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THE LEDGER. Thurlow 3. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. SATURDAY JANUARY 17, 1003. ?-The Highland Park Mill ] Company Trill build an additional t cotton mill ut Ilock Ilill to coat | $410, eoo. < ? Joo McFadden, colored, after i a week's confinement at his restaurant on Kail road Avenue, died Saturday of smallpox. The body was buried thut night.?Kock Hill Herald. ?Governor MeSweency lias a report from Mr. DeLoaeh, of Edisto Island, that there are 011c hundred and fifty cases of smallpox ou Edisto Island and medical assistauee is asked. Governor MeSweenov has taken tke matter up with Dr. .Jamos Evans, of the State hoard of health, who will give it immediate attention. ?The present legi* lature will 1 Lave to elect a successor to Chief ' Jastice Mclver. It is uderstood ' that Associate Justice l'opo will 1 ho elected to the chief justiceship, ' and a successor will lie chosen to ' him as associate justice. A mini- 1 bor ?f men are mentioned in connection with the vacancy already, among them being ex Gov. Sheppard, C. A. Woods of Marion, J. ( A. McCullough, F. J. F. Caldwell of Newberry, Senators Gruher and Aldrich, and Judgo .las. A Id rich. Some of Attorney Gen- I eral Bellinger's friend* yesterday ( urged him to become a candidate. 1 ?The State. \ I First Child Labor Bill. ] ( In the senate Wednesday morn- ^ ing Senator Marshall introduced v a child labor bill, the aiuin pro- ( visions ?f which are: That after ? May 1, 1903, 110 child under 10 . years eld shall be employed in any factory; after May 1, 1904, 110 c child under the age of 11 shall be ^ employed, and after May 1, 1005, j no child undar 12 shall be employ- j ed. After May 1. 1903, no child j under 12 shall bo permitted to ^ vrork between the hours of 8 n. m. and G a. ra.: provided, a child nay work aftar 8 p. ni. to make up for loss of time owing to aecideats te machinery and other 8 causes. Children of widow moth- i ers and children of totally dis- t abled fathers, the children being v dependent upon their own labor c for a living, may be permitted to n work, an affidavit to bo made by \ uch mother or father to the facts, a On an affidavit being made that e any child has atv.endod school dnr- u ing four months of the current 1 year and can read and write, it b may be employed in mills during c June, July and August. It is t< said that this bill uacets the ap- n proval of a largo number of mill li man. Cal. Marshall has given tl the subject much thought and c careful consideration, and he be- ti lieves that the provisions of the <1 U.ii ?: 11 1 ? * uni ttiii jiruru uu vanuigeous to Ul1 II interests concerned. TH K MiCmtKT OF LONG LIFE. Consists in keeping all the main rgana of the hodv in healthy, regular action, and ia quickly c' destroying deadly disease germs. Klectric Bittern regulate Stomach, b Liver and Kidneys, purify the w blood, and give a splendid uppe- t( tite. Tbey work wonders in cur- j ing Kidney Troubles, Female Complaints, Nervous Diseases, Cl Constipation, Dyspepsiu, and Ma- Ci laria. Vigorous healtli and II trength always follow their use. Only 50c, guaranteed hy Crawford Bros., and J. F. Mackey A Co , druggist. ^ ti ?The Ledger (semi-weekly) w and The News and Couiier (semi- n weekly) one yeftr for payable in advaice. I. m Woman Shoots Han in Macon. Killed Him During Interview In l'r vato Law Ollic? -Chusos A Sensation. Macon, Jan. 12.? U. A. Kigsl>y, professor in a business col ego in this city, was shot and initantly killed he.c this morning jv Mrs. Ktlio Carson, a teacher >f telegraphy, in another business college. Tho tragedy oc Mined in the law ollice of Col. M. j. Ba\ne, whore, it is said, Mr. Rigsby and Mrs. Carson had met .o iK just ulleged ditTerecces. It is reported that Kigsby had made eutatks detriment il to the cliur.cter of Mrs Carson. After meeting Mrs. Carson his morning Uigahy asked for a n ivnte inter v i e \v with her n the adjoining room. The wo hud been together in the 00111 only a few moments when ive pistol shots were heard and tin. Cat son walked calmly into ho room saying, "I have killed tim; tako me to the sheriff." fwo ??f the shots that were fired ook efToct, one entering Kigsby's , teud and one going over his r? n leart. Both parties are prominintly known. Only Six Survivors, )f the Momentous Secession Convention. Who They Are. The death of Chief .Instieo Mover leaves living today only six >f tho 16'J meinltors of the monentous secession convention, vhieh was followed t?t tho war jctween the north and the South. M \l m/M i.l * r - ? ii M.