The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 06, 1901, Image 2
TMI-: LEDGER.
Ih n uw S. Oa.rt.er,
in ro-i . l> maNaGRR.
w.ki>n ksha v, march <>, 1001
They Loved Tolbert
<>f MoCormick Intrndnl t<
Slii |> llim in fi Cm If Pen to S*f?t y
By rolw^rapb toGreenville News
iVIuinnin, March 5 ? Tks 1111<
piti |i 'K# nt' ihe mob that shot am
sovendv wounded .lames W To I
her! at Mot 'ormick onr week apm
is explained h\ a member of thi
in ask mi I part v. The crowd wn
determined. ho ways, to maki
Toliit leavK town, tint had m
intMiition of killing him. Thi
nioli had derided to capturs him
tie him in a crate like a calf an<
ship him to M>n?e of his relative
at Anderson. I he railroad peopl
he said, had agreed to receive th
from lit and transmit I'he crat
was Mot in readiness and a part;
of ciirht or ton men set out t
catch lo 'ieri llowas found an<
told that he must cither leave tow
forthwith or lie -hipped otT. To I
heri ran and the crowd gav
chase.
The whole crowd \vh? convulse
with laughter. Martin was not on
of the party, hut knew what w?
to tic done when he saw Tolher
running up the street with pursit
era at his heel*. He started t
head i IT the man wantsd. l ima
of the pursuers wuo had pistol
oe^uu iinn^; at lolhert. Marti
was wounded t w ice, hut not seriom
ly. Tolhorl whs wounded twic*
once in the inn and once in th
1111 ?_T lie was luken to (ireen
wood the dav after ill* ahootin
and has since !? on judtino alon
niut'lv. l'olhert declarer as soo
us lie nahle to hw out hi' will ha*
warrants issued for four citizen
of .Vtet'ormiok who were in the ai
snultino party.
The people of McCormick ar
still determined that Tolhert si.a
not aoain become a citizen of th*
town They any t'nev hare n
special desire to do him hodil
harm, hut that if he comes hac
they will try to induce him t
leave, and if he ^ets hurt lie wi
cause it himself.
Livery Stable Horned in Roc
Hill.
Special to Charlotte ()l>i?i T?r.
Work Hill, S. C., Mai eh 3.K<or
> livery stable, on Hxmptd
street, was destroyed by tire th
morning The negro hand* wai
busy feeding the stock when t.1
lire was discovered, and the alari
w:?- .| iii U! \ responded to. Tli
building, oi.c horse, a eonsidembl
amount of feed, and buggy tixtui
es were burned. The building w*
the property of \4rs David (jor
don, and was insured. It was du
to the aplcDiled work of the fir
departinent, and the efficiency n
Rock Hill's new water-workstha
the lire did riot spread. The dwell
ing hou.se, eecupied b^ Mr. NVil
Hope, stands within thirty feet o
tho stable site and, though on
side und tli<* roof ware ehan ed th
house did not hum. AM losses nr
covered l>y insurance.
Rock dill has had <|uite n nil
of tires this year. In fact, then
have been four good sized one
during the |>iut two weeks.
CASTOR IA
T? T f A- 1 ?
ror i. mams ana unnaren.
The Kind You Have Always Bough'
The One Day Cold Cure.
For cold in the head and aore throat uae Km
antra Chocolate# Laxative Quinine, th? " OM
mm ?*?d Ciana"
The Pistol Law.
> If Those Who Carry Pistols Cannot
Always ha Detected, Let
at Least Those Who Caa
Thai* he Punished.
News and Couriar.
"One. day last week," at reportad
by h local correspondent in one
) of the towns of the ^tate, ".James
Traywick, while drunk, fired his
pistol on the street, for which he
remained in jail all night, wai
' fined $*25 and wan forced to for1
feit his $15 pistol.
