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THh LEIK^R. Thar'ow S. Cartel H.DITOK and managkr. WBHNK8DAY, .1UNF. 10, 1901. Farmers uro (iloomy Tlio creeks scarcely get into their hanks hofnr? mmtliw V?i?r rain comes along and purs thorn out over the bottoms again. The hoavv rains Inst Friday did* considerable damage in the vicinity of Lindsay. Saturday afternoon's rains extended nearly over the entire county and on Sunday night the heaviest rain of the protracted wet spell fell. Aside from the injury to lands l?v washing, the damage to crops is incalculable, (irass has taken all the farms and it is doubtful if half the cotton planted can ever he hoed out. dune is half gone and many fanners have not chopped out half their cotton crops. Thousands of acres will have to he abandoned. The corn crop promises to he even more of a failure than the cotton crop. Oats and wheat where they have been cut and not hauled out of the fields are ruined. Wo don't remember ever to have seen our farmers look so discouraged and talk ho disparagingly of making a crop. An <>l<l Indian Burying Ground. While inspecting the damage done in his father's bottoms by the recent big freshets in the Catawba River on Wednesday of last week, Mr. Win. M. Gooch observed in a washed out place the points of the teeth of a man sticking up. He began digging with his pocket knife and soon dug out the skull bones. I'ndei the skeleton head was a large, very smooth Indian tomahawk. In digging up the rest of the skeleton, he found a number <>1 beads, from one-eight of an incl tn sin Irtnir nnoi*nnllf - ?U?J .unuv of hones of some kind. Ho alar found arrow heads, some Indiar pots, etc. The workmanship 01 the tomahawk was excellent? superior to any we have ever seen, Mr. (ioocli says that that portioi of his father's bottoms has lonp been known to he an old Indiai bury inground. Children's Day exercises will be ohserned at Tirzah Presbyteriar. church on Sabbath, 23d imt., Iteginning nt 11 o'clock. Mr. R, N. Nisbet has consented to make some remarks : and, though w< have not obtained their consent, we expect Messrs. E. E. Boycc and J. F. Nisbet to makespeecho on the occasion. Also Miss Mattie Boyce, a rvturned inissionar\ front Mexico, who is visiting rel titives in the community, will pro bahly be present and take part ir the exercises. The programme to be followed is the "Bird's Kyc View of the Missionary Work ol the Presbyterian Church." A collection will be taken for the cause of "Koreign Missions."? The public is most cordially invited to be present. T, B. Nisbct, S. S. Supt. SAVKN TWO PKOM DEATH "Our little daughter had an almost fatal attack of whooping cough and bronchitis," writes Mrs. VV. K Havilank, of Armonk, N. Y., "but when all other rem edies lulled, we saved her life with Dr. King's New Discovery. Our niece, who had Consumption in an advanced stage, also used this wonderful medicine and today she is perfectly well." Desperate throat and lung disease vield to Dr. Ding's New Discovery as to no other inedicino on earth. Infallible for Coughs and Colds. itOc and *1.00 bottles guaranteed by Crawford Bros and J. F. it I o *n t oc (). i run ooities free. Subscrib?toTheLe(l</er. Perplexing Polls Impossible to keep Record of Poll T?.v r it? vuiicv.inmo utnil <1111^ K) School Districts iu this County, for Reasons Clearly Stated by County Treasurer. Editor The Ledger: Hon Jno. J. MeMahan, State Superintendent of Education, has >ent out the following letter to the severul county treasurers: Columbia, S. C. June 12, 1901. Dear Sir: ? Inquiries and complaints are frequently made to this office relatire to the failure of the Treasurer to keep according to tho school districts tho records of poll tax collections. I write to call to your attention sections 47 and 48 of the School Law of 1890. I have communicated with the Auditor, but his hooks are probably made up. If the tax duplicates do not distinguish the districts in which the polls are paid, I trust that you will require of each one upon payment of his tax, a statement of his residence, so that corrections can he made, and the poll taxes applied in their districts according to law. Very truly yours, Jno. J. McMahan. State Supt. Education. Concerning this letter I wish to say: Mr. McMahan is a man of brains and ideas, whh an honest, conscientious desire to be of real I service to the cause of education ie South Carolina, and he is of real service to it, but there nre some things about the practical workings of the auditor's and ' treasurer's oflices that ho is not I familiar with. For instance, how would it be possible for the treasurer in the last few days of tax collecting, when the bulk of the II taxes are paid, to ask each payer r j what school district he lived in ' and and to take the time to write 5 his answer down '{ He couldn't ) do it, even if they knew what 1 their districts were, which they 1 do not. Taking white ar.d colored, not more than one man in ten knows the number of