*y i-.'ui, ui i n e nine or mo Jonfoderato reunion there were en surviyoroof this famous body, since that time the Uev. \Y. 11. Jamphcll, Capt. John II. Kinsler, nd Chancellor \Y 1) Johnson liave lasses! away. Now comes thi leuth of Judge Mclver, leaving mly bix survivors. They are L Y. Sprutt of Jacksonville, Hon. 'eter Stokes, Cel. .Joseph Daniel 'ope, Dr. James H. Carlisle, Col. t. A. Thompson and K. C. Lo-? ;an.?The State. To J nil Debtors. Representative Mahaffoy of ipartanhurg it is said is preparng a bill for the the next legisluure to jail debtors. While he is rorking to bind the shavkles loser on those who owe and will ot or cannot pay. Some man in Vest is talking about repealing II laws intended to secure the reditor and to nuke credit, stand pon a man's personal honor. Ie thinks that this would be the est protection that a creditor ould have. It would lead more } the cash system. Persons who ere disposed to shirk their obgution would have to pay as a?y wont, and those who secured redit would value their reputa on* too highly to have them nmiigc'cl dj failure to pay what ley owed.?(jreeuweod Journal. Jumped From Train. Prosperity dun. 1.- Our olfi2i? of the law had some unusal spericnce with a negro last Sun- i ay morning The oflender had ! een wanted for some time and ?? found, arrested, handcuffed i [id put aboard the car to he car/?,! i ni )Ka nnimtti loll tkn - ' ?. J * > ? llprit bud evidently planned hid impaign and when Conductor 111h( ; of the Southern was oih a^'ini; the deputy's attention for ckels the prisoner leaped from the inniu^ train, and though the, uin wait stoppe 1 and thu deputy ent in hot pursuit that negro haa ot hcen seen since. ? Suhs'-nhe to Tub Lancasthk iKDi.BU. ?1.50 per annum. I . ? . , . i Why Do So Many Cotton Mil! Operatives Have Sallow Complexions ? August 11. Kohn in News and 1 Courier. Therro are a great many people persons who think that the tallow and pale complexion, which so many mill operatives have, is the result of their work. Just bofore 1 started on my trip of in vesiiganon l read an article written by a young woman who visited the? Columbia cotton mills and w ho made much ado about the sallow complexion of the mill I help. In my visita to the various otton mills 1 found a number of luen and women, boys and girls, > who did have a pale, sallow look, aad i tried to find out why. It is not confined to the children. There are men and women who have the same look, and while the confining work of the cotton mills may, to some extent, account for it, there is other cause for it. Working side by side with the pale, sallow-looking operatives in many of the mitts are operatives who are just as bright and tosyj cheeked and full blooded as any that enn be found in this State. It is not an uncommon thing t? ga into a spinning room, or any other department of tho mills and find at one end of tho frame a bright, rosy cheeked child. The complexion is not altogether the' result mill life. A census ! would show that there are more ' pink-cheeked children than pale in the mills. There are many opinions on tho subject. Some } charge the complexion to malaria; others insist that it is prenatal. ! Others think that it is climatic, and others that it is entirely due j to the cotton mill hands1 mode of Itving and poorly prepared food. 1 One man, who had been looking into tho question very carefully,.!, told mo that it was the "hook 1 worm.'1 1 do n.t protend to say 1 what it is or why it is, but it is 1 certain that there are to lie found in Uic Hiind hills of Richland, Lancaster, and Chesterfield and in j the mountainous section of this State and North Carolina, men, ' women and children with just the ' same complexion as is found among the operatives of any mill in South Carolina. If somo one can (ind out why 8o many people w ho have never ! been inside of a cotton mill have ! the "cotton mill color." it will i bo practicable to uccount for the color of the cotton mill pco- I pie.. Over in Lancaster 