Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDG i^R. 1 Tharlow 8. Carter, 1 KDITOK AND MANAGER. SATUKDAY, MAY 25, 1901. llltM-tod .Yl|fht Policeman. At a recent meeting of the Town council it was decided to : i: c 1 .i- I imiuano IIIU |MI11VU HHCO aud USUI the additional policeman ho assigned to night duty. We think the notion of the council will meet with general approval. Mr. Henry N. So well was elected to till the place and went on duty Wednesdav night. Ho goes on at 8 o'clock p. m., and remains on until t! o'clock a. m. i Ititten l>y a Supposed Mad l>ojf On Sunday last a pet dog of Mr. Wylie ,1. Vaughan's bit tiis i little son. aged about 7 years on ^ i the hand. Nothing was thought i of it at the timo but the next day or so the d>?g acted strangely, , trying to bite everything in sight, until Mr. V., killed it. He car- 1 rie<l his little son to ( hut lottu Wednesday to have the madetoae applied to the wojnd. ( OeatliofMr Kli Cuskey. \ Mr. Eli Caskey, whose serious ( illness of paralysis was recently . noted in the Ledger,died Thursday , about noon. He was about 74 ^ years of age and was an upright, j straight-forward, good, quiet, ( peaceable, citizen. He lived all | of his life a few miles East of j town, his sister. Miss.lane Caskey, j keeping house for him. He was well known and was liked by all , who knew him. He served in | the Confederate war, being a j member of Co. D., 1st llegt. He | made a good soldier, doing his full duty in every position ,in | which ho was placed. He leaves ] surviving him four brothers, viz: ( Thos. Caskey of Georgia, J. M. j Caskey, Wylie Q. Caskey and ( Ino. Davis Caskey of this county; and four sisters, viz: M rs. Tiney S'okes, of Georgia, Mrs. Agnea Caldwell of Catawba, ami Mrs. Malinda Barton and Miss Jane , Cuskey of this county. He was for many years a member of Gills Creek A. R. P. church, , and his remains were interred in the grave yard there yesterday morning. T. C. Thompson and Bros., the contractors who are erecting the million dollar cotton mill building here, sustained a loss of probably several hundred dollars by the heary rains last Monday and Tuesday. The work on the sides and arches of the under-ground air flues for the building had not had i time to set and consequently this < portion gave way to the quantity i of water that fell and stoed oe it. A large force of hands were put to work Wednesday morning tak- ] ing out the damaged parts. Work is progressing verv nicely on the | building. The brick work is now i above ground on every side. t We received the advance proof t sheets of .Senator McL-iurin'a Greenville speech last Tuesday, ha day before it was delivered. We presume the speech was dc livsred according to schedule, but t as no mails have reached L:<ncas- { ter since, we cannot say how it j was received. We have aot been t able to hold on to our proof sheets ?, long enough to read the speech, hut the many, with one exception, ^ who have borrowed and read it | say that his arguments are tin- t answerable as business proposi- Q lions. h Mr. .J. K. Blackmon has sold hie pretty 6-room cottage in West jj End to Mr. Croxton, Book-keeper g at the Bank. Railroad** and Crop* Badly Dani' age<l by BIk Itlvert* and Creeks Lancaster ia virtually cut off ; from the outside world. Wed nesday's State ia the latest daily paper received here. Our mails are all stacked up at Cheater, Rock Hill or somewhere with a probability of their aot reaching ! Lancaster before next Monday. The cause of all thia trouble is the big freshet in the Catawba and the damage to rnilrorda where they cross it. The trestle ap proacbiug the river bridge of Ihe S. C. & (iu., on the west sido was washed away,and so wore two trestles on the L. Si on the east side of the river. All day Thursday and up to yesterday uiorning the L. &. C. people were fearful their iron bridge would 510 hut the waters are subsiding and the bridge is still ia place. It is hoped this road will be able to transfer the mails and passengers today but we are told the , probability is that it cannot. It will take a week to repair damages on this road and nearly 11s long to have through trains on the S. C. & Ga. Kx. All day Thursday every kind uf tiling came floating d iwn the . Catawba?from a cow to the ; furnishings of a cotton mill, j [Quantities of yarn, spools, etc , , supposed to have been washed from the Mountain Island factory j were floating by all day. Large trestle and bridge timbers wore I to be seen at almost any time. It seems that vary disastrous rains J bave fallen in North Carolina and it is reported that the Cliff hotel las been washed away. In this county the rains were rery heavy and some damage has been done to crops