The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, October 17, 1900, Image 2
T H E LEDGER.
Tli ?rlow S. Ca.rt.er
1 DfTOR AND MANAGER.
WKDNKSDAT. OCTOHKR, IT, 11?00
Ail good farmers will have i
good deal of gram in before thi
month is out. Outs ought to h
in the ground now. But watel
the thriftless farmer. He wil
let October pass without gettin,
anv grain sown, likewise Novem
her perhaps. The chances ar
thai ho can sow but little in He
cemher, ami if he gets it sown i
will make little or nothing. The
hear the excuses he will make, al
of vhieh amount to nothing bu
inexcusable neglect. One wil
say he was afraid "the fly" wouh
eat his oats if iliey came up befor
freezing weather; another that i
doe* not pay to sow oats in th
fall, they get killed out so badlv
another that January is the hes
n o ill to sow. therefore he sow
in Match?and wastes his seed
All arguments for late sowinj
are contradicted by the best farm
ers and by experience, at least o
late \ears. Nearly every bushe
of oats bought for seed grow
from seed sown before frost
Farmers who sow in December
January, or later, don't sell oats
Thev nearly always buy theii
own seed.?Chester Lantern.
We note that tho Gaffney Led
...... i. i?:. i _-i
ucfiuni iu increase 11
subscription price from $1.00 t<
$1.50 per year. The Ledger i
one of the best semi weekb
papers published in the State, and
ns we have often said before, i
paper that is worth anything a
all is worth a great deal mon
than $1.00 a year. The Ledger
for instance, aends out 104 issue
during the year, and at the for
111 or subscription price the ralut
of each issue would bo loss thai
on? cent. Since the increase ii
price of paper, what little proli
there has been in the publicatioi
of weekly and semi weekly paper
is greatly reduced, and wo tbinl
it would be a wise move on tin
part of other contemporurie
similarly situated to follow tin
example of the GatTney Ledger
Their subscribers should bo will
ing to pay wh it the papers ari
worth. ?-The State.
mi? n?i. :
u^> iiic nuipmg ine rtinners
For tho past nix or eight yeari
there has been a cotton seed oi
mill at Greenville. The mill alsc
owns and operates a ginning system.
Several years ago tho coin
pany joined the trust. Last sum
mora number of citizens living ir
and around Greenville, conclude!
that they would chip in and hi:il<
another mill and also opera to ?
ginnery. They had their plant
ready for business when th<; sea
soil opened last month. The old
concern declared war at the outset,
so far as the ginnery was concerned,
and advertised to gin cotton at
75 cents a bale and include bag
ging and ties in the price. The
new concern met the cut, and as a
result both plants were kept busy,
cotton to them from a distance of
15 to 20 miles around. A few
days ago the trust people cut the
pi ice to 50 cents a bale for ginning
bagging and tics, and advanced
the price of seed from .'50 to 32
cents a bushel. The new concern
met the cut and advance, and it is
said that the end is not yet in
sight.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tlw Kind Yoi Have Always Bought
Apathetic Democrats.
The Charleston Post has no
I # .i i%
-m raun in uryan. tier* is an editorial
from its columns:
"Of course it is nothing to us
that Mr. Bryan's followers in
Charleston do not contribute generously
t>? the campaign fund, so
sorely needed to assist his election,
but we cannot help feeling rat *r
ashamed for them that tliev have
j been able to raise but toward
i what tbev profess to consider a
ir ! # t
j holy c use. This niunincent
'amount is contributed by two
i men. Now, we have personal
'acquaintance with three Bryanites
| in Charleston and have suspicions
of two more. The three partisans
are not only outspoken but
vociferous in their support of the
^ free silver candidate. They profess
to believe that the defeat of
the No' raskan will not onlv mark
the end of Republican institutions
0 t
in the Cnited States, but will de'
stroy the individual liberty of
every citizen of the republic,
s
particularly their own, of course.