his school 1 district. I have seen the auditor ' when taking returns ask for hall 1 a day and not find a man whr knew his district number. Intelligent men, even soma school 5 trustees and school teachers, could 1 not remember their number. > Then how can the ignorant ones tell what their numbers are ? And 5 when the people themselves di. i not know, how can the ofliceri i know? Just you ask yourself, ' reader, what your school district * is ? and then ask your neighbor, * ? * The treasurer of Lancaster County believes ?n school districts, and he keeps an account with 1 each school district, ami sees that 1 each gets the money apportioned 5 it, but he cannot give each dis trict the polls in that district unless the tax books are made up ! that way, and he knows from observation and experience that it is utterly impossible for the auditor to make them that way. * * There is no system in the way this county is laid off, anyway. To illustrate: No. 12 is Tradesvilie, or the eastern side of the county; No. 13 is ?another school near Tradesrille ? No, it is Cane Creek, on the rivor, in the extreme west side of the county. From there the numbers run to Lancaster, which is No. 14, then north, then back to the Tradesville section. No. 20 is Oak Hill, betwoen Tradesville nndTnxabaw: No. 21 ia Bell Town. The numbers then run across the county to Tnxahaw, No] 27, then jump back to Cedar Creek Township, to Lower Camp ('reek, which is No. 28. No. .'14 is Charlesboro, . io the southeastern portion of the ^ county; No. 35 is Tank, on the Catawda. No 43 is Flat Creek; y No. 44 is Montgomery, near Liberty liill No. 47 i? Bethel, a line school between this county and Kershaw; No. 43 jumps clear g across the county, across all the other districts, to Unity, on the North Carolina line ! No 50 is . s Situs, about four miles northeast , f town; No. 51 is Oak Ridge, . ii about seven miles south of town, ^ in the Bailey section; No. 52 is Bloomingdale, helow the Haile ^ Gold Miuc, on the Kershaw (bounty line ! Tell mo, could a Philadelpbia lawyer keep up with districts run out and numbered like that ? Then how can men who are not Philadelphia lawyers, or ^ lawyer* of any kind, keep up with ^ tbe? ? And the school district , f lines?where are they ? Who knows? W. C. Cauthen. 11 A TRKKIBI.K KXPI.O- ' !?ION ft <4Of a gasoline stove burned a a lady here frightfully," writes N, E. Palmer; of Kirkman, la. "The j, best doctors couldn't heal the j running sore that followed, but I Bu' klen's Arnica Salve entirelv J cured her*" Infallible for Cuts, n Corns, Sores, Boils. Bruises, i Skin Disease and Piles. 25c at I Crawford Bros, and J. F. Mackey c & Co. * Both Drew Pistols and Shot to Kill. % Special to The State. c Sumter, June 14.?Frank H. 1 Winn was shot and killed this l afternoon by Edwards, both s young men heing natives of this* ? city. Charles Smith, who at- i tempted to separate the men, was 1 shot and seriously wounded. ^ i The facts leading up to the i shooting are as follows: Winn f sued Edwards in the magistrate < court today for an old debt of < $8.36 which he claimed was due him. Edwards denied the account. Winn won the case. The two men met this afternoon in front of Harby's livery stable and 1 after the interchange of a few J words Winn struck Edwards in 1 fho .1 1 I V>.v < aava. 1XJ11I UlOW llllll J fired several times with the results i p above stated. Winn was struck 1 twice, one ball crushing the skull, J the other entering his body near j I the heart. Edwards was not hit. I The affair has created considerable excitement in the city. A. G. J. > ( Killed by a Fall from Freight Car. ^ > ( Greenville News, 15th inst. Jim McGrath, Jr , a young j white man, fell frem a freight ( car yesterday afternoon at 5:15 , . o'clock and was fatally injured. \ He diet! at 0:40 last night. I McGrath had elimoed to the ? I tep of a car standing on the C. K. : j & W. railroad track near the shops of the Mallard Lumber Co. ( Ho began to dance around on the f , car and finally his foot slipped and 1 he fell, rolling off the car to the ?] , ground. js , His head struck the end of a 11 crosstic, crashing hss skull in two ] places. It is said thut McGrath had been di inking when he climbed on the cur. He was about twenty, two years old. ' HOW'S THIS f c We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- f ward for any cane or i alurrh lhaf can- 1 not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. K J CHENEY ?fc CO., Props. To- C > lerto, O. g We the undersigned, have known 1 F J Hheney for the last 16 years, and t believe him perfectly honorable in all . business transactions ami financially ' able to carry oui any obligations marit c bv their (lrm. I U7l.u-.. I . .. tin -I ? ? mi t* i im'/ia, *y iioii'hu e imigglM. C Toledo, O. Wat-dino. Kinnan <fc Marvin Wholesale hruirgiHts. Toledo. O. flad'a Catarrh l ure la taken lit- ] t'rnally, actingdire.-tly upon the blood j and mucoua surfaces of the system. Prl?'?, 76c. per bottle. Hold by all DruKgiHb;. