisfactory. 1 remain, etc. v t W J Keller has been appointed magistrate at Feasterville, Fairfield 0 county, to succeed 11 A Stevenson y who was killed during a political h row. f I ne Dillion Herald is figuring I out how, in the event of the election of Bryan, Senator Tillman will he made secretary of the * navy, Governor MeSweeney will c succeed to the senate, and Jim Tillman will become governor. It is strange how some people are H always conjuring up such terrible ^ nightmares ?Yorkville Enquirer. * i r The mayor or Y\ ilkesbarre, I'a. , got out of an embarrassing pre- j dicament the other day in a Solo- I monic way. Two women came , . t before him on account of some h <lisagreement. They both insisted | on talking at the same time, and | would talk in spite of his etTorta to aeep one quiet while the other talked. In despair he ordered 1 notn locked up in n room, l>y 1 themselves, until their desire to talk subsided. At the end of N three hours they had talked them- ^ aelres out, and came out silent n and good fiends. P Cure CoTd^lr^HfeadT- a Kermott* Chocolate* I.aeative Quinine *auy t. to take and <juick to cure cold in head and aore u throat. " Tillman in Wisconsin. South Carolina Senator Argues with Republicans Against Imperialism. United States Senator Benjamin ] R Tillman addressed a Democratic gathering of 1,600 persons at the South Side Turner hall. Mil win ~ ker, lust Thursday night, confining his remarks chiefly to imperialism. Me whs frequently applauded. "One burning question," he suid, "is to determine whether or not you will return a republic to live under or whether you will set up a military despotism." The Porto Rican tarilT law he characterized as "a damnable act, for which you will rise up and call the Republicans to account " These people, he said, were promised that thoy should receive all the rights and guarantees that the constitution calls for, but the Republican party has from the start denied them their rights. He dwelt at length upon the Philipines and ridiculed tho statement of Republicans that the war was over in those islands; and stated that in the face of such re- | ports messages wore being sent ' to Washington almost daily containing news ot the killing of ,r ? r* many of our soldiers. He quoted 1 Admiral Dewey to the effect that < the Filipinos were better able to i govern themselves than the Cubans < who were given their liberty while the Filipinos remain slaves. 1 He urged his hearers to ariso < ibove party and vote for principle r md liberty; that they were to f, lecide whether the constitution t ind the llag were to go together, i Taking up the argument of "the ( nil dinner pail," the speaker t old his listeners to toll the lie- t mhlicuns that 4'slaves heretofore \ lave had full dinner pails." Senator Tillman closed by in t 'iting the audience to rote of ( iryan, and predicted defe t of a he Republican party in Novem >er. Over at Last. c k ^ 'he Transvaal War is Really . Ended Now. r London, Sep. li?>.?"The war L i completely ended," said the j Lorenzo Marque/, correspondent o The Daily Telegraph. Many -una have l>een destroyed and ' undreds of wagons and thousands , ? f f tons of stores of everv deacrip 0 ion have been burned, Burning . rreckage liea in every dirrct'on in he Hectorapruit district. ^ "Any good police force of 20,?? i00 men can elTect the complete acification of the country. It will ^ >e impossible for the Boers in the ^ uture to mass a force exceeding i ,1)00. They are sick of the war. / rish-American and other moreen ^ ,ries are clam ring for payment I ,nd they threaten the Boer offi- i ials." It " 11 All the cotton manufacturers 1 ; c ,re united in an effort to raise the , ?rice of their products. The cot? ! ^ on manufacturers constitute a ^ towerful combination, and it may ^ afely be assumed that they will ^ ucceed in their object. If conumers of cotton goods are wise, { hey will take the cue from the 1 t dilation and buy their supplies ^ iefore the inevitable advance is | , . c ompleted?Yorkville Enquirer. j PASTOIIIA. Bean the /i !