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THE LEDGER, Thurlow 3. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER.! WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1908. Fatal Encounter Near Columbia. The btato, 4th lust. News did not reach the city until yesterday of a desperate and fatal encounter across the river in Lexington county, about three miies from the city, us a result of which Mr. Charles llutto is dead and Mr. Wesley Spires, who is well known in the city, is in Lexington jail, whither he went to doliver himself up to the authorities. The encounter occurred between 12 m. and 1 p. ui. on Friday, near Mr. Spires' house, which is not far from the mill site on Mr , Albert Taylor's plantation. There had been bad feeling between the mon for some time, and from what can be ascertained there was a woman in the case, Mr. Spires ob jeciing 10 tiutto's attentions to Mrs. Spires. They met in a piece of woodland near the Spires home. Hutto had a rifle and it is said opened fire on Mr. Spires when he saw him. The latter had his shotgun and gave Hutto the contents of both barrels killing him instantly. Host Accept Negro Official. Bostofliee in Mississippi Closed By the President?Postmis tress Threatened. Washington, ,Jan. 3.?It has Knnn /Inoi/lorl /? I uuvii utLiutu IU tmou (Ilttueuilj the postoffice at Indiunola, Miss., from which the postmaster, Minnie M. Cox, colored, resigned under compulsion, a few days ago, since which time the office has been closed. The bondsmen have brought the mutter to the at ten* tion of the authorities here, with the view of being relieved of the responsibility of the accumulated mail. The Postmaster General has had a thorough investigation made anil has become satistied that the woman was obliged to resign under duress ? in fact, that her life was endangered. Having represented this state of affairs to the cabinet, after a long discussion the decision above noted has been reached and the office will not be reopened until the people in the district are ready to accept this woman as their postmaster. President Harrison tirst named Minnie Cox as postmistress and she served three years in his administration. President McKin :_4_.i \. ? nA?i iDjr iciijij;uihi?u uur ill loy(. The citizens of Indianola recently decided that they had had enough of Minnie and so plainly did they intimate this that tlio negro for warded her resignation to take ef feet .Jan. 1. Liquor Profit- tor the Year .Just Gone. The State, 3d inst. The annual report of the State dispensary will .-oon do made, j and tho exact figures as to the State's big li?|ii??r business will be given for the year just end d. Id round figures it isstat?d that the report will show that the 1 business has paid $550,000 to tho counties, towns and cities and the Bchoolfund t'ii- year, over $400, ^ 000 of this having lit on paid over, to the counties, towns and cities. ; The total aniou.it of p oHts paid to the school fund is about $14S,000, this incl ul ng i.ho last taro> quarterly pay me its required by the new act. The volume of business tor the1 year is considerably larger than ; for last year. I i That Mackey Story. Plain Language fiotn Ono Who Knows Whereof He Speaks. To the Kditor ot The State. My attention has been called to an article in The State of today headed "Former .Judge Mackey Telling (Jrazv Stories." 1 recret i# * -- ? ?n tbo publication of the article by your paper and in justice to tbe family of Governor Manning, and to me, 1 trust tbatyou will give i me space to contradict the false utterances of Th< mas Jefferson Mackcy. It is bard indeed at this late dtiy to have Governor Man? nine's nano coupled with that of such a creature. His narrative blends truth and falsehood?the latter predominating. 