The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 21, 1903, Image 3
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?W ill have Bredo's
Ltoam Bread
to arrive 011 Tuesday & Thursday
of each woek. .1. B. Mackokki.l
? Mrs Eliza Cook, of Taxa-'
haw, is visiting her ?on, Auditor
J. A Cook, at this place.
? There has been a change in
mad carrier! of the Taxahaw
,%>n;i 11 .. t\r I* -
man. xar. w. u. Koberts now
bus tho contract. '
?Preaching al (iills Creek
next Sabbath at 11 a. m. and at
Pleasant Hill at 3 p. m. by the
pastor.
? Mr. 15. F. Brasingtou of the
Antinch section, has had a phone
put in his homo the past week.
Se hat lion. J. N. Estridge of
White Bluff.
? Rev. J. Al. White visited the
family of his mother-in-law, Mi s.
S. M. Scott, at Shuron this week.
? A large tree was blown over
on tho Unity church by Monday
uigm s siorm i ut tortunutoly did
but little damage.
? The county pension board,
consisting of Messrs. W. B.
Bruce, W. G. A. Porter and M.
L. Hinsou, Sr., was iu session
yesterday pasdug on applications
for pension.
? Mr. \V. P. Ca$Uoy returned
yesterday from Columbia where
ho went to seo his sistor, Mrs.
Margaret A. Langley, widow of
the late J. M. Langley, who is
very low from a stroke of paralysis.
?The salary of Magistrate
Caskey at this plnce lias been increased
to $350. per annum by
the legislature. The salary of
Constable Connor \va? also raised
to $350.
?The House of Represent:;
tives very properly killed the Hill
for extending the time foi paying
taxeH this year. Only one more
week remains in which to pay
taxes with the two per cent, penalty.
? Married, 011 Wednesday
night, ISth inst., by llov. K. .1.
Mackmon, Mr. W. S. Kirk and
Miss Alinnin Rmv?u
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Mr. T. J. Reeves of the Rich
Flill section.
? Our Mr. J. M. Hood is nl
ways in the market to purchase
mules and cattle. And don't you
forget it.
Lancaster Mercantile C?.
? $22. was the amount of the
not proceed* of the hot supper at
Unity I ue*dny night which
amount w?h sulficrnt t<> liquidate
tho balance duo on the pulpit i*ot
for which purpose the dripper
had. There ts still :? small debt
nn the nhni'r>li vvlii.-li
gation will p??\ ?i(T in moplo time
for the dedication of their new
building in th?- e ?r y spring.
? Revs. W. C. K.v:i11 and ,1.
M. Whito returned homo yostorday
from Cbni'lotte whore they
have been attending prayer conference
of the First Presbytery of
tho A. R. P. Synod this wiek.
Twenty out of twenty*five pastors
of the presby tery were present.
?The ilnile Gold Mining Qo.
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nns Deon engaged 1110 past week
or more in sanding the clay road
between Kershaw and the Mir.e.
The Company Uor;> up a certain
portion of that read. ? Kershaw
Era.
?There will he a basket supper
at the Folk Hill nchool houso
next Thursday night. rho object
is to raise money for purchasing
seats for the new school building
The public jh cordially invited and
all tho ladies are earnestly re,
quested to bring well tilled baskets.
Mr*. It. J. Blnckmon,
Mih. L L. Ellis,
Mrs. Lizzie .1 Conned I,
Mrs. M. .J. Hin*on,
Mrs. Mcttio Bluckiuon,
Committeo.
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?.M s ( ') 1111;ia Hoik, widow
Oi the IntoA. l\ K lifclk, died ?r
her homo in Kurt Mill lust Friday
night.
--Tiie jm \ in the Hi.-'.'4>p.,ease at
Charlotte, Usui net returned a vor
diet up to yesterday r.fternoon.
r he county uuditor wtis kept
busy yesterday?the last day for
taking returns without the 50 per
ccut penalty.
