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T U- >' < >-,K Til lov> * a K ' OK ft D V . : I I r~~~WKPXKSDAY, SP1TKMHKR 18, 1 !><> 1 . I YY i hin th* |?m1 w*??k th? <|ii*sion h*s hem n>k??l. who will MH'fti ?l to tin* vice prenirleneN if the Pi??i<l?nt <11?> mid tk? Vir? PiOfiilrnt 8uc< ?-*<!? him? There will then l>? no Yicr Ptebi<W-nt. The President pr?> tempore < f the Soil 14 I H- who i -II* Sanuinr Kn? of Minna, nil! xarrisa tba tunc- ; tiou* of that otlica It i* often | asked, alm>, nu?> hn'omcn President if tha Vice Prasidant, ?U"caadio.' a President who die*, should hiinnnlf dia while Pr?ai-j . dent { lu tha' ra?a the S?cratart ! of State succeed* to tha preaidan i cy; after him tha Sacratary of! the I'raasury, nod <>u through the c ibi i?t down to and including tha Secretary of Agriculture, who wool 1 >) tha last alitjibl*. This kvsti!'it of 8UCC ?*<*i 'tt wan provided for l?v act af <' >n<jrrana in rather j ret ent vent s ?in fact, toon after the death of Vn-a I'reaidant Han-1 drit'KK, whan it na* realized thai, in tli* event of the death of Presi dent Cleveland, there wan ne pro vision of l?n, either conslitutioa al or statutory, for fillinc the presidential offi? ?. Charlotte Observer. Wm. Monroe Hanged at Charlotte For Assault oe Mrs. Martin. Wni. Monroe was hanged in the county jail at Charlotte, last Friday morning at 10 o'clock. He died with the utmost composure after admitting hie guilt and de elat ing faith in his religion. The crime for which Menroe was hanged was an assault on Mrs Lemuel Martin, of Mathews. He foiyid her alone in her heme en t'te mornieg of August 13th and a'ter using much Tiolence accomplished his purpose. It is remem hered that he was tried before Judge Hoke wit fun a few days after lie committed the crime and was L'ivtn am lirtle respite am the law considered seemly. Wtien asked by the sheriff if he had anythiag to say, without a tremor in his voice, he said : "I want all our colored people to keep out of such treuble as this. The white people ? I doa't think tlia white people will do anything like this. 1 hope when the roll in called I will meet you all in heaven.'' A Crazy Man Shot. Special to The State. I'oion, Sept. 14 ?Chaa. Koho, co!., was allot last night bv Mrs. A. VV. (ireens, while* prowling i around her premises. The negro1 was said to he crazy, and was being hunted for by the police, and he asked Mrs. (ireene to hide him as he was being hunted for hy the police and waa gooing to he "shot in fifteen minutes.After he was shot he ran until he came in contact with a harhed wire fence and was there found hy the pelice with only a alight flesh wound in the neck. Boho has heen proneunced hy the dorters aa insane. Death From a Chiggnr Hit*. Special to Charlotte Observer. Concord, Sept. 13. ?Mr. Geo. M. Murr died this evening at ?:30 o'clock at hi# home on East Depot street after a painful illness from gangrene in one of his legs. As reported in The Observer, this serious condition was brought on by inflammation which btarted from the bite ef a chiggei. Ba*n the /) K>nd Y#u Haw Always Bought tfl. M'KI 'L8Y DEAD. | 'Int' il?h\? All. Good-bye! It i- G??i'h Way Hi* VVill t>a sr." The Lust Word* of nf?? Dyinjr President. \?ilburn Hoot*, Buffalo, Sept. 14 Pieaidet McKinley died at 2:15 o'clock. Ho had been un con-cioua since 7 :.'30 p ni. Ilia 1 i?i conscious hour on aarth Kav speii with the wife to whom ha <U-y -tod a lifa tima of care. Ha died ui.at tended l>\ a minister of th?* Go-pel, hut his Uat words w~r* uo hoathla submission to tho niii of ihe God in whom ha hsI'i-ti'.i. lit* was reconciled to liie cruel fata to which an assassin's bu'let nad condaninad him and faced d->?th in the -Mine spirit ef chIusuh*# and peine which has marked hi* lon<j and honarabla cai *<?r. I'll* President in hi* last period of cwusciousness, which ended about 7:40 p. m., chanted the words of the In nin, "Nearer My (rod to Thee," and hi* last audibly conscious word* us taken down by Dr Mann at the bedside were: "Good by# all. good-bye ! It is God's wav. His will be done." Ilia relative* and m??ili?ru of 1 th? official family war* at the Milhurn house, Except Secretary vr i laoti, who did aot avail his personal and political friends, took leave of him. This painful ceremeer was simple His friends came to the door of the *ick room, loeked at hun and turned tearfully away. He wan practically unconscious during this time. Hut the powerful heart stimulants, ia-cluding oxygen, were employed to restore