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THE LEDGER. fh urlow 3- Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. SATURDAY JANUARY 10, 1903. ?A correspondent writing from Clemson to an exchange says that Col. J. S. Newman advocates the planting of the locust] tree for posts. He bas a fine lot of them growing now, and trees only a year old, grown from the 6eed, are 8 feet high. The trees grow host on red clay land, no matter how poor, in fuct the poorer the bettor. Col. Newn^n says that tho posts will last forover, and he knows of many a hundred jycars old that are still sound. Wm. H. Sims and his Family. Tho followiug is taken from tho Lancaster correspondence in Saturday's issue of the]News and Courier: Tho'publication recently in this correspondence in relation to the late Wni. H. Sims has led to the discovery of other facts in this remarkable tase. As previously stated,'Mr. Sims died in this coun' i ty somo months ago, leaving an estate of several thousand dollars, which the public naturally supposed would go to his brothers and Yisters, ho being regarded by everybody as a bachelor. The statement therefore in The News Courier that Sims was married in Texas many years ago, and that, though bis wife was now dead, he had a daughter living somewhere ? ? in the West or Northwest, who was the solo heir to his estate, was indeed a revelation to Lancastrians. Mr. J. B. Sims, a brother of the lato Wm. II. Sims, had what The News and Courier had to say upon the subject republished in a number of newspapers in Texas 1 T "1 r-r* - una inaiiiQ Territory, doping thereby to discover the whereabouts of his missing nioce, Miss Connie Sims. One of the publications came under the eye of Mr. Austin Pey ton, of Paris, Texas, who in a letter to Mr. Sims, dated December 26, says: "You are adver tising for Miss Connie Sims, the daughter of Win. II. Sims. I am her half-brother. I can state to you that she is dead. She died here in Pans, Texas, in the hospital. My mother died in Indian Territory. Connie died about one month after mother died. Tbey died some ~six "years ago. My father raised Connie until he died. Then mother, Connie and I still lived together in the Nation. My mother has told me that her brother and Mr. Sims disappeared about the same time, and it was thought that both were killed." If Peyton's statements arc true, as they no doubt are, the brother.? and sister of the late Wm. Sims will at last get his property, his wife and daughter being dead. The grout value of newspaper advertising is strikingly shown in this ease. Mr. J. li. Sims, the brother, had been in correspondence for weeks with detective agencies, chiefs of polic*, sheriffs, clerks of Court and others in Tex* as, Indian Territory and clscwhei c, without being able to find out anything about tins miss ng girl, but he gets dire, t and ; o-itivc information within less than ton days after iho reappearance of The News and Courier's article in Texas }:aj? rs. Stojtn (he Cunyh and Works off thu C<dd Laxative liromo Quinine Tab , ets euro a cold in one day. No < Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. i ?Spartanburg has (500 pen* ioners, the largest number of any county in the Stuto. < r.^ Greenwood Gets k College. Williamston Female Institution of Learning Will be Moved to the Frogressive, Thriving Town. < Special to The State. Greenwood Jan. 7.?The Wil* . liamston Female college is to bo < moved to Greenwood. This do t cision wa8 reached yesterday. < Nine tenths of the trustees of 4 that institution decided to move it bore. A voto of the students . > ' of the collego resultod in over 75 < per cent, ugreoing to come to i Greenwood. There are at pre- ' sent one hundred and tivo boarders in the oollogo. The William8ton Female col- , lege is said to possess the most