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JTHK LEDGER. Thar low Carter, KBITOR AND MANAGER. TTSDSESDAY, JASUAKY 28, 19?t. Retiring State Officers And What *11 tlTMl l\ iney v> in do. The State 26th inst. Since the transfer of the reins of State government there has been considerable speculation as to what those who leave official life will devote their time and attention to. Hon. John. J. AlcMahan, the able former State superintendent of educatiou who has accomplished so much for the common schools of the State, who loved the work with a love almost amounting to a passion, will return to the practice Of luwr tin buci Kritn tilfm'iwl tirwl has accepted a full partnership in the extensive law practice of Mr. W. H. Kyles. Former Comptroller General Derham goes to his home in Horry county and will probably devote his attention to his farming operations. He may he in politics again in a few years. Ex-Gov. MclSwoeney has gone to his home in Hampton, where ho will devote his attention to straightening out his business affairs, of necessity much neglected during the past three )ears, and talrn a (rnttd rnct 11 t\lu nw En. yoml that had not been matured when he left Columbia Saturday. He has many strong friends in the business world of Columbia, and it is considered not unlikely that ere long he will bo found do voting his attention to some bus mess enterprise here. Ex-Adjutant General Floyd goes back to h:s farm at Liberty Hill in Kershaw county. lie has an extensive farm there, and will have all he can do to keep it going. Ex-Secretary of State Cooper, who lias been in failing health for some time, has returned to his farm in Colleton county, lie does not expect to reenter politics. The friends #f ex-Attorney General Bellinger will be pleased to know that he is to have a Columbia office. Tho announcement is made in a handsome editorial tribute to him in the Barnwell New Sentinel. This editoiial concludes thus after appropriate references to Mr. Bellinger's proud record as attorney general: "In addition to his Barnwell office, which will be in charge of Mr. G. Miller Greene, Mr. Bel linger will open an office in (Columbia and his as-ociato will bo Assistant Attorney General Wm. II. Townsend. Mr. lieilingor's retirement to private life can only he tempor try?for the people of the grand old Comaionwealth recognizo in hiai one of her ablest sons; one who would grace and adorn any position to which ho might he called; one who will do his duty 'though the heavens fall' and though he sacrifice his own interests in so doing; enc who has always had the courage to stand to his honest convictions? yea, one to he trusted nt nil timou un<l ..r. der any and all circumstances. Such is the untarnished record of G. Duncan Bellinger." Fatal Accident in Darlington County. i Darlington, Jan. 21.? Mr. Galloway, ?-ho was at a ?aw mill near Lydia the other day, by some misadventure fell in front of the saw and was so badly cut th it he lived only an hour after the accident. r _ The Best J'rcscriplioH for .Mantra Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It 18simply Iron and Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. j Dispensary Iftoney For the Schools. | The Lu>t Disbursement for the Your .Just Closed Over Sixty Thousand Dollars. The State, 25th inst. The Iust distribution of dispen? sary profits to the schools of the State for the year 1902 is now u?;.w. <... n ?.. .n? {* ... niciiiu iij vyiMiijMruiiur oral Jones. 11 o is now send ing the checks to the several counties the p 1 e se n t apportionment amounting to $60,531. IS, and bo# 1 ing a portion of the $142,755.91 1 pai 1 to the school fund during the year. The apportionment I?v counties 1 is as follows: i Abbeville $1,792.34 < Aiken 1,750.20 , Anderson 2,553.43 , Bamberg 873 34 Barnwell 1,431.00 Beaufort 1,472.02 ' Berkeley \ 1,241.5S'; Charleston 2,727.05 < Cherokee 900.44 ( Chester 1,348.70 Chesterfield 010.43 1 Clarendon 1,295.70 1 Colle'on ' 1,188.52 1 | Darlington 1,542 54 1 Dorchester 043.75 Kdgetield 1,188.31 | riurliokl 1,422.62 Florence 1,29S.07 1 Georgetown 043.81 ' Greenville 2,517.05 j Greenwood 1,436.03 Hampton 1,052.26 Horry 1,157.90 | Kershaw 1,202.10 1 Lancaster 1,301.50 Ln u reus 1,850.43 1 Lexington 1,338.15 Mai ion 1,704.33 Marlboro 1,17S.54 Mew berry 1,501.80 j Oconee 