?Mr.C. A. Single, of O-ceoln,
and Miss lluttie Wolfe, of Monroe,
wore Married on last Friday
?>y notary fabiic J.. It. J^aMn, pf
Osceola. ?Wuxhuw Enterprise.
? Hon. T. Y. Williams lias
been placed on the joint committee
of the lo^i&latuto to investigate
matters relation to completion
of tlio state house.
?-Arthur Gore, tho colored
tailor, who operated in Kershaw
a white was committed to jail at
Lancaster last Thursday hy constable
W. 1'. Cutoc oii'ti warrant
churning linn with a breach of
t rust. ? Ki rshaw Era.
? Letters advertised as remaining
iM th0 Lancaster post oftie
uncalled for for the week ending
February 21, 1903, are a:; follows:
Miss Fannie Williams, Mr. D. .L
Skidmorc, William Stowe, Hubert
Catlien, Nathan Groan.
llell* Nance, p. m.
? Mr. Sam Wallace had his
harness cut up by some one while
niicuuiu^ hit! mil sil.Ut L tiliy
last Tuesday night. Ho expects
to prosocuto tho party to tho full
extent of tho law if ho is lucky
enough to tied him out. The
whole community will no doubt
interest itself in the matter aud
help him in bringing to justice so
vile and mrftn u wretch. (Ye also
understand that *2. was stolen
from a lady who attended the.suppur.
Tmtti <^r? i?i ?
Lancaster I toys atK C. Co' e;;e.
In ili semi annual examination
of the S. C . College. 1). Kecco
Williams was highly distinguished
in s r.ior law junior law and constitutional
law cases. K. K. Foster
of the sophomore ehi-.s \\aproficient
in english, hi tory and
ph} sie.s. H. G Potts proficient in
engli-h and latin.
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jf'i Cttr*' A ft til in One n>/
Take Laxative Promo Quinine
Tablets. All diui^gisty lefund
money if it fails to cure. 10. W.
I Grove' signature is on each box
|25c. i
| Appoint incuts l?y the Governor.
Tho Governor has made the i
j following appointments for Lan:
caster County:
County Commissioners?W. 13.
, 13rneo and ,1. A. Hyatt.
Supervisor of Registration?
I Goo. W. Fuila, to till the unex:
pircd term of .1. M. Caskey who
1 wits elected coroner.
Auditor?.F. A. Cook.
Treasurer?W. C. C&utheu.
I Magistrates? Lancastor, W. P.
Caskey; Indian Land, I). K.
j Mill; Wnxhaw, ?. ?. Griffin;
Unfold, Wni Carnes; Flat Creek,
.1. .J. lloborts; Kershaw, .1. T.
J Can then; Pleasant Hill, 11. W.
Mobley; Cedar Creek, W. 1?\
; Crenshaw.
J A'ttmptcd Kape
VVna. \Uobrooks, the negro
who made a desperate attack on
Constable Connor while the latter
was serving a warrant on him s v-j
oral Qinenths ago and whom the ;
constable had to shoot, was dis
charged from the gang about two,
weeks ago and is now in trouble
I 111/ lilt. Tills tltllfl lir? ..h.ii',?nil !? >
..p . ... . .....V IIW \yllUI^V>K H IL
attempting to ravish ncolorod .voman
near El^in. Tint woman ttcaped
from her home and ran to
Mr. Hag ins and reportod the matter.
Mr. Hag ns ac ompanied
her homo hut no trace of Alsotiro
>k could ho found. Countable
Connor has been on the hunt of
the negro for a day or ho but he
baa not >et he n captured.
Yon Know Y< it nr. I'tif.hit/
When you take drove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the form
ula is plainly printed on every bottle
showing thut it is simply Iror
and^Quinino in a tastoless form
| No Cure. No Pay. 60c.
tftal> cs IlurncU
n?t- "table of Amos r.-'Ik, a
well to-do colored man on the
Lj McMamis' McCain plain near
Dixie, was burned about midnight
W ednesduy night. The origin of
the tire is not known but was possibly
caused by rats and matches
in the loft, for Amos has not an
enemy in the world that anybody
knows of. By hard Vork Amos
go* his two mules out of the burning
stable and saved two bales of
e >tton which lie I ud stored ?n a
shed to the building. II? lost
400 bundles of fodder nud so mo
oilier roughness which wr.s stored
in the loft. Ills lmrn, which contained
his corn urd roughness,
was saved.