Now, what are they doing to avert
the pending calamity 1 Talking
with all their might, just as their
leader is doing, but to smaller
audiences, consisting cbieflv of
8 ?
themselves. It seems to us, from
I
' an nnti-Bryun view point, that
1 wore we persuaded our personal
liberty was threatened we should
make some other than vocal exertion
to escape the clanking
chains, but the Bryanites seem to
figure otherwise, if we felt as
s they do we should scrape as much
> money as we could to give to the
K cause, just as we might pay a
7 tine imposed by the court in prefer
i once to going to prison. Of course
a we do not expect the Bryanites to
t be as free with their silver as they
p want the government to be with
i everybody's, hut ttiey might chip
s in a tifty cent piece or so. At
- least they should raise the cons
tribution from Charleston to an
11 even $10. They might get that
1 good Bryanite, the News and
t Courier, to start a subscription
1 liwt t c\ mol'o ??? w*?) *1'
v?/ inanu >i|> mo Tw IIJOJ are
s short of this sum."
' Whiit the Post says of Charles*
s ton can, with slight changes, ho
s truthfully said of practically every
3 other county in South Carolina. As
the Democrats of this stato are
- not stingy, the unanimous indiffer3
encc to the call for funds to help
elect Bryan must he attributed to
an apathy caused by a feeling of
. inditFerence to his chances of
success. South Carolina will rote
i for him because he is the DemI
ocratic nominee, and it looks as if
> that is about all South Carolina will
- do for him. Indeed, The Record
- has been informed that a number
of people approached for eon*
) tributions to the Bryan fund have
1 said they would vote for Bryan,
I I>i11 were not enough interested in
i the result to spend any money.?
t Columbia Record.
I , Make Dogs Work Roads.
Riverton, 8 C, Oct 7, 11)00.
Editor Chester Lantern: Mr. j
j Hamilton's letter ts on the right
line in regard to game laws. 1 ,
i ?-> ]
' want to add an amendment. Let the
; next legislature put a poll tax on
i j the dog. Let each township have j
I a dog assessor, pay him a com- j
1 mission on each dog assessed. Let
this dog tax go to pay the overseers
of the public roads, and to ,
j buy tools foi working the same, i
This will bring in some revenue
for the good roads, and reduce
the mongrel dogH.that are destroy* i
ing more birds than anything else I
If we cannot get a state law, let
the law be passed, and exemp-1
tions can be made by each delegation
from counties where the jaw
is not wanted. There are today
more dogs in Landsford township
than hogs. I^et us have more
road tax or fewer dogs.
Modoc.
A. Million Dollar Gold Mine
Concern.
The State, 14th in?t.
The secretary of state yesterday
morning i-sued a commission
to a concern which seems to be a
pioneer in the nniitvr of the development
of the south. It is to b?
known as the Palmetto (?<>h I M ining
company antl is to have a cap
ital stock of $1,000,000 The
headquarters of the compan** }l,-r
to bo Spartanburg. and it is the
purpose to mine, gold, silver,
copper, etc.
The corporators are LUC'annon
of Spartanburg, and Henry Kurtz
and Lucius C Embree of Princeton,
Indiana
This company i- to develop antl
operate the West Spiings gold
mine near West Spring* in the
northwestern corner of Union
county, about four toiler from
Glenn Springs, in Spartanburg
county.
j Mr. Kurtz came down himself
to secure the commission He
is a practical miner and talked
! most interestingly of the put poses
'of his company. He says that
'already two shafts have been sunken,
each thus fur havicg reuched
150 feet. They are to go ?everal
hundred feet deeper At
present ah ut .'{0 people are being
employed and u 20 stamp mill is
being operated He says they
have seven our*11*1 vein*! ;?? ..
trip of laud about 000 feet wide,
the veins being about f>9 feet
apart. It in believed tint they
will widen the deeper the shafts
go. He says they propose to lit
the plant with automatic machinery
f >r handling the quartz, and
it lb now costing about $2.60 a
ton to get out the stulT, which
nets an average of $S per ton.