by lands wash ing and creeks overflowing their banks. On the river the damage is incalculable. Many of the ( large planters have suffered much | loss. Mr. Hough has 150 acres if cotton and corn on the Catawba under water and which has been under water for several days.? Many others on the river are in a similar plight. Mr. H. H. Shute is here ready to board the train Monday Morninnr e t U a Vf ^U?? * 111$^ 1UI ma .11 t;iii Jill 13 ic-llllMMl. i Mr. VV. B. Brace, we learn, will also go to Memphis. Mr. W. T. Witherspoon ia having his residence painted a beautiful moss green and trimmed in white. The new two-story cottage at the corner of Main and Barr streets, occupied by Mrs. Durant, is also being painted. Will Bridges was found guilty yesterday before Magistrate Caskey, of violating contract, and sentenced to chain gang for 30 days or pay a fine of $25. He appealed to the Circuit court. The eperation on Mr. H. J. tiickson at ths Johns-Hopkins Hospital was very successfully performed last Tuesday, and his many friends will he glad to know that he is doing well. The opera Km i-oriftiHiea in removing a portion of the tongue. L. H. McAteer Acquitted. A telegram, received in this :ity from Norfolk, Va., stated hat L. H. McAteer, who was ried in the lT. S. Circuit Court n that city on a charge of using he mails for immoral purposes, tad been acquitted: Mrs. McVteer was with her husband luring the trial. She did not beieve her husband capable of the hincs charsred acrainst him. A o o O umber of friends in this city also rtifiad that they did not believe irn to be guilty of the charge. Mr. McAteer has a family of ttle children and vre are indeed lad that he has been acquitted. -Rock Hill Herald. What Yonng Crops are Doing. Facts About the Climatic Conditions Duriigthe Week Just Ended?The General Outlook. The following ie the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops in South Curo- ' lina issued Tuesday by Director Bauer of the South Carolinu section of the climato and crop service of the I'nited States weather bureau: During the week ending Monday, May 20th, the temperature averaged nearly normal, with a weekly mean of 72 degrees, and n maximum of 04 at Yemassee on the 18th, and a minimum of 56 at Greenville and Kingstree on tU Oil. li!iu I'U _ . I iiio 1UIII tllivi 1UIII. I. no DIVJ averaged partly cloudy, with a slight deficiency in sunshine. Light, scattered showers occurred on the 17th and 18th, ranging in amount of rainfall from a trace to over an inch, the latter in tipper Darlington county, but on the 10th quite general, and in places heavy, rains occurred probably covering the entire State, that will materially modify, or entirely relieve, the drought that prevailed. Hail occurred in many localities, but without do- j ing any serious damage, except in throe counties whore hundreds of acres of cotton had to be re planted. Cotton stands range from poor to very good, the former being the prevailing condition over the western counties, especially in red lands, where in localities the stands are the poorest in many years. Some replauting cont'nues to be doue, and tirst planting has not been entirely finished in the extreme northwestern portion, having been delayed by drought. Chopping is general, and cultira-< tioD well under way. Sea ibland cotton has poor stands and is making slow growth. There is a slight improvement, over the previous week's condition, in the general condition of the cotton crop. Corn has improved in general appearance, but continues small, and has irregular stands. Cut worms and birds are destroying stands in a number of localities. Second cultivation is under way in the eastern counties, and first cultivation of early corn is general over the western, where also bottom lands are being planted to corn. JOB COULDN'T HAVE STOOD IT If he'd had Itching Piles. They're terribly annoying; but Bucklen's Arnica Salve will cure the worst case of piles on earth. It has cured thousands. For Injuries, Pains, or Bodily Eruptions it's the best salvo in the world. Price 25c a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Crawford Bros, and .J F Mackev & Co. Captured a Convict. Special to The State. Manning, May 21?John Louis, a negro chaingang convict, was captured and returned to the gang yesterday by former Guard Beauregard Harvin. About ten days ago Louis made iiis escape, and untying the bloodhounds, carried them off with him It wns that he would kill the dog*, but they were recovered within u few miletf of Sumter, while the negro got away. 1 Educate Voor Bowels With Cascarete. Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. 