Presumably, of course, Jamas
. waea black or colored pietol-toter,
* or possibly a rural character, of
? limited acquaintance and not much
* standing in the town. Klse matter*
1 would not have gone so hard with
? him. It is not a common oceur.
rence for a man who shoots off a
1 ....
? pistol in op? of out t wus #to pay
* $4 0 and he in jail all night, 01
? either, for indulging himself in
* that privilege.
? W lieiher the culprit was wliiti
f or black, urban or rural, however,
? his experience was instructive anc
I suggestive It teaclie# anew thai
? there is one class of pistol car
* tiers, who cun aoarlv always In
* reached by the law against then
practice? the class win. advertin
f violation of the law by tiring ir
? public places the pistol# they car
a rv. James would have l.een saf<
t enough if ho had Ivt ilia trigger o
- hia weapon alone. Pulling it cos
n aim his temporary loss of liberty
e and the permanent loss of hn
? weapon, and $2.r> besides. Ho guvi
n himself away in ihe tirat instance
i and the repesentatives of the vio
i, lated law took the rest, very prop
e erly .Other i eprosentat ives of it an<
- especially the law makcta. shouh
g profit by the lesion of the inci
g dent, and give it general elled, a
II we have suggested before, by pay
? ing special attention to the user
a of such weapons, and imposing
i- and enforcing specially sever
penalties on them,
e In the present case, it will b
II noted Mr. Tray wick wa? "drunk,'
t and therefore, not wholly respon
o tibia iu mind. Moreover, it sp
y pears, he did not shoot anybody
k but nieiely expressed his feeing
o of ubnormal elatioe or depression
ll by hi in ply shooting at the groun
or the air. Vet this cnmpartivel
innocent demonstration cost hit;
^ the disgraceful expeiience of
night in jail, and the painful oa
ut the loss of hin pistol and of
in cash as it might to have doni
VVe are not arguinc for a re*
r n
ision of his chsc, but rat Iter f<
n
making it a general precedent
and for the imposition and enfor
cement of further and more sever
e
^ penalties in like, and worse casei
That is to *uv, whenever as
e
wherever a drunken or drinkin
e
man shoots off a concealed or u?.
s concealed pistol in a city, town o
village or on or near n puldi
thoroughfare, so that tke fact o
^ his offense is notorious *r paten
t and easily established, lei him h
^ punished as Mr. Traywick wa
punished, or even, if desirable, t<
I the extent of a somewhat longe
^ improvement and larger fine
And when a drunken or sober
ft 1
m*h shoot* another man, or drawi
i
8 a pistol on another man, in aei
auch place, let him he puninhe*
( far more severely,unles* ha ahowi
plainly in court that hi* actior
wa? fuliy warranted by hi* cirii
J J
1 cumstances Ami whan the shoot
ino ih done with affect, short o
homicide, let tha puuiahmanl
train he fairly adjusted to sue!
result, entirely independent o]
the penalty for the assault proper,
' and of th? influ>ti<?n mf r>?n?U?
* - ?'? I'W? >*J
' ho the ascapa from conviction an<:
puniHhmant for tha assault will
not involva ascape from conric,
tion and puniahmant for tha a*<
' aociatad ofTeaaa.
Mxon Turns up Alive "
Went to Greenvillo and Surrender .