ex- y tensive and valuable equipment i of any female college in the State, | Winthrop alone possibly excepted, . The collego has about $5,000 | worth of apparatus. AH of this, | the furniture, pianos, otc., etc., will bo'moved here. The build- * <4 ing will be furnished by Green- ( wood. Dr. Lander, the well i ] known president of tko college, j will subset ibo Jiborally to the fund. Ho will also keep the buildings in repair and run the college. If he should lenro the college, tho property will bo tondeed to the Methodist conference and that great body will not allow so splendid a 'gift to pass. Tho college is a certainty. Johnson is Convicted. Tho Augusta Ravisber Sentenced to bo hanged Feb. 6?Great Precautions to Prevent Lynching. Special to The Stale. I Alionstn .Inn 7 Thn militoi... ?D 1 guard wont on duty at the court house at 7 o'clock this morning, 55 strong, together with a squad of policemen and 25 deputies. The prisoner, Nutes Johnson, was brought in from Savunnah over a roundabout route on the Augusta Southern at 9 o'clock and hurriod , to a hall in the basement of the j court bouse. A guard of two 1 soldiers, a deputy and u police- < man was placed at each of the four 1 gates to tho court house yard and a guard of 25 infantry placed j about tho prisoner in the room, i To strengthen the guard the ma- i chine gun and squad were station- ( cd just in front of the entrance while squads were distributed j along the yard. Throughout the f entira day squads of policemen patrolled the sidewalks. ? The trial started at 11 a. m. " and lasted until 11:30, when the ( jury, in 10 minutes returned a , verdict of guilty. The sentence was to hang on Fob. 6. ^ There was absolutely no demon- j stration at uny period bnt the uu* 1 thorities stated thut they intended to carry out the law at any cost. One remarked, "tl e Uoor urmy could uot tnko ihis court house today." The military took the pri.voner to jail and dispersed at 12 o'clock tonight. K'ZKMA, iT.MUNU HUMOR'S PIMPLES. TREATMENT FREE Does your Skin Itch and Burn? niatrPHuinot V.riinlinnu ot? fho Wllr'n n/\ you feel ashamed to be Been in com* pany? Do .S'eabs and Scale* form on the Skin, I f nir ?.r Scalp? Have you Eczema? skin Sore and Cracked? Rash f rin on (be Skin? Prloklj Pain in In* ki ? Swollen Joints? Kallii g Mult? All Run Down? Skin Pale? Old S.ir?a? Eating Soies? Ulcers? T?i cure to ?tny cured tak.* It, It it (Rota ic lilood Italm) which in-du'H (I).- blood pine and ricti, then Ih sores wi I heal ai d ti e itching o' bi zem i hi op foreve' the akin become Bk-ar and ti e hlood < nrn B. B. B. cold at I'ruir ?! res- $1 I'/lsl treatment rent free and prepaid t?y wilting to Bf.OOD HA'.Y tO, Atlanta, Ga t)? mm II,e \ on r t rouble and fre J medical id vice jt t v n. Over 3000 tes'linonla's )f currik . B t? Four Safe-Blowers Captured rhey Wero Suspected by Columbia Polico Because of Tbeir Lavish Expenditure of Money. Special to The Observer. Columbia, S. U., Jan. 7.? Uhas. Howard, Edward Dugao, rhouias Nolan and Willian Mc? CJlantry are under arrest here on the charge of having robbed numinous banks and postoflices in South Carolina. They have bi.en jponding money lavishly for some time and the police spotted 1 Knii\ fPl 1 n ^2 AfiTlnn Aft? Luuui* iHI; uoviui uu viv;u uui:ers were called into consultation nid the arrests soon followed. Howard had rented and lavishly squipped a house which was a rendezvous for people of shady jharacter. He had seyeral hund ed dollars on his person. He was recognizeu as Dutch Hearne, who wa9 sentenced to three years "or breaking into a postoffice in West Virginia. In Nolan's room n a sporting house was ifound a bundle containing safe blower's ;ool8. Thero has been consternation in ;ho tenderloin district for two lays on account of repeated raids if the