1 talked with Mr. Springs on the subject, and ha told me that the pale, ?alfron1 colored operative of hi# mill came j there that way, and bo would , make me a wager that lie could j tell exactly where every one ia the mill cumo from. Wo went to the mill at the noon hour, and every child that want in no stopped. Those who were rosy colored and bright-looking generally came from Lancaster County and from prosperous farms, and without even asking the children where they crmc from he recognized those with the pile, yellow skin that they came from eastern Lancaster and Chesterfield County, and tbo complexion seemed to be quite common with that section of tho country. Some of ! them were free to admit that thev 1 had Ween clay eaters befoio they were employed in the cotton mills. This mill, situated as it is, furnishes a good field for the study of this question. Here will ho found the Beckham girls, bright, vivacious young women, making a good living, an ' all of them with the brightest complexion, and in the same room other young women not near so rosy cheeked or healthy looking. Yet tho Bock* j hum girls have been in tho mill longer than those who arc pale. I In this mill thoro is Misses Mary Snipes, formerly of Chester County. She has as much color as would lie found in a painted pic tore; and hy her side, in striking contrast, is Mi?s Nettie Kyme; and from the same county as Miss Nettie Nyme is Will Kennington who has plenty of color. Miss 1 .1 . V! - - * * - ? uk i>y<?, ui wont in mis null, al so has color and brightness of complexion, and if there were to l>c a beauty show, it would bo hard to find a better entry than Miss Carrie Gale, who wont into the cotton mill at Lancaster from her homo, about eight miles be. low Lancaster, and who has ideal rosy cheeks, although she has been working in the cotton mill for a iiu nberof years. Theodore Stai nes, who has been in tlio mill for two years, has a bright color, and right by him is a young follow, named Itobinson, who is pale and sallow and uses tobacco. And so, in this way, I could have gone al! through the mill unci f on u< 1 ono person who had worked in tho mill for a number of years, who had bright, rosy complexion, and by his or her side another, who had been in the mill perhaps just as long, with a mrtbt pronounced sallow complexion. And then, again I could find null help that had just lately come there from the farms, with skins as pallid, or more so, than those who had been there for years. What 1 found at Lancaster was , the case at a number of other places. While going over to o n Granitoville 1 passed a little place called Summit, and there, on a lumber pile, standing out in the opon air, was a little hoy, proba- ' blj 15 years old, miles away from u cotton mill, who looked palo i -and sallow and saffron, more so than any boy I had seen in any cotton mill in South Carolina: ..nd vet, in all likelihood this boy had never seen the doors of a cotton mill. It is a mistake directly to charge the cotton mills with haing tho causo of the complexion of their operatives. They have no more to do with the complexion of their operatives than tho farms have to do with the comploxion of tho people who work on them. It would ho an excellent thing to have somebody go to the various cotton mill communities and tench till" l?eniiln hfiwr f/? I ? I^-WX'I'IV ?H/ M IU V/VHi IV Jliu* perly. Thoy get the very best food, but do not know how to prepare it. In some of the homes 1 saw food horribly sacrificed. 1 Merchants all say that the operatives buy the best flour and pro 1 visions of all kinds; but they do not know how to prepare it. If somebody, who wanted to do a true charity, would instruct these peopie how to cook, thoy would be doing them a kindness thut would 1 havo good results. One of tho cotton mill officers told me that he attached so much : importance to the question of properly prepared food that he was almost tempted to built a' h .