The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 13, 1901, Image 2
THE LKI),l.R.
'Uiirlo1^ S, Cartui
J ?lTOR l? MANAUKR.
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SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1901.
u'e heartily unite with our
hretoron of the quill in this State
and throughout the country in the
highly deserved complin'enta extended
to The State on its exceedingly
hand-nine Industrial Art
Kdition published as a supplement
it) us issue or me Mn instant. it
consist* of 100 panes, devoted
particularly to the industries and
and educational institutions of the
State. We endorse fullv what
The Charlotte Observer has to
h*v of it, viz: l4The typographical
work is of tho highest order,
h i illustrations handsomely done
?4iid we doiiht if u more elej?antly
tinished piece of work of the kind
lias ever before been turned out
in the South. The chief value of
the State's industrial edition,
however, is its complete history
of cotton milling in Sauth Carolina.
That State has no depart
Dr. Croxton or his efficiency as
Superintendent.
Late r.?Since writing Ihe
it hove a special from Monroe to
the Charlotte Observer says that
?.n Wednesday, Dr. Croxton voluntarily,
withdrew from the contest
on the ground tnat the litigation,
which would come out of it
would be injurious to the school
work of the county. He there
fore delivered the oflice, hooks,
eic , to Maj. Andrews.
Novel Method to Purloin a Valise
Loaded With Pistols.
When the Lancaster colored
excursion was here last week John
Smith and Karnest Johmon, col.,
discovered, that four of the negroes
in the Lancaster party were
using one valise as a receptacle
f<-r clothes, revolvers and whiskey.
Smith and Johnson w?n? ?<>
station ostensibly to see the party
leave, hut their real purpose was
to obtain possession of the valise
and i's contents. When the train
pulled out hey wore in the car
that contained the valise. They
edged over to the valise and when
the train reached the coal shnte <
they managed to pick up the grip
and drop it out of the window.
They rode to the crossing, jumped
off, returned and picked up their
booty.
umcerA I'ttts and Sutnaierrow
* worked up the case against Smith
and Johnson and arretted the two <
yesterday. The ralise, three ,
pistol?' and a part of the clothing j
U (t *
have been recovered. Thewhi?key
bad evaporated, of . courne. The
police are doubtful aa to wbat will
be (looe with the revolver*, wbicb
are fine weapons.- Charlotte Observer.
The Colombia HiiIpMm u
nn?nt for collating industrial statis
tics and our Columbia contemporary
has heen at pains to send
its representatives all ovor the
State to get desirtd information.
There are cut* or descriptions or
U?th of every mill in the commonwealth.
Twenty \ears ugo
South Carolina had IS cotton mills
with 95 530 spindles. Now she
ha* 136 mills with 2,249,708
spindles and 63,612 looms. It is
a great record and it is worthily
told in The State's industrial
edition.
A Former Lancastrian in a Con
troversy Over the Possession of
an Ofllre
July Hth was the regular time
for the election of a county
Superintendent of Schools for
Union County, N. C. Dr. A, M
Croxton, the present incumbent,
and Maj. L. D* Andrews were
Candidates. There wan no election
and the hoard adjourned until Oct.
Tne folio ving day a meeting was
called, which only two members
attended, and elected Maj. Andrews.
Dr. Croxton holds that
the work of the 9th was total
ly void, and he will hold on to
the ??tlioo M.?j. Andrews' friends
kiiv they have no t liar-res against
Pmlfett
Elsewhere in this issue, taken
from The State, is an account of
i the suicide of a stranger in the
l city of Columbia, last Tuesday.
The identity of the suicide has not
yet been ascertained. It was suggested
in The State of Thursday
that the unknown suicide might
he C. II. Padgett, the carpenter
who disappeared from Lancastoi
so mysteriously a week or so ago,
but the age does not correspond.
Mr. Padgett, we are informed,
was about 50 years of age, while
the man who died in Columbia
was only ubout 25 years old.
Dr. Burgess the Guilty Party.
The Editor of the Lancaster
Ledger, in the account of his trip
to Van Wyck, July the +th, and
of the people he met there, among
other things says*
41 We also had the pleasure o 1
meeting Bro. Way, Editor ol
Wuxhaw's hustling paper, The
Enterprise. Bro. Way is .-plendid
company?a jovial, hig hearted
fellow, whose company would he
agreeable at all times, except
possibly at a pic nic dinner where
rations were scarce. However,
there was enough on the table at
Van Wyck to have fed the large
crowd tor a dav or two, and we
had no fears that he and his friend
King could get on the outside nl
all the three~storv pies and ttve
story cakes on that table before
we could partake to our satisfaction."
