The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 14, 1902, Image 3
I Local Matters
lligheto market price puitl for
huttoi' an<l oggn. .1. I* Muckorell.
Five vucuul town lot* ?t u l.nrgui
i li1 \oil menu business ?pl'l.v
to I. Cm4f i'.
I have a nice lot of milch oowh
willi voting eulves for ?nlo or ox
TT IMMgi'WIUl
800 announcement ?>f Hon. T.
Y. Williams for the House oi
Representatives.
The medical society held it.^
monthly meeting Friday. Dr. W.
B. Cox read a most interestingpaper
before the society on Tvpli lid
fever, based upon actual experh
ence, practical observation.?
Chester Lantern.
Mr. and Mrs. Kb. Patterson, ol
Lancaster, visited at tho home of
the former's father on Booth
street during the past week.?
Fort Mill Times.
A little son of Mr. and M:s. J.
F. Failc, aged two years, died lust
Friday at Camden, where tho parents
were liying, of dysentery.
The remains were brought up or
the north bom d train 8aturda>
for burial in the l'uile gmveyaid
near Mr. .Jno. CL Blackmou's. ?
Kershaw Era.
? W o are indebted to Presldei
D. B. Johnson for an invitatior
to attend tho coinmCncemeni exer
cises of Winthrop College Jum
t K 1 O
X O J <?.
Mr. ami Mrs. ,1. B. Clyhurc
left Monday for a visit to the
former's parents at vVaxbuw, N,
C. Mrs. Clyburn has been quiti
sick for somo timo past, and f
change was advised. Dr \V. G,
Stevens accompanied Mr. un<
Mrs. Clyburn to Waxhaw and he
reports some improvement in hoi
condition. ? liock Hill Herald.
Me srs. Ralph Foster, Fostei
Moore and Bennie Clyburn of thin
pludc and Frank Potts, of Pleas
ant Valley, students of the Soutt
Cm ? lina College, are at home t(
spend thej'acation.
The Cly burn-Heath Mule com
pany has just added a pneumati<
tired buggy to the rolling stock o;
their livery stable. It is the firs
vehicle of the kind ever brough
to Yorkville, and is exciting nine!
interest. ?Yorkville Enquirer.
* *?
Mr. H. J. McManus, formerly
of Van Wyck, this county, died
at his home in Charlotte on Jum
Cth of parnlyjri*. Ho was about (>.'
yearn of r,?e af.d leaves t vo sons
J. H , and S. H. McM anus, unc
two daughtoip, Mrs. Curru
Reaves and Miss Moihe MeMuniiM
8urvivin him. Ho sjorvod in tin
confederate army and madoa gooc
soldier, and was a highly respect
ed, good citizen. His remains wen
interred last Saturday at Sand]
Ridge church In Union County
N. C. .
chH!t?iu fur <11 y c.tlile.
?I. M Hood.
Mrs. (t NC . I'uiliij)-;, of Hock
Hill, is visiting nt. her old liomo in
Flat Creek township, ^Kershaw
Kra
I
Mr. P. B* Cl\ bip n, of the
Comptroller (ioiiorid's office, Columbia,
was in the oilv ibis weok\
Co lgresstmui Km Icy has the
editor's thanks for a very valuable
map of the United States.
Mrs. Oliver Blackmon is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Hardin, at
Miss Maude Inez Tillman, o
i this place, was rc elected a teach
er in the graded school ut Luur
ens at the meeting of tho boar
of trustees ut Ihut place lastTurs
day.
Leo li. Wilson, col., was foil01
goiity in Magistrate Caskey'
court yosterday of disposing o
property under lien and paid
tine of $15.
Died, on Thursday, June, 111
of dysentery, little Chalmers, th
infant son of Mr. and Mr . Charle
Lowers, aged <>no your The in
torment look place t New Hop
chursh at 10 a in , \ i&terday
Tiiarhcrs K ected
1 The board of trustees of th
' graded school met yosterday t(
( elect touchers for the next scholar
tic year. Prof L. T. Uuk^r wn
reelected superintendent; Prof \)
l>ress!oy Robinson was electo
principal in lieu of Prof. J. E
i Johnson who did not apply fo
j reelection. The other teacher
were all re elected, viz : Mrs. T
Y. Williams. Miss Eloise Foster
3 M iss Ida Corbet ami Miss Mami
Huey. Miss Eva Robinson wa
reelected principal of the brand
, school at the cotton mill. Th
( board of trustees is to bocongrat
ulated and tho schools are fortu
" nate in tho retention of their ef
3 fieient corps of teachers. Prof
i Robinson, tho ptincipnl, is no
, only a tine scholar hut has heei
j very successful in conducting
large high school at Shopton, N
C., the principulship of whicji h
will I'AuKrll Ifi aiw.nnl llm
? -r
, in our school.
