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THE LEDGER. Thurloiw S. Carter, KDITOR AND MANAGER. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1908. The Engineer Was Dead. Knoxville, Tean., Jan. II.? Passengers on an incoming Knoxville and Ohio railroad train rode several miles this evening with the hand of a corpse at the tbrot ni :? TU. i i-it lie uA kUO OI^IMO. 1UO It BlU ID11 Buekeye, Tenn., oo time and ran through to Careysville, the next station. When the train ran through the latter town Fireman liattlock discovered something was wrong and stepped t? the engineer's side of the engine. He found Engineer A. G. Young dead, and immediately stopped the train. There is a wound on the left side of the engineer's head and the supposition is that a piece foil from the side of a high cut threugh the mountains and killed him instantly. The train ran perhaps eight miles after Young was killed. Attempted Suicide. Anderson, Jan. 11.?Mrs. \Tash Eades, a respected lady living at the Anderson cotton mills, attempted suicide yester* day by taking laudanum. She took a very large dose of the poN son, which produced nausea and vomiting ensued. To this is due the fact that her attempt proved unsuccessful. It is said that Mrs Eades has not been living happily with her husband for some time, and that this was the cause of her attempt to take her life. Sheriff Reese Murdered. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 13?A report reached here today of the assassination of Sheriff Reese of Bibb county. The crime occurred at Brierfield late last night. Reese and one of his deputies had arrested two negroes at that place and were taking them to the depot to board a train for Centreville. One of the negroes, who was walking behind suddenly pulled a pistol and shot the sheriff down. Both prisoners escaped. The sheriff died almost instantly. Search parties are scouring the woods in every direction. A report from Brierfield late tonight says a mob has been formed and is chasing the two negroes. Preparations are being made for a lynching. Tragedy in Policeman's Home. Meridian, Miss., Jan. 9.?At a late hour last nicht a hi axe wrm ?n? ? discovered in the home of W. D. Boyd, a city policeman, by persons passing, and an entry was made. In the dining room the body of Mrs. Boyd was found upright in a chair, the clothing entirely burned away and the body severely scorched. In another room the husband was found asleep on a bed. Mrs. Boyd had been in ill health for some time. An inquest will be held. A few hours before the discovery of the body, Mrs. Boyd entrusted her 10-year-old daughter to a friend with instructions for its bringing up, should anything happen to her, (Mrs. Boyd) during the night. Smallpox Situation Improving in Rock Hill. ThnrA iu inma amallnA* qI w a? ? ??w avr WVUJV ?UJIIIipUA| Ol A V A seven cases among the colored population, in Rock Hill, but the situation is not at all so serious as some people would have outsiders believe. There is a less number of cases than a week or more ago and the council and health board are working carefully to prevent the infection spreading further.? Roek Hill Journal. tOhe Best Prescription for Ataiaru Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply Iron and Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. tL J Treasurer's Yiei Of State Finances. Fife Mill Lory, He Says, la Not Sufficient. Makes Some Suggestions to the General As* sembly. in t he annual report of the State Treasurer of South Carolina, to the general assembly. Treasurer Jennings, in his introductory remarks, thus summarizes the financial condition of the State: "1 have the honor to submit my annual report of the transactions of the treasury department ~ t iL. Oi.i. * * ' l vi iuo ouiiu government ior me fiscal year beginning January 31st 1902. I call attention to the fact that the appropriations made by the general assembly for the fiscal year just ended were in excess of the taxes raised by the levy of five mills by largely more than one hundred thousand dollars, consequently the governor and treasurer have been forced to borrow on the credit of the State the full amount of three hundred thousand dollars to meet current expenses and pay the July, 1902, and the January, 1903, interest on the public debt. The interest