We can heartily return all those
nice compliments and at the ssme
time assure Bro. Carter that we
are glad the occasion at Van Wyck,
especially at dinner time, was s?:
auspicious that there was no need
ot our depriving him of one ol
the 'ew opportunities that come
to an editor He is in error,
however, about the three story
pies and the ti\e-story cakes thui
our friend John Kin^ ate. As t?
ourself,
we got side-tracked oil ?
dish of beans and bacon, aud Bro.
Carter or someone el-e made way
with all the fried chicken before
we got our share, if he deniet
it, then Dr. Burgess must be the
guilty party. ? VVaxhuw Enterprise.
Will Show Cause Why Profits
Should not he Withheld.
Special to The State.
Charleatnn, July 9?City council
held an important and interests
ing meeting today. The official
summons to Mayor Smyth and
Ciief of Police Boyle to appear
before the State hoard of control
on the 1 Oth inst., to explain the
failure to properly enforce the
dispensary law was read, aa was
the reply of Smyth that he and
Major Bovle will attend the
meeting. The signal flag of the
Confederate ram Chicoro was
presented to city council by Col.
W. H. Davis, of Boyle's Town,
Penn., through mayor pro tem
Kollock. The flag was taken by
Col. Davis from the vessel on the
evacuation of the city in 1865, and
during the recent convention of
the Southern ludustrial Traders'
association, to Philadelphia, Col.
Davis gave the flag to Dr. Kollock
to present to the city. The pre- ]
sentation of the flag was accompanied
with much speech making
on the cessation of all sectional
animosity and a closer union between
the section*.
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Dead.
Greenville, Tenn., July 10.?
Mrs Martha Patterson, the last
?f the children of ex-President
Andrew Jehnson, died, this morin?j
at 4:25 o'clock.
man far above ihe average intel-'
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, licence, but would get on an oc>
casional spree. He ii? supposed,
' however, to have been sober when
| he committed thin act.
In bis note he stated that his
, father's family had recently moved
to California and could not
reach here if they desired to. Hut
' little, if anything, is known of
* Mr. Kingsley's people, but it is
? generally supposed they reside at
Kaleigh and he ca i e from there
1 to this place as an engineer on the
I Augusta division of the old Chor:
leston Cincinnati & Chicago
Railroad.
Fell Through a Treatle.
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^ Special to The State.
Port Harrelsnn, S. C., .Inly 8.
? A. L. Pindergrass of ('onway
was found dead in Wuccumaw
)
Swamp, under the first trestle of
the tram road of the Richardson
i
Cypress Lumber and Shingle
company. He was supposed to
have accidentally fallen through
i while crossing in h state of intoxicati
n.
A Second Edition of 'slack the
Ripper" at. His Murderous
Work.
Denver, duly 9. ? ''The Slugger"
has reappeared. Jessie Kimport,
16 years eld, was dragged
fro 11 her bed to a field assaulted
and her abdomen ripped. An
other child has disappeared entirely
in the same neighnorhood.
Chairs (Jansen) who was found
with a bloody knife on his person '
was arrested.
Objects to Deud Issues.
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Spartanburg, S. C., Herald. 1
LI.II A tl 1 A
mm. iiiiiuij r\. nernen is
very earnest in supporting the <
political issues advocated by Sen- i
ator Mcijaurin. He objects to |
allowing the RepuWIicans to pre- t
enipt all that means progress and ]
development. j
SHE DIDN'T WEAK A >
MASK ,
But her lieauty was completely I
hidden hy sores, blotches and
pimples till she used Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. Then they vanished
as will all Eruptions, Fever Sores, c
Boils, llloers, Carbuncles and ^
Felons from lis use. Infallible
for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Scalds
and Piles. Cure guaranteed. v25c
at Crawford Bros, and J. F. (
Mackey <& Co.
A Suicide at Blacksborg, S. CI
C. L Kingnloy lakes Laudanum
? He Leaves Curious Directions
as to His Burial.
Special to The Qhservor,
Blacksburg, S. C., July 10. ? t
C. L. Kingsley, a civil engiaeer,
committed suicide ut his rooms
1 here in the Iron Citv Hotel this
afternoon about 4 o'clock by |
taking an overdose of laudanum. {
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ne ion a note wun to t ranK
Moore, an unkertaker, with in*
I
tractions for h's burial. He avked
to be buried in the cheapest
coffin ho bad and at night, when
no one wuh around, four negroes
> to l>? mployed to carry his body i
1 to the g-ave and each to be paid
$1. He also asked in bis note thHt
no preachers be permitted to be (
present at his burial.
