The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 09, 1902, Image 3
Local Miner*
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Mf. J. Wi IMlmati id nttend'
ing the Hireling of the State
board <t( \Hses4011* ill Columbia
this week.
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S?h) novv announcements in this
issue: J. K* Stewman for Probate
Judge, ant! \V. P. McManus for
county Snpt. of Education.
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The Trustees and patroou of
Tabernacle school are requested to
meet at the soli >ol house on Tuesday,
15th, at 5 P. M , for the
purpose of making arrangement a
for school n^xt year.
J. II. Stewart,
Ch'rm Br'd of trustees.
Mr. J. VV. Knight has left a
sample of his oat ciop at this office.
He says the oats from two
bushels of seed bought from King
& Co,average noarly head high
and that Mr. J. VV. McAteer has
a field of the same variety that
averages waist high.
Duriog the storm last Monday
afternoon lightning ran into Mr.
W. T. Beckham's over the phone
wire but beyond frightening the
household did little injury.
Magistrate Cauthen of Kershaw
turned over to the County Treasurer
$59.40 the past week?fines,
collected the past quarter.
$15. wftf turned over to the
Count v Treasurer Mondav bv
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Magistrate Oarnes of Wild Cut?j
fines, etc., collected the past
quarter.
Rev. W. C. Winn requests us
to announce/tbat he will hold no
0
service at Carnes School house
next Sunday.
The Carnes school will open
Monday next, July 14th, with
Miss Maggie Ragsdale as teacher.
Mr. C. J. L. Moody, who moved
with his family to Summers
field, Fla., several yeara ago, is
back on a visit to his old friends
in Lancaster county.
The negro lodged in jail here
last week, supposed to be Jtlto
Lowry the murderer of the SFhelby
policeman, has been released,
having turned out not to be Low.
ry.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Butler, of
Greenwood, are visiting at Mr; J
B. Mackorell's and Mrs. T. C.
Hicks. i
Mrs. W. B.Alexander and children
of Nashville, Tenn., are
the guests of Mrs. Alexander's
sister, Mrs. L. C, Payseur.
Mr. W. J. Johnson, of Jones
?v a is ? . s a* l a . i
a itoaas wouia do aeugnieu 10
bear bow bis neighbors brag on
bis fine cotton crop.
Mayor YVylie sent Lee Dayis,
? colored, to the county chain gang
Monday for 20 days for carrying
a concealed razor.
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The union service next Sunday
night will be held in the Baptist
church. Rev. W. C. Ewart will
preach ths sermon.
Sheriff Hunter and night police,
man McMfcnus caught eight negroes
playing cards in a
field near towii about 2 o'clock
Sunday morning. it was a big
surprise to the darkies when the
sheriff slipped into their camp and
bail them before they knew of his
presence. They plead guilty to
the oharge of disorderly conduct
in Magistrate Uaskey's court
Monday morning and were fined
$5. each making an aggregate oi
940. for the county treasury.
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O^lAd Hudldt) oC ttoj&e,
Ark.i id visiting ber daiiguUr, <
Mrs, T?. 0, Paydeur, .
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Mr. Wnlttf G. Cttrelotl attdtttl- ,
G(i the funehtl of hit! uncle, Mr. 11 ,
G. Anderson, in Chester eountVj
last Saturday. I
'I'll** P/kiint v llaint*#! r\f Ssnnar.
- saw % j i^/u i v? v a mj/v?
visors of Registration will be at
Kershaw July 25th (one day only) '
for the purpose of registering ]
qualitied voters.
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Miss Adah Bradford was elected
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teacher of the Osceola school last {
Saturday. The school "-ill open J
Monday, 14th inst. (
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No prayer-meeting at the Meth?- \
odist church to night, the pastor |
having been unexpectedly called |
away for a dav or two. j
Tirzah Bible Society will bold <
its 45th anniversary July 26, <
1902. Rev. H. W. Bays, D. D., *
of Rock Hill will deliver the an- j
nual address. The public, and
especially friends of the cause are *
invited. . ,
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Mx H ? \r MnMonna nkn k.<> I .
aAWiik J AU. V AU.i?iH \IOj nuu UMD |
made a very efficient night police- j
man here, has been appointed en .
the State constabulary to take the ,
place ?f Constable H. J. Faile <
whose death occurred a few weeks ,
ago. ,
The friends of Mr. Robert ^
Motharshed will regret to learn (
that his mind has become so badly
effected that ho had to be taken ,
to the State hospital for the in- '
sane at Columbia yesterday. I (
|Mrs.