ed. His Veraion of a Killing
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Special to The State
Greenville, March 1?The moat
neted arrival in the oitv todax mis
M r Henry Saxon, of Spurt an* Mir
( county, who wax making another
v??it t<? Greenville and upon n
different mission to that which
brought him here two week* hj.i
' He waa not an unexpected visum1
thia time, a* Sheuff Gilr^a'h tc?d
received aasiiruncex that Shxoii
would make ?i cad upon him in a
few days for the purpo-e of sur
rendering. Saxou came over < n
[ the night train, and at an e*i|v
1 hour this morning went with his
1 attorneys, Messrs. A l> Deun and
1 Burlier link*1, to th?* sheriff's of
the and formally surrendered
k I lie affair wa? so ipiietlv conductoil
that other officials near h\ <11<I
' not know thai Sheriff (ltlreath
> had such an impel taut persona"*
in hi* office, and it *?k not v?u y
i long Until Sax I on wa? Isdiind the
i hars in the count> jail
1 I he prisoner had v*r\ little to
t ?>iv ahout hit loiijh and ttluib-e
| experience at the Vlilla mill "ii l'ir
?'night of hia citpitruir* li-tn this
' community, luit it wm? gathered
* from a nrief conv?*r?ation won
1 | htm I lint lie col l otioi-HlHa t lie
tliHorv that Ion William, re*
reived da death wound from the
f platol over which Van Button ..ltd
t Burnett were struggling to take
f away from lii i. and while they
* were trv ing to wrest the weapon
? from his hand*. so tlnit t ho
> coroner'* jurv tendered the correel
verdict in saying that Will'
iani came to his death ut the
i hands of one of these three men,
1 but the jury did not undertake to
say wrlio was rraponaihle for the
> fatal shot. Saxon does not rip
penr to he seriously injured in any
respect, and complained only
r about suffering in lit* neck ami
* shoulders, which was not very
painful, though aanoying to some
* extent.
Advice to Hold Cotton.
I'iwL Hill llor-.M
Following are the view^ of owe
? ^
of (Kir leading farmer*, who ha*
riven much attention to the cotton
11 .
situation. Tha Herald knows hot
little, and can offer no advice,
11
though it* editor behevea lamely
M ^ J
iu h lower market However, we
c
? take pleasure in publishim; what
>
one of our thinking men who iv
i.
interested in the .subject, hoping
r that hia judgment i* wood.
"Advice to the Farineia: Tlitj
stock ef cotton of all I oiled State*
^ portion the tirat of September
was only 85,00<t bale*. '1'he atock
I t of cotton at all Foiled Stuie* porta
todii> is i;>o,Ot?0 hale* less than at
it ,
this time last year. I'he American
in111e have taken between four and
r
live hundr ed thousand hale* leas
c
j than Inst y**r. 1 f thare i? n;?t rary
^ much mora cotton in tha farmer'*
Iimii'U than last year, how can
^ j there b? anough to go araund f
: Two crop* ia ?u?c?aaion of o?er
clwvvn million Iihi?? nair followed
r |
J by 10 cant cotton. VN hat pi ira |
whoiild cotton In ing following a
: r
nina million four hundred tlmuaaud
; Italy crop i Don t fool your cotton
j away."
? Dr William It Atkinson Dying.
; Dr. W'm li Atkinson, who wa*j
- president of the Charlotte Female1
f College for many years, and later
^ of the College for Woman at Col
mnhia, S. C., i* dying of conaum1
ption at hi* wife's home in Wil^
liamsport, Pa. Ha lian had com
i | sumption for severs! yaars and for
' the last two or thrsa days has been
I sinking rarv rapidly. His phyaiI
oians hare told his family that his
death is a matter of o?.lr a few
' days, and in his present condition
' may occur at any moment. ?Charlotte
Obearrer.
-CLYBURf
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(O..1.1 Hot |)i? h*. till* I M|lt 111 O
of Annie K ^|'i in^? i, of 11*25
ilowiitd ?l , I Ml i milt* 11 ill i u. I'm ,
when she found ili.it I >r. Kti?<_r\
n? it %>i\ for t 'oii?iiiii|Mion j
hud loin|iicU'.i cured Inn ot u
haekiho roiiwli that for it i m ii \ ,
yeuia tool niHtI* ?if i< louden All '
will?!' remedies niol dio'tol'M could
give 11 * r li t help. I III she ?:i \ > of '
this Hon rd I lire *'i1koo- r?moved 1
the | mi li to ill > i h?.'-l and i run j
How sit c*11 >ntindl\ -olio ihiiiji I
Ciitl aru I' t v I < iik ill1 ? I doll ar l>?.
