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THK lkik,?,R. 1 ^ J T*i >1 ro'i ? > l> M \N \OKK WKl>N*I.SI)ATf , BElTKMRER 25, 1001. Tlv? V u n a i a v \7i uui l/l lim III V/HrU% linn, it seemn, hag instituted an original system in the matter ot pardons. IIh now requires notice of application for a pardon te be advertised for a given period in the newspapers of the locality where the prisoner resided or the' crime was committed. This is a step in the right direction. Pardon are too often granted on ex parte evidence. It is natural for the frie id-, relatives and attorney s of a convicted person to ex- ; baiiot every effort to secure his rcleu-e from prison and the restoration of his citizenship rights. 'I'o t tat end they place before the executive our *uie of the case in as strong ii manner ft* possible. I suai v the application is referred to t!io trial judge and prosecuting attorney l?ut it is extremely rare that the other side is given a full heading. The proseeting officer does not feel it Ins duty to pursue the ra-o after he has secured cadvictioi i > oiurt and the interested parties on that side are either indifferent, incapable of effective opposition to the application or uninformed as to what is being done. The plan Gov. Aycock has inaugurated v. ill tend to remove these obstacles in the way of justice. It is a pity that other gov mors do not display the desire that (rov. Ayeock exhibits to use the pai dotting power with discretion. Sinc^ so few of them de so the best way is to take that power front tnein and bestow it upon aj board free fro.it politics.?The i State. It will he a greet day for this country when all the voters give candidates to understand that facte and reason are the standards of preferment and that prejudice no longer counts. There nre still I >ts of people who allow themto l?e influenced hy prejudice, and there are still lots of pi bticianswho make their political appeals only to that which is lowest and moat degraded in human passion. But if intelligent pe >ple generally will give their attention to this kind of thing, existing standards may he raised much higher than they are now, to the very material improvement j ..f ?u_ i.i:_ ** . ? ' <M 1UC |><iiiiic KOI Vice.? 1 OI'KVIIIC Enquirer. A Hud Runaway Checked. A horse driven by Mrs. W. H. Dunlap attempted te run away Thursday afternoon, just after j she had crossed the Southern Railway?in fact, for some unexplained reason, the horee did run for n short distance?but Dr. \V. A. Pressley ran into the street and catching the reins, sue- j cee led in stopping the excited animal just at the right time, for, although Mre. Dunlap was holding the reins heroically, she would have been powerless to have checked him in his mad plunges to get away. Mrs. Dunlap was cool under the circumstances and when the animal was cheeked she was driven to her home. She was ; in no wise hurt.?Rock Hill Herald. Sixty Seven Persons Perish by the Wreck. London, Sept. 20?It is officially announced that sixty-seven j j arsons including forty five nasal men perished in the destruction of the torpedo boatdestroyer Cobra. Edvrate Yonr Rowels With Caieartti. 1 Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. IOo, 26c. If C. C. C. 1"U, druggists refund mooes. ' SILL BE PRESIDES; OP U'ilThD ij'ATSS Roosevelt Declares .. j?sall lej be Half "? j 4 And H* ha* Live*I v . 4 So Phut I P??-l I > i Pwm I Represent llie \Vh? h untry" He Calks to gresamen. Washington. 8r|it. 21. Pi emdent H"oser?]t v\ i-1 v to the A'hit* Hans** today liom the residence of his broth* r in Ian*. Commander 0**108, of ho iihvv, arriving shortly hrf *?? J):80 o'clock. Secretary H*%. Secre tary Long and Secretory (i-tue came almost upon his heels and saw the piesirient for a few minutes in ?ho cabinet room. I'he doom ef the White House were closed to the public hut admission, of course, wan accorded to those i ?:-i 1 4 ? <tih? wirsiifii m sen ino president personally and within an hour a core *?f men, prominent in public life, had called to pay their respects and to extend ti eir pood wishes for a successful administration. Amonp them was Senator Scott and Senator Elkins of VTest Virginia, Senator Pritchard ef North