The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 10, 1903, Image 2
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.
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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.,
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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/
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?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.
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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)