The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 03, 1901, Image 2
THE LED'^c-R.
Tharlow 8. Carter,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
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WEDNESDAY, JUDY 3, 1901.
Mr. Leitle Hough has accepted
a position at Mackey & Co's.
M 1 Vinch nlaonil of * ' ^
|'x?vv\t ill VUO I^IAVQ 1*1
Mrs. L. M. Civ burn yesterday
the handsome monument he has
jiint completed.
Magistrate Cant hen, of Kershaw,
bus turned o*er to the
county $32.30, tines, etc., collected
the past two months.
?The
Lancaster chapter U. D.
C., will meet in the court houso
to morrow (Thursday) afternoon
at 5:30 o'clock.
i ne urutge over Hear (/reek on
the Coyle road is to be replaced
by Messrs. Deal* & Shealy, they
having been awarded the contract
at fa2.
Miss Lily Thom, the artistic
milliner of the H. B. & M. Co.,
left Tuesday for Greensboro, N.
C., to spend the summer vacation
with her relatives.
H-*Dr.
J. F. Mackey, Jr., of
Anderson, S. C.. is here on a
visit to his father's family. We
are always glad to see Frank.
The county board of education
conducted the teachers examination
for this countv last Saturday.
There were 21 applicants ? 5
white and 16 colored.
Mrs. K. M. Mobley and her
daughter. Miss Lucretia Mobley,
of Blackstock, came over yesterday
and attended the funeral of
the little babe of Mrs. M's.,
brother, Mr. R. M. McCrorey.
Bishop Capers of the Diocese
of South Carolina has appointed
next Sunday, .Inly 7th, as the
time for his visitation to Lancaster.
He will preach in the Episco
pal church, in the morning at 11
o'clock and in the afternoon at 6.
The public generally is cordially
invited to attend these services.
Died, of dysentery at the home
of her brother-in-law, Mr. Geo.
F. Ivennington, at the cotton mill,
on Sunday last. Miss Anne Har?
ris, aged about 75 years. Her
home was in Flat Creek township
and she had been here on a
visit only about throe weeks. Her
remains were interred Mnmbw
nt Union Baptist Church.
4*In th;s emergency of no corn
crop what shall we do?'' asked a
farmer of Mr. W. T. Gregory in
our presence Monday. 4'Manure
your land well, sow corn thick
over it. cut when it hegms tassel
ing and have it shredded if yon
can If you can't get it shredded
then cure it well and feed it so."
Thi s strikes us as good advice
and we commend it to our readers.
A penitentiary guard came up
Friday and carried Sike Massey, i
the negro who so brutally killed ?
his wife in the Waxhnws about a 1
month ago, to that institution j
where he will remain for the next
ten years. Sike may congratulate
himself that his neck wasn't
broken. Kvcyhody expected
him to be found guilty of murder
but tie disappointed their expectations
bv pleading guilty of man
slaughter. However, from expressions
we have heard there
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?s u primanmiy, snouw another |
killing occur in the (Vaxhaws as c
horrihle in its details as this one
was, that the party committing I
jhe crime will never get into court
jo plead guilty.
The Store* Will be Closed All (
Day Tomorrow
The merchants have all agreed
to close up, and keep closed all <
day, their stores and placet* of
business tomorrow, (Thursday) j
July 4th, in order to jjive the
clerk* and their other employees a (
holiday. I
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Struck by Lightning I
Last Saturday night, shortly i
after 9 o'clock, the residence of ]
Mr. M. E. Jordon, in West End, ,
was struck by lightning. The
bolt probably entered the stove |
flue to the cook room. The wood
box was broken up and the wood
scattered over the cooking stove
and several tables in the room. It
split open the brick pillar under
the corner of the house and this
was obo ut the only real duniage
done. None of the family were
hurt, though Mrs. J., who was in
an adjoining room, was slightly
shocked.
Col Snrillirs Loses F*ni?r TVlmou
and Four Other* are Sick
The past week Co!. Leroy
Springs has lost four fine mules on
his Erwin plantation. He valued
the mules lost at $175. per head
and bad refused $350. for two of
them. He has four thers that are
very sick now. Friday he telegraphed
for the State Veterinary
Surgeon, who arrived Sunday. He
went out to the Erwin place and
made a close inspection of the
stahlesand lot in which the mules
are kept and made the best ding*
nosis of the cases he could?dissecting
and making a thorough
examination of the bowels, intestins
and brain of a mule that had
just died. He found the Stomach,
bowels, etc. in perfectly healthy
condition and pronounced the
trouble to be spinal meningitis.
He thought the trouble due
largely to the poor ventillation of
the stable, oats overhead in a
heated condition and a large
quantity of manure in the stalls
which also produced beat. He
left a prescription and is expected
to return today t ? note the effects
of his prescription.
