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THE LEDGER. ^hurlow Oartvr. EDITOR AND MANAGER. SATURDAY OCTOIIEK 25, 1002. For some time rumors affecting the character of Rev. Burr Harris, former \ as*tor of the North Rock llill Circuit, now in Boxcman, Montana, have been whispered in this community ami elsewhere in the State, but Rev. S. lb Harper, former pastor of the Rock llill Laurel Street Church, also in Bo/.enian, having boen informed of these rumors, has written a letter to Presiding Klder H. 11. Browne at Orangeburg, in which he declares that there is absolutely nothing in the reports. au<l says further: "It was the most outrageous case of attempted blackmail I over heard of. It is a long storv and O ? 1 cannot here attempt details, but please say to all who ask about it that Barr is the same faithful and consecrated man he has always been. He is doing ??' i \ ? I . ut IbtffAiitiin * uiiu nm i\ ell i JU/A III.UI. The tumors affecting Mr. Hur ris referred to his conduct with u young lady in Bo/.enmn, and while there wore ninny hero in his old home who could not heli?vo they were true, it will be a relief to his friends to have the word of so trustworthy a man as Mr. Hamer that tliev are false.? Rock Hill llorald. Bishop 1. C. Clinton has returned home from holding the 37th annual se-sion of the Tennessee conference of the A. M. K. Zion Church of America which convened at llarriuian, Tenn., the 16th inst. The Report of the Conference in the .Journal and Tribune of Knoxvillc, Tenn., says: ''This conference is presided over by lit. Rev. 1. ( . Clinton, D. IX, and the membership is composed of some of the most intelligent negroes of the state. O c5 The bishop delivered his Episcopal a hlress which was full of thought and logic and tilled the members with burning zeal and a determination to attain to grander fields? of accomplishment. The A. -M. IC. Zion church is over one hundred and six years old and has a membership of nearly six hundred thou-and. The church has several connectional schools from the lower grades to the college, its own publication house and booa room operated entirely by the members of the; race.'' j If Yon l*ay More Than I charge for Watch Re- j pairing, Yor pay too mini. If you pay less, you don't get your work dono right. When was your watch cleaned last? You had better have it examined now. You may save yourself considerable expense later. B. C. Iloron, Corner opposite L. M. Co. A Tax Decision. Recently the auditor of Sumter wrote the comptroller general stating the e iso of n man in that county who he'd that lie did not have to return a stock of goods which he had just bought from a wholesale house in this state on credit, he having bought the goods since .January. The ease was referred to the attorney g"neral, who says that the taxes mind be paid whether the goods were bought on credit or not. The law provides that when a party moves from one county to another he should get a certificate from the treasurer that the taxes bad been paid. This prevents double taxation. Columbia liecord. Pilgrimage to Waxhaw. Sj Where Men and Women True to Their Country and Their God are Buried. Special to The State. Lancaster, Oct. 20.?In conir pany with Most Worshipful Grand Master Waller Whitehead of Charlc ston, Hugh H. Co tie y master of Jackson lodge No. 53, A. F. M., and a number of other Masons an^ your correspondent, m made a pilgrimage across the tl country in carriages yesterday to the historic Waxhaw graveyard, Cl eight miles northwest of this place. '* ...r . ! - it ilie graveyard is near the site of the ohl Waxhuw church in which '* Andrew Jackson, Stephen D. a Miller, Gen Blair and Wilinun It. *' Davie, worshipped in their day. w The latter is buried in the grave ? yard and his monument '-coords n that?he was I . S. senator, ( founder of the University of a North Carolina, and minister to 11 France, when Napoleon the First a iwnstirst consul. Rev. William a Richardson for w hom Davie was ^ named, is likewise buried in the ' graveyard. lie died in 170? N I and was the pastor of the early 11 settlers. lie came direct from Scotland and preached at Wax- 11 haw for 12 years. Tho graves of 1 Col. James llenry With&rspnon, = Col. Isaac Donnom, the Craw- !1 fords, Fosters, Crockells, Cams, Neshits, etc.. were also noted. 