The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 08, 1902, Image 3
local Mailers 1
Cotton brought 7} cents ont
Ihipn.aikat yesterday.
K)v. .1. M. Steudman will !
I
preach Sunday night on Sixth
Commandment * I
For Sale or K< nt ! The Cloud
residence?ten roi nis? cot i < i o
Arch and Flttuh bluets. Apply
to T. S. Carter.
?
Mr. Miller of Primus, reports
seeing h belled buzztrd in that
locality the pant week.
130T Pay one A'ear in advance
for The Ledger and let us send i
you the Home and Fat in fiee for
i
one year.
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Mrs. S. M. Purrs of (Chester,
visited relatives and friends here 1
this week.
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We are grateful to those subscribers
who have settled their accounts
since the beginning of the
year, and would appreciate the
am? from those still in nrrears. {
Only two more weeks in which
to ntake your returns. Auditor'
Cook will be is his office until the
20th instant to take them. Don't
let the tiwp slip by and your returns
net made.
The next regular examination ,
for teachers certificates will be ,
held in court house, Friday Feb.
il 19#8. Examination will begin
at 10,' a. m., and close 4 p. m. i
A. C. Howell,
Co. Sunt. Ed.
Jan. 18, 1900.
(YK>
Will Blake, col., has two dogs
less today. He hud four yester- j
day morning. His sow gar? j
birth to six pigs and two of the
dogs killed everyone of them. La
his anger Will shot the dogs.
+ +To
Rent! A valuable four-horse
farm, with good buildings. Farm ]
in "BeljTown" about 7 miles
west of town. Rent reasonable.
Apply at this office.
Now is the time to rake around
the roots of the fruit trees to expose
them to the coki so that they
will not be in too big a hurry in
crowding the season and causirg
the trees to bloom ahead of time.
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? The
earlier large broils of
chickens arc hatched the hotter
Kit J. M. Steadmao has Harred
Plymouth Rock eggs for eale at
50 cents permitting. So eggs shipped
under $1.00 per setting.
.:k
The rural mail carriers will be
glad to learn thAt the house has
passed an amendment to the np
propration biJl increasing their
pay for the laet four months of
the fiscal year from $500 to $<>00.
\LOST ! Saturday night last,
on the streets of Lancaster, $3*>,
in greenbacks ($20 bill and three
\ $5 hills). Finder will be liberally
rewarded by returning to
N. K. Moore.
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Her. J. M. Steadman attended
the^jjugionftry institute of Keck
Hill ^istrict which was held at
Klgin Wednesday and Thursday
of this fhpk. The o|>ening sermon
of thi institute was preached
by Rev. J. T|. Chandler.
Rev. Kohl. F, Small, of Jeffer a,
and Mia* Nellie Evans, of
Rockingham, ^|| ho married next
Monday. Mian KV*na hn? a number
of friends in OTyoroe. She ij
a coueia of Mr. R. K "Evans and ,
kae visited hern several tines. ,
Mr. Small ia alio known ?k Mohroe.?Monroe
Journal.
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Mr. II. M. Johnson of Cheraw,
is ovci* on a visit.
The County Pension board was
in session Thursday and Friday.
i? i if .. 11 t? itn ^ /
oar. 111hi iyiin. u ih. nue <?r
Rock Hill nro visiting thw letter's
motheri n this county.
Mrs. Hula Cuulhen of Ilaath
Springs spent khvoihI days this
week with Mrs. J. M. (Jautheu of
this place.
t e#t
Mr. Pre?toa Hilton of Weatville
vUite'l his brother-law I)r.
J. K. liu^ledge, this week.
Jim Faulkner, col., whs cam.
mitted to jail yesterday chargad
with stea'ing cotton from the
Hold of Mr. M. E. Jot dan. '
ten
Strayed ! From my homo, a
black and white s| ottcd Shepherd
dog Any information of its
whereabouts will he thankfully
recaived. J. D. Adams.
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A negro man on Mr. J. R.
Roberts' place naar Longsville
hud the misfortune to cut himself
seriously in the head while cutting
cord wood Thursday. The
axe caught n some Tines which
caused it to slip and strike him
.... .w UIHU? mi UI1VI IU III*
United States District Attorney to
compromise the cases against
tbeni?offering to divide among
the claimants $30,000, they
have oe haed; hut the District
Attorney lias refused the offer and
will prosecute them to the end.