A Negro's Pig Rooted up a Pot
of British Gold.
Special to The State.
Yorkville, Oct 10.?A negro
man was in town yesterday showing
some old English gold coins
that he had found on the premises
of Mr R L Wallace in the King's
creek section, nine inile? we>t of
this place. The negro had built
a hog pen on his lot, and the hog
in --nulling urotimi unearthed an
old iron pot, and under it was a
lot of gold coin* which had heen
buried there. It is not known
how much the man got bui it is
supposed he made a pretty good
tind. Mr Wallace was here with
him, but hud the man "couched
in regard to keeping his mouth
shut. The coins were all gold
and of English make. They
ranged in si/.u from a live-dollar
piece to a $20. Undoubtedly
this money was buried during the
Revolutionary war, as the dutes
on them were of a number of
years previous to that war. It is
thought that perhaps \Iuj Ferguson
buried them whilst on his way
to Kliur's mountain tlii
? ,
is about on ti lino with his route
to that buttle ground.
Senator Tillman complains that
i the Democratic campaign commit*
tee sends him into only those
States which are sure for either
McKinley or Bryan. Ho wants to
try his persuasions in a doubtful
section. But the Democratic managers
doubtless realize that they
cannot afford to take the risk of
turning Tillman loose in uncertain
States. ?Birmingham News.
IT SAVED II IS I,KG*
P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange,
Ga.; suffered intensely for ?ix
months with a frightful running
sore on his leg, but write* that
Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured it in ten days. For Ulcers,
Wounds, Burns, Boils, Pain or
Piles it's the best salve in the
world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c
Sold by Crawford Bros, druggist.
CALL TO METHODISTS.
To Hold Old Titno Watch Meeting
en Night of December 31.
| Jackson, Miss , Oct 14 ?Bis*
! hop (. has. B Gal Iowa v, president
of the general hoard of education
I of the Methodist Episcopal church
! south, tomorrow will issre a call
| to the one and one-half million
} Methodists in the south to assem!
hie in their places of worship on
: the night of the last day of the
' j ear to hold an old-fashioned
, watch meeting as a titling climax
to the Twentieth Century fund
movement The fund now amounts
to $1,100,000
Handsome Increase in Taxable
Propei ty.
The State.
The Slate of South Carolina is
going to show up handsomely
this year in the matter of its taxaide
property. 'he increase
orer la>t \ car is t?? he noteworthy
Thu> far it lias been impossible j
to oet at the figures for the per- 1
sonal propert\ of the State, hut,
those for the real estate and the
railroad property have been obtained.
These figures show a
most marked increase for this
year as compared to last year. In
railroad property alone there has
been an increase of nearly three
million dollars ? $2,891,51)5, and
Darlington has more of it than
any other single county. Orangehnr.r
un.l 1/i ..1.1 ~ I
..... _ ...... itiimniMi CIIIIIO next.
8<i far an real estate is concerned
there hu* been an increase of ft,0(17,
tt.iH.
I'ho t"tal increase in these two
c'artsPrt of property amounts to the
handsome figure o! $.1,9511,231.
A Burglar Killed.
Special to Greenville News.
*. ('entral, S. 0., Oct. Id ?Last
night about 1 1 :3<t o'clock Itoht.
Wright, a colored schute hand,
noticed a light in the store of Messrs.
F. It <1. N. .Morgan. Sus*
pecting it to he burglars, he went
'o the Southern telegraph ortiee
and informed Mr. Itoggs, night
operator, whereupon Mr. Hoggs
PAUTOHIA.
Inn tW ^ KM Him Always Bougtt
sent the negro to inform Mr. F.