officers. The robberies tor which theso men are held ag *regate over $50,000. A Burglar G*ts Awaj Chopped an Exit From Prisor With an Axe Which Was Smuggled to Him. Special to The Observer. Waxhuw, Jan. 7.?On th< nighl of November 26lh Mr George S. Tyson's store at Walk ersville, this county, was enteroc by a burglar. About $75, to gether with a quantity of mer chandise, was taken. John Mat ticks, colo.ed, was arrested a fev days ago under suspicion, am bound over to Superior Court ii the sum of $100. He was brougb here and left in the lock-up ove: night. Some friend contrived t< get an axe to him and he brok< nnt mnkinor ornnrl hia napann 1 C P, - Tirzah High School, ten milei south of here, opened its spriaj term in the handsome new Acade my just completed. It is n twostoried, four-roomed structure an< is very creditable to that progres sivo community, Mr. H. C. Hatch ford, a son of Rev. W. W. Hatch ford, has been elected assistant teacher in this school. Prof. Ce* 3il B. Brown, of Tennessee, is the principal. Mr. Ulmore Howey, of MarviD, lied last night of typhoid fever. He was about 18 years of age, and was an excellent young man. Hie remains were buried at Belaii jhurch this afternoon. Misses Evelyn and Louise Nis3et, of this place, left this week ;o enter the Prosbyterian College it Charlotte. Mr. John Niven, a son of Mr. r. M. Niven, has gone to Whitiett Institute to take a business :ourse. Vhe Best. Prescription for Malar a Chills and Fever is a bottle oi irove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, ll s simply Iron and Quinine and aateless, No Cure No Pay. Jl?r FOR INFOffMATlC fljfifer tHE VRGMA-CA Uj^"' fcHARLESTON, Nev Witness Id Wilcoi Case. I I Mr. Norris, of Baltimore, is the Man, but the Natnro of His Testimony Cannot he Learned. Special to The Observer. Elizabeth City, Jan. 7. ? A new and important witness is to bo in . troduced at the new trial oi James Wilcox next week. The witness is a man nnmed Norris, residing in Baltimore, though he resided here up to and] during the}'early stages of the Cropsey mystery. At this writing Lawyer Andrew Cropsey, of Brooklyn, is en route *o Baltimore to meet Norris and accompany him to this city. The nature of Nome* testimony cannot be ascertained, ?though that it will 1 greatly concern thought of Wilcox is evidenced by the caution maintained bythe attorney for the pro, secution. n When interviewed the latter suiil: 4CI knew old man W. H. Cropsey wouldn't/;keep his 1 mouth shut." He appeared much J upset over the roport being circulated and would divulge nothing. Mr.Cropsey would no doubt lelate ' an interesting story but for anticipated rebuke from his attorney. Mr. Colo Parker's wife will be ( another new witness. Illness barred her appearance nt the last trial. Fifty Odd Georgia Negroes Sail For Liberia. 3 New York, .Jan. 7. ?In the - steerage of the YVbito Star line 1 steamer Teutonic, which sailed " today for Liverpool, were 32 colored men, 12 women and 10 chilf dren'wbo are going to 'Liberia to 1 settle. Ttey came from Irwin l county, Georgia. : ?The Ledger (semi weekly) and The News and Couiier (semi weekly) one year for $1.75, paysi alJ^e in advance. tew t We now ha , and will contii complete line of burial CASKETS. oil oi70u an/1 nnolifine COFFIN up to Handsoi CALL anil see ua or sond u fortunate as to have a death . Within the RI . -i?asiff n LANCASTER, S. C., i _____________________________ !*'" v"' 1 W _> ft* II A_r?ADrM IKIA / ivm ivuiin v ^MA"nxr )N AOORESS iROUNA CHEMICAL GO. ow 1 S.C.ttSA. ? ^ ^35 NKW CKNTUKY COMPOMT Millions are daily liuoiug a world of colliiot?I in Bucklen'e Arnica Salve. It kills pain from Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Bruges; conquers Ulcers, and Fever Sores; cures Eruptions, Salt liheum, Boils and Felons; remove Corns and Warts, Best Pile cure on earth. Onlv 25c at Crawford Bros , and J. F. Mackey & Co., drug store. ? Subs^nbe to Thk Lancaster Ledger. $1.50 per annum. AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL TAX ON ALL DOGS FOUND WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF LANCASTER. