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THE LKDGER. Tliurlow S. Carter, BITOR AND MANAGER. SATURDAY JANUARY 24, 1003. Sufficient, Thougk. ^ionn*r\r- alo/tf A P T ohmAi? UVUU.l/I^VIVVI 4 X V. 1JIUUUV.I \J k South Carolina is quoted as follows by The Baltimore Son: "We do Dot object to President Roosevelt appointing negroes to office on the ground of fitness, but we do object to appointing simply on the ground that ho is a negro." There are numerous reasons to be given whv the President should not appoint negroes in tho South to office, but the bassis of the whole business is the race feeling. White people, as a rule, object to colored office holders because they are colored, and that is the whole story, let it be enlarged upon at will. Latimer's diagnosis of the case brings to mind the couteution of some good citizens of North Carolina some vears airo who wantad the commissioners of n certain county to withhold liquor license from till applicants on the ground that no man who would ell whiskey possessed a "good moral character," which the law aid the applicant must have before he could get the license. The South Carolina Senator-elect doesn't object te the naming of negroes te office if they are qualified, but the mere fact that they are negroes establishes the:r disqualification.?Charlotte Observer. New Building lor the Insane Destroyed by Fire. ; Special to News and Courier. Columbia, Jan, 20. ? Fire this morning, about 3.30 o'clock, destroyed the Taylor building, a four-story brick structure, of the Hospital for the Insane, with a loss of about $20,000 and insur ance of $12,CO0. Fortunately the building had not yet been put to use, but the cots and other furnishings had been put in and patients would have occupied it in a few days. The tire was discovered by one of the watchmen und at the time was confined to the northeast corner of the basement. A hurried run waB ma<le to the main building and an alarm turned in, but the box failed to work. The police station was called up and Box 41 turned in from thero, calling ont the firemen in a blinding storm of sleet and rain. By this time the flames had spread over the entire building, going straight through the floors until the fourth story was reached. A corridor connecting I he Taylor building with the east wing of the main building was cut through and the firemen poured tons of water on the flames to prevent their spreading. Stopa the Cmif/h and Worka off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tub lets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. 14 arshal Adams Confirmed. Washington, Jan. 20. ? Marthai Adams's nomination was confirmed today during a brief executive session of the Senate. His nomination, made at the same time Dr. Crurn's name was put in, was reported from the judiciary committe with a favorable recommendation. Senator Tillman was present, but made no abjection, nod the confirmation followed without the formality of a roll call. ? ? ? Vata dfBtton fa OB every box of the gonuiix I Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tabled , fli thai cum a eoM in om day j Nothing Doing Mnch. Business Not Yet in Slmpo for Legislt ture. Columbia Record, 22nd. Neither branch of tho legislatore is yet in shape to get to woi k and neither will be until next week. While tho usual Urge number of bills hare been introduced, committees havo nut yet repotted on muny of them, ami until this is done there is nothing for members to do. Tho house had a session of little over a half hour this morning and nothing was done except routine business, including the introduction of a raft of bills of no general interest. Tho senate was not in session much longer, but there were one or two matters of interest and importance attended to. Cotton Roaches Nino Cents. For the tir.-d time since May, 1902, cotton has reached 9 cents in the Charlotte markot. There were 17 bales on the market yesterday, and the highost price paid was 9 cents. This is tho record high price since May 1, last year, when Charlotte buyers wero pay> ing 9.75. Yesterday's receipts at 9 cents were 17 bales against 70 at 8 cents on the sujio day last year.?Charlotte Observer, 22nd inst. \ Centenarian. Jodie Wilson, colored, died Monday and was buried at Jackson cemetery yesterday. She was possibly the oldest inhabitant of Chester county. She nursed Col. Wilson, who died some months ago, when she was 22 years old. She was born in August 1800, which makes her 103 years old at the time of her death. She died on A. O. Fl^nnikon'o place. Old ago caused her decease. Chester Lautern. Tillman Remains Silent. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 21.? Col. J. H. Tillman, whose term as Lieutenant Governor expired today or.d who is in jail charged with the marder of Editor Gonzales, remains silent so far as the public is concerned. The inquest will be resumed at 8 e'cloek tomerrow evening. To day hundreds of Columbians and many from other places visited the grave ef Mr. Gonzales in Elm wood Cemetery. John J. McMahan, whose term as State Superintendent ?f Edupotlftn avnirnil fn/lim W..V * w ? l/WVIMJ f un? pUllliDIJ ed a letter urging the erection of o r? a monument to Mr. Gonzales. One^Horse LLog Farm. Mr. J. Frank Ashe, of McConnellvillc, intends to try a one-horse farm in hogs this )ear. That is, ho will devote the labor of one horse entirely to raising feed for pigs. Having as he deserves to have, tho reputation of being one of the most intelligent and progres sivo farmers in tho county, Mr. Ashe's experiment will be watehed with a great deal of interest.? Yorhvillo Enquirer. Motorman Who Han Into Rcosevelt's Carriage Gets Six Months. Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 20.? Euclid Madden and .James T. Kelly, indicted for manslaughter in connection with tho accident here last August, in which William Craig, President Roosevelt's bodyguard, was killed to-day retracted a previous plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty. Mad don woh sentenced to sorve six months in the house of correction und to pay a line of #400. Kelly's caso was placed 011 tile. The Slain and the Slayer Gonzales is at Heat; How is It ; With Tillman) ? Little Chance that the Murdor Will be Avenged. News and Courier, 20th. j Mr. N. G. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State, who was shot | down in Ilia 111 inpinnl ?lraaf n# ilio ? ?v r- ?%iI\J State Cupital last Thursday, pass ed away yesterday afternoon. His hands are folded, his lips are dumb, his ltnpotuous spirit will no raoro bo disturbed by the conspiracies of the vicious or the frailties of . the weak. H Ho will rest well, after tho little space ho was permitted to dwelljhere, safe in the shelter of a good conscience. So it is with tho dead; how is it with the living? So it ia with the slain; how is it?with^tho slayer, with the voice of his helpless victim, "Shoot again, you coward," ever .ringing in his ears? With tho reflection, in his quiet moments when there is nobody with him but himself, nobody within call of his soul but his own accusing spirit, "It was not necas ary for me to kill him, I did not ask him whether or uot he was armod. ' 1 did not give him a chance?1' He will never get away from it. There is somothiug in the stain of human blood shed by violent hands that caunot be wash e<l out. It is always^red, bloodred, and it obtrudes itself upo* j the vision whatever the beauty of i the scene, whether it bo tho in- ] 1 uoceuce of little children at play, i the contentment of the virtuous i life, or tho good fellowship of \ 1 well-conditioned neighbors. 1 It does not matter to Gonzales i what happens to the man who j \ killed him. He has spokeu his < last word in condemnation ot his '*< enemy. What was written in the i heat and passion of the last cam < paign has not been blotted out by < the shedding of his blood. What 1 j ho said when he was assaulted ? without notice has ouly been em- . I pkasized by "his death. Wo have ' a not the least doubt as to what the t law ought to do with his slaver: t our only doubt is as to how we r can best aid in the inforcemont of ,, i v the law and the punishment of the fl man guilty of its violation. We f have not the least doubt as to the ' r I 1 quality of Mr. Tillman's otTence ^ ? we ull know that he shot down ^ his unarmed victim without no- 0 tice, thut ho did this, after reflecting upon the course that he j, should pursue in order to obtain I ^ a vindication of his chaiacter for ' n the period of about six months, ^ and that the element of malice v aforethought entered into the ex? ^ ecution of a deliberately formed purpose. In n bettei condition of society we should be able to predict with certuinty what the result of the r trial of such a case would bo; and e we are almost equally sure what * the outcome of the trial of Mr. j Tillman will be in the condition existing in this State. But wo must not go into a discussion of r the case. It will not be tried by d the newspapers, but by the ordinary methods of the law. If these j, methods prove to be insufficient p for the protection of society, so much the worse for anr'ietT Thf?r? have been so many miscarriages f of justice, so many farcical pro- y ceedings in Court, so much waste 11 of dignity and legal learning, so ^ many violent men who have oscup- ^ cdanysoit of punishment that p we do now look with much con- p lidenco