I
i ~'
L?k Amputated
Mr. Peter Robinson, who hti
suffererod intensely the past yea
^ or two from tuberculous ulcers o
t his loft leg had the limb anipn
tilted just below the Knee lui
| Wednesday merniog. L)r. E. i;
McDow assisted by Dr. J. C
1 Foster, performed the operation
| which was very successful. Mr
j R., is getting on very well.
11 _ mii _
t Killed Near Rfciiiuue
i Charley Douglas, colored, wu
almost instantly killed yestcrdu
I at .1. J. Wkuonunt's saw mil
near Bethune, in kershaw county
I ' by boing caught in the fly whee
} 1 of tho eogino. Ho wus one of Mr
j1 Whisonants best and most trust!,
i hands.
> J
| j
Tho quo tion of tlctcrminia
wUol Ko?* 1 *"* ' 1
nuuiuvi m 111 iioww i w m hi iijiVU Ul('(
> trie lights, is now sfj r.- \ htvfor
3! tho voters. A mujo y of tn
I j freeholders have fuvoi ?d the or
. | during of nn election, which nil
I t?e held jnly 8. The proposition i
' to i.?suo $10,000 in honds for in
( stalling no electric light plant
i provided ho much ho in cesairy Winnsooro
News and ilornld.
Mr. L. M. Civ butn visiter
Yorkville this* week.
/
II. K Ilia s, Csq.. has return
. od fi*i?in ii vi-it i > his parents ir
North Carolina. j
Mr. uud Mrs. h C. Pavsoui
are visiting relatives if the forruei
at Rutherfnrdt >n and Lincolntnii
N. C. .
i A protracted meeting is ir
progress at the see md Raptisl
Church. Rev . Raxtor b underbill*!
is assisting the pastor
i The examination of applicant
to tench in the public schools o
the county camo otT yesterday n
tliin place. There wore twclv<
white and fifteen colored uppli
jcants before the board.
Miss .lanie Cauthen, of Oak
Imrst, who hus been spending i
wi ek with her brothers at thi
place, will returned home today.
Mr. J. M. Green of Charlotte
who has beon spending a week 01
so with relatives here and in thi
! county, returned home yesterday
j It was his first visit to Laooftste
i since he moved away six or 6igh
years Ago.
1 Mistrial in tlio r.ini Against ?
aroii WII ianis for Ivil njjWni
S <i(U'lil|UI'
I lie ti^nl of A?r n \vd!ian? f?n '
i killing WuiS. (? ir n t iimi1 11 bl '
(i old Mipn, m-roti-* in K<l?hi?'v 1
Onmlv, cuiue iit it .mnlt'.n la i j
wtekuud resi lied in a uiisU ial. j
The Mi la was i cproseutid l?\ M
' L. iStnith, Ksq , and thedef mU
not by K. 1). Lllakoiiey, K-q., and
\V. D. Ttantham,bjsq. Tht Wa- !,
1 lore ? Messenger in its account of
1 the trial s.i\ s: "(Jeorgn (iardiier,
i brothernl th deoea-'d, and the
1
I I ifld/nmr A ? V V i ! 1 i -ii... ?. ? '!?a
" "" 1"1 1 .!' ^ !
only ejo witnesse. ; b ?th te-tiliad
in lIk; ease and gave < diiercnt vir.
sinus of the iliHic*ti11 ..
GOurgo Gardner testified that '
Ik; ami bis brother William S. '
were walking side l>\ side in the (
road near the Williams* home '
when Aaron Williams, to their
surpiise, walked up to them with
1 a doubled barrelled shot gun and
s i
presented it on William S. (Gardner,
and cursed him: that he,
George, and William, both beg'
ged Aaron not to shoot, but with
1 uuotber oath Aaron levelled his
gun on William und told hiiu to
throw up his hands: Williamthrow
1 up his hands and while in tbutde'
* fenseless attitude, pleading for
mercy Aaron emptied both barrels
j. of shot into deceased.