They will he tried at the June
term ofceurt in Charlotte. The
maximum punishment is-$500 fine
aad eighteen months imprisonment.
on th? side of the head.
rjffa
The membem of the Legislature
spent yesterday and will
spend today at the Charleston exposition.
Ileprei-entative Richards
of Kershaw tried to have a
resolution passed tor the members
to get no pay for the two days
there, but the House refused te
even consider it.
-nLetters
advertised for the week
ending Feb. 8th, 1902: Mrs.
Jauie Ferry, Mrs. T. C. Fuoderburk,
Miss Merqia Tompseu, Miss
Violay Dunlap, Mr. W K. Keekes
Mr. Walker Reed, Mr. D. C
Jone , Mr. .James Jonos, Mr.
Abraham Gaither, care Oscar
Sooggin*, Mr. S. B. Benson, Rev.
I. B. Benson.
Belle Nance F. M.
Lancaster, S C.
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A very pleasuat social event
was given by Mrs. W. J. Roddey
last Friday. It was an afternoon
affair from four to six and was
given in honor of Mrs. J. D.
Wylie, of Cinesster. The f dlow
ing wers present: Mesdames H.
B. Buist, E. U. A very, .J. 4.
Hull, J. M. Cherry, t. B. Duolap,
W. C. Whitner, W. B. Dunlap,
O. S. iW? Rock Ilill Herald.
- 4Some
of the oil milis are paying
90 cents a hundred pounds for
cotton seed. Counting tha bushels
at 32 pounds this wiJl give
28.8 cents a bushel, ^nw will it
be (tetter for the farmer to sell
hie seed and buy guano or cotton
meal, or use bis seed as manure!
in other words, can the farmer
afford to put a bushel of cotton
seed in the ground as manure,
when they are worth half aa much
as a bushel of corn will be in the
fall ?? Rock Mill Herald.
The Amos Owen cherry tree
people, through their attorneys,
E. ,1. Justice snd Senator Pritch14IVI
Ilill'* niuila ui 4?
Pardoned by the Governor.
Mr. S. .T. Rutledge, who was
couvictcdin th? Session# court f?>r
Kershaw couniy for vtolation of
th# dispensary law and fined $100 o
has been pnrdened by the Gover- T
nor. It wtis ebown to the satis 0
faction of the Governor that be 01
had been wronply convicted. it
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An OI<l Colored Man Drops Dead ^
Hen Smith, an md colored local <1
preacher cropped dead while chop- j 1
pinjj wood at his homo at Pleasant in
Hill Thursday uio? nine. Mr. M. nl
Y. Cauthen and another jjentle It
I
man wi re passing at the time and T
saw him whan ha fall. Th?v car- J o<
t ied him into his hnma but he j at
am (lend when they got in with k
him. ! w
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Negro Woman Nerloualy Burned di
Cornelia Crawford, colored, j si
had her clothing catch fire from \r
tire around the waah pot Thursday ci
and before the flames could he oi
extinguished by Rachel Thorn well, tl
who was present, she was serious- II
ly burned on her liutba and hodv. tl
She recoived medical attention m
aed is doing rery well. Har ic
husband, Paul Crawford, is laid ui
up with\ a broken arm having tl
fallen off the buss one day last b
week. It is an unfortunate, house- w
bold. n
Tlio McWliirtcr Property SoldThe
McWhirter property con?
sitting of the storeroom recently ^
occupied by Abernethy's auloon^ ^
on South College street, and the w
store now occupied by W. H. '*
Hoover & Company, on East ^
trade street, was sold at public
auction at the court bouse yester. ^
day for $14 500, the purchaser ^
being Mr. W. B. Wilson, a law* ^
yer from Rock llill, S. C.?Char- ^
lotta Observer. ?
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Death of Mrs. hew is Cola
Mrs. Cole, daughter of the lata
F. B. Mobley and wife of Mr. j*
Lewis (Hole of Heath Spring, diad
Thursday lust, aged about 40
years. Mrs. Cole ha* bud a throat *
affection for suae time and a few
months ago was taken to New ^
York where an operatieu was ^
performed. She was a tueiul>er
of Beaver Creek Baptist church
and was an excellent woman. Lier
husband and several children ^
survive her. Her remains were ^
interred yesterday at Salem bury- ^
ing ground.