*> Kind You Have Always Bought c VANTEli?ACTIVE MAN of good liMiavter ?o deliver and collect in ? toutli Carolina for old tHtabliahed ' nan 11 laetwring wl.olp-nle hoime $!?(K) ? y?ar aure pay. Honesty more than xperienee required. Out reference, ny (tank in any city. Kn Close self- J ddressed stamped envelope. Maiiu* iCturers, Third Floor, 3i4 Dearlioru , t., Chicago. Prompted by Jealousy. Yourg M:in Shoots h Girl suit her (toiler Through W indow. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 24 ?At \Yilliamston early Saturday night i young nian named .Joseph Rennett shot Miss .Jennie Moore, daughter of a prominent lawyer, ? .1 !>..! 1 I ! I.l. - - e .i illHl UIMHIMI IIOIIIIS, SOU OI l(]f clerk of court. Hobbs was calling at her home. Soon after he went in a noise was heard near .lie window and the young lady went out to investigate. She returned und in a few minutes the noise was heard again. She then asked Hobbs to ?_;o with her to find the can e. A few feet from the door four pistols shots were tired. One ball struck Miss Moore and passed through her hint's. The wound may prove fatol. Hobbs received a flesh wound in the hip. Bennett escaped No cause can lie assigned for the deed ex cept jealousy. Mormon Elders. Meat With Very Severe Treatment in Florida. Mariunna, Fin., Sept 2G? Reports come from the western portion of the county that Mormon alders who have been at work all summer there have been run out if the county by angered men. Three families woro packed up to go with them, consisting of sight women and girls and two uen. when a mob r.o fathered, stripped and whipped he eiders, and at the muzzle* of ?')ot<funs escorted them ncros* the rounty line, warning them thut hey would be killed if they reurned. One of the man converts trs also severely beaten. Another report says that one of he elders were killed and three tthers covered with tar and cotton ind set on tire. Crop Bulletin tor the State. Columbia, S C, Sept 25?The rop bulletin for South Carolina or this week reports that cotton s nearly all open and picking has ntde rapid progress, to the extent hat from some fields nil has been fathered. The bulk of the crop ins been picked. The yields have lot improved, although the pros* >eets for s small top crop are food in a few localities if an earlv rost does not kill it. Sea Islan 1 iotton has improved slightly and ieaufort county will yield an iverage crop. The blight coninues in the Charleston district. The Anderson NJuil is disposed o net like the tiaditional dog in he manger. At the election in November the people of South Jarolina will vote on a proposition o amend the constition so as to dlow Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Kock Mill and (ieorge? own to lion<l themselves beyond he constitutional limit of 8 per ent. Those cities want to so wnd themselves and have asked or the amendment. As the adop* ion of the amendment will affect hem, and affect (hem alone, it in' . I lard to see nny reason for any ippoHition to the amendment hy i he Anderson Mail. Kven after he amendment is passed, as we rust and believe it will he, there an be no increase of the bonded i ndebtednes* of any one of those : ities without tho consent of itc itizena.?Columbia Record. 800 Horaea Drowned. London, Sept 25?Tho trana>ort Suffolk war. wrecked on Cape it. Francia, off the South African oast, today. Fight hundred lorees were drowned. gy" Subscribe to The Ledges. Shot Through ths Brain. Victim Comes Kleven Miles to Columbia Before Dying. Columbia Record The coroner held an inquest yesterday over the dead body of j Frank Washington, col., who was i killed at Rig Lake, in the county, ' j by Pilgram Flowers. Both are ' ' colored men. j They were in a gambling game when the homicide occurred, j This w as Sunday morning at 6 i o'clock. The bullet was fired into | Washington's face and it passed through his head, lodging under the skin in the back of his cranium. i Notwithstanding the bullet went through his brain, Washington was able to drive to Columbia for medical assistance. He died Mon | day morning at 1 o'clock. ! Pilgram Flowers fled and has j not yet been arrested. m , m . _ Dogs