In this note he also requested (
Mr. Moore to tell his wife that |
1 she would tind some money in his'
trunk and the keys to the trunk
' in the place where they usually j
, kept the front door key. Mrs. j
Kiugsley was absent, visiting J
, friends at Gaffney.
Mr. Kingsley has been a resident
of this place for a number of
1 years. lie was a civil engineer by
profession, well educated and a
Pythians Insurance Fond
A Def^et of $250,000 That Must
he Made Good if Insurance
Feature ia to Coutinue.
Chicago, July 10.?John A.
hiusey, former president of the
noard of coutr<d of the endowroent
rank, Knights of Pythias,
appeared before the supreme
lodge today and admitted the ro
*w?t* y kiiiKinifftoi! ? ??..!?? !.>
I>wt ii nuiniiiiiim J nmoi w?y lu UO
true showing a deficit of $250,000
which must he made good if the
insurance features of the w*der is
to continue.
'Thin report shows that the affairs
of the endowment rank under
Hin?oy's management drifted
into practical insohenct.
The former president of the
hourd of control declared he had
done his heat to keep the treasury
in a sound condition hut that dea h
claims had mounted up, investments
had turned out failures,and
it hud been frequently necessary
to overdraw the rank's account at
tho bank.
The report which was compiled
by the present board of control,
excepting Hinsey, does not charge
the latter and otheis with misusing
the funds, but states that they
were misused.
May Tax All Menu ers.
If this additional burden , on
beneficiaries of insurance policies
shall not be enough, the supreme
lodge will also consider a plan to
assess all Knights of Pythias 50c
or $1 each for the benefit o{ the
rank. The lower assessment en
500,000 mem tiers would bring in
$250,000.
Suit Against Woodmen.
Special to The State
Rock Hill, July 10. ? L learn
that suit has been brought by a
resideut of Hickory GroVe, in
this county, ugaiust the Woodmen
of the World us an order and
three of the members of the
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wiu|/m uiiMn j ?nive ior
0U0. 'l'he miiit is brought by a
resident of the above place who
claims bodily injury to that extent
and alleges unnecessary rough
and malicious handling in the
initiation ceremonies Mr. G. VV.
8. Hart is the attorney.
W. A. P.
New lT. S. Marshal.
Special to Greenvill News.
Charleston, S. C., duly 10.?
It was staled here today on ex*
cedent authority that J. VV. McCulloigh
of Greenville would
shortly succeed L. D. Melton
as U. S Marshal, for the district
of South Carolina.
The man who gave out this information
is himself a republican
who is high up in his party councils
He declared that the matter
was all settled and that the appointment
of McCullough would
he announced shortly before the {
expiration of Marshal Melton's
term.
'South Carolina's effort to re*
sover from the general government
tue federal liquor license
taxes she has been paying for
several years has aroused very
ittle interest or sympathy. It
lAAmH to ho in th? rvialliAn -
?W |/VOIVft\/U UA m
whiskey seller and it ought te be
nade to pay alltbe penalties imx?*ed
upon any other grog-shop
ceeper."?Savannah News.
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Judge O. W. Buchanan is book*
id for the race for Congressman
pokes' successor.
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Political Meeting on Big
Scale Planned '
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To bo Hold in Union Ang. 8 9.
Eighteen Speakers, Includ ?
ing Tillman and McLaurin,
Invited.
' Special to The State.
I t.,I? W *l-~
v taivUf UUIJ IX.?V/lltJ VI IUC
biggest political meetings ever
held in this city will be held here
on the 8th and 9th of August.
The meeting will be strictly on
national issues and all the speakers
will be those who are seeking
national fame or position. Eighteen
speakers have been asked to
be present on that occasion. The
meetings will be held in Perrin's
grove just inside the city limits.
Those invited to be present are:
Ex-Gov. John Gary Evans, Hon.
John L. McLaurin, Hon. Stanyaruo
Wilson, Hon. B. R. Tillman,
Col. J. J. Hemphill, Mayor
Ellison A. Smythe, Hon. A. C.
Latimer, Col. George Johnstoue,
Hon. W. C. Benet, Hon. D. S.
Henderson, Col. W. J. Talbert,
Col. Wilic Jones, Gov. VI, B.
McSweenoy, Capt. J. A. Mooney,
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non. it. uuncan liellinger, J. S.
Brice, aud lion. William Jennings
Bryan.
The Excitement Killed Her
Mrs. J. .1. Ballard, Going to As'
si*t a Neighbor Who Caught
a Negro in Her Room,
j Fell Dead.
Special to The State.
Florence, .July 10.?A full
grown negro boy, who had slipped
into a neighbor's house for
the purpose of theft, was the indirect
cause of Mrs. J. J. Ballard's
death here late yesterday after*
noon. On oroinrr inln hot' Ka/1.