Tho defendant Auron Williams
, on being sworn in on his own bed
half ascended the witness stand
; and denied that ho shot William
S Gardder while ho, Gardner, had
j his hands up, that on the contrary?
s the shooting was done ny him in
f self defence, that as ho approach?
a ed William Gardner, he asked
Gardner why lie had come on \ihe
. place and ill treated his, William's
fata?T and sister, that Gar 'ner
c
replied wita an oath Loathe would
V
show him wiiy, ami accompanied j
his woids willi an otf it j draw j
e his pistol, when lie, A!tfjo,*sliot
deceased twice.
Idle jury could not cmicile luc e
e
3 k 1
ft J
v
iron are nsv
s Thursday and is
: this opening tho
P & d* a
;ipiay of
I careful buying b_
- o experience aat
been searched t?
t ever shown tea L
? age is not suffice
B deserve it by ofh
price. The siigi
alone ?o tar as q
Slere you will
1 mer good in Sil
;; goods in merceri
j. suits. 50 styles
;; Dotted Swiss am
- these are scare
;! - llle
1
150 pieces ??f y
v 18 li t ^?* ?.?? -
' | rr UIIC IHIIVf Tlill
are opciUji!; 11a
I Hoiih to :'j
"inhere else in
?>ers. , .
i- Heath I
i
htmietnc 11 \ opposite statements,
ludeoDsn) iv.1 1?. could not ngreo
>t) a vti.i. i ? w . t i . i
V.itu too i' 1 i i tv- n n aiinr, mi*t a
m<triul en i i!.''
?1*. ..
." ii.it . . ".i ll :> I' - f i. :v*
C >' ' ' ' iii f f '
Of. . I I. ; t'.i 1 ?V. i:v ,
(it 1 i l'n o S A' in tile.
Ctnirl e, X. (.1 unit 12.
The ens? of the govoramOBt
iliain-t t UlliN < ) run ? Mwi >
I'reo (' v, which is all -god
lO bo i - 11 was hej/ing; in tin:
I n ti.1 tut in litis tit)
to lav. i i company operated at
Uut'nv . 'tm, lib* state, ami the
JoVcl'itu 11 go9 thilt tllO COD*
20rn rev v I i?17,00b in ??0 day's
jperutim. mitor Pritehard ami
othordi-'i ignis u-d counsel represent
tin' T a lants. Tit {;iivi:niwont
is icptesenlo I by the district
attorney and bis assistant.
A large number of witnesses fri in
alt over the state arc here to testify.
Protection for Rural Mail Boxes.
The following paragraph i- taken
h'cu tho postoflico npDi'ODria
tion bill: "Whoever shall hereafter
will iliv or maliciously tear
down or destroy any letter box or
other receptacle established by order
of the postmaster gem ral or
approved or designated by him for
the receipt or delivery of.mail
matter on any rural free delivery
route, or -hall break open the
same, or wilfully or maliciously
injure deface or destroy any mail
matter deposited therein, or shall
wilfully lake or steal such m.. *er
from or out of such r iter box or
other re cpia le, or shall wilfully
aid or in a jy ??t" Il.o afore
menti < ; oi; - s, .-hall forever;,
such tl use be punished b\ a tin*
of n t r 'nan $1,000 or "by iin
prison . i for not more than
three \ c; rs.'
p "O T \[
t Lb 1 a
itoK to our gre
i iday this e L,
*
best yet. ' oii;.
JUiiierv* his
v ous* expert sail
, u
lil spkaniitl taste
> bring Sic fore y?
aaacaster. e I
i K r %. it- * ' - - ? - ^
stag, iTiiNOsa lO VO
icing superior is
litest look over c
uantity, assortm
find the oiil} co
ks, Dress Goods
ised Silk Zepliy
of French Pc
il Organdies. A
e now.
f -MMIC! ? Uinl
una i liliii
white goods <Pkt
Iran, French or
enough alLovi
le oiiiiitv iiig
adored . -k?i*ts
Banking t
< :
.1 .J. Stone \N anted.
Slid ill ;.\ t>n, of Ahhevdlu, \vij
in town Saturday looking for .1.
,1 St ii', who has Ixeii known i i
this e ;;.tv two or three \ eats as
a | iaiio tuner. ! ? Ims ben in- .
lulling in sundry eap.ns that
come under the head ?>;' frail I ami j
general rascality. lie h is been ;
keeping a -to :k ot inn-teal in-trnmeats
ii Abbeville. It seems
i 1 : i 11 . i
iii;u 111- im-cu ini in? money lie,
cc'.iil th rc I?y check- on Chester j
Imnks, win re he had no funds and
can ii 1 oil cy< r.yIliiii?* lie could, i
I'he money Iran Intently obtained
there probably anioun ed to $700.
lie also secured all lie could in
Chester, cheeks on A'?be
villo hunks, an i we undei stand
tint ho enrie'io 1 himself as much
as possible about his l ite home,
at lhisseoni'illc. where lie left his
wife and child. lie is known to
have had a railroad p i-s to Richm
md, but his whereabouts is not
' known ?Chester L intern
Guilty"ot Manslaughter
i. ? ;
\ Special to the State.