on this borrowed money will reach about seven thousand dollars, at the most reasonable rates we were able to secure. It is a physical impossibility to raise an appropriation of about one million, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars on a 5 mill levy at the present yaluation of taxable proper ty. The levy is the same now as it was when the appropriations were only $800,000. The baneful effect of a large appropriation upon the basis of a small levy will be seen when the facts are presented. It is a fact that if the same levy and the same appropriations are made for the year as for the last, instead of providing a loan of $300,000 as heretofore, the legislature will have to provide for a loan of seven hun-. dred thousand dollars te pay current expenses and meet her interest debt, and the borrowing pro cess will have to begin early in the year. I am well aware that a higher levy is not popular, but I submit the proposition whether it is not better busines management to raise the levy say a half mill for a few years, till the State can get on a cash basis again, than to continue borrowing more and more every year and paying more and more interest. It all comes out of the taxpayers at last, both principal and interest. Another great mistake, it seems to me, is the extension of time, for the payment of taxes, except in cases of emergency. The average taxpayer is not benefited by an extension, only the capitalist and the corporations that can use their money to advantage; the farmer as a general thing can pay his taxes easier before Christmas than after, and even the railroad companies, which pay such a large proportion of the taxes, have the last two years nearly all paid up during the month of December upon a polite request of the treasurer, thus lending a helping hand in our time of need. If the governor and comptroller general bad extended the time this season, as was done in 1901 about the last of December, we would not have had funds to pay the January interest, while not a dollar would have been available for payment of our notes or their renewal, whereas by withholding such extAncw.n m I,...,.. .UU lvuoiv/11 no UBTO UOUU OUIO IU jjiuvido for the payment of the interest; and have good hope of meeting our notes for loans at maturity, unless the general assembly extends the time: if it does, however, the prospect is that it will also have to provide for a loan for that purpose. If the 15th of December could be adopted aa the time for closing the tax book*, and the lair were ' strictly observed, all the anxiety and suspense as to where the money is to come from to.jpay the January interest and meet current expenses would be avert ed, and time would also be had to make the treasurer's report in de* tail more fully. As it is we have been compelled, for want of time, to curtail in some measure. 1 give the usual statements below, * of this office, except extended re- < ports of the sinking fund for ye- , duction of Brown 4 1-2 per cents., and the State permanent sotioot fund, which we have hitherto' volunteered. All tbe cash transactions relating to these two ac- i counts, however are fully set forth in detail in our statements of receipts and expenditures, although not in classified form. "The act of February, 1896, ' provides that after its approval bo 1 coupon bond of the State, payable < to bearer, nor any ceupon thereof shall be consolidated, converted, funded or paid by tbe State'treasurer after the expiration of twenty years from date of maturity; attention is ealled to the fart that 8125,000 ot the State capitol bonds, which matured in 1871 and 1881, held by the United States for the Indian trust fund, would now be included in the limitation of the act of 1896,referred to, and that the effect of such limitation upon the settlement of tbe claims of the State against the United States now pending, should be considered." Big Hani By Memphis Police. Get Burlington Tram Bobbers. They Catch Three Men Who | Had Nitro-Glycerine in Their PoBesaions and Two of Whom Are Identified. , I Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 9.?It now looks as if the Memphis po-1 lice made an important capture, 1 wnen, on Wednesday last, tbey ' arrested Thomas Clark, George Rogers and John F. Estelle. I When taken into costody