000.87 Orangeburg 3,080.85 Pickens 04*2.58 Richland 1,520.40; Saluda 1,040.50 Spartanburg 3,055.80 : Sumter 2,230.41; Union 1,107.30 Williamsburg 1,115 40 York 2,070.03 r ' Total, $60,531.18 The Hock Hill Private Hospital. Reck Hill Herald. Drs. J. R. Miller, W. G. ' Stevens, \V. W. Ftnnell unci A. Lynn have purchased the hospilal building and h.vve applied for a charter for The Rock Hill Private Hospital, the physician nam- j ed heing the corporators. It is 1 understood, however, that Dr. ! W. Gill Wvlie, of Now York, 1 will ho connected with the hospital as u stockholder and consulting physician and surgeon. The' capital stock of the association : will he $5 000, divided iito 50 shares of $100 each. The building has been complet-! ed and has been built after the ho^t modern plans for small hos- ' pital, special care having been ; taken us to sanitation and ventilation. It is expected that the hospital will bo open for the reception of patients about the middle of February and by that time it will be fully equipped with everything that may be needed for i such nn institution. A matron andtininod nurses will bo cm- : plowed and the food will be prepared by an expei ienced hospital ( cook. The hospital will haven pay department and a ward department. It is expected that the latter will be largely maintained by the King's Daughters and the City Council. A proposition will be made to each of these bodies that will permit them to send . needy patients to the hospital, where they will recoivo medical and surgical attention free, the only cost being board, nursing, medic.il and surgical dressing. o r* . ? I'ny your Subscription to the | Lkdgek and bo happy. County Dispensers Not To Bn Elected. Mouse Decides to Keep the Mat? tor Out of Primaries? There Must he No Cock Fighting. Columbia, dun. '24.?Special.? The first debate of tho session took place in the House today. It was on Mr. Dolman's bill to permit counties to nominate in the primaries the dispensers and county boards of control. It was de- 1 cided that some counties want to do this and arc foibidden by the Democratic party. It was urged ' iti opposition that there are several dispensers in some counties | and it would not be right for the ontire county to vote on a purely neighborhood official. The bill 1 was killed by a vote of 78 to 24, Mr. llaker of the Charleston ( lelegation opposed the bill on the 1 ground that it would result in gen 3ral demoralization. Mr. Devore )f Edgefield, made a significant remark when he said that the dispensary is already in politics, to the armpits. Ho favored lotting mo people vote on theso officers. Mr. T. Y. Williams favored the 1 bill". The State board ot control, 1 lio snid, 1ms been trying to run Llie whole State. lie charged on wood authoiiiy that tlie State dUpensary authorities have been 1 sending liquor throughout the State to influence elections and this liquor has Ik en sent through the county hoards who were ap . pointed by the Stale hoard. Ho declared that this is a disgraceful state of affairs and ho believes it can be remedied I y changing the method of electing the county dispensary ollicials. A bill was passed which prohi bits cock fighting any where in tho state, ruder tire present law these i tights are prohibited within three miles of a church or school house. Hast and tho Present. Columbia Record. In his very interesting remarks last night at the memorial exercises in honor of the late Chief Justice Mclver, Judge Hudson spoke of him as a young lawyer, and related an incident that was not only intensely interesting, hut was an example of a condition then existing which must ho soon followed hy those of the pr(sent generation if we are to live in peace and enjoy tho protection of law. Judge Hudson said that as j a young man he arrived in the J town of Marion to take charge of a school. As lie entered on the ;? public square he saw an immense! crowd gathered around a gallows on which sat a white man. lie learned tout this man was wealthy, of good standing and family, and one who had been an influential citizen, lie had boon convicted i of killing a negro?a slave?not 1 outright, as the judge said, but by a sories of continuous cruelties inflicted for months This man ( was that day hanged. The incident was related to show the great 1 powers of the then young Iawye?