The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 14, 1903, Image 2
THE LEDGER.
Thurlow 8. Garter,
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EDITOR AND MANAGER.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1908.
The Engineer Was Dead.
Knozrille, Tenn., Jan. 11.?
Passengers on an incoming Knox ille
and Ohio railroad train rode
several miles this evening with
the hand of a corpse at the throt
tie of the engine. The train left
Buekeye, Tenn., on time and ran
through to Careysville, the next
station. When the train ran
a. i ?- * 1 i i? - ri.
lurouga me iauer town riroman
ilattlock discovered something
was wroDg and stepped te the en?
gineer'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
fell from the side of a high cat
threugh the mountains and killed
him instantly. The train ran
perhaps eight miles after Young
was killed.
Attempted Suicide.
Andersen, Jan. 11.?Mrs.
Wash Etidcs, a rospeoted lady
living at tho Anderson cotton
mills, attempted suicide yester*
day by taking laudanum. She
took a very large dose of the poi?
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 bis 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 pi ia\ and shot the sheriff I
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
Tragedy in Policeman's Home.
Meridian, Miss., Jan. 9.?At a
late hour last night a blaze was
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 en
tirely 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
6ome time. An inquest will be
held. A few hours before the
discovery of the body, Mrs. Boyd
entrusted her 10-year-old daugh
isr 10 a iriena wiin instructions
for its bringing up, should any*
thing happen to her, (Mrs. Boyd)
during the night.
Smallpox Situation Improving in
Rock Hill.
There is some smallpox, six or
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 numbor
of cases thau a week or more ago
and the council and health board
are working carefully to prevent
the infection spreading further.?
Roek Hill Journal.
fAe Beat Prescription for Matara
Chills and Fever is a bottle of
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It
is simply Iron and Quinine and
tasteless, No Cure No Pay.
Treasorer's Yiei [
Of State Finances.
Fnre Mill Lery, 11 Says, Is Not
Sufficient. Makes Some Suggestions
to the General As^
seinbly.
In the annual report of the
r
State Treasurer of South Carolina, c
to the general assembly. Trees- ]
urer Jennings, in his introductory c
remarks, thus summarizes the ti- ,
nancial condition of the State: ,
i4I have the honor t? submit j
my annual roport of the trans- c
actions of the treasury department '
of the State government for the j
fiscal year beginning January 31st
1902. I call attention to the fact *
that the appropriations made by <
the general assembly for the fiscal t
year just ended wore in excess of 1
the taxes raised by the levy of five
mills by largely more than one ,
hundred thousand dollars, conso- \
quently the governor and treasur- \
er have been forced to borrow on '
the credit of the State tho full \
amount of three hundred thousand ,
dollars to meet current expenses j
and pay the July, 1902, and the (
January, 1903, interest on tho i
public debt. The interost on this (
borrowed money will reach about .
seven thousand dollars, at tho
most reasonable rates we were able
to secure. It is a physical im- I
possibility to raise an appropriation
of about one million, one (
hundred and fifty thousand dol?
lars on a 5 mill levy at the present
yaluation of taxable property.
The levy is the same now as
it WAS wKnn Ihfl innrnrifjotinno
.. .. mwm www iabivuo
were only $800,000. The baneful
effect of a large appropriation
upon the basin of a small levy will i
be seen when the facts are pre- ]
sented. It is a fact that if the <
same levy and the same appro- i
priations are made for tHe year ]
as for the last, instead of providing
a loan of $300,000 as hereto- I
fore, the legislature will have to i
provide tor a loan of seven hnn- i
dred thousand dollars te pay cur- <
rent expenses and meet her inter- 1
est debt, and the borrowing pro
cess will have to begin early in <
tbe year. I am well aware that i
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 uso
their money to advantage; the
farmer as a general thing can pay
his taxes easier before Christmas
than after, and even the railroad j
oompanies, which pay such a large ]
proportion of the taxes, have the <
last two years nearly all paid up j
during the month of December (
upon a polite request of the treas- ,
urer, thus lending a helping hand (
in our time of need. If the gov- (
erner and comptroller general had
extended the time this season, as |
was done in 1901 about the last ,
of Docember. we would not hav? .