Versus Sheep, (ireenville News. Mr A L Kwhank received a letter yesterday from the pastor of the l'r? shy tori an church at (ireors which contains a very valuable lesson if ? nr people and legislators will only learn it. In view of all the facts in the cio-e, it is littlo abort of criminul folly that a State legislature should hesitate for a moment to do so plain a duty as to pass a 'aw that would encourage one of the best paying industries of the 1 country. Here is :i copy of tho letter: "Pear Sir: "Your article in today's News leads me to say that 1 have recently been written to by parties ' out of tho State to know if sheep were protected by a dog law in South Carolina. This with a ' view of investing either in the ' Piedmont o?* in Florida. t(I am sure if such a law can be secured it will add wealth and industry to our State. "T. C. Potter. "Greets, SC, Sept 24, 1000." Little ('lassies. He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man. ? Beattie. Though authority he a stubborn bear, it is often led by the nose with gold. ?Shakespeuro. Young men think old men fools; but old men know young men are fools.?George Chapman. The diseases of the mind are more destructive and in greater number than those of tli? Cicero. Of tho animals which tly in the air, walk on tho ground, or swim in the aea, the most foolish is man. ? Boileau. My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way that it was actually 12 nules from a lemon ? Sydney Smith. Those pasaionato persons who carry their months are rather to be pitied than feared. Their threatening* serve no other purpose than to forearm him that is threatened. ? Fuller. Gen. Palmer Dead. Springtield, 111, Sept 25.?(ien ,J M Palmer, ex-United States senator and Gold Democratic ranmuaie ror president in 1896, ' died at his residence this morn WO?l>0 NI Oil T AND DAY The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King's New Life Pills. Kvery pill is a sugar-coated globule of nealth, that changes weakness in* to strength, listlessnes* into ener* py, brain-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold by Crawford Bros. Howard Convicted. A Kentucky .Jury Says that He Murdered Goebel? Death will 1)? the Penalty. Frankfort, Sept 20?Jim Howard, who has been on trial here, churned with tho killing of Gov. Gonlml. wnu thin m**rninrr , guilty of murder in the first degree. The jury fixed the penalty at death. It is suit! the first ballot was ten to two for conviction. The fact that the jury had deliberated all of yesterday afternoon without rendering a verdict led to the belief that it was hopelessly divided, and this fact made the verdi t a shock to Howard and those who hoped for his ultimate acquittal. Howard did not lose his composure when the extreme penalty of the law was read in the crowded court room. He glanced at hi- attorneys, who sat beside him, and smiled and said nothing. After the jury had been discharged Howard was taaen back to jail and here for the first time he betrayed emotion. He called for a pen and paper and wrote a long letter to his wife, during which tears coursed down his cheeks. Ho was joined later by his attorneys, who spent a good part of the day in conference with him in regard to the motion for a new trial which will he filed tomorrow and other matters in connection with the case. \V H Culton. who iw nn<l*r in dictment as an accessory to the Goehel murder, and who pave damaging evidence ngainst both Howard and Caleb Powers, was released on bail this afternoon and his case was continued until the January term. His bond was tixed at $10,000, and his brotherin-law, E E Hogg of Owsley county, and J F Halcomb and John Johnson of Jackson county became his sureties. Howard and bis friends are very bitter in their denunciation of witnesses who, it is charged, ware in the conspiracy to murder Goehel and who have since been manufacturing testimony against others in order to obtain immunity for themselves. "Jim" Howard, as ho is commonly known in the mountains, is a airiaingiy nanasome man, 44 years of age, and would ho one of the last to he pointed out hv h stranger us tho man on tiial. He has the record, however, of being tho leader of the Hownrd- | White faction in the Baker-Howard feud in Clay county, in which numerous lives were taken. He had killed George Baker and was suspected of the assassination of Tom Baker, who was killed aftor , the same fashion as Goehel, and , Howard's friends believe that those facts had vory much to do with tho making of tho verdict sentencing him t? the gallows. The trial of Henry E Youtsey j Newport will be called next Monti ay at Georgetown. Col. Hoyt, Jr., Resigns. Clll -ln?i A 1I/1V( If ?'