10c, 2&c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. CASTOR IA For Infante and Children. Hi KM Yoi Han Always Boigkt Government Crop Report The Condition of Cotton in Six Southern States Improved? Temperature Conditions Favorable. Washington, May 21. ? The Weather bureau's general summary of the weekly crop bulletins i-s as follows: Although frosts occurred in the Lake region, upper Ohio valley ami northern portion of the Middle Atlantic States only slight damage resulted, and us a whole the temperature conditions throughout the country were very favorable. Drought has been largely relieved in the Southern States, but continues in western and southern Texas, southern L utisiana and portions of Alibumu and Florida. In the States of the lower Missouri and I upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys corn planting has progressed rapidly and is nearing completion in these districts. In the SouthJ ern States the crop has been materially improved by recent rains. Oats have been injured by dry weather in the central valleys, and in the Southern States 1 the condition of the crop is not promising, although it is materially improving in Georgia. | An improvement in the condi tion of cotton is reported from the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and portions of Texas. | The stands are as yet generally 'poor, but much of the re-planted I . 1 is not up. ! 1 Edison's Latest Batteries. Will Run an Automobile 135 Miles, Made of bteel. New York, May 21.?At the annual meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers held tonight Arthur Kennelly expresident of the institute, read a technical paper < n a new storage battery invented and perfected by I Thomas A. Edison. From this report and from the discussion thereon by the members of the institute which followed it would seem that the new invention is of great interest, scintficallyy and chemically. It -has, as yet, not been appliled to com | mercial use. According to Dr. LKenaelly's report, Edison claims ! that, weight for weight ?and cost being equal, the new storage bat| tery will do about two aod one times as much work as. the present battery of commerce. As an illustration it is claimed that where an automobile will run 50 miles with the new Edison batteries the same vehicle will run about 125 miles. The fact that the cell and plates cf this new battery are made of steel is a departure long sought. Chronic Constipation Cured. The most important discovery of ; recent years is the positive remedy j for constipation. Cascarets Candy ; Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genu- . ine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. Druggists, ioc. Mrs. McKiuley's Marked improvement. San Francisco, May 21.?The convalescence of Mrs. McKinley , is very rapid and she is fast re- , gaming her normal strength. She was able to sit up today and read the papers. So marked is her { improvement that it is very prob able the presidential party will j start for Washington next Saturday. If no uateward develop meals snouiu occur it is thought Mrs. McKioley will be able to , endure the journey by that time, > Persona owing me for recording ( deeds and other papers would con- j fer a great favor by calling and , fettling when in town,%l need the money very much. W L S Porter, CCCLC. f The Flood in Throe States. Unprecedented Rains in Tennessee and Western North Carolina?Biitraore Under Water. Charlotte, N. C., May 21.?A special to The Observer from Asheville says: The heaviest and most disastrous rain fell today in Asheville and the surrounding countrythal has visited this county in years. Bottom land is ruined and hillsides are yawning gulches. Bridges are gone and many roads are impassable. The water is up to the floors in many dwellings and has reached the fires in the electric light plant. The city T < in /lorlrnnoo ~ a ? ~ ^ 1 . > >ti uai nuoos. X lid WttldrS U1 the French Broad and Swannunoa rivers have reached the highest point on record. The water is a foot deep in the ice factory and flour mills. At Biltmore the Southern railway tracks washed out of place and twisted into all sorts of shapes. Hundreds of Asheville people hare flocked today to Biltmore to see thedamage to the ideal village of Mr. Vanderhilt. When the millionaire and his advisers planted the town an insignificant cieek was not taken into account. Today this stieam did surprising damage. One row of cottages was flooded and the people forced to move their belongings to the upper floors. Some beautiful paverl streets were covered with rubbish. Small trestles at Biltmore and on the main lines of the Southern and Spartanburg and Asheville roads were washed away and no train will be operated on either line before tomorrow. ? Knoxville, Tenn., May 21.?An