the meo J bad nitro glycerine iD their pos* session. Estelle has since been! identified by the engineer as odo of the participants in the Burlington hold-up near Marcus, lll.t 1 To-day Mrs. A Deiap, of Wisconsin, positively identified Clark as a man who had bought a skiff from her two days before the Burlington robbery. The robbers escaped in a skiff, which was found overturned. B. C. Snaderson, a brakemau on the Frisco system, has identified RnMn ?? on? nf thfl r>ri m A mnv. era in tbe hold up on the Frisco at Jenesboro, Ark., several months ago. Estelle, Wednesday night, eras taken to Savannah/ 111., in charge of an officer. * ' Is Consumption Cnrable ? Mr. Pbipps Gives $300,000 to Aid Search for a Remedy. Philadelphia, Jan. 9.?Dr. L. F. Flick, president of tbe Free Hospital for Poor Consumptives here, tonight announced that Henry Phipps, of New York, formerly a partner of Andrew Carneg:e, bad contributed $300,000 for the establishment of an institution io this city for the treatment and study of consumption. The in* stitution is to be known as "The Henry Phipps institute, for the study, and the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis." It*will be so endowed as to derive an income of about $30,000 to $40,000 annually. Dr. Flick will be di* rector general of the institution. He has already selected several members or toe staff. Mr. rnipps and Dr. Flick recently returned from Europe where they spent a time in investigating the methods of treating consumption. Dr. Flick said tonight he would introduce the Finsen treatment now in operation at Copenhagen which is a new method of treating disease by sunlight and electric light. rhe Northwest Id Grasp Of Blizzard Extending Throughout Nebraska, Iowa andDakota. The Coldest Of The Winter. . Detroit Mich., Jan. 11. ?Low* Br Michigan has been in the grasp Ds a snow storm today that has assumed proportions of a blizzard. Lake Michigan's tonight flashed by a forty mile wind into a condition thatjjmade it impossible for I any of tbe boats to leave their ports for Chicago. At Benton Harbor the street car service is stalled tonight and Sunday trains on the M. B. H. and C. railway had to be abandoned. Three Kivers and Niles report a blizzard, the temperature very low and trains delayed by the snow. At Grand Rapids the storm is the worsti of the season and the i temperature has fallen 40 degrees since noon. At_9 o'clock it was ten above zero with the wind blowing a gale. In Detroit five inches of snow fell. Trains from the west were from one to two hours late. Burlington, la., Jan. 11.? With the temperature five degrees below zero snow is drifting before a heavy wind. FROZEN TO DEATH. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 11.?William D. Beckett, a prominent lawyer of this city was found on the roadside five miles west of the city early today frozen to death. Beckett had been ill fer several days and he is believed to have wandered into the country and to have fallen exhausted where he was found today by a a dairyman. * -Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 11.? The lowest temperature of the present cold weather was four de? grees above zero early this morning. A sharp wind made today the most uncomfortable of the IrintAr. Ttiorfl'ia rr? lloK anAavinn l??MVU OUU?ft IU^ among tho poor, owing to the high price of coal, but there is no scarcity of coal. In many towns of Kansas and western Missouri, however, fuel of any kinds cannot be purchased. Chicago, Jan. 11.?Two hundred thousand persons in Chicago are suffering from ailments direct ly due to cold and exposure resulting from the coal famine according to the weekly bulletin of the health department issued today. Serione results are * already seen in a heavy death rate and the health department brands the !