1 ' The old soapstone tablets tell of * ! a bygone age. which though simple and crude, produced a class 1 of men and women truer to their ( Go I and country than the pros- 1 I cut general ion. 1 i _ , I l'cw Know 11'hat )' >!/ aTaking I \lTt . i ? ? nen you uiKe 11 rove s laste- e less Chill Tonic because the form- r ula is plainly printed on every hot- I tie showing that it is simply Iron i and Quinine in a tasteless form, s No Cure. No Pay. 50c. jc The White Man Who Married a t Colored (iirl is Held for , Trial. (] 'J Special to The State \ Darlington, Oct. 22.? At the c preliminary hearing before Magistrate Floyd of tho ease of Tom j, Knott and Anna Dority, fioin the f Lamar section, for alleged viola- | tion of the law regarding the in- (] tor marriage of races in South , Carolina, the magistrate decided v to send the case up and Knott v was put unde1' bond. Magistrate r Boy kin, who had performed tho , marriage ceremony, had been ? under bond for appearance, hav s ing waived preliminary hearing, p J. M. Spears, Es<p, represented ( Knott at tho preliminary. p Stops the Coup It ami Works off ^ tllil Co{il. v Laxative Brnmo (Quinine Tab- I lets cure a cold in one day. No c Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. e A Young Lawyer Elopes With 1 '* Ycur?(>ld Girl. v Special to 1 be State. Uish ?pville, Oct. 2L.?On la*t Saturdav niirht an ohl man hv Q " " ~ J the r::une of Norlhcut, who is the night guard at the depot, was assailed l?y three young men and desperately leaten and cut?one t linger was cut entirely ofT and an- ,| other almost servered. It was a [ family feud, Northcut lining step- v father-in-law to these young men. c The rail rea l authorities will y prosecute the ease. (| ,l<.e Rliaine, a young lawyer of ^ this place, ran away with the year old daughter ?<f Levandor'] IC.more, who lives in Ionia sec t tion, and they were married last N night hy Notary l'ublic Frank < MeCutchon. f ? Ray your Subscription to*the Lkdgkr and be happy. I pringstein Mills Suffer From Fire. evenly Five Thousand Dollars Is Estimated Loss to Dyeing House, Engines and Hoilers. I pecinl to lhe State. q Chester, Oct. k23.?The Springein mills sustained a heavy 'o*s > fire this morning betwounJJ id 4 o'clock. The lire origiuall in the dye room on the lirst oot- of the new building, just resutly completed. It was caused y spontaneous combustion from lie cotton drying machine. Cot>11 on the hot steam pipes iguiled nd in a twinkling the room was l a blaze. The nisrht wnti'limnn m -as on his rounds in another part J f the mill, and ono of the foreiiin hud just left the drying; ma-, hine u moment before the lire hum. This new building >vus 11 addition to the old dye house nd boiler rooms and was built longside the new spindle mill, 'here was only a small alloyway letweon them and it was a marelous escapo for the entire nil 1. In an instant after the first .hum was sounded Chief Firenan 11. 8. llcyman was on the ;round with 25 of Lis men hard it work. This number was inleased bv the full quota of fireuen in less than 30 minutes and he department performed most loroie and eUectivc duty. A firenan was stationed in every winlow of the spindle mill and with nave hearts and iruc grit and icrvo they fought the fierce flames kick wmi wilier nucxets acu nose. L'ho window frames were scorchd and a small spot on the roof lent- tlie smokestack was burned, nit not a spindle nor a thread was lanuiged. The engine, boilers n C ? lashers, beamings dyeing ma j bines and a lot of piping were ! otully destroyed. The loss is! istimated at about ?75,000. The ' ni!l will of necessity lie closed own for two or three months, j ['he work of repairing and re- j milding will commence at the ? arlieit