1 pass without comment touching the case of 44 The Stato vs. Motley and Blackledge," (VI1 Richardson, page 327,) as to the act of tbe executive in that celebrated case ? it is of record and cun be read. The objectionable feature of the article 1 cpiote as published: 44IIero is tbo secjuel of thiOtragedy After tbe war, while I was on the bench, 1 learned that this John Manning, who had sacrificed a scut in tbo United States senate, wuh living in poverty with bis aged wife in the decayed family mansion on n pittance. 1 visited him and was shocked at his poverty I proposed to nominate him for the State senate, which would pay him $5 per diem upon which he eould live. 1 was then a Republican judge and nobody but a Repub- | licun could be elected to the leg- , isluture. However for the first | time in my life 1 went into pol- ( itics and uppealed to the negro delegates telling them of the sacrifice , Manning had made to avenge the | murder of an unknown slave. , The uegi o delegates rallied to a , nuin mill u."-: ? ? v A VJIWT^I I1W i .1*1.(11111111^ | whs nominated and elected. lie ( held the position for 1G years and , was the only Democrat for a long t | eriod in the legislature of South | Carolina." 1 The above is utterly untrue. | Prior to the civil vur, he lived in a til ue nee, and at the close of his life, though not lich, in comfort, 1 having enough to keep him in his ? old age. i It was an established custom at c "Milford" to welcome thecominc o r and speed the parting guest; and " 1 remember woll when this way* farer found shelter under that roof and was accorded a courtesy shown t to any man claiming shelter for a 1 night. Had Mackey proposed to ^ (iovernor Manning what he claims ? to have done, a speedy and undig- a nified exit would ha/e marked his f tight. C I was in position to know some- a thing ot Judge Mackey's career along about the Reconstruction period, and I am] in no moud to bo tampered with by him or any of his class and kind. (ii t\ crn< r Manning died at the resiilee < ! I?i-* daughter in Camden. i ( .. nil tin- 4J'.)ih of October, 18811 I ? loving and beloved. In Trinity church \ Md his body rests among those of his kin, who in the past rendcied faithful service to the Stale fn m 1770 to 1889. Wade H Manning. Columbia, S. ' Dec. 31, '02. UlTRi S UII SOU I A IMS I < >It < A ' TAKRH IN A DAY-TREATMENT FRKE I. It B (It > ir io It ood I'm m) "lilt!* ill*' Woll Hil l IIM'-I 111' ?. rn 5 * y <1 aii ing t h / p ?iaon nt f h loo.I hiii! > n - <1 !? I.ill K (i| I he >r lit' il w i -ii'utlo ?. * he*: n i [nine io tlw ho ! - 01 j hiiIh w^olle i r ;i'nh, ?li- ?;>pi in til ^ tliro it, haw it piiir or ha-l hr nth, etc , nil li lip; ?*?ir 11r? trip'!> and p< rnianet'tiy. It li It cur s where nil ae fai-a I r> ri i iet-i :>l To :r in'lit <?f It. B It i o. n f luit ly five and f?repahl by ,v i i.f( to It ood Italm <'o , tnnti hi. I>c e ih? r>nihle and free in-dI it advi ? aiyen iintileur-d. It l.'. Be ?nt* i e*v co'or i i v >'ir akin and ii i In* hod tedder and ino iouiii' iiivr. flnpin u ad acliea and laina. Over 3U0U cure* by B 13, It. i J The Tragic Death. Of Wm. H. Sqnier. Richland County's Highly Esteemed Auditor Body Found By A Railroad Track. Tho Stute, 4th inst. Mr. "W. H. Squier, the county aud'tor, met with u tragic death lust night. His body was found i by the side of the track by which the Southern aud Coast Line passenger trains coiue into tho city. Tho indications are tbat be wus struck and killed by tbe Southern's tram from Charleston which came into the cit y at 10> o'clock. It was some time thereafter, possibly an hour, before tbe body was found. There was but one wound upon the person, a sharp incisive cut squarely on top of the head, and Drs. Lnowlton and Kendall who made an examination, declared that there is some doubt whether or not tbat kind of wound could have been made by tbe pilot of . an engine. The body wus lying stretched