* as a prosecuting attorney. After relating the incident, the judge closed with this stutement: "That man was huij/j that dav for, may it please your honors, in tho>e days the majesty of the law was upheld." That was not the time or the place to contrast the difference between those times and these, but the peculiar emphasis with which the venerable jud^c uttend the sentence was striking, and his tone and manner spoke volumes. 'hi# ntgnnture is on every liox of the genuine Laxative Bromo*Qf>ininc Tabic* i>o remfy that rnrt-M u cola In one day A Serious Riot at M'Corniick. Citizens for Their Own Protection Orgunizo a Posse and Capture the Leaders of * the Mob. tipecial to The State. Greenwood, Jan. 25.?News reucliP'1 bore today of what came very near being a serious riot and bloody tight at McCormicIf on the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad. The affair sounds like j Ihe days of tho lights in border lovvns out west. It appears that some time during tho d ry Saturday, a party of young men from ihe county, prominent among whom was Robert Dorn, was disturbing tho peace in tho town o? McCormiok. Dorn was arrested and later released uhdei\ a $10 bond to appear before tho inten^ :lant of tho town, lie went away and a few hours later returned with a party of friends looking tor tho trouble. These young men proceeded to raiso a 4'rough house" without rnnch prelude. Lhoy shot into windows generally und in many other ways made themselves obnoxious. A body of citizens assembled into a posse aud staited to arrest the disturbers. When the two parties came in conllict, George Talbert, a learn,. tlw, -? L ii^i iri jfuuuu uiuii, uruiv his gun a nil attempted *o shoot tho leader of the posse. This ho "did not ilo, his gun only snapping. The leader at once tired and wounded Tulbert in the arm. The sight of blood dismayed tho rioters and they dispersed. Tulbert and yopng ttnbert Dorn were arrested, the others escaping. Dorn was brought through here today by two corn-tables, who were carrying him to Abbevillo to lodge him in the county jail. They said they had been threatened by Dorn's friends and expected that ! un atteifipt to release Dorn would have been made at Troy, but nothing was done Dorn was tied up like a desperate criminal. II. L.. W. | Steps the Coiiah ami Works oft the Cot,l Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. ?Judge Andrew Crawford has been employed, along with for- 1 mer Attorney General Bellinger to assist (Solicitor Thurmond in , the prosecution of the defendant , in the matter of the killing of Mr i Gonzales. ?Secretary of S ate Jesse T. j Ganti has appointed Mr. J. T. Austin chief clerk, and he has entered upon the duties of his oflico. Mr. Austin is from Greenville and i was himself u candidate for tho ollice of secretary of state during the last primary.?-Columbia Record. I ?Tho experience of some purchasers of fertilizers last year teaches that it will bo well to weigh the sacks you buy before you open thein. . We have boon ! told of a lot that was received at j a station in this county last year ' which was found short 15 pounds to tho sack, the value of tho short* j age amounting to $22 on a single 1 car load. Tho merchants who 1 were handling tho goods, either , on thoir own motion or at the suggestion of som? of their cu*to mors, weighed tho sacks, with the result stated above. Tho shortage j in this ens*, was made good by the manufacturers.?Chester Lan j tern. - Mr. VV. II, Ro?h?rou?;h, of Chester has received the appoint* j mont as phosphate inspector, and 1 we aro glad to offer our congratu It* VAVUO. I '17 o house has passed to its third reading Mr. Kibler's hill which provides "that no porsons shall i l?o elected county superintendent of education unless inch person j shall haven eertilicute of qualiti- ' cation to teach in the free public schools of the State. Said corli- | Hcato to he granted upon examination oiih'T by the State hoard of education or by the county board of education." Our entire Stock of rm A,?U v /'v rm. joR winter tjus Not at Cost, But 10c on_ , the Dollar Less Than COST. Our $12.50 Suits now at $0.50: Our $10 OOSti'is now at $7.50. Our $ 5.00 Suits no v at $3.50. Our $ 3.50 Suits now at $2.50. All of our BOY SUITS now fit 10c on the-' Dollar Ipss llvin thev COST