It. Morgan, who liven on an adjoining
lot to the store. Mr. Morgan,
secured his double barrel
hreecli-louding shot gun, and crossed
the fence into the store lot.
Seeing a light through a window
in the rear of the store, he told
the negro to run to the front and
he would go to the rear. The burglar,
hearing Mr. Morgan talking,
blew'out the light and inuiide a
break for the front. Mr. Morgan
run to the front just in time to
try to halt him as ho ran away
from the front door, but he did
not halt. So Mr. Morgan fired one
shot at him hitting him in the
i . . - -
back of tho head and neck, killing
him almost instantly. On examination
it proved to ho a negro about
* I
twenty-five yeura old. No one
seems to know him.
The Free Shortage.
Attorney General Bellinger haa
I gone to Barnwell, where he will
, look after the state's interest in
| the collection of a claim of $2,300 1
J of the sinking fund against the late !
treasurer, Mr. Free, of Barnwell
county. This claim of the sinking
fund is independent of the claim
of about $9,000, which is in course
of settlement, on account of the
deficiency of the late treasurer. Mr
Bellinger anticipates no considerable
trouble in the collection of
this claim of the sinking fund.?
Columbia Record iMth
*
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. 1
(Complaint not Served)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
liAlU'ASTKK CTDNTY.
Court of Common Pleas.
Deeina Jane Miller, Plaintiff,
AGAINST
Amlrew J. McWhirter, Joseph E.
Scott, J benjamin Scott, W Capera
Scott, Lida K< Settler, Kincy
Goforth, Sarah C. fMnith, Hattie
Arthur Annie Go'orth, Leonora
Smith, Alice H. Fisher. William C.
McWhirter, John (J. McWhirter,
W illiam R. F ?wler, J. J. Fowler, E
A. Hart, O. E Fowler, A C Brown.
D. J. Fow er, H. C. Higginhntham,
Emory S. Fowler, William Fowler,
John VV Story, Madorn White au?l
George I. C. McWhirter a? A dm In
W MoWhlrier, deceased, l)e?
fendanta.
To the Defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and required
to answer the complaint in this
action,which is on file in the oflice of
the Clerk of the court of Lancaster
county w. and to nerve a copy f
your answer to the said complaint on
the sub-eribeis at their office at NewKerry
court house. South Carolina
wnhin twenty days after the service
hereo ; exclusive of the day of such
service; and if you fail to answer the
complaint within tiie time aloresaid,
the Plumtills in this action will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded
in the complaint
Dated October S, A. D 1900.
| HI'NT * n IT VP
Plaiutld'a Attorney*,
[ L* 8 ] W 8 L Porter, CO c L c.
To Andrew J. McWhlrter, W.
a pern -cotl, Surah Hiuith. Leoora
?inith, * lice B Fisher, William
C. MoWhirter. nJohn C. MeWhirier,
William It. Fowler, J. J. Fowler, K.
a Hart, o, k. .Fowler, A. u. Brown,
I). J. Fowler, 8. C HigginlKitham,
Kmory 8 Fowler ami William Fowler.
lion resident Defendants. above
named:
TaKR NGTICF that the Complaint
in this action wan ibis lhth day 1
of October, 1000, tiled iu the ofllee of
W. 8. t, Porter Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, for Dane-rater couuty j
in said rotate of 8outh Carolina.
Hunt &. Hunt,
Plaintitra Attorney*.
Dated Oct, 10th, 1000,?6w
vi- w.ifcta>>?? oMAmi '
Notice of Election.
i
I
For Presidential Electors and
Representatives in the 57th
Congress of the United States.
HTATE OF SOUTH < 'A ROI.l N A.