possible moment. Col. Leroy Springs, the pros- < dent of this mill, cuino over ' t rom Lancaster this morning and j i ins been among the operative all : c lay. lie is dealing, with them c nost generously. The weavers a Vho prefer to remain in Chester t vi 11 he given their homos free of z ent for the next two months. A C light force will he put on again 1 t the Kureka mill and the Spring- a loin spinners will he furnished r mine sat usual rates out there and y heir household effects will ho r ransported free of cost. All the n he weavers who want to leave t vill be transported either to j Lancaster or Fort Mill without v barge. The mill is fully cov- i ired by insurance in the Cotton i dill Mutual. The entire output f ginghams until May 1, 1903, 1 vas contracted for and it will ake until .January 1 to get the ( irunt district rebuilt. s A. M. A. t That Amos Owens A Hair. i The Charlotte Observer says ( hut "many letters of inquiry are * laily coining to Col. 11. C. Cowes, clerk of the district Court, vho was recently appointed re- I civer of the funds of the famous a Vinos Owens cherry tree swin- I lie. These arc from parties who vere defrauded of their money hrough this concern and having 1 earned that a paymont has iieen ' nade to Mr. Cowles, they arc ? vriting* to learn how soon they an expect their money to be reunded them." ?Subscribe to Tiik Lancaster ^F.ixiKR. $1.50 per annum, v V/Mt JIUJ WE SELL THE KIND O 1 1 1 / 1 j?V- THAT GIVE ENTIRE SATISFACTION. Our lino for full and winter are beauties and tho largest assortment in LANCASTER. n 1 l^C'1 \ | VS.. Never BEFORE lmvo \ JJX'YJAiVJIam. J.. XT most every dcpartmei 20c Boys' Ilats at 5c, 25c Caps at 10 and 15c, #1.00 Men's Suits at #6.00, and #5.00 Men's Sails at #2.5( Pants at 75c, 25c Boys' Pants at 20c, #1.25 Shoes a Covers at 50c, 74c Brown Drills per yard 5c, 4c Brc writing about these BARGAINS, but we INSIST or POSSIBLE. You dwn't have to buy?it's a PLEA; PRICES to WIN TRADE. Cu FAIR treatment t< Res *"* - i WILLIAMS-] We have a beautiful line all sizes of RUGS. Davis <S As to Poll Tux. <?*/?*? Special to Tho State. t 1 t Phis signature is-on every bo-v Beaufort, Oct. 14.?One of Laxative Broino-Qui mr magistrates recently wrote to r3incdy that enr n he attorney general for his opin- ANNOUNCKM on iu relation to the enforcement I hereby announce if the penalty for non-payment candidate in the appro j. _ _.i . * ?' -I--*:? ' ii pon mx oy ucunc|uents. lhe . Biet'l'wl1 Ior in( ttorney general replied "that , !?n'! l',e ^,l!fc ^ ... , , .. | Young, us Coroner o he law :s plain that all male citi- 1 (j,,un[y ? ens between the age of 21 and Montgomery 10, not otherwise disabled, are inble to the poll tax whether they ?? , . , . , . . 1 he friends of Mr re upon the treasurer a I or yT(lVI,R ?nm??K.e hitll iot; that anyone can make a com- (|ato for ti,o ollico of dttint that a party has fnilolot ^ the approaching geuei of uses to pay the poll tax, and It elected Mr. Stover nay be rendered liable for *n t?wn Lancas ho collection and plenalty lm yp ypp OP SOUTH ( losed by a magistrate bef re j n county ok i. an vhom tho complaint is lodged, as tho i>,.obato , ? the case of any order misdc- Hy cha8 ? J(,nc8> neanor. I j n(ijrC< Whereas, W. Man f'/ic lir.nl I'rcsrription f?rMantral| saj(| County , Chills and Fever is a bottle of suit to me, to grant h irove's 'Tasteless Chill Tonic. It Administration of thi simply Iron and Quinine and am* ?^e< tH ?f John A kt r\ vr t? deceased, usteless, No Cure No I ay. J lheso are therefore ~ . admonish all and sin Before buying, rolling or rent-, kin(|,.cil Cre(|)tol,8 ug, it will pay you to roe T. S. J?ho A. EStridgo, dec barter, the real estate agen' j they bo and appear l> vemmmmmmmMmmmmmmammmmmmmcmmmmmammm the CoUl't ( f Probate, Rent Notice t 30th day of October. in my hdsuiiot Mr. ij. ,* >. IM- publication thereof, a iott is unthoi ized to icceipt for jn ^|10 forcnooii, to sb II cotton rents due Fitzpatrick & ?ny they have, why t Sro., or ine as agent. ministration should n< J. H. Fitzpatrick. C(l* Oct. 3, 1902. , .Oi,von, u"'lcr '?y i?? urn i , m this 10th duv of Oc Or. E. S. JWIcDOW, D,""ini; D. HYSICIAN and SURGEON \lj' S-I .Judge ol CATAWBA HOUSE, ? ? All parties indoh South hide, Up Stairs. iott Crawford must OFFICES wa?