foil- I 1 > like v. ni diiij? its ;
pi aiseu i hionu hunt llie I'niveise "
So will ? v<m \ < i ? who tries 1)r
Kind's V w 1 h-ro\ i \ tor mii\ j
tlonole ol Mi*' I In out, lirst or
I^tl;*?.?*. i'iire 5*'r Hiei $ I I l iul
hottlvs flee Jit (.'rawfi rd I'rou'
Hrng Store*, every hottle <jn?ran>
teed
NOTICE TO PIIYJCIANS
ON I F.I) Hilts |<* ?|< Mi|i| At
I ' M IV i s nil y . I \ - III. f
lie ' "l :i : !' U e II in P1.1!.
f r he i ii. > i i w I. \ rai?. %% 11 . e
eivt-ii mi in mine i,. hi > oi. d > ,
Pill., Mnreli ?io 1 at I '2 o'|. ?? k ii.
Tile 8l|eee*Hful Imlde w.| r?<|lll'ed
1 <1 fll id-ll II e val I. < .1 t-l. if
I. in own ?-X|i< n-e. I|||. ei.si of whir
must In* I elude.i in toil Hit* ieu-1
i' iii nlo I'-r I e year toil wi i he |>tul
fjnnrti r v
V *} > K 1 Y
. u . a . v.?. r
Tho Ono Day Coid Curu.
For col.I- ami sitrr t limit ii?<- K? rtnott'.. Choco
Inter I.axiitixr ouiiime. Kutily token 12s cauiiy
unit quickly cure.
$ / \ 1 \ T\ ^ *
Ij(k)SV i
The plitro to o() when y
The nirest things fin ear
i itsP~ b Htakmd ih
I In IlllCst J I'll It a lllal e V 1
Ate on it's shelves awaitini
Yes, that and ftven more.
Tin* finest cnndv that ever >
In delicate morsels, twixt ?l
'I he kind t lint An^e.s adore.
'I he daintiest crackers, deli
The kind that your mother
.Inst try them and you'll want moi
And niir coffee, just try if.
You'll love all your friends
And our price, now. Sir, listen, or
For the very best rofTeethe
Our puipar will make it so s
That one eup of it will make vou r
Then our flour's so white ai
That when once you have ti
To put in your grinders this yelloi
Tha* pivea you jaw ache to
Our hams are the finest thai
From piffpiea whose pijjhood never
\\ bile lit to make broad for
Is our delicious, "felirioiis'
Yes, everything nice tlint pleases n
,I list come hero to get it w<
Or, if you'd rather not com
Just ste|> to your phone and ring 7
And be it Father, Mother,
You'll be promptly nnswere
Who'll send it to you in the snap c
By a double, hackactioned J
In the meantime, Iwiieve u
THE LANCASTER PARLOR G
I HEATHl\
L3S, IKRS.b BUGGIES,
??&<,*- * r-- - '
mim
: w&d lm&
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H-IEATH IV
Penitentiary Bnrned.
Home (if Nebraska's Convict*
Destroyed, ()h? Murderer
Perishes.
Lincoln, Neb , March 1. ? Ntbi'>sku
H State penitentiary, three
mil s fi- >111 this citv, nm almost
lolttlli destroyed I>v a fir* which
-t ilted last midnight. The loan is
? 200,000.
(h-orge IMIeuger, a convict, loat
hi- live. He htul marched out with
the oilier convicts, but want back
to his cell for some personal ?f
feds When the ruins began to
: cool olT today hia charred body
whs found Ha whs serving a seu1
tenc# for the murder of hia wife.
'There were no other casualties
There whs no diaorder among
1 the convicts who were guarded by
militiamen hastly summoned from
i>in inn mind whs I rt of the
p. mtvntimv l?ut the #>o-t winir oc
copied hy the wardens, the chapel
and small reserve <.* 11 rooms.
The prisoners will he provided
fur in the reserve cell rooms in
tho ertct win^.