_ I ~ M - . a 1 _ - - uieu responsiDie ror ioa situation as "guilty of constructive homi ride." The death rate last week for children under 5 years of age was 19.2 per cent, greater than in the corresponding week of last year, and among persons over 60 years of age it was 36.7 per cent, greater. The Blalock Property Bought by Bondholders. Special to The State. Prosperity, Jan. 12.?Today at 12 o'clock Special Master (J. C. Featherstone, pursuant to a de* cretal order from the United States district court, sold the property of Mf. J. S. Blalock, situ* ate in the town of Goldville, cons sisting ol 1,484 acres of land, cotton mill, oil mill, ginoery, etc. The cotton and oil mill, ginnery, located on tract No. 2, containing 119 acres, was hid in by Mr. W. C. Miller of Charleston for the bondholder at $49,000. Tract No. 1, containing 1,365 acres of land, known as the James place, was bought by Mrs. M. E. Brown ing, daughter of J. S. Blalock, at $13,500. It is understood that the new owners of the mill properly will reorganize and continue the operation of the enterprise. W. L. T, Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold. Laxativo Bromo Quiniuo Tab lets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. E ZEM \, ITCHING HUMORS PIMPLES. TREATMENT IRKE Does your Sklu Itoli n?.?l Burn? Distressing Eruptions nu the *k n so you feel nsbatuetl to be errii in cum* l>an\? Do <Sbabs autl Sc-le* furin <mi the Skin, Hair or Scalp? Havo jou Eczema? Skin Sore anil Tracked? Raab form on the Skin? Prickly Pain in the Skin? Bwol'en Joint*? Palling Hair?. All Run Down? Sklu Pale? Old Bona? Ealing Hoies? Ulcers? To cure to stay cured take B, B. B. (Botsmc Blond Balm) which makes the Llood pure and rich, then the sores will he>?I and the Itching of eczema stop forever, the skin In-come olear and the blood pur*- B. B. B. sold at drug store* $1. TiUI treatment sent free and piepnid by willing to .BLOOD BALM CO, Atlanta, Ua Describe your trouble urn! frea medical advice given. Over 3000 testimonials of cures by B. B. B. MONEY J LOAN. On a receut visit to New York f'lty, I made arrangements by which I can I negotiate loaus of $-'<U0 00 and upwards ou first mortgages on improved cotton farms at 7 per cent Interest on sums of $1,000 00 and over, and 8 |?er cent interest on sums oi less than $1,000. No commission charged, only a reasonable fee for abstract of title. R E. WYBTE, Sept. 1, 1902?0m. Atty at Lhw. A. R SIMPSON, ? Buildek and Contractor ? - Lancaster, S. C. Holicits a bid on Carpenter Morkof any kind you may wish done. Deo 1, 1902.?3ni. Go to the LANCASTER MARBLE AN1) GRANITE WORKS, ! For Good Work and Low Pria??.' A. J. McNinch, LANCASTER, S. C. COFFINS, Kin . .Tr;;twu Wo now ha and will contu complete line of burial CASKETS, all sizes and qualities, COFFIN up to Handsoi UALiI< and see us or send u fortunate as to have a death Within the RI I -iueisto 1 LANCASTER, 8. O., i CRACK GOES THE V IN COME THE ORC TheVir^riittBu SELL5 THE VERY BEST OR FERTILIZERS AT THE VERY LOWEST ( It pays to fertilize your lands THE VIROINIA-CAROLIN CHEMICAL COMPANY^ PRODUCTS. ( BOLD mRYWHIR] The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co, CHARLESTON. & C. Notice of Discharge, Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day of February, A. D. 1903. the undersigned as administrator of the estate of H. A. M. Steele, deceased, will file his final return and settlement and make application to the Probate *Court for the County of Lancaster, S. C., for a final dischnrgo as suck administrator. John H. Steele, Administrator. Lancaster, S. C., Jan. <J, 1903. 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 Luncaster.in council assembled and by the authority of same. 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 before January 1st of each and every year thereafter. That upon payment of said tax, the owuer of any dog or bitch shall be furnished by the Chief of Police with a tag which shall be immediately placed upon said dog or bitch by being attached to a collar. Sec. 2. That any dog or bitch found running at large without the tag prescribed in Section 1 of this ordinance, shall be seized and lmnAnn/lar) Ktr tlin a/K lorn ? 4Ua luipvuuuwt WJ tuu KJ ULi -<01 O lU'l 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. ? R. E. Wylie, . Attest: Mayor. 4 L. S. } C" D" j iwn .000000 II, COFFINS. ve in stock, me to keep, a COFFINS and Our stock embraces from the plain, cheap ne METALLIC cases, s your order when so unin your family. PRICES 3ACH of ALL. Jll o MIC ID.' Oct. 15, 1902.?tf. VHIP amlCa iiLiTx&. WrMl www ADES OF / COSTY ^ I / TP Til Illlllll-Cllllin I r?CIHFil! j "The Largest I Manufacturer of I Fertilizers on Earth" I Forty odd 1 . \ Manufacturing plants I ^ Wholesale purchasers \ Largest importers \ Concentration of Management a r * p "