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Residence litirneil
Tiie old homo on tho Caldwell
place four miles North of town,
owned hy Mr. ,1. L. Pong and
occupied l>y Mr. .J. ('lark liobin- j
inson, was burned about II clock
Thursday night. The origin of
tho iito is not known. When
discovered I he roof of the kitchen
ur n a ..II -.1.. 1J _
II?O on ii'7ia/ij, mi. jvouianoa
l<'Bl all Ins household "lid kitchen
furnishings except probably u j
trunk and a ferr quills. No insurance.
Air. It , is an induntri
ous, persevering, exemplary citizen
and has tho unbounded syiri
pnthy of his many friends in his
heavy loss.
An Aifcd WOman Drops i)oa<l on
the lioadside.
Mrs. ALalimla Beaver, wife of
Mr. Anderson Beaver of the ().
K. section, while returnim? hnma
Thursday afternoon from a visit
to her daughter, Urn. ?j. \Y. Suiliyan
in company with her grand
stu, Mr. Waller lkaver, fell dead ;
on ihe roadside near Mr. Krvm
lioivell's and within hall a mile
of iier own homo. She Ir.d been
in her usual health and ii is auppo.-.-ad
-ho was stricken with appoplexj'.
Sno was about 70
) eui* of ago and leaves one s n
and four daughters Burriviii ; her. i
She was a member of the M:tho- '
di. t church at Tabernacle and her
remains were interred there yesterday
after funeral eoivices c^.n- 1
ducted i>v her n.istnr l!ov \V 1
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U. Wiuu.
The Storm lit This County.
ihc storm in this county laol.
Monday night was more disas- ,
trous than <vc had learned at tho 1
lime of going to press Tuss'tay '
evening. In the Fork Hill sec- ''
I
tioa it was very severe, not only
destroying limber and fences hut j
unroofing a number of barns and (
one dwelling. The cribs of Messrs i
Henry Black anon and Minor Ellis 1
were belli blown down and tho 1
dwelling of the lalter was moved
from its foundation and unroofed, ,
and tie is confident he saved ilia i
life by 1 mining into the yard and
clinging to a tree. The barus of
.J. E. Black tnon, Jr., and Henry
Blackmon were both unroofed and
scarcely u tree was left standing
on wooded land of Ales rs. J. J.
Sim* and Jus. 11. Blackmon. A
party counted over 200 large pine
trees ? tho tinest timber in the
Fork iiill section ?blown down
in a/small area. And so far as
injury to limber and fences/ i* j
concerned the same was the case
in other sections of the county.
Tim new barn of Air. II. N.
Sowcll is town was leveled ivdh
Hi ground, a:id the lar</e new
P ' P
cow bar., on 1 ho Gregory-Fcrgubo.i
n'. ck and dairy farm was
moved from its Inundation about
a foot al\d Cioolcd at oil : cod. Mr.
II M. Jones stables un I b.?rn rn
"the Jones' X Koads section wore
a I so wrecked, llo saw tho stable
giving way and got his stock out
before the crash cubic.
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Mothers can safely give Foley's
Money and far to their children
for. coughs and colds, foi it con
tains no opiates or other poisons.
T. Eugene Fundorburk, druggist.
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BAIL REFUSED
JAiiiLH B 'ilriMa.
Chief JtSiice Pope Acts on the
uVideflce.
Many Aftiitavits Ma le?fcsotno Including
Threats l;y Tilltuan
Against Life of Editor
ofTlio Stale -L,luetic
Id Moil Dts^
ague us to
HOijSON UAOCo V Ell A (' IT Y.
Special to Cd-irU'.'ton l'ost.