Bwim tu yy Haw *tw?'s Boa^w
"T {ZsstfZA
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L1 a j i.V 1J V
?mi want to get
111 ti? oat,
".SSEilY STORE.
i un'iv
r von,
*li|m
laiuty lips
cious cukes
used to hake,
re.
tlif finest that grows,
i ami forgot all your foes,
ily 10c per pound
to is in this town,
weet ami delirious
eligioua.
itl makes surh glorious biscuit
iod it, you'll nevermore risk it,
vish sti.tr
chew it, because it's so tough,
t ever have g** tinted
was stunted,
a saint or a Bard
elegant lard,
nan's pala?e
* surely have it,
io, he it early, or late,
8,
Daughter, (preferred i or Son
d by Tom (Jonvington,
f your tingor
^ancaster nigger,
the same as before
ROCERY STORE.
1ULE CO.,"
WAGONS, HARNESS ETC.
tSfWK HAVK the finest
lot of mules ever offeree] on
this market, and we will sell
them at reasonable prises, for
cash or pood paper.
V,
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i?v T*|U YfUR fhOlCE.
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The Anchor Kut/py, A Wren
Buppv and the renowned Tyson
& Jones Buppies always
in stock. Yes, and at prices
' that will please >ou.
o
>The celebrated Onesboro,
Kentucky, V\'upon, is the best
and cheapest on the market.
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l^vr",C(?mc one, come ell.
Wo will make you llie boat
satisfied nnd I lie heat pleased
you ever were.
o
. Prices low. Terms reason1ULE
CO.
Buy Sentenced For Life.
Louisville, Kv ., 11 arch 2 ?
Travis Brown, a fourteen year old
j hoy, was given life imprisonment
: in the penitentiary today for
shooting and killing thirteen
ynar old Celia Jones with whom
he quarreled. Hie extreme youth
saved him from the death penalty.
IHISWAL
" PLEASE!
I Ju*t receive-1 a cnriou-t o! Oolumhia
and Jewel Buggies. Top
uod open, all the different kinds
of springs and colors These buggies
are beyond doubt the nicest
and best wearing that we have
han-lled \\ e have also a large
lot of Buggy Harness, from *t? 00
te$l-S 00 per set. Plow and W agon
Bridles, from the cheapest to
the best
We still sell the best Mules and
Horses for the least money of any
other dealers in the up country
I We have a number of extra
good Harness and Saddle horses.
Our livery outfit is the best and
j we run always furnish a nice turn;
out at very reasonable rates.
I < 'nine ami see us.
ELLIOTT
EBA'ffFORO
Hates Improved Cotton
> I have for sale a limited (plans
i titv of the Bale* Improved cotton
seed, a variety superior to any
ever firown in this part of tho
counti v, a variety that this year
yielded b? Ihs of lint to the 100
pounds iit" seed cotton mid made
nine bales to the plow. Kverr 1,?
! 2<>o pounds of this cotton in the
seed is worth at present prices
about $1 1.00 a hale more than the
ordinary cotton Better get some
of tho seed before they are all
.gone. *1.00 a bushel. I paid $.'{.?
00 a hushel f? r them.
A. .1. Clark,
Lancaster, S. C.
w n.'.cv isMMmannHM
VIGOR or MEN
{Easily, Quickly acd Peroia
Nantly Restored
MAGNETIC NKRV1NE
in t-ohi wttli t? written vunrMHif- t?*
cure Inwomnle, Kiln Diuine**, Hyetene,
Nervoue Debility, t,n?t Vitwlily,
Heininxl Kuiliug ?
the rc-ult of Overwork, Work, Worry,
.'tickin'cH, Krrnra ?>f Youth (irOvt-r.
indulgence Price ; ? U?irs #5.
Hy mull in pieiu pmiHimn to a.>y ?d>
dree* on rec eipt of price. Hold nitty by
Crew ford Bran, Druggist*, Ageuie,
JLADCMter, H, C.
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