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Lancaster.in council assembled and by the authority of 8-?me. Sec. 1 That an annual tax of One Dollar is hereby assessed and levied against the owner of each dog or bitch kept within the corporate limits of said town to be paid on or before Jany. 1st 1903, and on or beforo January 1st of each and every year thereafter. That upon payment of said tax, the owner of any dog or. bitch shall be furnjshed by the Chief of Police with a tug *which shall be immediately placed upon said dog or bitch by being uttuched to a collar. Sec. 2. That any dog or bitch found running at large without ? : i?i . ? e?i: ? 1 _1 iuu iu^ |nuoviuicu iu kjuuuuu 1 ui this ordinance, shall be seized aud impounded by the officers of the town and unless the said tax of One Dollar, together with an ad' ditional 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 bo killed. Ratifiod by the Mayor and Al dermen in council assembled this 26th day of July, 1902. R. E. Wylie, Attest: Mayor. RAID o o o o o o m COFFINS. ve in stock, nue to keep, a ! COFFINS and Our stock embraces from the plain, cheap rae METALLIC cases, s your order when so nn in your family. PRICES 3ACH of ALL. mi III.Oct. 15, 1902.?tf. 3HEMIOAL 00 ACTOKE lILIZt p ARTB M08T ECONOk/ L . .?A; '4/ ?Oar Mr. J. M. Iiood it) always in the nitukfi purcbaao mules und c?ttlo. At el don't you forget it. ? Lancaster Mercantile C?. - V\ lu ti a msn is.cn m pi i men ted Ik* thinks others nre beginning to sec bin) an be sees himself. Notice of Discharge. ' jMcticr hereby givon that on the 7th day of February, A. D. 1903. the undersigned as administrator of the estate of H. A. M. j ! Steele, deceased, w;ll fije his final < j return and .soitlemont and make ' application to ?ho Probate Court , for the County of Lancaster, S. C , for a final discbargo as such administrator. John H. Steele, Administrator. I Lancaster, S C., Jan. 6, 1903. ItOlffl TO LOAN. <>u m ret-ent visit to New York Oliy, T inH'le nriangenifnts by wbieh I can uegotiate loans of $300 00 and upwards on tirst mortgages on improved cotton fauns at 7 per cent interest on sums of $l,tiOO on and over, and 8 per cent In* lereal on sums ol less than $1,000. No i omuiissino charged, ouly a reasonably fee for abstract of title. R 1<J. WYL1E, Sept. 1, 100J?6m. At?y at Law. -- -?.- r-v Dr. 13. S. McLOW, ' i 11YS1C1AN and SURGEON CATAWBA HOUSE, South Side, Up Stairs ' OFFICES Ul'I-iM UA* AJIU JNKill K&- Phono DO I ! !?II I I A. R SIMPSON, ! ? Buildek and Contractor ? - Lancaster, S. C. Ho.icit* a bid on Carpenter work of 1 any kiud jou may wish done. Dec 1, 1902.?Sin. Go to the LANCASTER MARBLE AN1) GRANITE WORKS, i? n i ii? i % ? rur vjrouu vvoik ana Low l'ri?a?. A. J. McNinch, LANCASTER, S. . Notice. Attention is called to the fact, that the License tax for 1903, imposed by Council on all occupa-* tions and oallings enumerated in the schedule already published, I must be paid in advance, and that I if ia mada o A.imin.1 ? A ? .. .U uiwxv u Viiuiiuai U1IQUBU IU engage in said business or callings without hrst paying the licenses to the Tbwn Treasurer who will receipt therefor. Attention is also called to the Tax on Dogs, which gees into effect Jan. ^ 1st J903. . All dog# found off the premises of the ow* ner without the Tag furnished by the Town Treasurer, on payment of the tax of $1.00, will be taken up and after thirty-six hours, killed. R. E. Wtlie, Dec. 30, 1902. Mayor. MPARTS ORTY FACTORIES <M\ 1IC MANAGEMENT OWEST PRICES 2$J)