to the orderly procedure p of the Courts in a certain class l of cases which are treated as E above the law. n Jt would be for the highest good of tho State if, on uccount e of the deep damnation of his tak- c in<? off. tho death of Mr. Gonza- 8( lea should mark the beginning of j a new era in the enforcement of ? ! tho law againat murder in South a, Carolina. o Poison in Tooch of Corpse. SepthaMnia Sots In From Work in the Dissecting Room ? J. M. Beyce of South Carolina, One of the Victims. Special to The Observer. Davidson, Jan. 21. ? Two of the medical students J. M. Boyce of Blacksturg, S. C., and O. R. McLeod, of Robeson county, this State, are lying desperately ill at the hospital with scptisaemiu or hlncifl-nmynninrr 1 .?i?f A^ttov auuioua) Mr. Boyce wa? accidently stuck in the hand by a tenaculum, while working in the dissecting room of the Medical College. The wound was a mere scrateb, but knowing the terrible results that are apt to follow such an accident he took avery precaution. Mr. McLeod was working at the same time with the same subject, and had i slight abrasion of the sk;n on >ne of his hands. Friday each aad a slight chill and on Sunday joth man showed symptoms of the liseaso in a very rirulont form. Ube usual remedies were resorted :? without any effect. The physicians knew that Dr. Barrows, of New iTork, had recently treated some cases successfully, and they 3arefnlly studied his method as given ill The New York Herald of last Saturday. To adopt the treatment without further information saetned hardly warranted* but MeLeod's symptons were so urgent that Dr. Munroe decided to try it in a modified form, so a saIntion of formalin was prepared and injected into the tissues in . stead of into the veins. The effect was almost instantaneous, his temperature dropping from 10(5 to 102? in an hour and remaining there for 24 hours. Dr. Munroe an Tuesday wirod Dr. Barrows ?$r an exact statement of his formula and method, and unon re ? i reiving a prompt reply 500 cubic senlimetres of the solution were njected into a vein of Mr. Boyce's urn at noon to-day. At this lour, 8 p. m., the result does not teem hopeful. Instead of u reluction, a slight rise in temperaure followed the injection. At > p. m., Mr. McLeod was given l second injection into the tissues nd a stronger solution of the ormalin used with very favorable esults at this writing. This in* licated that the modified method irotnises better results than the riginal Barrows method. n- oi * * ur. oirong, or unarlolte who s a nephew of Mr. Boyco, has teen called into consultation. The t nothers of both young man are lere. Tho whole community is waiting for the outceme with >ainful interest. Children Cause Tragedy. Paducah, Ky., Jan. 20.?War* en Woodward, a farmer living ight miles from the city, was hot and killed last night by ames Cowan, a resident of the hanty bout. The men had quareled over a dispute between chilren. :czem*. itching humor's 'IMPIjES. treatment free Does your Skin Itch and Burn? listresninif Eruptions on tho .vk'n ho ou fori ashamed to be seen in comanj? Do iS'cabs and He*lew form on lie Skin, Hair or Scalp? Have you x'zenoa? Skin Sore and Cracked? taah form on Ihe Skin? Prickly '.iin in I lie Jki. ? Swollen J ol n tfe? 'ailing Hall? All Run Down? Skin 'ale? Old Sor?a? Rating Hoie*? Ilcera? To cure to stay cured takI, H. B (Botanic Blood Halm) which lakes the hlood pure and rich, then lie aorea wi.l heul a..d the itching of t aenia stop forever the sklu become li ar and the hlood pure. B. B. H. >!d at drug stores $1. Trial treatment nit free and prepaid by writing to 1LOOD BABM CO, Atlanta, Ua hscribe your trouble and frea medical Jvioe given. Over 3000 testimonials f cures by B. B. B. Heyward Takes The Oath Tbe Inauguration at Columbia.? A Brilliant Scene in the Hall of the House of Representatives. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 21.? Tail ay at noouCapt. D. C. lleyward of Colletoa county, was inaugurated into the duties of the (iov ernoi s oitice, the ceromoaies being conducted in u most impressive manner. The inauguration was held in the hall of the Mouse of Representatives. The gnllerios were crowded with Representatives, and the chairs on the floor of the House were ? ccupied by the first womanhood of South Carolina. Mrs. McSweeney, M 1*8. Hey ward, and other ladies of their party were seated immediately in front ot the Speaker's rost rum. When the approach of the Governor's party was announced by the sergeant at-arms, the joint assembly rose, and the distinguished company threadod its way through the closely-packed aisles to the Speaker's desk, whore the ceremonies wore to take place. The joint assembly was