TRIBUTE OF RKSPECT.
Whkrkas, It has pleased the
Supreme Architect of the universe
to call nence from his labors
Brother H. A. M. Steele, be it <
resolved by the members of .Jackson
Ledge No 53. A. F. M.
1st. That in the death of our i
brother we have lose a member
loyal to the tenets of our order.
2d. That in his death the State '
has lost a subject who was brave
and true in the defence of her 1
sovereignty, and the county one i
of its best citizens. (
3d. That we sympathize with |
the widow who has been bereft of .
a kind and affectionate husband,
ami with th^ survi\iug children '
of our deceased brother. I
4th. That a copy of these reso- i
lotions be sent the family of the t
deceased and that the county pa- |
pcrs be requested to publish them.
A. Me Man us,
T. S. Carter,
B F. Miller,
Committe.
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?4Notice 18 hereby given that <,
the Board of Directors of the
Lancaster & Chester Railway C?> f
by resolution adopted at their 0
meeting held on the 1st, day of a
July, 1901, have called a special rt
meeting of the stockholders of ^
?nid Lancaster & Chester Railway ^
Company to be held at the Bank
>f Lancaster, in the town of Lan- ^
master, S. C. on the 3rd, day of o
August 1901 at 12 o'clock noon, a
:o consider a proposition to in- p
urease the bonded indebtedness of
vaid corporation bv the issue of
M 35,000 of First Morterace 5 tier
;ent twenty year bonds, for the d
purpose of providing funds with
vhich to reconstruct and im
wove the line of railroad of said
jorporation." f.
Dated the 1st day of July, 1901. jj
ly order of the Board of Directors, tl
K. C. McMaous, C
Secretary. d
Catawba FalU Property Sold? |
Mr. Finley's Wheat.
3or. Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock H?ll, June 28.?Mr. F.
H. Barber, who owned a onedxth
interest :c a tract of 400
icres of land at Catawba falls, is
tiappy in having gotten $3,500
for it. His interest cost him less
than $GOO ten or twelve years
4go. $21,000 was paid in cash
for the tract. Your correspondent
could not learn the name of
the purchasers; but understands
a rich svndioate is the nwnnr ntwl
that the object is early development.
The syndicate now owns
all the land on thfc western bank
of the river that is needful for
their purposes.
Congressman Fin ley was in
town today. Our corrsepondent
has been told that his wheat crop,
which was very tine before it was
cut and shocked, is in had shapo.
He will likely lose a large part of
it. Some of the wheat shocks I
have seen in other fields are growing,
and looking beautiful and
green.
Killed by Lightning.
Gastonia Gazette: An unspeakably
sad tragedy called our townsman,
Captain J. A. Hues, to the
home of his brother William,
near Crouse, yesteiday morning.
Tuesday afternoon, as was reported
to the Charlotte Observer, Mr.
William Huss and two grown
sons were hoeing cotton in an
open field in front of their houseA
storm was at hand; but it had
rained little, and there had been
much thunder or lightning. Sud
danly the three men fell to the
earth and lay still. There was a
loud clap of thunder. Members
of the family ran to the prostrate
men, and found the father and
older son dead. The younger
son was unconscious. A physician
was called and every effort
was made to resuscitate him; but
in vain At last reports be was
still unconscious, and his recovery
was not expected.
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Had Been Married Less Than
Two Weeks.
Special to The State.
Latta, .lone 28.?This afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock Mrs. Watkins,
wife of Frank Watkins, died
ifter a little more than a week's
illness of typhoid fever.
M rs. Watkins was formerly of |
Bennettsville, and bad been married
only three days when sudlenly
sickness came and changed
ner husband's joy and happinets
nto sorrow and grief. Her symptoms
grew worse and worse, until
at last when her soul took its
light into another world and
Kiolhed her of the rough bed of
pain.
A Fatal Draught.
Vlonroe Enquirer.
A distressing accident occurred
it Mr. Pernev Stewart's, in east
i
VIonroe township, last Thursday.
Jome str cbnine 'ablets had been (
mi in h unngKing glass and one
f Stewart's daughters, aged
bout 6 years, poured some lemon
de into the glass containing the
ublets and gave it to her little
hree year-old sister, Olie, to
rink. After drinking the lemnade
the little girl wuit into
onvulsions and died in a short t
inie. The older girl took some t
f the lemonade into her mouth, n
ut finding the taste had, did not |
rink any of it. (
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Twentieth Century Medicine. 1
Cascarets Candy Cathartic are as ; t
ir ahead of ancient pill poisons and i
quid physic as the electric light of
11? -?ii- ?
*, lauunr vMnuic. \_?cnuine stamped |
!. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All!
ruggists, ioc. j*
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Col V k Meal !