Newman McCullom of ,
Bushnell, Fla., Miss Virginia McCullom
of Polkton, N. C., and
Mrs. M.J. Williams and Mr.
Marion Spence of Thomasville,
Ga., spent the * past week with
their relativo, Mrs. W. Q. (Jaskey
at Neweut.
The annual pie nicof the Liberty
Hill Rifles will be held at the
Warrenton place on July 11th.
The candidates for congress from
this district are all expected to be
present and make speeches. Everybody
is invited to attend. I
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Miss Irene Cunningham has re- '
turned home from Rock Hill, accompanied
by her cousin. Miss
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Susie Dunlap, who has come
home to enter the competitive examination
for the Winthrop schol. '
arship. (
The trestle over Waxhaw Creek
on the S. C. & Qa. Ex. was bur-1
ned early last Sunday morning
and the passengers had to be
transferred at that point Sunday
and Monday. It is thought the
trestle was set afire as no trains 1
had passed over it since Saturday.
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During the storm Monday a1
handsome plate glass mirrow at1
Cel. Springs' residence was jar- i
red from the Wall over the mantle i
in his sitting room and shattered, j
While its cost was only about
$400. it was of such value to Col.
Springs that money could not!
have purchased it. It was a pre- I
sent from his father to his mother !
shortly aftor their marriage, nearly
half a century ago.
Auditor Ceok has finished bis I
abstract of all property in the ,
, county. The tatol value foots,
up $1,962,100.. an increase of |
QA 7HO. Atrai* the ftooftn?A/l
for last year. Tbis does not include
Railroad property, The
i total real estate is $1,309,337; j
i personal, $652,763. For 1901 the
totals were: Real estate $1,215,,
035; personal, $710,364. In our
[ next issue we will publish the to1
talfl by townships. Wo haven't
the space to do so in this issue.
WAITED* Scratfiron titter? i
icMcri^tiou and old machtoer>.
Any kiad o? f.rt wrecks or stoe5s?. (
Write for particular. Addrees
f. B. Garftlnkel, Columbltti 0. C. ^
July 8, 1902-~lrtJ. |
Death*
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Mrs. Idn Vaughan, wife of Mr. |
JohoB. Vaughan of the Dry Creek (
mnf I. ?? /liArl luwit ttoi n iwlaXr _f 11 1 \* ,
Uj IIIVU I (?Ol hJUiUl V4?J ) V III ^ (
>tb, 1902, after a short illness.
No longer than last Tuesday she
spent the day with friends in town.
She took sick and on Friday was
juite ill 1 ut was thought to be
much better Saturday morning.
During the morning she 'took
suddenly much worse and before
aoon died. She was a daughter
jf John Truesdel and loaves her
biusband and six or seven children 1
to mournQher death. She was
ibout 42 years of age, a member
3f the Methodist church, and a
woman highly esteemed by all
who knew her. Her remains
were interred at Salem burying
ground on Sunday last.
?Mr. Ira Adams, aged about
20 years, son of Mr. G. R. Adims,
of this place, died at his
father's home at the cotton mill
here last Saturday after a lingering
illness of consumption.' ' The
funeral services were conducted
it the horn* of his parents on
Sunday, after which his remains ]
were taken to Douglas church and
there interred in the family plat. (
?A phone message toMr. Walter
G.-Cureton announced the '
death of his uncle, Mr. Henry G.
Anderson, of Fort Lawn, which J
occurred last Friday ' afternoon.
Mr. Anderson had been prostrate
ad for five years from a stroke 1
i)f paralysis resulting from inju~
ries received by a bale of cotton, |
which was being loaded on his
wagon from his gin house plat* 1
form falling on him. Had he
lived to the 14th Dec. next he
would have been 53 years of age.
He was married in 1875 to Miss.
Lily F. Ingram, daughter of Col.
T. F. Ingram of Kosso, Texas.
Two children were born to them
but both died in infancy. He
leaves his wife and one sister,
Mies Maggio Anderson, surviving
him. His remains were interred
at the old Anderson burying
ground in Chester County Satui\
day afternoon. He Carried a
policy of. $1,000. on his life in
the Mutuul of New York.
Another Disastrous Hail 'Storm
Mr. B. N. Cousar and Mr. S.