presided over by ex-Governor John C. Sheppard, of Edgofield, president of the State Senate. In the offi^ cial party on the Speaker's rostrum were Governor Heyward; the retiring Governor, Miles B. McSweeney, Chief Justice Y. J. Pope, Associate Justices Eugene B. Gary, and Ira B. Jones, the ; rearing state officers and their secretaries. The picture on the rostrum was very impressive. The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices in their black judicial robes, the president of the SenI ate, and the Speakeas of the House in the State gowns of purple, and the black robed clerks of the two bodies, gave the scene an air of stateliness and dignity. In some States the wearing of the robe has been abandoned, but in South Carolina the old customs are closel? observed. Ex Governor Shoppard having answered the nublic of thfi ir.ir.f, M.-... a _ __ j "'J ? VJIWTernor Heywaid then advanced to the right of the presiding officer and C&ief Justice Pope to the left. The head of the judiciary presented the oath of office, which was assented to verbally and afterward subscribed to by tfce new head of the Executive Department. After Governor Heyward's ad dress, the formality as to the oath of office was observed with the Lieutenant Governor, Col. J. T. Sloan. Governor Heyward's nrst official act was to sign the commission of the new Secretary of State, Mr. Jesse T. Gantt. The other State officers were sworn in privately in their several offices. The new State officers are as follows: U. X. Guater, Jr., Attorney General; J. T. Gantt, Secretary of State; A. W. Jones, Comptroller Gen.; O. B. Martin, Superintendent of Education; R. H. Jennings, State Treasurer; John D. Frost, Adjutant General. Governor Hey ward has not until today held a public office and his elec< tion was regarded as almost a public phenomenon. Ho is a descendant of the Hey wards of Rev * wiutiuuary uays, who were leaders in colonial servico. Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day of Feb: nary, A. D. 1003, the undersigned as administrator of the estate of H. A M. Steele, deceused, will file his final return and settlement and make application to the Probate Court for the County of Lancaster, S. C., for a final dischargo aw such administrator. John 11. Stkele, Administrator. Lancaster, S. C., Jan. 6, 1903. J ?Pay your Subscription to the ' Ledge it and be happy. ! RUTS The walking sick, what a crowd of them there are: Tersons who are thin and weak but not sick enough to go to bed. "Chronic cases" that's what the doctors call them, which in common English means?long sickness. rr* . 1 - ? io stop tne continued loss of flesh they need Scott's Emulsion. For the feeling of weakness they need Scott's Emulsion. It makes new flesh and gives new life to the weak system. Scott's Emulsion gets thin and weak persons out of the rut. It makes new, rich blood, strengthens the nerves and gives appetite for ordinary food. Scott's Emulsion canine taken as long as sickness lasts and do good all the time. There's new strength and flesh in every dose. r We will be glad Bto send you a few He sure that litis j>:cture In lite form of a label is on lite wrapper of every bottle of SCOTT &. BOWNH, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. and $11 all drugglsU. ????amu?a?a?mmrnm?DB. Notice. Attention is called to the fact, that the License tax for 1903, im posed by Council on all occupations and tailings enumerated in the schedule already published, must be paid in advance, and that it is made a criminal offense to / engage in said business or callings without hrst paying the licenses to the Town Treasurer who will receipt therefor. Attention is also called to the Tax on Dogs, which goes into effect Jan. 1st 1903. All dogs fonnd off the premises of the owner 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 R Wvnp Doc. 30, 1902. Mayor. ?Subsr"-ibe to The 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 same. -i - out. x x uai an annual tax of One Dollar is hereby assessed and levied against the owner of each dog or bitch kept within the eorporato 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 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 largo without the tag prescribed in Section 1 of this ordinance, shall be seized and impounded by the offi^jrs of the town and unless ?he said tax of One Dollar, together with an additional amount of twenty five cents for the taking up of said dog or hilfh i? *1 * ... W11111U iniriy-six hours from time of seizure, then said dog or bitch shall forthwith be killed. Ratified by the Mayor and A1 dermen in council assembled this 26th day of July, 1902. K. E. Wyi.ie, Attest: Mayor. T . C. D. Jones, L- 8- > Clerk.