hina to conacioiibnesa for hib final parting with hia wife. He aaked for ker and she sat at his sido and held his hand. He consoled her and had* her goodbye. She went through the heart-trying scene with the same bravery and fortitude with which she had hern* the grief of the tragedy which has ended hia life. The rage of the people of Buffalo against the assassin whrni tlicy learned to-aight that ha was dying, was houndlaaa. Thousands surrounded the jad and the antirs polica of tha city and two raginaantH of militia wera utilized ta insure hit protection. Tha Death of the President Caused by Gangrene in Wounds. Buffalo, Sept. 14?Tha following report of the autopsy upea the remains of President McKinley, signed by all the physicians in attendance, was issued at 5 o'clock : The bullet which struck fiver tha breast bone did not pass through the akin, and did little harm. The other bullet passed through both walls of the staraach, near its lwwer border. Bath holes ware foil ad to be perfectly closed bv tha hut th? ti?. snea around each hoi* had bsco'me gangrenous. After passing through the stomach, the bullet passed through into tha hack walls of the abdomen, hitting and tearing tha upper and of the kidney. This portion of tha bullet track was also gangrenous, the gangrene involving tha pancreas. The bullet has not yet bean feund. There was no sign of peritonitis or disease of other organs. The heart walls were very thin. There was no evidence of any attempt at repair on the part of nature, and death re suited frem the gangrene, which affected the stomach around the bullet wounds at well as the tissues areunsl the further course of the outlet. Death was unavoidable by any surgical or medical irrmini^m, ann waa ina direct rami It of the bullet wound. MimM Your Bowel* With Cm caret*. Candy Cathartic, cure conatlpatlon forever. 10c, 26c. If C. C. C. f"U, druggist* refund mooes. 80,0<)O People View the Retiming. | I Buffalo, Sept lf?. ? Buffalo today became a city of mourning. The irav and flxming decorations of the Pan-American Exposition gave way to the avnabol of sorrow. The hlack drapery of the city's streets muffled the tolling belle of the churches Bite of crepe appeared ?>n every sleev*. The sorrow was everywhere apparent. In the enornino a simple service toek place at the residence en Delaware avenue, where I be martyred President died. A hymn wsa mini; end a prayer wawelTered over the deed hotly. That was all. Oolv the immediate family end frieads and political assistant* of the late President were present. The scene there was pathetic in .the extreme. Then the body was borne out to the waiting cortege on the brawny shoulders of eight sailors and soldiers of the republic. The cortege passed through the walls of living humanity, hareheaded and grief-stricken, to the city hall, where the body lay in state this afternoon There a re. raark-ible demonstration occurred which proved how elo?e the President was to the hearts of tbe people. Arrangements had been wade to allow the public to view the body fioai the timo it arrived, at about 10;30 e'cleck, until about 5 o'cleck, but the people were wedded into the streets for blocka. Two linen were formed. They extend literally for milea. When 5 o'cleck came 40,000 people had already passed and the crowds waiting below in the street* seemed undiminished. It was decided to extend the time until midnight. Then for four hours longer the streets were dense with peeple and a censtant stream flowed up the steps of the broad entrance into hall and passad the bier. When the doors were closed at midnight it was estimated that 80,000 peo pie had viewed the remains, hut theusunds of disappointed ones were still in the streets. The body will lie in the city hall until morning. It will he taken to the station by a military escort tomorrow morning and at 8:30 the funeral train, consisting of seven cars, will start for Washington (I.,, I) 1 n -:i 1 w t vi hid x ciuny 11 iiiiiii 1vuiiItMIU. Mrs. McKinley, the President, t ?e cabinet and relatives and friends of the dead President will accompany the remains. Secretary Hay's Official Funeral , Announcement. ! Washington, Sept. 25.?Secretary Hay today issued to the public the following announcement concerning the funeral of President McKin<ey: 44Department of State, <4 Washington, I). C , Sept 15. 