OIINTY OK LANCASTER
N'OTIcK is hereby given that an
?-lec inn win he held ai the severi-1
|?r incts established hv law in
LaU<*u-tel' OnUitly II
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 0. lflOT
for nine Presidential Electors, an-f for
u Ue..r*-seiita ive in the Fifty-Seventh
(MiiKrtsH uf l lie United Mtates, Glli
congrissonal District
Polls at each voting precinct will he
n, ?*ned at 7 o'clock a in and Cosed at
I n'c o.-U p m
the following named persons have
been appointed
Ai A.NAUERS OF ELECT.ON:
Lancaster C il ?N B cousart. J c
F<>sU*rand LS Knott
Mflatr-J J P-rry, LMv Hall and J
P iinrrn*
Van Wyck ? ( I. Vauvhan, U II
Del.a ey ano J \V BateThornwell
Pnice ?J It .Sistare T F
C'ulp and W Ike Wil'iania.
ouroiel? \ H carter, A W Hicklin
and \V I' Valilandingliam
Montg >m? ry?J It Barber J L
Brown and John Beckham
H ath Springs -Hilliard Duncan.
Andrew Mohley ami () W IKiuIri*
New nil?T P Wiiliuinn. J VV Sullivan
and J Palmer Flyn ,
Kt-nti aw?A N Caiilhen, W H
.Montgomery and T c Hofton.
Kigm J rt. NagiiiH, J. M. White
and (? F, Ferguson.
Wrlches- o c Welch, Jasper
Mniiun and K 1. Unison.
F?at creek?A r Fails, (} Frank l
cook and W I' Pitman.
Taxahaw? W P McMauus. W J
Belk and J P Ingram.
Trsdesvilie?H rt Plyler, J I) H
Plyler and W J Funderhurk
bwight?K B I.ingle, H W Taylor
and J U Porter.
Primus ?W B Miller. J W Black*
m<?n a d B F Adanot.
The ballot Imxes in the precincts
must he h'i I rated iih t ? he in view of
persona oiitsid the polling place during
the time of the election. ,
A apace or enclosure separate and ,
distinct from thai used by the Man* |
ugersofthe Stute K/cctlon, must tie I
raihd olf or otherwise p'ovided, at |
each precinct, under direction of the
undersigned.
But one vot? r must be allowed to
enfer any voting plaoe at a time, and
n ? one ? xceut 'he Man gent must hs
allowed to speak to the voter while in
the vo'tog place casting his vote.
For further instruction m. ?.r
C')inaai^k)ii?ri of rttnte Ulfctinn.
of the Mb intern hi each precinct
named above munt call upon the
Hoard of OoiutulnloovrH for Federal
Kiecilou at Lanc&*ter c H, on Hatur
day. No vim bar tfrd, 1900. to receive
ballot liiixew, poll llatr- and inntiu>
tlona, and to he <iuali(1ed.
J- Wyllo Porter,
J K Hlackmnn,
11 J Kunderhurk .
c ?mmi?nioners Of Federal K ection.
iftucanter c H, He, Oft 17th 19<K).
The railroads have accorded a
satisfactory rate and President
Johnson baa announced that he
will take the Winthrop girls to
Columbia on Wednesday during
fair week. Tbey will go by theS.
C. A G. road to Camden by special
train and thence via Seaboard Air
Line to Columbia.?Rock Hill
Herald.
in* rm a nn u *
W AN l'EU-A(-TIVE MAN of good
haracter to deliver ami collect io
^outh f aroliiiu for old established
m an u tact 11 ring wholesale hnut-e $900
>t y?ar nure pay. Honesty more than
experience lequired. Oui reference,
any hank in any city Fuelose eelfaddressed
atampel envelope Manufacturer*,
Third Floor, 3H4 Dearborn
e>t., Chicago
PI I?D1/'0 on T?
ULiILniV 0 OttLjb.
8TA1EOF SOU I'M CAROLINA,
Lancaster county
Iti the Conrnv-n Pleas
Harah Bebecca Caskey. et al , Plaintiffs.
afjrxivnt
Jasper N. Caskey, et al , Defendants.