? ^ (, w?,lroom,
Mrs. F. V. Huggins found
? negro hoy concealed under a
bed. Displaying remHrkablenerve
she pulled him out and, with her
bare tists, beat him severely. She
then dragged her captive to the
piazza and screamed for assistance.
Mrs. Ballard, who lived across the
street, heard the sceams and,
with pistol in hand, started to the
aid of her neighbor. The excitement
was too great for her weak
heart, and she fell dead before
she left her door. The accident
was deplorable, and shocked the
ciimiu unity.
j The negro escaped, and has not
' \et been located.
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A Great Problem.
Nehrasua Citv Conservative.
The question now agitating the
average Populist is, "Shall we
again pre s down *he crown of |
nomination upon the brow of
Blab, and once more crucify success
upon a cross of silver?"
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Vance is Reelected.
Columbia, July 10.?The State
phosphate commission met this
morning and reelected Col. S. W.
Vance as State phosphate commissioner,
to serve for a period of
two years.
A POOR MlldiUINAlHK
Lately starved in London because
he could not digest his food.
Early use of Dr. King's New Lite
Pills would have saved him. They
strengthen the stomach, aid digestion,
promote assimilation, improve
appetite. Price 25c. Money
back if not satisfied. Sold by
Crawford tiros, and J. F. Mackey
& Co.. druairiats.
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A statement pi ?pared at the
internal revenue bureau shows
that the total receipts from the
war revenue act from July 13,
l$9g, the date the act w6nt into
effect, to May 31. 1901,' amounted
to $310,053,363.
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Unknown Man Dies
in Room at Botel.
Took Overdose of Morphine and
Lay Down. It May Hare Been
Suicide.
The State, 10th inat.
Away from borne and friends,
in a strange city where none even
I know hiu nainp a vonntr mnn <lirrl
yesterday morning early and now
tills a grave in the Potter's Held.
He di?d of an overdose of
morphine, self-adminis t e i r d,
whether with suicidal intent none
can tell. Many looked upon the
features of the dead man hot hv
was unknown to all. Where he
came from, whither he was going
and all the usual questions asked
at such a ti no remain unanswered.
The poor fellow died in a room
in the Congaree hotel. He bud
come to the hotel the day before.
The wife of Proprietor Foulk was
in the office. The ? oung fellow
told the lady he was feeling
badly and winte.i a room. He did
'not register but paid 50 cents for
the room and was shown up
stairs. He never left the room so
far as is known. At 4 o'clock
yesterday morning he was found
( by Proprietor Foulk, stretched
across the bed cold iu death. He
bad not undressed, but bad merely
removed his seersucker coat. In
the fireplace was a bottle that had
contained an eightb-of an ounce of
morphine. It told the story.
The man was apparently about
25 years of age, clean shaven, and
about 6 feet high; his complexion
was dark and his hair and eyes,
black. He wore a pair of cotton
check trousers and a pair of No.
9 shoes badly worn. He wore
also an' ordinary seersucker coat.
No letter was about his person
and there were no marks by whicb
the body could be identified unless
the marks on the handkerchief he
had may lead to the discovery of
hie identity.
NOTICE!
1 "Notice is hereby given that
the Board of Directora of the
Lancaster & Chester Railway Co.
by resolution adopted at their
meeting held on the 1st, day of
.July, 1901, have called a special
meeting of the stockholders of
said Lancaster & Chester Railway
i Company to be held at the Bank
, of Lancaster, iu the town of Lancaster,
S. C. on the 3rd, day of
August 1901 at 12 o'clock noon,
to consider a proposition to increase
the bonded indebtedness of
said corporation bv the issue of
$135,000 of First Mortgage 5 per
cent twenty year bonds, for the
purpose of providing funds with
which to reconstruct and improve
the line of railroad of said
corporation." ,
Dated the 1st day of July, 1901.
By order of the Board of Directors.
R. C. McManus,
Secretary.
Lee Smith, white, who eacui>etl
from the North Carolina penitentiary
recently, was captured lust
Thursday at Bennettsville in this
State. He has six years to serve
for horse-stealing.
The constitutional convention
of Alabama has rejected the
proposition for majority verdicts
in civil rases.
The contest fot the seat in congress
of Dr. J. Wm. Stokes will
be prosecuted regardless of the
death of Dr. Stokes.
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. UofvT WAiTi
If you knew how SOCVlTS I
, tMULSION would build vou
j up, increase your weight, V
j strengthen your weak throat I
I and lungs and put you In coiv I
I dition for next winter, yo^fl
. would begin to take It now* I
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