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the beat I i 1& ist of the "Slavery" Cases. ill Those Indicted, Except Fowl er, Plead Guilty to Assault and Battery and are Fined. pecial to The StHte. ( Anderson, June 14.?George 'hmnas, Willis McGhee, Elias 1 IcGhee, indicted jointly with J . I. Fowler for conspiracy, false ] nprisonment and assault and : attery of a high und aggravated j i ature, plead guilty of assault and ,i attery, and were sentenced to j ?ay a Hue of $50 each or 30 days n the public works or in the ; itate penitentiary. J. S. Fowler went to trial this ( fternoon and a motion was made >y bis attorneys to quash the inictrtient. After argument, Judge , Uugh quashed the indictment as o conspiracy and then he went ; nto trial on the other two counts, ^estimony was taken and the ease rgued before the jury and court djourned until tomorrow. The reason assigned for accept- \ ng the plea of assault and battery n full ot the indictment is stated tUo 4 I... a L. ? -1 - * wj vuv; OUIIV^IIUI IU (PC mill lit} OKI lot think the State could prove tsTjase an in tho other counts, iammond was indicted in four :ases hut was lined in only one, vhich settles tho matter in full as 0 him. JURY FINDS HIM NOT GUII.TY. j Anderson, Juno 15.?The trial >f the contract case against J. S. ITowler was concluded this mornng and the jury, after being out ibout 40 minutes, returned with 1 verdict of not guilty. His case irentto tr:al on an indictment for lalse imprisonment and assault ind battery of a high and aggravated nature, the charge of conipiracy having been qu ished. This joncluded all of those celebrated rGntract cases. DIDN'T M iRKY FOR MO.\ K Y The Boston man, who lately married a sickly rich young woman, is happy now, for he got Dr. .King's New Life Pills, which restored her to perfect health. Infallible for Jaundice. Pillions, less. Miliaria, Fever and Ague ind all Liver and Stomach troubles. * Gentle but effective. Only 25c at Crawfoul Bros, and J. F. Mackey & Co. Teachers for the Philippines. i Washington, June 15.?Acting ^nartermaser General Bird has telegraphed Gen. Long, in charge if transportation at San Francisco, iirecting him to fit up the transport Thomas, if the Sherman is aot arailah e, so that she may on July 23 act as a special transport for ^teachers The Thomas is to ie fitted to carry 170 female eachers and 400 male teachers to he Philippines. Tho war department has re leivou from .Judge Taft approval if the selection of the 250 teachers vho will he ready to sail on the L'homas. One huudred and fifty- , >ix teachers will sail on the Bu- , ord and Logan on July 1 and , LC. I Will He Vwir8. C.? i Chicago, June.?John G. I /Voolley Prohibition candidate for iresident in 1900, started tonight >n a trip around the world for the nirpose of collecting data on the iquor traffic and conditions in the I ountries visited, preparatory to ssuing a hook on the results of he prohibition movement. Mr. Voolley will sail from San Franisco June 29. The trip will occupy six months. PA.STOTIIA. 8mm tb* ^The Kind You Haw Always Bought Grip make* one me*. weary and rertlesi. )r. Mile*' Restorative Nirane brings real ^ Tillman Approves Au Attempt May be Made to Drive Senator McLaurin from the Democratic Party. The State. An effort will be made to force Senator McLaurin out of the Democratic primary. The State has received such information from an?authoritative source. It is a I bo said that Senator Tillman is aware of the movement Hnd has given his approval. The matter mav be brought he ' p fore the county conventions next May when they are to meet to elect delegates to the State convention and to elect members of the State Democratic executive committee. There may be a tight in the convention which meets about May 15, hut it is expected that the is sue will be brought up squarely when the State committee meets about a veek after the State convention. The fight will be made on proposition to add to the oath to be subscribed to by candidates a paragraph stating that the candidate recognizes that th? D U. of the lust national Democratic convention (Kansas City) states the principles of the party and that such principles are subscribed to by the candidate. Mr. McLaurin has declared his opposition to the tenets of the Kansas City platform, and such action as that suggested above would put him outside the Democratic party. Just before the last primary, an effort was made to rule Col. Hoyt out on the ground that he was a factional candidate. That attempt fell flat, for it was seen that such action would have created an intense sentiment in favor of Col. Hoyt on the ground that he had not been given a fair showing. In the case ?f Senator McLaurin it is not a question of faction or of State politics, but of papiy interests, it is said. The State executive committee formulates the rules upon which the primary is conducted. The proviso to Rule 6 is the one which has caused discussion heretofore, and