out in such a manner as to excite 6omo suspicion. The dead man's hat was picked up in Indigo street where it had probably been carried by the train. The hat was the clue that led to the finding to tho body. Mr. Squier's presence in that neighborhood caused no little speculation. He has been in bad health lately ? practically and in* valid ?and it was, quite a long ways from his home. The supposition advanced last night wa* that he was wandering around aimlessly, for his state of health had caused him to be morbid and lospondent lately. Mr. Squior was one of the best ind most beloved men in Columbia. In the recent primary he was reelected by a magnificent /cto, for he enjoyed the coutidance of the people to a marked legree He was an enthusiastic nembor of the United Confederite Veterans, having been a gal-ant boy soldier with the llich ami Volunteers. Ho wu? aho a oyal Knight of Pythias ?The ti? bt new cotton mill proected tnis year got its commision from the secretary of state iaturday. It is to hear the name kGluck Mills'* and will be located tear Anderson, having a capital >f half a million dollars Notice of Discbarge. Notice is hereby given that on he 7th day of February, A. D. 903, the undersigned as adminstrator of the estate of H. A. M. Iteele, deceased, will file his final eturn and settlement and make pplicaiion to the Probate Court or the County of Lancaster, S. ? 3., .for a final dischargo as such ' dministrator, John H. Steele, Administrator. Lancaster, S. C., Jan. 6, 1903. JP* FOR INFORMATION Wbf- THE VIR{MA-CAR( TOL-' " CHARLESTON, SJ Negro Firebug Captured | How it Happens That the |R:ght Man Was Caught?Novel Scheme Successfully Worked. I'olico Officer lloland yesterday morning picked up and jailed a neirro who irave his nmnn hh Tnm Roman. Ho is wanted in Lexington for robbing the depot and then betting tire to it u few nightb ago. Tho btory ib an interesting oue. It seems that when the depot was discovered on fire there was time to save it. Some shavings had been saturated with kerosene and ignited. An investigation showed that the depot had been robbed. People passing the next day located the hiding place of the plunder. All of it had been plac^ ed under a nearby house, -and the burglar had left one box of tobacco there. Believing that he would come for this a shot guo was rigged up with a string from the trigger attached to tho t?ox. Friday night the gun went off and there was a cry of pain. But no one could be found by those who ran to the place. The police here had been notified. Yesterday morning near the Ul.irwlirwv r\aa? ^>UUV<IU^ UlUOSHIg v muc r Bolund saw a straDge negro wilb his right band bandaged, and apparently hurt otherwise. He held bim up, examined bim and soon found tbat ho was the fellow, who had Veen seen about the depot, and was really the man wanted. He is now in tne city prison.? The State. Stops the Couyh and Works off the C?(d Laxative Brorno Quinine Tab ets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. ? The Ledger (senn weekly) and The News and Cornier fsnmi weekly) one year for $1.75, payable in advance. COFFINS, emu o o o c o o u Wo now lm and will contn complete line of burial CASKETS, all sizes and qualities, COFFIN up to Handsoi CALL and see us or send u fortunate as to have a death Within the RI LANCASTER, S. U., mjarSJC V m , kastot, IL "-ill ULU ADDRESS HJNA CHEMICAL GO. ow s C.U.S.A. -== _ >!. NKW CKN'IURY COM" FOUT ' Millions aio daily Hading a world of comfort in Bucklen's Arnica Salve It kills pain from Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Brun-es; conquers Ulcers, and FeverSores; cures Eruptions, Salt Khcum, Boils and Felons; removes O rus and Warts, Best Pile cure ??n earth. Only 2oc at Crawford Bros , and J. F. Mackey & to, drug store. ?Subscribe to The Lancaster Ledoek. $>1.50 per annum. AN ORDINANCE ! PRO"V1 DING FOR AN A NN U AL TAX ON ALL DOGSFOUND WITHIN THE LIMITS OF l'HE TOWN OF LANCASTER. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Lancaster.in council assembled unci by the authority of same. Sec. 1 That un annual tax of One Dollar is hereby assessed and levied against the owner .of ouch dog or bitch kept within the corporate limits of said towu to be paid on or before Jany. 1st 1903, and on or before Januaiy 1st of each and every >ear thereafter That upon payment of said tax, the owner of any dog or bitch shall be furnished by the Chief of Police with a tug which shall be immediately placed upon Haid dog or bitch by being utluched to a collar. Sf.c. 2. That any dog or bitch found running at large without the tag proscribed in Section 1 of t iiis ordinance, shall be seized and impounded by the officers of the town and unless the said tax of One Dollar, together with an additional amount of twenty five cents for the taking up of said dog or bitch, is paid within thirty-six hours from time of seizure, then said dog or bitch shall forthwith be killed. Ratified by the Mayor and Al dermen in council assembled this 26th day of July, 1902. 11. E. WYLIE, Attest: Mayor. I g i 0. D. Jones, Cle?-k. - B\rt o o o o o o \ COFFINS. vo in stock, I tine to keep, a COFFINS and Our stock embraces from the plain, cheap ne METALLIC cases. 1 i s your order when so no- 1 i in your family. PRICES ? 3ACH of ALL. raii 111.-1 Oct. 16, 1-&G2 tf. ] 5HEMICAL COr dOYUU r rroTu i7ri I ILIIIlfeiui ARTH A MOST ECONOMIC LOV tgj' saaBtiiiscsBssssssss^saj^^^^^^ MONEY TO L? (>:i w rccen' vlalt to New York t-\ I mil ?* *r ?ni!?"?i. n ? by wbicli I ti .1 iihjj- li't < 1 - i i s i'hiO ami upwards on fir.-1 en- . n mi iuip'ovcii cotton v ?>ninn m 7 i? . rtiij i..iereetnn puum of f,l i.O) <M) ?n<l (iwr, ? ?l 8 | er cent lilt-reft oiihiiiumoi l? hs than $1,000. r" rs.. ! ?.miiii?xi<> charged. only a reaa liable itit for i l> i ? ? ! ?#f litle. It ! ; WYLIR, P# pt 1. 100:*- 6ni. r i y at Iimw I J\ xvlc DOW, r inrMti/iJJi a mi nuitUISUM CATaWHA house. South Sidr, Up Stairs. OFFICES OPEN DAY AND NIGH Plioue WO ut.jm. n w i? n mm n v A. H SIMPSON, ? Guilder and Contractor ?*v ' - Lancaster, S.- C. Ro.iclt a bid on Car|>fcnrer work of ; * any kind you may wish done. 4 Dec 1, 1902.?3m. Go to the . LANCASTER MARBLE V TV I > GRANITE WORK, For Good Work and Low Prioei. ?. i. McNinch,'LANCASTER, S. ?. ???a??bo?? f J ? ...? m.T a m notice* Attention is oalled to the fact, that the License tux for 1903, imposed hy Council on all occupa-,, tions and odllings enumerated in* the schedule already published, must be paid in advance, and that it is made a criminal offense to engage in suid business or callings without hrst paying the licenses to the Town Treasurer who will receipt therefor. Attention is also called #to the Tax on Dogs, which gees into effect .Ian. 1st 1903. All dogs found off the premises of the ow* , ner without the Tag furnished by " the Town Treasurer, on payment * or toe tax of $1.00, will bo taken - * up arid after thirty-fix hour?, ^ ; killed. H. E. Wylif., . Dec. 30, 1902. Mayor. Tbe Lancaster Cotton Mills Has employment to offer te Two Hundred and Fifty.. Families in tlie new Mill to be in operation in January 1903, and will teach beginners in the old v' mill until they are ready for work in the new mill. Employment for boys and girls from twelve years up. Good wages, prompt oav. Comfnrtftblft hnnoot at jnnuble rent. (The rent begin, oing after able to earn wages.) Jood drinking wator, and a good ichool for small children te attend )n the pl*?ce. We prefer home people if they want the employment, and will ?ive them the opportunity and tielp of learning. For further particulars apply tn ./I TV I HO 1(1, C. B. Sxirrii, Superintendent. ' Nov. 17?6w. Lancaster, 8. C. ?TY FACT0RE3 MANAGEMENT tfEST PRICES