D. Robinson, two miles Northeast
of town, had their crops totally ,
destroyed by the bail storm vphich
passed over this section Monday
afternoon. A one-horse farm of
Mr. John Edwards adjoining
was also destroyed. The crops t
on Mrs. Cicero Gregory's farm
on Mr. W. T. Gregory's and on
Judge Jone's place were also bads
ly injured. The hail also destroyed
the cotton on Mr. G. B.
Barron,s place in town and did
considerable damage to gardens.
Hail also fell in the vicinity of
the county home Monday afternoon
considerable damaging the
crops of Messrs. Jos. M. Caskey,
E. T. Thompson and John
Wright. The crops of the two
latter are almost a total loss.
Struck by LlghtsinK'
During the storm Monday afterneen
lightning struck the steeple
of the Methodist church tearing
open the ziuc covering, knocking
out the ventillators on two sides ;
of the belfry and the brictc down
one corner of the tower, being
conveyed off by the guttering on
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eucu 8iue 01 toe tower, roe dam- \
age will amount to probably $50.
tSITTay your subscription one
year io advance and we will send
yen the Home and Farm free one
year. !
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fctttl Storm Jt'M B'fiH,
Several farmers of the vicinity
)f Elgla had their entiiS crops
uined by the disastroushall storm
ivhich \ isited that section last Siltirduy
afternoon. Mr. U. J. Hur
ier, Mr. It. HaginS, Ed SadIter,
colored? and several others
mil their ODtlre crops?corn and
cotton?destroyed. ' The leaves
md stems oven were all beaten off
he stalks of cotton leaving them
aire. We arc told that Mr. Ilarler
cannot make a bale of cotton
>11 a four borse farm. It was the
nost disastrous hail storm which
>ver visited that section.
Later?Mr. Robert Phillips and
Vlex Harper, col., also had their
;rops entirely destroyed by this
dor 111 and Mr. J. D. Bailey's
vas badly damaged. Ho will
jrobably lose a two-borso far 11 on
lis place adjoining Mr. 11 J llarler's.
Convicts Captured.
Anthony Cunuinghum and Tom
Frazier, both colored, who recenty
escaped from the county chain
?ang, were captured in Charlotte
ast Monday morning. Mr. J. L.
darton, Supt. of the gang, went
ip to Charlotte and brought them
jack to gang quarters yesterday.
Incendiary Fire.
Tbo dwelling of Mr. George
Sims of the Longsville section waa
robbed and burned on Sunday last.
He and his family were spending
ibe day at his father's when the
bouse was broken into, robbed
md set afire. It was thought the
Sre was accidental until the meat
box emptied of its contents was
found in the yard after the fire.
Ihero seems to be 110 clue to the
perpetrators of the crime. Sher*
iff Hunter went down Monday to
try his hand in ferreting out the
guilty parties.
Burned by Lightning
During the thunder storm last
Saturday afternoon lightning
struck the barn of Sam Crockett,
col., on Judge Jones' place east
of town setting it afire and killing
his horse. The horse, barn and
contents were all burned incur-!
ring a heavy loss on Sam.
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Sudden Heath cf a ^egro Woman
Edy Jackson, colored, wife of
Isaac Jackson, died suddenly at
her homo here Sunday night oi
appoplexy or heart trouble. She
had not complained at all but suddenly
fell in the floor. She got
up and said nothing was the matter
but almost instantly fell again
and waa linonnar.imiH Sh? w?o
laid on a bed where she died.
Fou Know What You are. Taking
When you take GroveTs Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula
is plainly printed on every bottle
showing that it is simply Iron
and Quinine in a tasteless form.
No Cure. No Pay. 50c.
Teddy, Jr., Injured on Fourth.
New York, July 5.?Theodora
Roosevelt, Jr., bad his forehead
cut ;.rv3 by a piece of fl; *ug giaac
while celebrating Independence
Day at Oyster Bay. He had placed
a firecracker in an old bottle,
and after the explosion found his
forehead bleeding from a deej
gash. Bystanders rushed to his assistance,
but be walked to his mother,
who sat on the veranda.,
and asked her to bandage the
wound. He soon resumed hit
merrymaking.
The Beat. Prescription for Mat (trie
Chills and Fever is a bottle oi
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. Ii
is simply Iron nad Quinine nn<
vt _ n %t n
ito t^uro i>o ray.
educate Tear Howela With Caaearete.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
tto.tto. If C. O. C.fall, d*?i?Rl8isrelund noonoy
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WOffOFD COLLEGE
SPAKTANBUflO, S. C.