had funds to pay the January in*
terest, while not a dollar would
hare been available for payment 1
of our notes or their renewal, 1
whereas by withholding such extension
we have been able to pro- |
vide for the payment of the interest;
and have good hope of
meeting our notes for loans at
maturity, unless the general as- 1
sembly extends the time: if it <
does, however, the prospect is 1
that it will also have to provide I
for a loan for that purpose. If i
the 15th of December could be i
adopted a? the time for closing the <
ax books, and the law were
trictly observed, all the anxiety
md suspense as to where the
nonty is to come from to pay
he January iaterest and meet
:urrent expenses would be avert *
id, and time would also be had to
nake the treasurer's report in deail
more fully. As it is we have
>een compelled, for want of time,
o curtail in some measure. I
;ive the asual statements below,
>f this office, except extended re)orts
of the sinking fund for re*
luction of Brown 4 1-2 per cents.,
ind the State permanent school
!und, which we have hitheito
volunteered. All the cash transitions
relating to these two ac;ounts,
however are fully set
'orth in detail in our statements
>f receipts and expenditures, al,hough
not in classified form.
"The act of February, 1896,'
provides that after its approval ao
lou pon bond of the State, payable
,o bearer, nor any coupon thereof
shall be consolidated, converted,
Funded or paid by the State treasurer
after the expiration of twenty
rears from dale of maturity; at:ention
is ealled to the fart that
B125,000 ot the State capitol
sonds, which matured in 1871
ind 1881, held by the United
States for the Indian trust fund,
would now be included in the limitation
of the act of 1896,referred
;o, and that the effect of such limtation
upon the settlement of the
ilaitns of the State against the
United States now pending, should
be considered."
Big Had B; Memphis Police.1
Set Burlington Tram Bobbers.
They Catch Three Men Who
Had Nitro-Glycerine in
Their Posessions and
Two of Whom
Are Identified.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 9.?It 1
now looks as if the Memphis po- '
iice made an important capture, 1
when, on Wednesday last, they 1
arrested Thomas Clark, George
Rogers and John F. Estelle, i
When taken into costody the men j
LJOU UU1V/ |^I J V/Cl iUT3 IU lUUtl
lession. Estello has since been 1
identified by the engineer aa one
?f the participants in the Burling- :
ton hold-up near Marcus, 111., I
To-day Mrs. A Delap, 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 brakeman on the
Frisco system, has identified
Rogers as one of the prime movers
in the hold-up on the Frisco j
at Jenesboro, Ark., several
months ago. Estello, Wednss
day night, was taken to Savannah, j
111., in charge of an officer.
Is Consumption Curable ?
Mr. Phipps Gives $300,000 to
Aid Search for a Remedy.
Philadelphia, Jan. 9. ? Dr. L.
F. Flick, president of the Free
Hospital for Poor Consumptives
here, tonight announced that Henry
Phipps, of New York, formerly
a partner of Andrew Carneg:e,
had contributed $300,000 for the
establishment of an institution in
this city for the treatment and
study of consumption. The institution
is to bo known as "The
Henry Phipps institute, for the
study, and the treatment and prevention
of tuberculosis." It will
he so endowed as to derive an insome
of about $30,000 to $40,000
innually. Dr. Flick will be di<?
rector general of the institution.
He has already selected several
mnm Kara t\9 uto ff Af ?* PK??\ir\<?
uivmwio iai( JL Ul|/|/0
tod Dr. Flick recently returned
from Europe where they spent a |
lime in investigating the methods
r>f 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.
The Northvest In
Grasp Of Bliixard
i
Extending Throughout Nebraska,
Icwa andDakota. The Coldest
Of The Winter.
Detroit Mich., Jan. 11. ?Lower
Michigan has been in the grasp
os a snow-storm Ltoday that has
assumed proportions of a blizzard.
Lake- Michigan^is tonight flashed
by a forty mile wind into a condition
that'mado it impossible for
any of the 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 Rivers and Niles report
a blizzard, the temperature
very low and trains delayed by
the snow.
At Grand Rapids the storm is
the worst, of the season and the
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 jinches of snow
fell. Trains from the west were
from one to two hours late.
Burlington, la., Jan. 11.?
With tho 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
?.j.. ??i ? ? ' -
vuu vitj om i j iuuay xru^uu IU
death. Beckett had been ill fer
ereral 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.
5 i '
; Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 11.?
The lowest temperature of the
present cold weather was four de? .
grees abeve zero early this morning.