Carolina, Milliard of Nebraska, Burton of Kansas, and Representatives Heatwole, McCleury and Stephens, of Mineso to, Gibson, of Tennessee, Livingston of Georgia, and Dayton of \Vest Virginia Representative Livingstone of , Georgia was especially pleased with his reception. The Georgia representative had congratulated the president, had expressed the hope that his ndniims ratien would he a success, and bad in- i formed him as a southern man and as a Georgian he would con- , tribute everything in his power to that end The president re pncu mai 11 would lie nis aim to he the preside; t of the whole people without regard to g*o- ' graphical lines or classdistinctions j and thai it was tli i welfare of all ' thai he should seek to promote. The president was even more emphatic in his declaration to Senator Pritchard ef North Carolina and lleprcsentative Klutz, of North Carolina, and Representative Gibson of Tennessee "The south will support you most heartily," said Senator Pritchard, speaking for all three of the southern men. 'The Demo* cratie newspapers are predicting good for yon and of you, and the feeling of all the people fer you j irrespective of party, is most i kindly." "I am going to be president of the United States and not of any section," replied the president. "1 don't care for sections or sectional lines. When I was governer of New York I was tol<< 1 could make four appointments in the army. When 1 sent in the names three were from the south and the other from New York. They were brave men who deserved recognition for services in the Spanish war and it did net matter what States 'hey were from." The president talked in the uuu)? v?in rjifh 1?nolni' ' W??? If ?iU k/VUWbVi 1TIUUVJ ^ of Mississippi when the latter called, reminding the Mississippi senator tbat his mother was a southern woman. "1 am half southern,1' said he, 4'and I hare lived in the west so that I feel that I can represent the whole country." i Three Killed,- Twenty-Fire Injured Fifteen Fatally. Warren, Mass., Sept. 30. ? A Boston and Albany railroad train crashed into a gravel train today killing three persona; twenty-five injured, fifteen fatally. J :*> .i > < * >*?< w. i . * ??*. m>^wr jn?-w i u The Assassin on Trial Czolgosz Pleads Guilty to the Indictment Hut His Counsel Plead "Not Guilty" For Iliui?Insanity will be the Defense Buffalo, -opt. 23.?l,eou F. Czolgoz was placed on trial today for the murder or President' McKinley on Sept. 0. The tiiail was in the supreme court of Erie] county. Judge I ruman C. White! presiding. PRISONKR 1'LKADH GUILTY. When ('zolgosz was arraigned in court today to plead, District Attorney Penuy read the indictment and asked: "How do you plead ?" CzolgoBZ answered that he did not hour, thus uttering the first words he has spoken in court. The district attorney read the indictment again and repeated the question as to the prisoner's plea. "Guilty" replied Ozolgosz in a firm tone. Elaborate precautions were taken to *?uard the prisoner. He appeared in court shackled to two guards. The prisoner's plea was not accepted as his counsel had previously entered a plea of ,. ? ^ mi.,. .?1. uui ^uuif xuv unoitPMii iuwk his seat and the questioning of talesmen was resumed. The questions put by Justice Lewis show that the defence will be insanity. Four jurors were secured when the recess was taken. THE JURY SECURED. After the recess the jury was completed and at 2.43 p m. the full panel was sworn in. Assistant District attorney Penney then began his address. He reviewed the facts of the shooting. Dr. Gaylord who performed the autopsy on the President's body then testified. He told of the weunds and said that the President died from broken down tissues. Dr. Mynter one of the President's physicians wa< then called, lie said that the President's death was caused by Toxaemia. He said that the President would have died on the operation table if search had then been made for the second bullet, lie said the wouud was infections and he did not know what caused it. Dr. Mann, who also attended the President, in his testimony agreed with the other physicians that the President died from the bullet wound. Tlie court adjourned at four o'clock. Czolgosz