II. S. ?NtI>KK, M A , PRESIDENT
Full College Coutst's. FavorUblo
surroundings The best influenced
Neceasnry expenccH frotu $100
to $17i? for tho year. For catalogue
or other information, apply
to
J. A. GAMEWELI,, Secretary.
WQFFORD COLLEGE
FITTING SCHOOL
Sl'AHl'ANBl'liC, S. C.
Elegant now building. Careful
uttontion to individual student.
Hoard and tuition for year,
$110. All information given by
A. M. DrPRE.
Head Master. j
IInw A>*?j Your Hldnryi t
Or. Ilobtm' .SpBriiBus ^lllacurcnll kidney Ills. 8*??dvIroo.
Ac'd. Sterling llcniedy Co.. Chicago or N. V
SOUTH CAROL.1NA MILITARY
ACADEMY.
One vacancy in the State Bene*
ticiary Scholarship, is to bo awardon
competitive examinations, foe
Lancaster County.
Blank forms of application
should be applied for at once to
Col. C. S. Gadsden, Chairman
Board of Visitors. These applica
tions, fully mndo out, must be in
tho hands of the Chairman on the
31st July in order to receive attention.
C. S. Gadsden.
Ch Board Visitors.
July 1, 1902.?3t.
NOTICE OF DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 1 st day of August, 1902, the
undersigned, as administrator of
H. Jackson Wallace, deceased,
will make final return and set'lement
to the Probate Court of
r i? /"* i- o ? i
uuucuaicr v/unuiy, o. v^., aim simply
to said court for a hnal discharge
aw such administrator.
W. H. Wallace.
Dated 1st July, 1002. ? 1 in.
UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THE HEAD
Of the State's Educational System.
Academic Dcyartmt at,
i Lawf
, Medicine,
Pharmacy.
One hundred and eight scholarships.
Free tution to teachers
and to ministers' sons. Loans
for tho needy.
, S03 Students. />/ Instructors
New Dormitories, Water Works,
Central Heating System.
Fall term begins September 8,
1902. Address,
F. P. VENABLE, President,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
July 4?2m.
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
All persons are hereby warned
not to trespass by walking, riding
! tishing, hunting, cutting wood or
in any other way on my lands in
GillsCreek township, 4.1 milesEast
ofLantfaster C. H., containing 72
acres, bounded by lands of D. A.
Funderburk, Itov. G. W. GanL
( aer and J. Wylie Porter. Tho
law will be rigidly enforced
against all persons disregarding
j this notice. W. A. Blakcney.
>I June 10, 1902. lir..
PILES
HIn flbr?4 lk?t?rtirM of tb* danai^
with protruding piles brought on by constipation
with which I was afflicted for twenty
years. I ran across your CASCARF.TS In the
, town of Newell, la., and never found anything
to equal them. To-day I am entirely free from
plies and feel like a new man."
O. H. Ksitz, 1411 Jones St., Sioux City, la
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MASK
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V'DAv gists to CVIE Tobacco Habit.
fa Cure A Getd In One tidy.
Takix Laxative Bromo Quiniha
Tablets, All dmggiaU refund
money if " falls to cu'c. L. W.
vilove's sighuturo Is on each box.
Qkc.
I I have a nice lot of milch lows
Willi young calves for salo or exchange
for dry cuttle.
?J. M. llood.
QODTR CARiiLlBA & GEORGIA
^ E1TEHSIQN R. R COMF&HY
General Passenger Department.
Schedule; Elleelive Jan. 15th, 1902.
Eastern Time.
south nor n i).
No. 32. No :U No. 12
I Daily.
Lkavkh.
! Marion 8 45a 2 OOp
Thermal City 9 20a 2 45p
Rutherfordum 9 60a 3 2<lp
[Forest City 10 06a 3 45p
Henrietta 10 20a 4 l(>p
(Shelby 10 58a 6 OOp
Patterson Kpg 11 0,8a G 16p
Arrives
IMacksburg '.1 30a 6 45p
Leaves.
Blacksbnrg 11 35p
Hickory Groye 12 05p 9 10a
Yorkvitle 1235p 10 20a
Hock Hill 1 10p 1 15a
I ittiawua Ji t 1 30}> 2 40p
| Riverside 1 45p 3 10p
| Lancaster 2 05 :> 3 50p
Heath Springs 2 30p 4 40p
* Kershaw 2 42p 5 30p
Westville 3 17p 6 OOp
arrives.
Camden 3 50p 6 50p
NORTHBOUND.
