The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 22, 1901, Image 2
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Tharlow 8. Carter,
KD1TOR AND MANAGER.
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1901.
W n . Watts, col., died on Mr.
K Blaekmon's place Sunday
night.
\lr. J. E. Blackmon loat 350
dizio bundles of oats by tbe
frash et Sunday night.
Mis* Isabel Paris has completed
the course in riolin music at
th? Cincinnati Conserratory of
Music, and returned home Wednesday.
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Rev. W. C. Kwart and children
will go over to Anderson next
To esday on a visit to relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. T. if. Barnett will
visit Huntersville, N. C*, at the
same time.
Jake Williams, col., who was
sen t to the chain Kant* for one
year at the last term of court for
bouse breaking and larceny,
escaped from the gang Tuesday
night. Mr. Clyburn started in
pursuit of him the next morning
and succeeded in capturing him
Wednesday night
Mr. Vernon Xisbet, who has
been attending tho medical college
at Philadelphia, came home last
week and spent several days at
his mother's near Van Wyck, re
turning yesterday morning.?
Waxhaw Enterprise.
Mr. It. H. Bell, of Westville
hud a mule killed by lightning last
Friday. We are told that it was
tied to a telegraph or telephone
p >le at the time it was struck.?
Kershaw Era.
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Letters advertised for the week
ending Juno 6, 1001: Mrs. Lou
Stovens, Mrs. Fannie Huse, Mr.
Theodore Gregory, Mr. Henry
SiHey, Mr. James Steele, Mr. J.
T. Steele, Mr. James T. Steele,
(2). Belle Nance, P. M.
Lancaster, S. C.
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ltev. R. E. Hough and wife "f
Newels, N. C., are visiting his
mother in this county and it is expet
ted that Rev. Hough will
preach at his old home church,
G I's Creek, for pastor J. M.
White, on next Sabbath at 11
a. m , and it is also hoped. there
will be a good congregation out
to hear one of Lancaster county's
?wn young men.
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On Tuesday ot last week Mrs.
Harriet Stephenson, an aped and
highly respected lady, died at the
home of Mr. Wm. Stephenson
near Potter. On the following
lay the funeral was conducted by
her pastor, Rev. M. T Steel, it
Pleasant Grove Church, of which
: he was a devoted member, and
her remains were laid away in the
cemetery there to rest in peace
till the morning of the resurrection
of the just. ? Waxhaw Knterprise.
Mr. A. K. G&inei, formerly of
this county, but now living at 1
Bcthune, S. C., had the misfortune
to lose his infant daughter, aged
13 months, Tuesday night of last
week. The remains were buried
at Kershaw.
Miss Liilier Stevens, who has
been elected teaeher of the 4th
grade in our graded school, is a
Rock Hill girl, a daughter of
<!apt. and Mrs. J. H. W. Steveus.
She, graduated from the VVinthrop
Normal department in the clans of
1800 and at once necured a place
in the Denmark High Softool,
where she remained two sessiwna,
and would have returned there ^
next year hut for her election to ^
a place at home. She is a fine
young woman and will fill well the
place to which she has been
chosen.?Rock Hill Herald. |
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Montgomery News.
Mr. Editor: ? As I see no news
from this remote corner of the
county, I will try and give a few
dots:
The most vital question with
the river farmers since the overflow
is, what will we do for the
best ? But the most of them are
I solving this question by going
, bravely to work and planting their
I destroyed cotton farms in o#?rn
Though unfinished as yet, the
work of corn planting will he continued
until every acre of the low
Lnd cotton farms destroyed
the big May freshet wilj be finished.
Our farmers are yet cheerful
and hopeful of harvesting a
| large late corn crop provided no
more misfortunes befall them.
! But, to return to what is now
a thing of the pint, and will long
] he remembered by the farmers of
! this section, as the May freshet
of 1001, I will say none but those
who witnessed it can have any
idea of the destruction done to the
farms along its route. Here we
have as fine farming land as can
he found in this or perhaps any
other county in the State, consulting
of bottom and island lands,
all of which were in tine fix having
been ploughed and re-ploughed,
harrowed and re harrowed several
times before the crops were plant
ed. Hut, with all this expendi
ture of time and labor, when we
visit those fertile islands now instead
of looking upon the once
promising crops, the eye rests
upon pile after pile of rubbish
and drift wood, from the largest
stock log down to a spool of
factory yarn. On ono island hare
of a few ac?es cultivated by Mr.
W. B. Howell, where no vestaga
of crops were left, can now be
seen thousands of feet ef lumber
of almost every description.
Besides destroying the crops on
those islands the lands in many
places were badly damaged by
guttering and washing off the
loose sail, unearthing parts of Indian
pottery und earthenware ol
various descriptions In a washout
on a large island just above
the mouth of Wateree creek,
known as Pa^an Island, and deep
down below the original surface
wo ninlro/l ?J ?-1 * *
.. V. |,?.nv<i tip IlllIKirCUS or glass
bends, varying in three different
sizes and colors?blue, white and
purple. One of the party, Mr.