Wholesale Robbery
It has developed here within the
past few days that a gang has been c
systematically robbing the Ian- i
caster Mercantile Company for <
the pasty ear, and the indications a
are that hundreds of dollars worth t
i
of: goods ' have been stolen. It i
seems all to result frem a trust ef i
draymen?and it was a hig trust, t
Last Wednesday John Wilson,the <
delivery dray mart, was caught Up i
with. He implicated others and
the number kept growing until up' I
to this time warrants have been .1
issued for, and the following per- s
AbD' Vinxto Kaom - * ? -J - T^l
uvu? ii?*v ai ioiicu tlUHfl
Wil?on; J I' Yandle, Plyler and I
Deas, Ed Sanders,' colored, and a
Dan Bvlce and Wn?. 11 agin*, two t
colored draymen who have been *
in the employ of the company.?. A
The draymen% are charged with
taking and selling the goods and
the ethers with receiving them, j
Wilson, Plyler aud Dean gave I
bond at once for their Appearance
at conrt. The affair has caused
the greatest surprise fo the friends tl
of the parties accused. ' jt
"C" With a Tall. t
The "CM with a tdii is the trade* H
mark of Cascfcrels Candy Cathartic.
Look for it on the licht blue enam?U/t
metal box! ?ach tablet stamped
C: C. C. Never sold in bulk. 1 All j
druggists, toe.
i
MmM Tour Hcwrla With C'mmnu. j
(toady Cathartic, ?n raaatipaUoa faratSC i
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[For The Ledger.
John A. Montgomery.
Johnatban A. Mongomery, one
f th? men that ?ai murdered in
December last, twelve mil?* from
xford, Mi*?, was horn about
ue aide north of Dixie poBtoffice,
1 Lancaster County, S and
as the eldest son of R. D. Montiiiuero
1 h.. '
< < > i. i mi t * urn 1110 r.\*ri
.
ate, but think he was horn in
$48. Ht received his education,
lost of it, neut father's home
L what was then ill* Ihlk school.
took its name from old unci*
ommie Helk, who did more to'
locate the youth ?f thnt day than 1
ly man while living. May his
indness never he forgotten. It
as at this school 1 first met'
lontgoniery. Many w?i? the
i\s we played together and
vuag on the g'ape vine swing
hen little hoys, and when the
*u?*I war b?gan we were still in
tr teens. We volunteered in
le same company under Capt.
urnes. Co. L 12th S. C. V. In
lat company he served to the
id of the war, for throe veaia
i the army of Northern Virginia, J
mter Stonewall Jackson, and
lere was hot few battles fought
lit what he took part in, and was
ounded three times. It matters
ot hew brave men ever get to
e, for of such that grand army
1st followed Lee and Jackson
mui^h three long years on the
loody fields of battle in Virginia,
(ary lued and Gettysburg, history
rill never record the name of aey
raver soldier than Corporal
ehnathan A. Montgomery.
Shortly after the war he, with
is father and motter, moved to
(ississippi. In his adopted state
e married, made Oxford hit
ome and while in the discharge
f his duty, arresting an outlaw
y the name of Will Mat his, he
rith one other ofheer by the name
f Montgomery, was murdered
ad their bodies burned in Mathis'
ouse. We see from the papers
h*t on February 14th, Mnthii
nd two other men will be hung.
Mr. Nelson Montgomery, of
his count), was a brother and
ilessrs, John W. A. Porter, J.
Yvlie Porter and L. S. Porter
re first cousins to Mr. Montgomery.
He had a number of reatives
in this county among them
Messrs. J. Montgomery Caskey,
N. Q. Caskey and John Dave
3askey. W. G. A. Porter.
juddeo Death of Mr. J. .1. Nivens.
Mr. J. J. Nivens, of Union
:ounty, died auddealy last evenng
at 6:30 o'clock, at the resilenceof
his too, Mr. J. H. Nivens,
it|the Atherton Mill. He was in
hp pitting room talking to hit
rife and his son when he fel
rom his chair, seized with at
ieart attack, presumably, and
lied almost iaatadily. He w?t
n hia seventieth, year.