-d and settle at on OPEN 1>AY AN I> NIGH papers must bo closed ffegr Phone OO. Lancaster Merc ALWAYS SP Nil ENTISE tlNE IK#* ? ? -t-?~ nnnn? are urn ?n wiwv raiBU BWWV EX AM INK. "Something new" is an expression thu day in tbo week, as every new and good idea that eon cially is it a fitting expression at this season for every than last. We hardly think yon have scon a PRETT DUESS PATTERNS in this city than we are SHOV been very carefully selected, cannot be UNDERSOLD thoroughly understands how to select your TRIMM11 the "NEW THINGS." Dress Goods? spans, t ABLE SHADES, soft wool fabrics in Albetross, Ca Armours for STREET DRESSES. ^ g Jj <?. black TafTetth, TRIMMINGS-- Tovoot.cy dress pattern in black, ecru and cream applique, pai-smentries, nets, braids, chantilly and cscurial laces. J At est clotl JACK! IE SP' -NEW. OND WINTER ' READY FOB YOU TO it wo cun upplyto our sloro almost uny ...... ....? n.. .:_.i i i *.* uvn wii> unimilV IIUII? II (111IIH3 IIUI'O. 1^S|)0? season finds our stock just a little bettor I Kit line of novelty DRESS GOODS anil V1NG Goods in this department have D. and are being shown by a lady who NGS. ETC. Below we mention a few of oplin, satin faced Prunella, Soliel, Camel's enetians, Tricots, Scotch Cheviots, llomeine French Flannels in all the FASHIONshmeres, Veilings, Bioucles, Broadcloths, ^ As for SILKS, our stock cunnot he excelled. All widths guaranteed Moire Valeur, fancy stripes and Persians. T < 1^ We are showing the I i\Iil correct styles, ncwb, best material, best workmanship in STS, CAFES, FUKS, COATS, ever sent in NEW YORK CITY. vo had so many REAL BARGAINS in it of the store. 50c Men's Hats at 25c, Shirts at 50c, 50c Shirts at 25c. $10 00 ), $2.00 Men's Pants at $1.25, $1.00 Men's t 95c, $4.50 lings at $3.50, $1.00 Table wn Sheeting at 3c. WE might go on i your VISITING OUR STORE soon as SURE to show our goods. We rely on j retain it. pectfully, HUGHES CO. : Demurest Sewing Machines are going fast. j MONEY J LOW of the genuine ^)n ^ reoei,f visit to New York Pity, ttlflC Tabieta j made arrangements by wtiich I can a ?I,C d,wr negotiate loans of $300 00 and upwards on moil gages on improved cotton UST. i farms at?7 pei cent Interest on sums of ... $1,000 00 and over, amis8 per cent inmy sen as a lereH(, on suinsoi Itss than $1,000. inching gen -| n? commission charged, only a resi unexpired sonable fee for abstract of title, anionted R. \ R- k. WYLIE, f Lancaster 1 Hept. 1, 1902-6m. Att> at Law. j _______ ( "key. I Go to the . David 1$. j LANCASTER MARBLE as a candi- -VIN^ I) ?V;Xu..n"! GRANITE WORKS, will tesido por Good Work and Low Prices. ter. | CarolinaA? J* McNinch. caster, lancaster, s. c. Court. Esq., l'ro. jj#tjce t() Qyerseers> jus Est ridge, ( State, made All overseers whose hands have im letters of not worked the full time required b Estate of by law will warn out their hands l. Estridge, at once and put the roads in good condition before the approaching to cite and term of court, igularly the If this is not done 1 shall be i of the said compelled to enforce the law 3cased, that against those who fail. (fore me, in VV. Q. Caskey, to bo held County Supervisor. S. C. on the mmmMmmm 1902, after s tn o'clock rax Notice. ow cause, if ho said Ad >t bp grant-L Notice is hereby given that the time for the payment of Town nd and seal Taxes will expire on 31st Oct., tolicr, Anno instant. Taxes arc due and payable at the office of the Town fones, Treasurer, O. D. Jones, Esq. The ! Probate. Policemen of the Town will not call on persons, as heretofore, for ted to El- the paymcrt of Taxes. come for Aftejj the .list Oct., 11)02, all ee as these ta.xes not Pai<1' wiM ,)C collected with costs and penalties. np* H. E. WYLIE, :untileCo. ()ct> 6j 1002.. Mayor.