* Was Convicted
Former Superintendent of State
Penitentiary Rocommended to
Mercy.
'Hie State, 30th ult.
Col. VV. A. Neal has been found
guilty of the charge of failure to
turn over tne assets of his office
to his successor at the proper
time. The verdict is said to have
been rendered in accordance with
the law as given to the jury in
me cnarge ot Judge Gary.
The cace was given to the jury
at 12 o'clock yesterday and at 5
the court was informed that a
verdict had been reached. When
the jury had been brought into
court, a slip of paper was handed
to the clerk by the foreman.
This slip contained the verdict
which read: 4'The State against
W. A. Neal, Guilty, with recommendation
to the mercy of the
court. J. M. Van Metre, foreman."
Col. Neal was in the court
room at the time. He did not
evidence any surprise when the
verdict was read. He crossed
over to his attorneys, and MrBogg
gave notice of a new trial.
The court announced that the
motion would be heard Monday.
This is one of the few violations
of law in which motive is left out
of the question, yet the penalty is
en the new Cliffs hotel ready for ' 1
he painters, and the painters are j '
it work getting it ready for the 1
nihlic. The new building is not <
joite so large as that which was 1
vashed a way by the recent freshet;
>ut it is large enough propably ?
or present requirements.?York- '
pille Enquirer. <
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The One Day Oold Cure.
For cold in the head and sore throat uae Km. <
^l&idhcS??** M*ative Q*'"1"*' tb? " ?* |
quite severe. The statutes declare
that a public officer found guilty
of the charge in the indictment
shall, upon conviction, be liable
to a tine of $1,000 and .imprisonment
for not exceeding twelve '
months.
"Section 304" of the criminal
statutes of 1895 is the law under
which the indictment was based.
It declares: "It shall be the duty
of every sheriff, judge of probate,
Cterk of court of common pleas,
county treasurer and any other
State or county officer, entrusted
with funds by virtue of his
office, upon retiring from office
to turn over to his successor
all moneys received by him as
such officer, within 30 days from
the time when his successor shall
have entered upon the duties of
his office," etc. i
The featureb of the case yesterday
were the verdict returned
by the jury; Col. kelson's scathing
criticism of the penitentiary
directors and of the
which investigated the affairs of
the penitentiary; the splended
argument of Gen. Bellinger and
the charge of Judge Gary. After
the construction of the law by
the judge, the jury could not find
a verdict of not guilty, and it
was thought that u mistrial was
the best Col. Neal's friends could
wish for.
The State seems to have been
materially helped by the resort of
the defence to the plea that Col.
Neul was addicted to the use of
morphine. It appeared that this
was a desperate chance for the defence,
and Gen. Bellinger's
shrewd and logical cross questioning
drew from the physician who
Lestified for the defence an ad- .
mission that a man is morally
responsible as long as he knows
right from wrong.
The Cliffs Hotel.
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The carpenters have about got- 1
SCHOOL TEXT BOOK
ADOPTED IN FORCE I
COMPULSORY USE HENCE- "
FORTH. 01
At
Fiornrmtt nf Intufouf 11\ Manv Pan.
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pie of the State?"What Be- ^
comes of the School
Books ?" 11
The State, July 1st. ?
ftl
The fiscal year of the public ^
schools of the State is not con- ^
termini with the calendar year, t>
but runs from July 1 of one year ci
to June 30 of the succeeding year. s<
Today, then, begins the new
fiscal yea r of tbe schools. It also 8
marks tbe time at which the t<
A
adoption of text books for the ir
next five years practically goes
into effect. p
This adoption or selection of 01
I I- - * a ? i r
oookh 10 oe ueea exclusively in "
the public schools was made the H
15th day of last September, and ir
de nomine liecame effective the 2
first of November last, but the c<
following, adopted last September, e
by the State board of education
makes the use of these book
compulsory after today: 4'That
no pay warrant shall be issued by ^
any board of trustees or approved
by any county superintendent of a<
education in favor of any teacher 01
who after July 1, 1901, uses in
the public schools of this State ^
anv text book or books herein ?
named." ^
The amount of money paid by ^
the State?or the people of the ^
State-for text books is astonishing ^
to those who have never made the *
calculations. "What becomes of ?
all the pins" has worried more ^
than one statistican. "What be- ^
comes of all the school books?" ^
are they handed down from generation
to generation until they ?
are no longer fit for use? Some w
books stores make a "nice thing" ^
by buying school books from the
children at the close ^f the year ft
and selling them at a profit in the 9i
fall. In a great many schools it la
is a part of school discipline to
require the books to be kept neat, a
and fit for succeeding classes.