44The remains of the late Presi dent of the United States, after lyi g in state in the city hull of Buffalo during the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 15, will lie removed to Washington l?y special train on Monday, September 1G, leavieg Buffalo at 8:30 a. m., and leaching Washington at 0 p. in. The remains will than be carried, miner in? escort or ii squadron *?f 1 * j United States cavalry, to the KxecI utive Mansion, where thev will ( rest until 9 o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, September 17. They will then he carried to the capitel, accompanied by a military and civil escort, the details of whic'h will be given in a separate notice. Funeral services in the rotuada ef the capitol will be held Tuesday morning on the arrival of the escert which will accompany the remains from the VThite House. The body of the late President will lie in state in the rotunda for tha remaiadar af Taenday and will ha aacortad ta tha railroad station Tuesday aran* in^. Tha funeral train will laara * . .> - Announi WIL lAVt -\ Respectfully announce to the Ful STORES are now open, and invite Immense "to k Fres! ? Dry Goads, No ^lioes, Groce thing to Hat ; Wo are too busy to quote pric and wo fool Hure you will bo please ^J'JWc respectfully solicit yc WILLIAMSYYaahington at or about 8 o'clock I Tuesday evening, and thus will I arrive at Canton .during the day \Yedneadav, where arrangements for the final sepulture will l>e com niitted to tbe cha-ge of the citi- i | , zona of Canton, under th* direction of a committee to bo selected | by the mayor of that city. No ceremonies are expected in the citieannd towns along the route of the funeral train beyond the tolling of bella. (Signed) "John llav, "Secretary <if Kinf* " While General Brneke vill he ; in general charge of military hij rangeaients here, General Francis |S. Guenther will-he in command of the military contingent in the procession. The President has issued his proclamation uppointin Thursday, Sept. 19, as a day of mourning and prayer throughout the Un'ted States andjurgos that services he held at nil places of worship that day. Pledges Himself to Continue Policy of Dead President. Bulletin, Milhurn House, Buffalo, Sept. 14?In taking the oath the president said: tiIn this hour of deep ami national bereavement, 1 wish to etate that it shall he rev aim to continue absolutely and witaout variance the policy of President McKinley for the peace and prosperity and honor of our heloved j country." NOTICE OF AN ELECTION To he mi lilt) '24th, tiny of 1 WO I to deeid. whether or not the Town of Lancaster rhail exn-nd i s eori'O^Mie limits Whereas, n p tition has heen pre sen ted to the Town t ouricil of l.an aster, praying lint ilie Corporate lituiiM Iih extended from its present one-half mile 10 a one mi'e limit fr on the ( ou11 House, ami whereas sai l petition hears the signature* of a ma 'jority of the Free-holders residing j withi i toe territory proposed annex 11?if. tiierefore, it lias been ordered, loll lie Mayor and Aldermen in i uuncil assembled this Ninth day of September, 19<il, that, all election siian he tiehl on ilie Twe .ty-fourrli day ol ' September, 19(ll, whereby the q-tesI <ion may lie suhmltled as required by law, to the qualified voters ot the town ??f Lancaster, hui! oi'the territory proposed to annex arid indole iu the Corporate limits of said Town. It Is ordered that two polling places shall he provided, one at the Coun it Chambers of the town (guard house) at which place the voters ol the town shall cast their ballot, rhe other po ling precinct to he located within the territory proposed annexing situated between the premises of W B. C'authen and a D Hilliard on the road leadiag from Lancaster to Camden. Polls to he opened at 8 o'clock a. m and closed ! at 4 o'clock p m. The Managers for the polling pie* clOct within the town ahall he J. F Hunter, J. C. Foster and J. N. Crockett. The Manager* "for polling precinct without the town sha'l be A D HilPant, J Wylie Porter and D Reece Williams. The ballot shaM be as fellows: "Shall the incorporated limits of the Town of Laucaster be extended from the preeeat one- half mile limit, to a one mile limit from the court house" Yes No WADDY C THOMSON, Mayor, GEO W WILLIAMS, Clerk. [UAL.] jement! IUG?B CO., blic that the TWO BIG GANSON an inspection of their of h $ew Ooods: lions, ? lotliin . Tics,--* Kverj or to vi car. es. Come and see what we have >d. >ur patronage. HUGHES CO. lT e Iiflkooaster The Lancaster Graded School (Town and Fact or \) will open on Monday, September 16th, 1901, at 9 o'clock a. in. Pupils must not buy text hooks until