A widow and two aons, Mr. J.
I. Nirens, of this city, and Mr.
I. J. Nivens, .Jr., of Providence,
uivive the deceased. Toe le
inins will be taken today tc
Aorren church, in Union county,
nd the interment will take place
here this afternoon. Deceased
?as a devoted member of the
ietbodist church.?Charlotte Obenrer,
4th.
Uu, Dm ^ As KiU Yw for* Ahaayi Beftt
The Charlotte N?wV account of
ie Rockingham county boy, now
1 Charlotte, who went to Texas
nd struck eil and is now worth
3,00#,000, reads for all the world
kh a circus advertisement.
Am OU Mm.
Ewiy dlj atrengtheni 1kt belief of
Mot phydciaae that impure blood k the
euM^of the m^ority of omr disease*.
rTntfln years ag* this theory ?m mw
m a bed* for the formula of Browne' Irea
Bitters. The many remarkable on res efboled
iy this flu^ooe (Ql^hotMshold eesaedy ase
Child Labor Bill Killed. : <
Bill Regulating .Liabilities of
Railroads Which Maintain Rc. J
lief Department* l'a.-aed. ^ _
Special to Charlt-aton l'o?t.
Columbia, Feh ?? The Set ate
today devoted primly three hours] .
to the consideration of lit* hill
"regulating tin* lialiil tie* f rail,
road companies having relief dct.art
mettle for employ < e? " l i e
invuellie elled- oitl\ the Atlantic'
Coa.t Line mix! tlie 1*111111 system I h
in this State. On the motion to j \
at like out tne en cling the vote ^
was a t*e, being IS to IS The H
Lieutenant Governor cad the ?le- ^
ciding vote, which \>a> against *
*
striking out the emoting \v >rd%
and the hill than went to a third j_
rea ing The hilt provides 'hut ,
emplox ees who re < ivo benefit from
this relit f fin d ?li ill not thereby
losa their right to hi ing action ?
against the railroad cotnpan\, as h
the railroads now provide in their ^
contracts .villi employees
1 a
The bdl to adopt the new code 1
was given its second reading after '
it had heeo found that the code "
must l?e adopted before any acts
can tie ratitied and Iteca lie laws. 1 ^
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In the House there was an.'t her 11
. y
fu 1 debate on the child lahor hill h
and it was finally killed by a vete 1
of 54 to 52, on a motion te inde- >1
finitely postpone.
Tha hill providing for munici- _
pal courts in Columbia, Green vilhi
and Spartanburg passed its second G
rending.
The lawyers take the position ^
that nn hill can he ratified and become
an act till the code has been
adopted. Therefore the new ^
jury law, now ready for ratificaticn,
u held up. E. <J. W. <
to writ* for our confidential letter before applying
for patent; it may be worth money,
wis promptly obtain U. 8. and Foreign
PATENTS
and TRADE MARKS or return ENTIRE
attorney s fee. Send model, sketch |
or photo and we send an | MMEDIATE I
FREE report on patentability. \ve give j
the beet legal service and advice, and our
cbargee are moderate. Try us.
SWIFT & CO.,
Patent Lawyer*,
pp. U.S. Patent Office,Washington, D.C. I
Sold Out
All the $1.5*Sets, have sour
$2.00, $2.50 and $.'1.00 ones left.
Head Stones, Tablets an<< Men*
intuits from Vermont, Georgia %*fi
Italy Quarries. Call wr write.
Pricewill pl^u.-eyou.
A.J. McNinch,
LANCASTER, S. C. '
1 CTATU M? CAWTU P A DAT T W i
, umiu vi ovwiLi imuvmnn,
? COUNTY OF LANf AHTER
I P?y < hi*. D Joutu, Feiiuird Probate
, Judge.
Whrkeu* w p. I . Porter, Clerk '
I of? ourt made unit to me. to grant
. Imn Letter* of Administration or >lr?
dere'lct estate and effects ft Wylle
R Duren. ileoniHrd,
These arr TilERKFOKR to cite and
admonish all and tne s'UKUlar the
Kinored a d Creditors of the said !