us al the Factory. A BIG REDUCTION in Men's and Ladies' Shoes. Don't forget to call and see lis. NVo don't want to carry over any of our winter goods, therefore this explains why wo are selling 10c on the Dollar Less Than Cost. R. Miles! In Biddle Block* 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 tho Probate Court for fhe County of Lancaster, S. C , for a final dischargo as such administrator. Jouv If. Steele, Administrator. Lancaster, S. C., .fan. 6, 1903. Had Their Bull Fight. The Thomaeson-Tillman bull fight took place at Thomasson's cockpit last Wednesday. Taking a lesson from their previous experience, the men wore more careful about advertising (he matter, sending out their nt tices only to such as they knew to be interested. About fifty spectators gathered. The fight was a tame affair. The bulls were a little ugly when first turned together; but they soon rubbed noses and made friends. There was a lot of chicken fighting afterwards. As to whether the proper authorities will now take any action has net developed.?Yorkville Enquirer. E zkmh, IT tTiNfT HUMOUS PIMPLES. TREATMENT FREE Dn?s your Skin Jtyh nod Buri.? jjlxtreaaing Eruption* on the f*k n so 1 you fn< I auimiiied to I e cci 11 in ?<uii* jmn.v? Do &:uhs and f?>rni u i the SUi;i, 1!air or 8eal|i? Mate you Eczema? Skin Sore ?' d (. racked? Rush f rin oil lite Ski; ? Piickiy 1 Pain in the r Ui ? U vo|!< n Jointe? < Failing Hull? Alt Hii.. D.;wi.? Shi"', Pn'e? Qui rt Em:imu Koie.-? UiceiR? T ? cure to slay cured tak * ; B, It. It (Bota ic Blood Halm) which tnakca the lilood pine and rich, then th -pores wi I fie-1 a 0 the itching >?r e zeina atop forever Hie akin Ihooido c mi and the I>loo?i j ure B. B. It. old at drui? hi rt h $1. I'll It t-atment vent free and piepaid l?y wilting to Jit.OOD J'.AliM CO, At'anta, Oa describe your troub'eand frei inudicul advice given. Over 3000 tea*iinonlala of curea by B. B B. ZS&TS The walking sick, what a crowd of them there are: Persons who are thin and weak but not sick enough to go to bed. "Chronic cases" that's what the doctors call them, . whirh in rnmmnn "Pnrrlich - % means?long sickness. To stop the 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 can be taken as long as sickness lasts and do good all the time. There's new strength and flesh in every dose. "1 We v/Hl be glad ^jr j/Qp to send you a few doses free. , ' rjw r . Tie sure that this jvcture in fe)^LS. .!*' ' iTie form rf a label is r.o the f> wrapper of every bolle ol i *T - liiiiuUion you buy. 5CuTT c DOWN7;, Chemists, Pearl St., N. ' . i?v'S 50c. c:tJ $11 all drujjlsii. Notice. Attention is culled to the fact, that tho'License tax for 1903, im posed by Council on all occupations and callings enumerated in the schedule nlrendv nnMislipd J , must be paid in advance, and that it is made a Criminal ^offense to engage in said business or calling* without hrst paying the licenses to the Town Treasurer who will roceipt therefor. Attoution is also called to the Tax on Dogs,-which gees into effect Jan. 1st 1003. All dogs found off the premises of the owner without the Tag furnished by the Town Treasurer, on payment of the lax of $1.00, will \)e taken up and after thirty-six hours, killed. R. E. Wylie, Doc. 30, 1902. Mayor. ' . ?Subs',ribe to The Lancaster Ledger. $1.50 per annum. AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING KORAN ANNUAL TAX ON ALL D(H4S winvn WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF LANCASTER. Bo it ordained by tht, Mayor and Alderiuen of the Town of Lancaster, in council assembled and by the authority of same. Sue. 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 pai<l on or before Jany. 1st 1903, and on or before Januaiy 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. Sf.o. 2. That any dog or bitch found running at large without the tag proscribed in Section 1 of this ordinance, slml! be seized and ,iii|MMiuwcu uy me offl :ers of the town nn<l unless the said tax of One Dollar, together with un additional amount of twenty five cents for taking up of said dog or bitch, is paid within thirty-six houfs from time of seizure, then said d<Tg or hitch shall forthwith be killed. Ratified by the Mayor and Al dermen in council assembled this 20th day of July, 1902. R E. Wyur, Attest: Mayor. it u i C. D. J0NK8, * J" b- r Clerk.