furnished with lists hy their teachers. For pupils not belonging to this special school district, the follow- 1 ing tuition fees will be charged per month, payable in advance: Primary tirades, $1.00; Infertile-' diate, $1.50; High School, $2.00.' (j*">1' uates of this school are admitted to the Freshman class of all colleges in the State, without examination. The teachers will meet at the school house Sept. 13th, at 10 o'clock a. m. B. F. Miller, Chairman B'd Trustees. Chas. T Connors, Sec andTres. Aug 12, 1901. lmo. university! OF N03TK CAROLINA. THK HEAD Of the .state's educational System Academic Department, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy Klghtv-flve soho'anOiip*. Free tui* ?ion to texchrrs and minister*' sons. Loan* for t'?e needy ti.">7 Students. 4-3 Instructors, j New Dormitories. WMt?r Works, sen-j toil Heating System $120 0(10 spent in improvements is lyoo Mint tool I Fall te'm mm Sept 0. 001 Ad*! drees. F I* VENABLE, Pres. i impel Hilt, N. C. L i.iimu?mmiji?i_ ! i I BARGAINS IN BUGGIES AND WAGONS We lire now selling for $55. BUGGIES that we have been selling ut $(>(); and Buggies heretofore sold at $55. we are now selling at $50. So come and get you a nice, new BUGGY while they are CHEAP. We arc soiling the Nissan round and square hound wagons, also' the Owensboro wagon at surprisingly low prices. We keep on hand some good HORSES?some as fine animals as . you will find anywhere. If you want a horse that will suit you in every particular, don't buv until vou see our STO^K" We also run a first-class livery, and can give you as good teams as can be had in town. Yours to serve, GLYBURN HEATH MULE GO. t3f* Sibseribe to Thb Ledui I *.-*4 * *.<*! M i yup a Mi'wpnMn^ffpMpnM local belters Bi ine in your country produce, Butter, Egg? and Cbickent*, rip?? dally. J B Mackoreli. Hey. J. M Pai due will preach ?t donee1 X Koadw next Saturday night, at early candle light. Mr and Mra. B. F. Haile of Caaidan, vnoted at Mr. L. U. Clyhurn'e the pact week. Four pure bred Plymouth Rock cockerel* tor sule. Appl> to Rer J. M. Steadtnun. + Mrs. Hollie Ilorton, of thin plate, is visiting relatives in Monroe. N. C. Dr. It M Galloway pent Sat urdav and Sunday at the home of his father in law, Mr Maekorell, at Hluckstocks, with hi* little daughter Charlotte. The Trustees ef the Graded School have about decided te have a well bored on the school grouads. it in very much needed. <UK The subject of Rev. J M Steadman at the morning sermon next Sunday will be "Some lessons to he learn* d from the assassination of the President." -nMr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Hilton, of Cheetertield county, visited the family #f Mr. W. T. Gregory this week. They returned home yesterday. -nRavmond Jones, colored, wtw went to the cbaingHng Menday for 30 days f? r non-payaient of poll tax by Magistrate Caskey. He had j ust been released from the gang, baring been sent there for 30 days for breaking a contract. cjk) An interesting game of baseball was played here laat Saturday between the cetton mill nine and a nine selected from Contractor Staines1 carpenters The score etood 32 to 38 in favor of the Mil1, nine. -nThe protracted meeting at Pleasant Hill church will begin next Friday, the 20th, immediately after the arrival of the S. C. & G. Ex. Soutbbnund train. Rev. J M. NYhite will de the preaching. Congregation please take notice. ?/. llr. T. \V. Andsrson, of Indian Land, had a good mule killed one day last week by becoming entanglad in a rope and falling, breaking ita neck. Mr. Henry Abhly, livieg in the same neighborhood, lost a goed horsi Monday. We received a pleasant call from our old friend, Mr. John Lee Tillman, ef V an Wyck, laat Monday. Mr. Tillman is one of The Ledger's original subscribe , beginning with the first issue, fifty years ago next Febru iry. He is one of Lancaster county's most substantial citizens, and one whose word is the same as bis bond. Magistrate Hall, of Pleasant Valley, dropped in to see us yesterday. He reports the poorest crops in his section he has ever known. The cotton crop will not be more than half of an average crop,and as fer corn, there's comparatively none. The ??nd forage crops exceed any he has ever known harvested. eat James Hassey, colored, proprietor of the store and restaurant at the corner opposite Poag & Har par's ginnery,v died last Monday morning aftor a week's illness ? Ho was a eon of Diok Maeeoy of thie place, and moved back here from Rock Hill this year. ' \ I I ' *