the one which will be under fire. The proviso as it now stands reads: "Provided that no vote shall Vie counted for any candidate who does not file with the chair* man of the State executive committee, or with the respective chairmen of the county executive committees, a pledge in writing that he will abide the result of such primary and support the nominees thereof, and that hs is not nor will he become the candidate of any faction either privately or publicly sugeested other than the regular Democratic nomination. The executive committee usually adopts the rules in force during the primary preceding?making alterations as seem fit. The old standing Hole 1 as to the qualifications of Democratic voters reads as follow*: "That qualifications for membership, in any subordinate club of the Democratic pai*y of this State, or for voting at a Democratic primary shall be as follows, viz: The applicant for membership or voter shall be 21 years of age, or shall become so before the succeeding general election and be a white Democrat, or a negro who voted for Gen. Hampton in 1876 and who has voted the Democratic ticket continuously since : Provided, That no white man shall be excluded from participation in the Democratic primary who shall take the pledge required by the rules ef the Democratic party." The oath taken by the voter is as follows : "I do solemnly swear that I am duly qualified to vote /. at this election according to the rules of the Democratic party and that 1 have not voted before at this election, and pledge myself to sup-, port the nominees of this prima* ry." The State executive committee consists of one member from each county. Col. Wilie Jones has been the chaii man for several years. He declared recently that he knew of but one McLaurin man on the committee?Senator Appelt. If the personnel of the committee is not chunged, Senator Mc Laurie may ne forced out of the party unless the State convention ; instructs the executive committee to refrain from exacting from enndidates an oath to stand by the principles of the Democratic party as declared in the Kansas City platform. I Hnlir Kfl r'??+*4- ** % t *S\J VVIIir* 6 to make your baby strong and f' well. A fifty cent bottle of \ Scott's Emulsion JN will change a sickly baby to v a plump, romping child. 1 J Only one cent a day, think I E of it. Its as nice as cream. i Send for n free sample, and try it. | J SCOTT & noWNK, Chemists, I 409-415 Pearl Street, New York. ? 50c. and $1.00; all druggists. I Money to Loan I AM ABT.E TO PLACE LOANS secured l?y a first mortgage o<? lm-? E roved farms for five ye rs time, pay a* I. En installments at the low rate of 7 lerceot, interest. There will be no biokeruge or other com mission charged R. E. WY' IE, 6mo Attorney at Law. X ^ >' *'* .A -14B ; SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint not Served.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LANC ASTER, John M. Oauthen, Plaintiff AGAINST Alexander ('aulhen Elizabeth Flemining, I <t t It ia Williams, W C. Vam? landiugiiaiu Olde (). Vtnlaudiugliani, Stanford W Vanlandlnghani, i < 'ieiilan S. VanlandlngPam. W il iani P. Vaniamlingham Nannie L Van? landinuham Anna Vanlundingham, Andrew J. Vaniandiiigham. Amanda Mobley. J.mies ?'uutlien. Hadie i (aulhen, Jauie t'au'hen, Paschal j <'aulhen, Emma Cnutheii. Lewis Hamilton!. Pliilin HhihiiidihI ami the unknown Heiis ac-lxw of Jonathan t authen. A rt hur' 'authen and Jemima Mackey Defendants. To the Defendant*, above named. Y )ii are hereby sununo ed and re quired to auswer I lie Sapi bin. ntal o.uipiaiut iu tins action, of which, a cpy is thin day tiled tn the office of the Clerk of ? ?uimon Pleia for said County and to servd|? copy of > our a.iswer to said ('omplaint on 'he subscribers at their office on Main Street in the t wn of Lancaster, IS O. witiiin twenty days af er the service hereof; . exclusive of the day of such 8er\i<-e; audit you fail to answer the ComI plaint within the time aforesaid, the nlaiutitr in this action will applv to the ' ouit for ilie leiief demanded in corapiaint. Date June 8'h. *.D 1901. OR KEN & HIKES, Pibi..iiffs' Attorneys. To Alexander Oautben, Elizabeth Flamming, Lewis Hammond, and tlie Unknown Heirs ut-law of Jonathan authen, Arthur ('authen and J.mima Mackey?non residentsde-. fend uits above named. Take notice that the Complaint in J this ac'ion was tiled in the office o' W H L, Porter, ?"lerk of Court for Lancas'eri ounty in said .-late of South ( aroliua un ilie Hit. day nf Jut e 1901, GREEv & HINES, * laintittV Attorneys. ELLIOT & I CRAWFORD. NEW BUGGIES I NEW BUGGIES I Wo have just received , the Prettiesf lot of Buggies and Carriages you ever saw. We invite your attention especially to our ' new, up to-date rubber tired bug' gy?Nothing like it this country, j It must be seen to be fully appreciated, so call and examine it your self. Wo also have now a lot of Nico | Horses, and Harness and Saddles to fit thein. ELLIOT & I CRAWFORD. * \ 1 A ^ \ % f . ' ' k