Thos. Baker, secured an unbroken
and well preserved Indian earthenware
pot or jar of about five or
six gallons capacity. Mr. J. M.
Barber also found in a woshout
one of about three pints capacity,
and Mr. O. A. Denton is the
posessor of a foreign silver coin
picked up here about bearing the
date 1774.^ The lettering and
figures are plain but no one here
can translate the language or tell
the denomination of the coin.
Cad.
Look out for an attempt at
manufacturing sentiment in favor
of John L. McLaurin and his socalled
4tCommerical Democracy"
by publishing the speeches and
arguments in certain sheets
throughout the stute. ? Lancaster
Enterprise.
That is a rather funny paragraph.
Somehow we have been
under the impression that the
publication of speeches and arguments
was among the most legitimate
known methods of disseminating
the truth. Even the
preachers in the pulpits do not
look for much higher methods.
At least none of them are above
appealing to reason and intelligence.
We hope that wo are not
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lw uiiiiDininiiu noill wdul oul cod
temporary says it intends to suppress
these speeches and arguments?
Yorkville Enquirer.
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The Original Tombstone
Placed Over Body o* Baron do
Kalb Has Been Found. ,
Special to The State.
("amden, June 19. ? Mr- Robt.
| Kennedy, the head of the Camden
graded school, lias lately
made a very interesting historical
find which is nothing less than the
original tombstone of the revolutionary
hero Baron de Kalb.
Baron de Kalb was mortally
wounded at the battle of Camden'
in 1780, and died three days later
i in the hands of tho Uritiul, tut. I
! gallant soldier was buried in the
Presbyterian church yard uear the
First Presbyterian church.
In the beginning of the lust
century the church was rebuilt
at its present site on I)o Kalb
street and on the 18tl? April, 1825.
in the presence of La-Fayette, the
remains of Do Kalb were removed
and placed in their present resting
place in front of the Presbyterian
church in a vault ornamenteel
bv a massive marble shaft.
For decades all trace of the first
stone was lost, and only a few
old people vaguely remembered
of having heard of such a stone
? 50 or (50 years ago.
After a fruitless searcli Mr.
Kennedy resolved to try the cellar
of the Presbyterian church as
a last resort, and here the stone
was discovered, black with age
and dust, but otherwise well preserved.
k Suffrage Resolution
First Introduced in the Virginia
Constitutional Convention.
Richmond, Va , June 20.?
' The constitutional convention today
decided to hold its 'sessions
in Richmond and with the possible
exception of a few days' recess
from time to time that the sessions
shall be continuous.
1 The first resolution on the suffrage
with reference to the pro
posed jew constitution was offered
today by Delegate T. W. Harri'
son of Fredericks county. It says
that universal suffrage can safely
' bo entrusted to the'white man and
' that universal negro suffrage has
been attended with groat evils.
The resolution goes on to eay:
"That the Fifteenth amendment
of the United States constitution
is wrong in that it proceeds on
the two races are equally competent
of free government. This
theory is contradicted, not only
by.the experience ol the south,
I... a I a I - - -
11111 ity me nisiory of the two races,
since the dawn of history.
4'This convention, therefore,
ought to inaugurate through the
proper channels the proper state
to its repeal or amendment, so
that each State may control its
suffrage, as its best interests demand.
"That it is not the purpose of
the State to deny the negro any
civil right, nor to disfranchise any
negro who has sufficient freehold
estate to give him a permanent
and substantial interest in the (
welfare of the State, nor, if any
discrimination is made against
him in the right of suffrage, to
claim an> representation in con?
gress or to the electoral college
based upon negro population."
The resolution was referred.
M?\ Tbom of Norfolk, presented
a resolution for a memorial to the
congress and people of the United
States in behalf of the repeal of
the Fifteenth amendment. It was
referred.
Dr. W GUI ~\Vylie and his
brother, R. E. Wylie, of the
Samaritan hospital in New York,
mic in nit; uny. i ney are nere to j j
visit the dam of the Catawba ^
Power Co., now beingconstructed
in the Catawba riven?Rock Hill ?
Herald. i
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The Greenville Fire
Loss Was Over $ 100,000?Hand
some Block Destroyed.
Greenville, June It. ? Nearly a
whole block, comprising eight .of
the most prominent business '
houses of Greenville on north
Main street, is now in ashes as
the result of the most disastrous
lire in tho city's history, which
raged all yesterday tnoruing and
into the afternoon. Telegraph
|communication being temporarily
cut off, the details could not be !
i sent out until last night. The tire
started in a bakery adjoining the
Beattie building at tbo corner of
fYashington and Main streets. Its
spread was rapid but might have
been prevented, many believe,
had the tire department not been
unpardonably slow in getting to
work in proper fashion on the
flames. There was considerable i
complaint on this score The firemen
worked with vim afterwards,
but at first appeared to be totally
at loss f??r lack of proper management.