!>" 1'"" vw. c v. ' ? ? * v j c i j r? ij\7 iirta been a member of tho governor's military stuff, resigned today. The governor has tendered the appointment as hin successor to Mr I) A Spivey, of Conway, a prominent voung man of that town ami cashier of the hank there. Col Hoyt was ono of the prominent managers of his father's canvass in the recent gubernatorial campaign, but the person al friendship between the governor and himself has not been severed* ?Columbia Record. There ere 1 000 i>auii nt tfall.>i? fever under treatment in Habanna. Pay your aubcription to Ledokb! t .iv r rv r\ k nn "Equal Rights To All," If bar fixtures are to bo seized in Greenville, *rhy not in Charleston? The up-country tigers should demand equal rights to all and apeIcial privilogeBto none.?The State I A'otioe to I>ebtor?. All ..o -4 ww, ,?,1.1.4..1 4 I |'?1 uvn IIIUUUICU IVi HIC tt! U . requested to settle at the earliest opportunity as I need all the : money due inc. Respectfully, ?J E ltutledge, Dentist. I New Restaurant. I have opened up a tirst class restaurant on the corner opposite Pong & Harper's ginnery. Meals served at all hours of the day. No di inking allowed in my establishment. I also keep a line of heavy and fancy groceries. Call in when you come to town, i 5^Tr*llighcst price paid for eggs and all country produce. S. Cherrv. Sept 14, lbOO. Notice to Debtors ami Creditors of 1* M IMylcr, Deceased A 1-1. Persons iiMlebleil In the estate /if 1? M 1*1. I"- 1 _t.l ... . , ... . . i nn, \icrrnnr?i will come forward at once ami make ?ett lenient with the undersigned Pernors having c'hIiiih hi ainst m -* i< I estate will present them, duly verified, to the under-dgnt d. \V 11 1*1. YI ER, G? e. W. PI YI.KR. Kxecu'ors. NOTICE ! To the taxpayers of Lancaster county. The Treasurer's office will he open for the collection of taxes lor the fiscal \ ear l!KHl, on the 15th day of October and will clone the it I at day of December, 15HKI TIIK l.KVV la AS FoLI.OWa, State h ini!If. t ounty 5 " Hp. eial ((' A c K It) 3 Sinking Fund (' ?fc 0 It It) J " Cotiaiitutional Hobo 1 Tax X " Total 1 " LOCAI. I.KVV, Cane Creek Township (?; C ?fc C It Itl 4J ' Gills Creek Township (C t. c it it) 5j Pleasant Hill Township (C C ?fe ( R R) 3 ' I.OCAI. I.KVV KOH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, Lancaster 4 " Jones X Roads 2 " Heath .Spring 3 " Oak buret 4 " TOTAL I.KVV IIV DISTRICTS. Indian l.und " Waxliaw lHj ' \ a ne v. reeK HI} " (1 railed ?chool 25] *' " Jones X Boads 23$ * Gills ('reek 22 *' Graded sehool 26 " " Jones X Roads 24 " Rufurd in] " Fiat Creek ^ * in) " " Kershaw 16* " I'teasant Hill 10) " " Kershaw 10} ' " Heath Spring 22* " OikhuiMt 23) " Jones X Roads 21) " Cedar Creek in] " " Jones X (loads IS) *' Ue?peelfully. W C CAUTHBN. ? o Treasurer. HEADQUARTERS For Best Virginia Lime, Cement, PI aster Paris and Plastering Hair T. H. DAVIS' LAHCASTEB BAKERY HORSES! HORSES! HORSES! We have JuHt ri eeiveil a carload of number one horwn from Atlauta,ever> animal having been carefully felec ed 1 in iiprunn liu our \i r ?? - . ~j ?. .'ii. iviiniii. in me ] lot are eonae of the flne*t horaea ever brought to tliia market. If you want u good Saddler, or a good Driver, or a I good combination borne, now i* your time to get it. We now have just what you want and uaed. ( all and nee for yourself. We take pleasure in ex* hiblting our stock, an well an Vehicle*. Ill will either nell or swap, and Mm Q will sell either for the cash VV w <>r Rood paper. ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD I#