HY virtue of an Order made in the
above ease by J mine J C Kluph,
dated He t. 21, 1 SH'O, I will sell at pubiie
auction at Laca-?t?r court house,
within tlie lenal lioursol sale, on the
Fir*t Monilay in Xov mber, tiearf,
All that piece, parcel or tra< t of land
being. lying and si'mite in atie Creek
Township in tlie county of Lancaster
in the State of South Carolina containing
"&1IU A err*. More or I,etw,
and bounded Noitli b\ lands of Leroy
Springs, (f rmerly the Ewiu lands).
East hy lands of II N Sowetl (formerly
Wi Mams' lutnl)H< uth hy thepubltfc
road leadi g f?om Brown's Ferry on
the ? Htiiwln River to Lancaster court
house, and West by lands of J t'
Sowell (formerly the j M Oreen lands)
?the same being known ?s the Juo.
I) ? askev home nlsc?
Term* of Sale: CvHH.
Pnr? liaaer to pay for all eeesaary
papera,
W S L PORTER
0. r. C P L O.
Green &. Hinea PlalntiflV Attya.
Notice to Debtors aiul Creditor*
of I* M IMylor, Deceased.
ALL Persona indebted to the estate
of P. M. Piyler, deceased will
ctmie forward at once and make settlentent
widi the undersigned. Peraoi
having claims against mid estate v ill
preaept. them, duly verified, to the
uudertdgiied,
W B PLYIiER,
(he. \V. PI YLKK
Executors.
NOTICE !
To the taxpayers of Lancaster county*
Tito T- - *
. ..t- i irnouirr .1 omce Will 1)6 Ol>ell
l??r ilie collection of taxes for the fiscal
\ ear 100b, on the Ifttb day of October
and ill close the Hint day of December,
1900
TilK LKVY IS AS FOLLOWS,
Htate ft mill*
( omity ft "
Hpvcial (C A C R R) ft "
Kinking Fuud (<" A C U R) J "
CoitHtilulioiial Hobo 1 Tax 3 "
Total 16J *4
OK A *. LKVY.
Cune Creek Township (C C A
C R R) 4J ??
(Jills Creek Township (CCA
C R R) ftj
Pleasant Hill Township (C C
A r R K) 3 "
LOCAL LKVY KOK SCHOOL IMsTKICT*.
Lancaster 4 "
Jones X Roads il "
Heath rtprUiK 3 "
Oakhuret 4 14
T
TOTAI*T.EVY IIV D1STKKTH.
Indian Laud 16} "
Waxhaw 16} "
Cmne ('reek 21} "
Graded school 2.51 *
" Jouet* X Roads 28} "
Gills Creek 22 '
Grade** school 2H "
" Jones X Koads 24 "
Kuford 16} "
Fiut C'reek 16} "
' Kershaw 163 "
Peasant 11111 19* "
" Kershaw 19} '
" Heath Spring 22} "
Oskhuist 28} "
" Jones X Roads 21} "
Cedar Creek 16} "
" Jones X Koads Ik} "
Respectfully,
W C CAUTHKN.
? o Treasurer.
unooro i
nunocas
HORSES I
HORSES I
We have junt r* ceived a carload of
number one honoH fiom A tlanla,every
animal having been r? f.111 v selected
in person by our Mr. Klliolt. In the
lot nre some of the finest horses ever
brought to thin market. If you want
a good Saddler, or a good Driver, or a
good combination horse, now is your
time <o get it. We now have just what
you want and need, (.'all and see for
yourself. We take pleasure In exhibiting
our atock, as well as Vehicles.
Ill will either sell or swap, and
MM Q wid aeIt either lor the cash
WW w or good paper.
ELLIOTT &
CRAWFORD
T. W. SECREST, SURVEYOR,
OHCEOLa, H. ?j.
If fully equipped, and qualified, and
Hollclta your eurveying.
t T" Suhacrib?t? Tub Lbdobb