But while there are numbers of j cs
ways, which are used to cut down E
the annual outlay, the expense of ^
buying new school books is never? s*
theless enormous. Last year there ^
were 203,510 children in the pub- hi
lie schools of the State. If each C
child uses four books and if each &
book cost 25 cents the total
amount represented in text books H
in usi in the State was $273,510.
This is a low estimate.
Among the rules adopted in
connection with the adoption of H
the text books was one stipulating di
that the contract price of the F
same books must never be lower B
in any other State than in South G
Carolina, and that the books must tr
be sold at a uniformed price in
throughout the State, and the w
price must be printed in the tt
backs of books. s<
The prices are somewhat lower, oi
it is said, than obtained under the in
former adoption, but there was b<
quite a change in some of the hi
fundamental branches of study w
which is as yel experimental. fe
The readers range in pnee from re
13 cents for the First reader to ol
A8 cents for the Fifth; Spelling N
books from 13 to 25 cents; Gram- m
mars, from 32 to 48 cents; His
tories, 40 to 68 cents; Geographies
from 84 to 90 cents; South Caroir\__
l:..i >ii i ?
mm iiiHiorj, no; rnjrsioiogies, 5S5J j
to 80 cents; Copy books 48 to 00 ?
2ents a dozen, and so on through 0
the list of text books. I
tu:,. ...i?4:~_ _-4 ? ... m
i ii in aiiu|llll'n wan UOl OI Tllll W
3ffect until today, the State board 5
having contracted to merely re., 5
commend and urge the teachers to *
j?e them after November 1, 1901, i
the resolution reading: "That up '
to July 1, 1901, the said hooka ^
\
;ed awt be introduced except
here "jtbe teachers and trustee#tern
their introduction feasible
id desirable. The adoption lasts
atil July 1, 1906, five yW-s and*
? stated before no pav warrent
mil be issued to any teacher wholes
in the public schools of this late
any text books other thanr
lose named in the "adoption."
There are, however, a number
^special school districts which
re not bound by this adoption,,
le charters of said districts dele
ating that power to the local ?
oards of trustees. This is the*
ise with most of the graded"1
ihools in towns and cities.
The selection of books by the*
tate board was made with a view"
? adapt the changes to the schoolsi
rural districts particularly.
The new adoption provides that"
uolishers cannot decline to acapt
in exchange hooks now used*
i the schools. There is a Moderate
difference in the price. For *
lsiance a oeconu reader costing
4 cents may he obtained for 15 ents
in cash and an old reader 10
xchange
The following figures, showing'
ae number of pupils studying the
ie various branches of instruct
ion in the public schools will inicate
the extent to which this
doption affects the State finan.ially
and others:
White. Colored:'.
Jphabet 8,010 16,300
polling 96,710 116,757
leading 95,311 108,800
lental arithmetic 40,483 61,20*
Written arithmetic 66,590 62,043reography
54.160 50,772
loglish grammar 53,398 37,746
. C. history 17,244 14,242
1. S. history... 30,130 21,595hysiology,
hygiene 14,643 10,175
ligher branches.. 10,734 3,090!
These figures show that 979,33
books were used; 487,418 by
hites and 492,515 by negroes.f
theaverage price per book be 25
jnts (a low average) the investtent
thus represented was $244, 58?a
quarter of a million dol,rs
in school books!
POOR MILLIONAIKF
Lately starved in London beuise
he could not digest his food.arly
use of Dr. King's New Lite
ills would have saved him. They
rengtben the stomach, aid di-astion,
promote assimilation, improve
appetite. Price 25c. Money
ick if not satisfied. Sold by
rawford Bros, and .T. F. Mackey
Co., druggists.
[on. William E. Clarke, TwoDaughters
and son Drowned.
Newborn, N. C.. dune 28th.?
Ion. Wm. E. Clarke, his twoiughters,
Mary B., aged 12, and
rancis D., aged 8, and George
. Bryan, the 10 year old son of
reen Bryan, were drowned here
might. The party was out rowig
opposite the waterworks,hen
the boat was swamped hy
le waves. Mr. Clarke's little>n,
Wm. E., Jr., was the only
je of the party saved, he cliag**ig
to the boat until rescued. TheI
sdioa of the two young women
ive been recovered. M?\ Clarke
as a Republican and bad at difireut
Limes been State senator,
^preventative, deputy collector
F customs and postmaster of
ewbern.
Toothing ]
Then the baby is most like- g
ly nervous, and fretful, and 8
doesn't gain in weight. *
Scott's Emulsion S
is the best food and medicine 8
tor teething babies. They I
tain from the start. I
Send for n free Minple. I
SCOTT & BOWNE, Cbemirt*, J
409-415 Pearl Street, New York. J*
50c. awl fr.oo, all dniRRintK.
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