The splendid Beattie building,
a four story brick structure,
is nothing but a mass of smoking
ruins today. It was the pride of
Greenville.
Estimates of the total loss from
fire are placed at $125,000.
Would-be Suicidi Bitter
John Brown Mav Live to Meet a
Worse Fate.
Special to The State.
Spartanburg, Juno 11).?The
condition of John Wilson, alias
John Brown, the negro who at- <
tempted to take his own life in the i
county jail early yesterday morn- '
ing, is somewhat improved. The 1
attendant physician, Dr. Cndd, i
states that while Wilson is a I
great deal better than he was yesterday,
he is by no means out of
danger. There is not the slightest
doubt of his intention to commit '
suicide, and he came very near '
doing so. The authorities claim
that he is thw guilty wretch who '
assaulted the little girl Delia Gar- '
rett in Springfield, Ala., last '
May, as every circumstance in 1
the ease point to this conclusion. 1
In the event of his recovery which 1
is now very probable he will be 1
carried hack to Alabama to answer ^
for his fearful deed. ,f
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More Treason. 1
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Gen. Julian S. Carr of North |
Carolina is quoted by the New
York Times as follows: <4In the e
contest now going on in South (
Carolina Senator Tillman may, t
for the time being, be successful, \
but in the long run Senator McLantin
will succeed just so sure
as the sun rises and sets, because
he represents the right principle.
I have grown mighty sick and tired r
of seeing small politicians run t
North Carolina and other South- ^
em States. I suppose hide-bound
Democrats will say I am abandon- %
ing Democratic principles for (
dollars and cents. Let them. It n
is high time that the business or j*
commercial men of the South
tried to run the Southern States . ^
in broader lines. And we intend ! a
to get out on a broader beam. 11
We have had all we want of 5
llryanism, and God knows I supcorted
him loyally. North Carolina ^
s making rapid strides in a comnercial
sense, and as one of her
g
ions 1 want to see her keep in the^ n
:orefront in business develop- ^
nem. rne best interests of the
n
sountry are more to me than the
>ersonal success of any politician.
Senator McLaurin has the right
dea, and he is bound to win. I si
avor expansion and the Nicara- C
jua canal, and 1 am sick of Bryan* jr
sm." s<
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Presinent Montague Has No In
tention of Leaving Furman.
To the Editor of The State.
The statement made by your
correspondent here that 1 would
remain at Furman "but ene year
longer" is incorrect.
So far as I know, 1 shall, if 1
lire, be here for years.
Again, the publication of the
fact that I was in correspondence
with a representative of the trus
tees of the University of Alabama
was not authorized by me. 1
earnestly requested representatives
of the press net to name that institution.
It was urn air to the
gentlemen at Montgomery and
unkind to me to do so; and I am
deeply mortified.
1 know, of course, that there
was not the slightest intention of
doing any one an injury. The
newspaper representative here are
my j>ersonal friends and yet Tcannot
but regret that they give out
this information.
Yours most truly,
B. P. Montague.
Greenville, June 19.
Fierce Fire in a Sumter Store.
Special to The State.
Sumter, June 19.?Fire was
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discovered in the racket store of
Frank B. Grier, on the corner of
Main and Republican streets at
10:45 tcnight. The alarm brought
the fire.department to the scene
quickly and by hard work the fire
was confined to Grier's store. The ^
Ntore of L. W. Jenkins, adjoining >
that of Grier, was damaged by
water. Grier values his stock,
which is a total loss, at $10,000,
with insurance of $5,500.
Jenkins' stock and store fixtures
are valued at $7,000 with in- I
surance of $2,900. He only suffers
loss from water.
A. F. G.
Not Answering.
Mr. Bryan has not deemed
Senator McLaurin's charge that
he (Bryan) opposed the late Chan.
F. Crisp for the speakership because
Judge Crisp was an exConfederate,
us worthy of notice.
At all events he has had nothing
to say about it, notwithstanding
Senator McLaurin's charge was 1
made something like two weeks
tgo. Meanwhile the South is
full of ex-Confederate soldiers j
md their sons who would like to j
lave from Mr. Bryan a denial j
;hat he permitted sectional pre11/4
ion ??- L!
UUivo iLiiuenct] nun againut 'he
;reat Georgian.?Savannah News.
And many others would like
in explanation of that mixed
Jabinet that was formed in the
mod of "the Peerless."? Greenville
News.