unprecedented rain has fallen in upper east Tennessee, sweeping away bridges and washing out track of railroads. ? Trains from North Carolina are blocked. Trains from Chattanooga are also delayed by washouts at Athens. The last reports at 6 p. m. from points north and east of Knoxville state that the streams are swollen above anything ever known. All telephone and telegraph communication in that direction is cut and the wires are broken down. Itch on human cured in 30 minute by Wool ford's Hantsrv Lotion. Tblnevt-r fails. Sold by J F Mackey A Co , ilruygi.it, Lanoatsr, 8 C HOW'S THIS? We otter Oue Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of? atarrh that can'not be cured by Hall's Cutairh t!un F J i.HENEY A CO., Props. Toleoo, O We the undersigned. ha\ e known P J Sheiiey for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and tiuaueialix ?hle to carry out any obligations madt bv their tiriu. Wkhta 1' kit ax, Wiiolesaie Druggist. Toledo, O. Wam)Ino. Rinnan A Marvin Wholesale lliiiygists. Toledo, O Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken int rnally, acting dire.-tly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Price, 76c. per bottle Hold by all Druggist.-.. Testimonials free. Hall's Famil* Pills are the best THIS WAY. PLEASE I Just received a carload of Columbia and Jewel Buggies. Top and open, all the different kinds of springs and colors. These buggies are beyond doubt the nicest und best wearing that we have handled. We have also a large lot of Buggy Harness, from $6.00 to $18.00 per set. Plow and Wagon 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. We have a number nf ?t?tb good Harness and Saddle horses. Our livery outfit is the best and we can always furnish a nice turnout at very reasonable rates. Couie and see us. ELLIOTT* CRAWFORD Id The Path Of A Cyclone, Fort Mill Very Much Disturbed,? Houses Blown Away, but Occupants Unhurt. Charlotte Observer, 23d. Persons whe were awake at Fort Mill, S. C., yesterday morning at 6 o'clock saw, coming from the south, what they termed a mack spot or a rapidly-moving cloud. There was a rumbling in the air and a great mas* of debris was swept on with the cloud. The cyclone struck the plan* of the Charlotte Brick Company, which is located on the river about two miles below Fort Mill, and tore off the shed on several large buildiags. Half a dozen mules in a shed were pinned t?> the earth by the falling timber, but were not hurt. A cow in a stall close to the mules was killed, and a large number of chickens and a turkey gobbler in the sheds were also killtfd. . The cyclone struck the woods on Mr. J. M Spratt's place, one mile from Rock Hill, and tore down large trees: and striking a house owned by a colored man named Williams, carried it away. Williams, his wife and seven children, who weie in the house, were unhurt. The main part of the storm, a 'phoae message states, went up the river, but part of the cyclone came by the edge of town and blew down s number of outhouses. Seme of these it picked up bodily and carried for a long distance. Two miles north of Fort Mill the cyclone struck a house occupied by Charity Ingram, colored, and completely demolished it. It is remarkable that this woman and her six children also escaped uu~. hurt. There was more than ten minutes between the time the cyclone was first noted and it? disappearance. The cyclone continued up the river and reached Mountain Island at 7 o'clock. Here several houses were blown down, simnnnr ? ? ~TS them being the* resilience of Mr. James Van Felt. He and his wife and children, who were in the hous?, were not injured in the lease. Out houses and barns at Mountain Island were demolished, but there were no loss of life. RAOINO. ROAKING FLOOD Washed down a telegraph line which Chas. C. Ellis, of Lisbon, la., had to repair. "Standing I waiat deep in icy water," he Iwiites, "gave me a terrible cold and cough. It grew worse daily. Finally the best doctors in Oakland, Neb., Sioux City and Omaha sa;d I had Consumption and could not live. Then I began using Dr. King's New Discovery and was wholly cured by six bottles." Positively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung troubles by. Crawford Bros, and J F Mackey & Co. Price 50c and $1.00. AN OPPORTUNITY i tu nu r GROCERIES of all kinds cheap. We have Bought the Defunct Stock of the Parlor Grocery Co., and with it have some wonderful bargains to offer our customers. It is not necefcsary to quote prices. All you have to do }s to call and see what bargains we are offering in fancy and heavy Groceries. Country Produce wanted ?such as nice Butter, Eggs, Chickens, etc., for which highest market price *ill be paid. I Youre to serve, l I. MATHIS 8 CO.