maintained a stolid demeanor throughout the trial Great crowds over filled the court room. District Attorney Penney told the judge that he expected to have the case presented for the State by noon tomorrow. An important development in the cane was announcement that no poison had been found on the bullets or the revolver with which the President was shot. IS UK INSANK. I Another examination to determine the exact mental condition of the prisoner has been made in the Erie county jail by Dr. Carlos F. McDonald, of New York, the alienist who was brought here for | the defense by the Erie county i bar association, and Dr. Arthur W. Hurd, superintendent of the Buffalo State hosnital. The alienists were the assassin for one hour and a half and when they left both declined to discuas the cane. Although great secrecy wis maintained at the district attorneys'^ office it was learned that Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, one of the most noted alienists in the 1'nited States, and who was an ? * ?i.~ 4_:_i i VApui i. , wiwiunn n\ uiu iron or Guiteau is in buffalo. HK HASN'T A I>OlJHT. Not a doubt as to Czolgor/.'a ? i v / i / > r x - AnnouiM #11 !A* -H Respectfully announce to the Put 1 STOKES are now open, and invito Immense tosk Frssi Dry Goods, Noi >hoes, Grace I l\ I Ik 'V # tiling |U Kiill We are too busy to quoto price and we feel sure you will be please 1 f respectfully solicit yo WILLlaMS" I I - I sanity exists in the mind of District Attorney Penney, so that it is presumed that Dr. Hamilton is here merely to meet the question of insanity should the defense determine to make a fight on that ground. The district attorney is already fortified with the opinion of Dr. Joseph Fowler, I)r .las AV. Putnam and Dr Floyd S. Crego, alienists of sonic note, that Ozol gosz is perfectly sane. From a Commercial Standpoint. R. G. Dun's trade review, issued Thursday, has the following: ''When a great leader falls in battle his army grieves; but does aot abandon the attack. Rather it is urged onward by a desire to accomplish the task to which his life Was devoted. Victories of peace are greater than those of war, and no ma* has been so conspicuously associated with the industrial development of the United States as William McKinley. Facetious comments on the "ail ance agent of prosperity" were turned to wonder and admiration by the steady gains in business conditions. Instead of buying more than we sold, foreign markets were secured to such an extent that a favors ble trade balance of $(>50,000,000 was secured for the last fiscal year. Instead of London and Paris taking all the large bund issues offered, loans were placed in New York because of the abundance of funds available, even British consols coining here recently. 4'While achievements little short ef marvelous have already been accomplished, the natural resources of the country are by no means exhausted. It seems most fitting at this time to look hopefully into Ihe future and earnestly continue the march ion ward and upward un| dar a new leader that was planned and desired by the one who was taken awav ere the position was fully attianed with which this name is always associated in the minds of the grateful and patriotic I people." A Constable Bounced. Constable Coleman, who has been recently stationed here, has been bounced by Governor Mc | Sweeney. The constable got hold of Home blind tiger booze, which was of the fighting variety, and for a while he whooped things up in a lively style and wanted to punch nearly everybody with whom he came in contact. He escaped arrest by the police, but his conduct was reported, with the result that he is job'ess and with a head which feels several sizes larger than it ought to be.? Columbia Record. 