SAVKS TWO FROM
DKATH
"Our little daughter had an al- ,
nost fatal attack of whooping i
tough and bronchitis," writes |
Mrs. W. K Havilank, of Armonk,
4. Y., "but when all other remdies
failed, we saved her life
vith Dr. King's New Discovery.
)ur niece, who had Consumption
n an advanced stage, also used i
his wonderful medicine and tolay
she is perfectly well." Des>erate
throat and lung disease
ield to Dr. Ding's New Discovery
s to no other medicine on earth. ]
nfallible for Coughs and Olds.
Oc and $1.00 bottles guaranteed 1
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y vrawrora ISros and J. F. J
lackey & Co. Trial bottles free. i
According to State Entomolo* ]
ist Scott, peaches in south and <
tiddle Georgia are rotting very ,
ist as a result .of the excessive
kin for toe past three weeks. ]
Health for 10 Cents.
A lively liver, pure blood, clean I
tin, bright eyes, perfect health? ] I
ascarets Candy Cathartic will ob- "
lin and secure them for you. Genu- I
le tablets stamped C. C. C. Never '
>ld in bulk. All druggists, ioc. |
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Nc*;! CaM Will be Called Next
Week.
The State.
The Neal criminal case, which
occupied the time of the court and
the attention of the people for
some time when first taken up, is
to be called again at the term of
court which opens on Monday
next in this county. Judge Gary
will preside at this term. The
supreme court haying overruled
the judge of the circuit court the
case is still open. At the last term
of court a continuance was granted
owing to the inability of Mr.
Boggs, Col Neat's counsel, to appear
on account ef
The case involves the misappropriation
of public funds by Col.
Neal as superintendent of the
State penitentiary.
P Only 50 Cents f
\ to make your baby strong and 1
q well. A fifty cent bottle of I
| Scott's Emulsion |
5j will change a sickly baby to K
y a plump, romping child. I
J Only one cent a day, think K
I of It. Its as nice as cream. I
^ Send for n free sample, and try it. M
1 SCOTT & HOWNK, Chemists, M
^ 409-415 Pearl Street, New Yorl.
j yx. and $1.00; all druggists. ^
Money to Loan
r AM ABLE TO PLATE LOANS
J- secured by a first mortgage o>< iniK
roved farm* for five ye*rs time. pa>aI*
in installments at the low rate of
7 f>ercent. interest. There will be no
btokersgeor othei commission charged
R. E WY IE,
6nio. Attorney at Law.
supplemental" summons"
for relief.
(romulaint not Served.)
8TATEOF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LANCASTER,
John M. Oauthen, Plaintiff
AOAINST
Alexander Tauthen Elizabeth Flemming,
Lititia Williams, W C. Van*
laudiogham Oitie O. Vanlandiug*
ham, Stanford;W Vanlandingham,
< ienlan S. Vanlandingham, Wlliam
P. Vanlandingham. NannieL. Van?
landingham Anna Vanlandingham,
Andrew J. Vaoiandingham. Amanda
Mohley, J?mes <Authen Sadie
( authen, Janie Cau'lien, Paschal
4'authen, Emma Cauthen, Lewis
Hammond, Philip Hammond, and
the unknown Fleiia at<-law of
Jonathan ( authen, Arthur''authen
and Jemima Mackey Defendants.
To the Defendants above named.
Y'?u are hereby sum.no ed and re
quired to answer the Supplemental
Complaint In this action, of which, a
copy is ttiis day filed in the office of
the Clerk of Common Pleas for said
CLunty and to serve a copy of your
answer to said Complaint on 'he subscribers
at their office on Main Street
in ihet'Wn of Lancaster, S C. within
twenty day* af er the rvice hereof;
exclusive of the day of such service;
and if you fail to answer the Complaint
within the time aforesaid, the
plaintiff in this action will applv to
the ourt for the relief demanded in
complaint.
Hate June 8'h. A. D 1901.
GRKEN A H1NEM,
Pi mii iills' Attorneys*.
To Alexander Oautben, Elizabeth
Hemming, Lewis Hammond, and
the Unknown Heirs* at-law of Jonathan
t'authen, Arthur <'authep aud
Jemima Maokey?non residents de*
feudautA above named.
Take notice that the Complaint in
this amino was tiled in the office o' W
rt L, Porter, ? lerk of Court for Lancaster
County in said Mate of South
t aroliDa on the 8th ?lay of June 1901.
GREEN & HINEK.
MaintlttV -xtiorueys.
ELLIOT &
CRAWFORD.
NEW BUGGIES i
NEW BUGGIES!
Wo have just received -the
L'retticst lot of Buggies and Carriages
you ever saw. We invite
rour attention especially to our
low, up to-datc rubber tired bug$y?Nothing
like it this country,
tt must be seen to be fully apireciated,
so call and examine it
rour self.
We also have now a lot of Nice
dorses, and Harness and Saddles
o fit them.
ELLIOT &
ADllifPAKn
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