A'sharp wind made today
the most uncomfortable of the
| Winter. There'js mueh^su tiering
amonsr tho noor. owinc tn th?
c-? a 1 n -"
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 directly
due to cold and exposure resulting
from the coal famine according
to the weekly bulletin of the
health department issued today.
Serious results are already seen
in a heavy death rate and the
health department brands the
men responsible for the situation
i as "guilty or constructive homi
cide." 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,
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Special to The State.
Prosperity, Jan. 12.?Todoy at
12 o'clock Special Master (J. C.
Featherstone, pursuant to a de?
cretal order from the United
Ui.l . 11 '
oimua uiainci coun, som wie property
of Mr. J. S. Blalock, situste
in the town of Goldville, consisting
of 1,484 acres of land,
cotton mill, oil mill, ginnery, etc.
The cotton and oil mill, ginnery,
located on tract No. 2, containing
119 acres, was hid in by Mr. W.
G. 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 propsrly
will reorganize and continue the
operation of the enterprise.
W. L. T.
titopa the Cough and 1 forks off I
thr Cold. I
Laxative Bromo Quiuiue Tab
lets cure a cold in one day. No |
Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c.
E ZEMA, ITCHING HUMOR'S !
PIMPLES. TREATMKN i' I RKE ,
Does your Skin Itch m.?l Buri.? '
Distressing Eruptions on the ?k n so
you feel ashamed to be ? -*-it mi cm- {
i>auy? Do &jabs and Hc*ie? f??r?n on 1
the Skin, Hair or Scalp? Have you
Eczema? Skin Bore and Cracked?
Rash form on the Hkin? Prickly
Pain In the Skin? Swollen Joint*? ,
Palling Hair? All Run Down? Skin
Pale? Old Sons? Rating Sotes?
Ulcers? To cure to stay cured taka
B, B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) which
makes the blood pure and rich, then
the sores will heul ar.d the Itching of
eczema stop forever, the skin become
clear and the blood jure B. B. B.
sold at drug store* $1. TiUI treatment
sent free aud piepaid by willing to
2FLOOD BALM CO ^ Atlanta, Oa
Describe your trouble and frea medical ,
advice given. Over 30U0 testimonials
of cures by B. B. B.
MONET J LOAN.
On a recent visit to New Yotk f,lty,
I made arrangements by which I can I
negotiate loans of $300 00 and upwards I
ou first mortgages on improved cotton
farms at 7 per cent Interest on snuis of
$1,000 00 and over, and 8 per cent In*
terest on sums oi less than $1,000.
No commission charged, ouly a reasonable
fee for abstract of title.
R. B. WYLIE,
Hept. 1, 1902?6m. Atty at I,aw.
A. R. SIMPSON,
? Builder and Contractor ?
- Lancaster, S. C. Hollcltsa
bid on Carpenter work of
any kind jou may wish done.
Dec 1, 1902.?3m.
Go to the
LANCASTER^ MARBLE
Ai^l 1J
GRANITE WORKS,
For Good Work and Low Pri?*?.
A. J. McNinch,
LANCASTER, 8. .
We now hai
OTin mill AARfin
MUV* H1II VVUilU
complete Hoe of
burial CASKETS,
all sizes and qualities,
COFFIN up to Handsor
CALL and see us or send us
fortunate as to have a death
Within the RI
-Lancaster!
LANCASTER, 8. 0.,
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SELLS THE VERY BEST Git
FERTILIZERS
AT THE VERY LOWEST <
It pays to fertilize your lands
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CHFLMICAI- CftSDiNV^
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Notice of Discharge. .
Notice is hereby given ' that on
ihe 7t"h (lay of February, A. D.
1903, the undersigned as administrntor
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.
(J., for a final discharge as such
administrator.
John H. 8tkelb,
Administrator.
Lancaster, S. C., Jan. 6, 1903.
AN ORDINANCE #
PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL
TAX ON ALL DOGS FOUND
WITHIN THE LIMITS OF
. THE TOWN OF LANOA8TER.
Be it ordained by tbe Mayor
and Aldermen of the Town of
Lancaster, in council assembled and
by the authority of same. ? r
Sec. 1 That an annual tax of
One Dollar is hereby assessed and
levied against tbe owner of each
dog or bitch kept within tbe cor- :
porato limits of Baid 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 owner 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
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 At
dermeo in council assembled this
26th day of July, 1902.
R. E. Wylie, >,
Attest: Mayor.
it n i C/ D. Jones,
^ L*. r Clerk.
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from the plain, cheap
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