Wylle R. Duren, de< ea-ed that they \
b* and appear hef? ? mo. in tlie ('our 1
of Probate, to he held at I.ancaster,
C. H . ri. C . on thv 7th day of Match !
i ext after publication tti-rcof. at 11
o'clock in iho fo-ei?o-?n, to show cause, '
if any they have, why the aaid Ad
! ministration ah< uld no/ lie granted
Given under tnv Hand and *>eal !
tbi? *3d day of J inuarv Anno Domini '
19 >2. j
n a 1 OH A P. 1> JONKrt, 1
* Judge of Probate
1 \
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Ai Mario- : N . ??. c ninuVH ut N^ajion
with ? 1111>? 11 1 {? tisli. .So M
vliieh arri\e? hi Marino mi 8.28. h in, ^
roiD Cht.ttai o>>tf?, , s*l evil e miic! iusrmcdiute
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At Blacks! iir^: No. 34 and No 11
oir.iects with .- utl.ei. Ily r in N?>
10 which ari.v - at I in k loir* ?.t 7 45
i in, fioin Atlanta ( ' a vi.n*. Hj.?r?
Mul'iiric hi d int* line i.iio |??>in ?
At Yoikvi i : o 34 o ? in etri with
"J A N W train No 70 wldeti tvartc
i'ork* ille hi 10.-48. h hi for Hasten in.
r.eno r and in It i rued i te | .iin??.
At Hock Hi : No. 32 and 34 con
left- with ! *? ilnrn I y i*hiii N? Hwhich
leaves it ek Hi I u 3:30. p ir>,
N?r Cheater, v ? until.. ami intense
liute nointft
At Caihwba Jet; No's 32 acid <14
^ntuu i?tu arirli > A I f niia Mm '-U
Aliirb pn Ms Cataw m Jet. ^ p
f^r Monroe and teriin ?1t tie p? infc?.
At Lancaster: N V 32 i?r<1 14 c*uneol*
will L A irvi N". 32 which
'?aves Lar canter u/4:41 p *? torilieatar
ami inteiim thate t otitis.
At 1 amdet : NY oh v ? l< (N W ?'J
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DrtHliinlrt", \\ Iiiinmoit ami intermediate
po'iita. I r i h N" 0>S wliiti*
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I) it linvton, VVllminirtnn Sumter at d
tutunndiaie |H>ii.t4 wh eh nnivm at
Uumden at ' 1:1") i m wdh **outk/eni
Ky train No 77 f om Kir x?viite
which artivea at'' nideo at 11:55 a m
At I.anoaster.* v,. :u cmm-ifa at
Lancaster w.ih ]. A, ( tiain No, j? rt><
['Intiter ami in'erinedi<tte p lot*
At t atawha Jet: No 3J ami M co?
JfCts Willi S A L ir-ln No 32 wiitch
leaves Catawba Jet at. 7M p m fo*
Moor e ami intermedial* t?ol?ta.
At I lock Ull!: N-. 31 un* 35 eon
iecs at Rock Hill w th ^outhirn Ri
rain No 34, leavi. a R ot Hill at H W6
!> ? for Chat lotte and po t t* notth
At Hlackabu'K-' No 33 oonneow
\ ith Southern It V Cuius N?>'a 12 4:3*
? m.tNo 33 at 7:t 5 p m. ami No 4o i t
i.45 p on, for poigtn n rlh No's IK
o <1 35 conm-cta with southern Ry
rain No. 35. leaving HI icksburg at
1:25, p to f< r points south
At Mari- n: No, 83 connects with
Southern Uy train No 35, leaving
clarion h( 11:40 p ni for Ashevtllw,
'hattaiiooga and intermediate taunt*
TMioiikY -ar>frvice withmit chaim*tetween
Mat ion ami ? hut eatoti on
rnina No's 82 aud 35.
E. H. iSH AW,
(Jen'l. Pa^wng* r Agaut
A1! persons indohtod to us,
<ithor hy note or on account,
nust conio forward and settle
nomptly, us our Met chandi.se and
intino accounts and notet weit
i I due the 1st of Nov. We have
vuited patiently on our customers
,nd must insist up ?w them coilnp
forward and settling with us
>r< mptlv.
Heath Hankiag A IfarcaatiU