9 I*' , / fT jement! IUGHES CO., lie that the TWO BIG G AN SON an inapection of their of ? flew Goods: [ions, t'lotiiin^ rifs,?Fveryor to v\ ear. ?a. Come and see what we have d. ur patronage. HUSHES CO. The AnnrchibtH to Go Free. Chicago, Sept. 23.?The an: rrhist* under arrant here are to go free. In the hearing; before Judge ChaUelain today the prose-, cut ion said there no evidence against thorn and agreed to their discharge. Similar action will he inkcti in ihe case of Emma Goldman in the lewer cwurt. A Eortune in Tomatoes. YV e were told yesterday of a very successful experiment with tomatoes in Florida. Mr. Peters, the man who married into the Hardin family of this county, and his sons ? seven of them,if we reme 11her correctly ? planted 300 acres in tomatoes, at Miutni last November. They finished gathering and shipping ahout the middle of April and realized $73,000.?Chester Lantern. Laughed to Death. Dr. Isaac N. Love, of New Yerk, wants criminals who have been comdemned to death turned over to the medical faculty to he experimented on for scientific purpose*. This brings to mind that a proposition similar to this was pending in the Alabama legislature in 1861, and the lafe T..,l ~i P n ?t_ - uinii;n C'tiiiuoi r. nil'0, Wno WIIS the senator from Montgomery, very effectually killed it off with an amendment 4'that all the lean ones he given to the doctors and all the fat ones to the soap tnak ers." After the Inogh subsided the bill was d?yid.?Montgomery Advertiser. BARGAINS IN BUG Bits AND WAGONS We are now selling for $55. BUGGIES that we have been selling: at $(J0; and Buggies heretofore sold at $55. wo are now selling at $50. So come and get you a nice, new BUGGY while they are CHEAP. We are selling the Nissen 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 buy until you see our STOCK. We also run a first-class livery, and can give you as good teams as can be had in town. Yours to serve, CLYBURH HEATH MULE CO. ' ?* 4 ' * r It J -^ nap . local attirs Mr?, P??ri?r 'jiirttitn <>f Ch^tt-r, viaited at Dr. (i. VV. P?*.v? v'a tha paxt weak # Mian Nannie Lee Hail?*,o? Cum den, who hue be?*?? vitutinir ?? her uncle's, Mr L. M <1v burn's returned home Sunday. a? Mr. Jas. R Knight,of Primue, has gathered some brag chestnuts fro n his Japanese chestnut trees which are now about eight years old. Rev. Frnntis Funderburk will preach next Sunday afternoon at Newcut, at 3:30 ocloclt, p. nk. Born on Sunday last, te Mr. and Wrs. W. P. Stogncr, of the Antioch section, a ooy. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Twitty of HeHth Springs visited their daughter. M rs .1 T Miicliav ttiiu ifmIi ? , J -f + Mr II. E Coffey has sold his plantation in the Unity seetion to Rer. W. F. Little, pastor of the Camp Craek Baptist church. Mr. Coffay will likely mora to this place. \ Mr. Lewis A. Duncan, son of Mr. A. H. Duncan of Heatb Springe, will leuve Friday for Spartanburg, to enter Wofford College. *# Miss Sadie McCardell will leave today for Columbia to be present at the opening ofPresbyterianCoL lege for Women, and resume her studies. Died,en Sunday last,of diphtheria, a little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Knight, of the Dwight neighborhood, aged about 18 months. Mr. !. E. Craig of the Sincerity neighborhood, has about completed his new two story 8-rooai residence. Mr. N. H. Hallman # i is the contructor, which insun s a good job. Rev. J. M. White and family me visiting relatives at Sharon in York county. He will preach at Sharon next Sabbath. C0Q The secretaries of all sub-Alliances are requested to send to Mr J. M. Knight, Secretary of the county alliance, for annual re port blanks so an tohave them fill* ed out befor< the annual meeting October 11th. -t * The "Tiger cat" has been per amtniRtiog in the Newcut section the past week. It captured a dog or so and made way with a few chicken*. Some in that section say its track resembles a wolf's. By paving for this ad. you can get your watch chain and charm which was found by Mr. Win. M. Viek. His horse stepped on the watch and broke it in pieces. Iter. W. C. Kwart will preach at Yorkville the fifth Sabbath in this month. On the following Tuesday he will leave for points in Anderson and from Anderson to Louisville, Ga., where he will held a protracted meeting, and will be absent over the first Sabbath in October. Mr. O. L. Potts, who killed the negro, Will Stevenson, in Chester, was granted bail on la*t Wednesday. Mr. Potts' friends think that there will be no trouble in proving that he did the shaotiag ia salf dafensa.?Fort Mill Tinas. < t3?T Pay your subscription to The Ledger, please. ? k#A i ) : v v v * i V.