LKAVe8. No. 11 No. 35. No. 33
Daily
t'atudeu 8 30a 12 10p
Westville 9 30a 12 45p
Kershaw ?o 50a 1 05p
Heath Springs 11 30a 1 40p
Lancaster 12 20p 2 Oop
Riverside 12 45p 2 25p
Catawba Jet 2 45p 2 40p
Rock Hill 4 OOp 3 OOp
Yorkvilie 5 20p 3 3ffp
Hickory Grove 0 05 4 OOp
Arrives.
, Hlacksburg > 50p 4 28p
Leaves.
Hlacksburg 4 48p
Patterson >spg 8 30a 6 12p
Sheiby 9 25a <5 25p
Henrietta 10 50a 0 Oop
Forest City II 20a 0 22p
liutherIbnlton 1145a 0 37p
Thermal City 12 30a 7 05p
A rri vks.
Marion 1 20p 7 35p
GAFFNHY BRANCH.
so tern BOUND.
No. 14 No. 10.
Leaves.
Galthey 10 40a 5 30p
Cherokee Falls 1100a 5 50p
A rives.
Blacksburg 1120a 0 lOp
northbound.
No. 15. No. 13.
Leaves.
Blackshurg 4 30p 8 50a
Cherokee Falls 4 50p 9 10a
A RIVES.
Gatfney 5 10p 9 30a
* 20 Minutes for dinner.
Note?Trains Nos. 32 and 33 are
operated daily
Trains Nos. 34, 35, 11, 12, 13, 14. 15
and 10 areoperated daily except Sun.Int.
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CONNECTIONS MAI)C BY SOUTHERN
TRAINS.
Ac Mariou: No, 32 connects at Marion
with Southern Ry train No 36
which arrived at Marion at 8:28, a in,
from Chattanooga, Asheville and intermediate
points?
At Blacksburg: No. 34 and No. 11
connects with Southern Ry train No.
36 which arrives at Blacksburg at 7 45
a m. from Atlanta, Greenville, Hpartan
burg and intermediate points..
At Yorkvllle: No. 34 connects witli
O & N W train No. 70 which leaves
York\ille at 10.-48, a in, for Gastonia,
Lenoir ami intermediate points.
At Rock Hill: No. 32 ami 34 connects
with Southern Ry train No 75
which leaves Rock Hill at 3:30, p. m,
forCheater, Columbia and intermedia
te points.
At Catawba Jet: No's 32 and 34
connects witli SA L train No. 32
which passes Catawba Jet. at 7.54 p m
for Monroe and intermediate points, ,
At Lancaster: No's 32 and 34 connects
with L ?fc C train No. 32 which
leaves Lancaster at 4:45, p rn. for Chester
and intermediate points.
At Camden: Willi A C L (N W ot
8 (.) for Charleston, Sumter, Florence
Darlington, Wilmington and inter-*
mediate points. Train No. 08 which
leaves Camden at 4;15, p m.
CONNECTIONS MADE BY NORTHERN
TRAINS,
At Camden: With A C L (N W of
S C) No 71 from Charleston, Florence
Darlington, Wilmington, Sumter and
imm invuiuio |>v/uii3 w uirn tti IIVI'M UL
OHmden ul \1:15 a m with Southern
Uy train No 77 from Kingsville
which arrives at 1'amJen at 11:56 a in
At Lancaster.* No. ,*33 connects at
Lancaster with L & C train No, 10 for
Chester ami intermeJiate points,
At Catawba Jet: No 33 and 35 cosdects
with S A L train No. 32 which
leaves Catawba Jet at 7.54 p ni foi
Monri ea*nl intermediate points.
At Uock Hill: No. 33 and 35 connects
at Rock Hill with Southern Ry
train No 31, leavinu lb ck Hill at K.2<>
p it. for Charlotte and points north.
At Hlacksbutp.* No. 33 connects
wiili Southern Ky Cams No's 12, 4:3s
t< m, No 38 at 7:('5, p m. and No 40 at
7.45, |> in, for tciigts i?< rtli No's S3
aid 35 connects with Sontltein Itv
I 'rain No. 35. leaving Blacksbnrg at
r 11:25, p m fi r points south.
At Mnri< 11: No, :w oonincts with
Southern l<y train No. lit), leaving
Marion a/ !!:4o. p ni. for Asheviile,
Chattanongn an i i111?i mediate points
Throug'i -ar s? rvlce w ithout ehanite
between Maiion and ( liarleaton on
trains NoV32 ami 35.
K. H. SHAW,
Gen'l. Pawengcr Agent