-go dining hall, where tho operatives could get their dinner, at , leust during working hours, and then ho would know that thoy 1 would have nourishing soups and properly prepared meats once a day, - -tvlannnso 1 (I f 1i MHUIHII y i ?? ucillg lA'U M Dirt 11day an?l a legal holiday the legislature will n?t he in session. An effort will he made to hare the members visit W inthrop eollcgo or? that day, and it is likely that the arrangements will lie made.? Colombia Kecoad. <? .'bis olffn.ituro is on every box of tbo gonuliu Laxative Bromo*Qtiinine Tablet* Jko reiuv'y that cures n roltl In on? d?y Slojm thr. f'?iitfj fi <nnl II'ovftS t>jt i th' Laxative Bromu Quinine Tul? lets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. K ZKUs ITCHING 111* Kilts PIMPLES. THKATJlli: ? I It'.S. E n n . ... uuvs your nk i ti i ion n1 il I?ir i 7 Distressing Eruption* i?n 11 .o JK n ?o yOU ft'Cl Htllltllltll t<? llP S" I) in l>anv? Do ?S"oat?8 mill Hc?'e* form -n the Skin, Hair or Soa'i? Ha e o>ii Ec/.enss? Kkin Sore hmI < racked? Hash form on the Skit? Prickly Pain in the Skii ? Swollen Jolnie? Falling Hair? Al! RunDowi ? SI i** Pale? Olil Sore? Ealing Hu-?n? Ulcers? To cure to Btay cured iak * B, B. B (Botanic Blood Balm) whith makes the Mood pure and r.cli, then the sores will lied aid tiie Inching of ecr.ema stop forever the akin hi c??tne clear and the blood ur it B. It. sold at drug stores $1. : l?l lit stoient rout free and piepuid ! > wilin g i? HLOOD HA DM (O, Atlanta. <i? I Describe your trouble a".d fre? medical ' advice given. Ov- r 80c0 Uswtnonials of cutea hy It. B ft. loifj'Lm1 On a recent visit to New Yo U "tiy, I made arrangemenis by which I can negotiate loans of $:{(;<> (HI and upward* on tirst mortgage* mi improved cotton ( farms at 7 per cetii 1 Mere*! on sum* of $1,000 00 and ov> r. r.'d 8 per cent in-J terest on sums oi has than $1,100. No comtnissio: charged, only a reasonable fee for abstract of title. It E. WYLTK, Hept. 1. 1902?Ont. Atty at l<iw. - ? -i -.?? ? A. H. SIMPSON, ? Builder and Contractor ? - Lancaster. S. C. - So.icits a hid 011 ( Arpeuttr work of Any kind you may wish dono. Dec 1, 1902.?3ni. BaaMBHOBBaHBOHiMBD Go to the LANCASTER MARBLE | ANI) GRANITE WORKS, j For Good Work and Low Prim*. A. ", ,*cNinch, LANCASTER, S. ?. j o o O < n o \y \W S Wo now lm and will cuiilir complete line of burial OASKE PS. all sizes and qualities, COFFIN up to Handsor CALL and see us or send u: fortunate us to have a death Within the R1 -Lnler Hi I A xr^*t ? iiarnjAOifitt, ?. U., r? ! CRACK GOES THE V J IN COME THE ORE ? TheVirgjaia4arolina6hi SELLS THE VERY BEST GR> FERTILIZERS AT THE VERY LOWEST < It pays to fcrtHlzc your lands I THE VIRGINIA-CAROLIN.' I CHEMICAI CftMPiw/ PRODUCTS. BOLD EVERYWniDI Th? Virclrva-CaroJ.na CLtomiouH Co, CHARLESTON. 8. C. L Notice of Discbarge. Notice to heieOy given that on the 7tb day of Feb: wiry, A. D. 1903, the uinicrdirned as administru'.or < f the otaic of H. A. Al. Steele, deceased, will file his final return and t-uillnnent and make 111 p 'cation to die Probate Court for tho Com ly of Lancaster, S. C-, for n finnl discharge as such ndministrnt? r. John H. Steele, Administrator. Lancaster, S. C., .Fan. 6, 1903. AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING KORAN ANNUAL TAX ON ALL DOGS FOUND WITHIN THE LIMITS OK HIE TOWN OF LANCASTER. Re it ordained by tbo Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Luncastcr.in council assembled and by the authority of sume. Sec. 1 That un 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. l6t 1903, and on or before Janoaiy 1st of each and every year thereafter. That upon payment of said tax, the owner of any dog or bitch shall bo furnished by the Chief of Police with a tag which shall he immediately placed upon said dog or bitch by being attached to a collar. Sec. 2. That any dog or bitch found running at largo without the tag prescribed in Section 1 of this ordinunce, 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 snid dog or hitch, is paid within thirty-six hours from time of seizure, then said dog or hitch shall forthwith ho killed. Ratified by the Mayor and Al dernien in council assembled this 26th day of July, 1902. R. E. Wylie, Attest: Mayor. '-! L. S. y v- D- * Iljfl ? ? ? ? 0 ? lliV nflEEINC iimj ww vo in stock, iue to keep, a COFFINS and Our stock embraces from tlio plain, cheap ne METALLIC cases. n i * _) uur oruer wnen so unln your funiily. PRICES 3ACH of ALL. ralilt 1Oct. 15, 1902.?tf. >ERS I aniealCo. I \des of / wl ") f 10 IIDftMII m?AM? > ink IIIVIIII'IIIULIII I ~^itHI5IL CIMfllT j ?"?'' 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