1
Anderson, June 1 i!. ? At S:?'0
! o'clock touight the jury in the
i case of Si.-.gleton Mcintosh, eharg
cd with the murder of George MeKinney,
returned u verdict of
guilty of manslaughter with a
recommendation ta the increv of
the court. Mr. George K. Prince,
one of the defon hint's attorneys,
immediately gave notice of a urn
tion for a new trial, which will < e
argued tomorrow or the next da v.
i ?
Attention Memlx rsC'oniil.v l>en?~
ocratie Ivveeut i\? Committee
,
Ail members of the C imtv l\x
eculivo C nnmUteo are hereby
notnied and re juested to attend a
nr." ing of .siid committee at Laii?
Ci-t- r Court li 'Use on Mini,
d :y, do e 2b'\l in.-t., at p.
m. it. Iv (Jotl'ey, Chairman.
2t.
C 1 0 0
at Hale
April St5 ami 4<h
i- a: d v ?na nil! set
exhibit is the res
dsi r. hliss Mae^l
, The markets <
an the, tiniest art*;
cuon that asking
u for giving if, bu
ldueciiients in st>
kin s? ? ? - - 1 ? - - 1
nm niiH'tk.) n HI Ml
ent, style and |?s*i
ni|detc stock of !S|
and Wash (>oo(li
?'S, vtry desirablt
H'caies, Lovely i
i fen assort met*
9 S J ? 1
n mm m S i
i
id muslins and st
gaudies and |>ers
' Emln oiderie.-.
Y:5 ; Li-s^S. ^bi - ife -
Iiia ess I? Hints a si
& Mercan
Mf./w lh< Cuiiffhantl H'oi ks of}' the
t old
Laxative Bromo (Quinine Tablets
euro a cold in one day. No
Cure, No Pa v. Price, 25c.
Mr. .1* Im \V. (iordon of Pleasant
drove has a copper teapot that
is probably two hundred years old.
li u.;s brought into ibis ceuutrv
from Scotland about 17*30 by tho
Pickens fa nily and has since been
handed down from generation to
^ Deration. Mr. dordon's grandmother
was a Pickens.?Monroe
Kiupure r.
Wlulo no oilicial lieu res have
Net been given out, it i? etimated
that the total losses of the Charleston
exposition amount to $450,s
mm. This includes ?250,000 of
st ck, 5?5'?,000 of bonds, ?60,000
of general indebtedness, and ?100,"H?o
of advances and endorsements
by ( aptain V. W. Wagner.
The board of trustees of tho
Vutkviilo Graded school met last
\l... + - "
mvitij aiivi uuuU) ior mo purpose
of considering mutters in connection
with the proposed new
school building. The building
pla'us of Architect II. E. White
were accepted, and it was decided
to receive bids until ?luae 2(>, and
award the contract for erection
i
within ten days from that date. ?
York\ ille Enquirer.
II :iu A V.mr Klilnrjri
"r llol '>? '! :n i'.m.s .'ills cure nil kidney Ills. 3*nptree
Ai'd.stcri tin Ucmedy Co.. Chicago or N. X
f.'OilCE TO TRESPASSERS.
All persons are hcicb> warned
not to trespass by walking, riding
1 linking, hunting, cutting wood or
in an\ other way on my laiu'.s in
(iillst'reek township, 4A inilesF.ast
; < t Lancaster C. 11., containing 72
hi* i* Minded by lands of 1). A.
i 1'undci burk, llw. (jr. N\ . (jardi
net* and.). W\lie lYuter The
' law will 1)3 rigidly enforced
' .mail *t all persons disregarding
{ tin- notice. W. A. Hlakcney.
I ,1 uno 10, 1002. lir..
') .
->& o
. which occurs
We will make
: our grand dislilt
ot weeks of
artiii, a milliner
)f the East have
iij ot millinery
for your patronit
that we must
le, quality and
ow that it stands
ces go.
U.d.kn, ^.*-1 k2
IFi ibi^ r^miss
Pretty wash
' for waists aiul
llastiste Lawns,
of linen suitings
am i
ripped Bastiate.
ian Lawns. We
fSdginSs. inseryon
can p;et no
id ? louse w rap
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