.Columbia, I A: 1?. 18. - The hour
in# i:; tluir.es 11. Tillman's application
for tail was icsumed heloro
Chief Justice l'ope at 10
o'clock ihi-* nr.ruing. Col. 'lillinuu
\vu not prctont, Mr. Croft
of his C''t:.i>el loading his waiver
of right to lie ?here.
The reading of nllidavits continued
until 11.30 a. m. They
appai juitly cover all phases of the
case in inlinitu detail.
A number <?i aliiJuvils wore
read by .fudge Crawford from
KdgCirid citizens, impeaching the
reputation for veracity of the deponent,
liolsoiihuck, wheto eyeit;
it M. ?. 4 . ? . . ? -? ~ ? 1 1 ~ A'
iiniivi.'.1 . lUi j Vf pL'CSt'Uii'U III IHC
tir?t hearin;:. In reply, n very
much iatycr number was read by
C'jl. Ni sustaining hia reputat
im.
Tlio Sit lo presented affidavits
that J. A. V? liite, who made an
affidavit in lao lir.se hearing. is
past ;><> uu'.s old and a paialytio,
these :it nents b. . ag fortified by
tdlid ; o! physician li <t paralysis
v.. i.i'isMc will power and
chars r <. persons fcuil'ering
from it. m
Afi! ,a\iU of United Statca Senator
Tillman juut ex Lieut, boy.
Xinnuftnnaii sustained the reputa.
lion ui A. White. an I vavifiii-i
uflid.i were re ul as to hi-; mental
e< i: lency.
Ti a St.tie presented :m nllidavit
;Y in lion. S. T. Lancaster,
rej i; sonlative in tho lower hor.se
from Sp u tart> ;-g, \ bo saw. the
pistols in i i, au's pocket on tho
day before the shooting.
An affidavit of a gunsmith was
lo tl.o efiYet that K. 11. Donunick
brought the wing.zinc of a pistol
to him for repairs tho day before
tho shooting, asking for its early
return. Wren shewn later the
weapon used ho recognized the
repairs.
Tiiu affidavit of Mrs. ihninn C.
Mellon, the lady with whom Senator
Brown was speaking at the
Lime of the shoot in."'. deelnrpd
that she was looking at Gonzales,
ind that he made no demouslraLion
whatever.
An ailianl nanioa Lido was be[jind
Gonzales when M he shooting
ccuired. He and another witriess
swore that Gonzales had his
thumbs outside of his pockets and
lid shove them in.
Several new atlidavits of eyewitnesses
wore read l>\ the prose
rut ion, all corroborative of the
ill ready printed story of I he shoot
lhl', nutI to the etl'ect that no de- J
ministration \v;im made by (ion- :
zsilcs.
14. J. Watson, city editor of
the Columbia Stat;, swore that
some months prior to the i-hootin?*
Tillman requested him to tell
Gonzales, in substance, that h<i
would force h;ui to ce?s3 his
nowspipcr attacks, and Watson
declined If) take the mosige and !
did nolj\ftko it.
Ho'>ert .Lathm;, Mr Gonzales1
steuoprnplu r, in an affidavit, <ravc I
the statement made bv Mr. (Jon- I
zalcs after the shooiirp, with
which the public i> familiar.
Ti. dctVn-o ii troduce.l . n afli- i
davit f Mi- did'a Ii ?pcr, while j
uttcn..in:; hlr. Goiizah's' uncle,
1 ho Into ii alph hbiio'.t, in Spartanburg,
lust mi nine;1, ? Ik; board
Gonzales say ho had made Till man
sl.ow tie white I'.Ktbc: , and
that li< would do it a ruin, uud
th ii (I > ale t rojt .to 11 y denounced
Tilltnun in con versa ion with
KiljoU. v ho Inn. communicated
these conversations to i iiliuan.
l\ \\ . K. Hall of CaiTidey corrobor;dod
Uolaenbuol: story Sftho
shoot i g.
M. C. Lorick of Columbia also
corroborated ' ni, saying in addition
that Gonzah; ? glared at Tillman
ahd that ho was expecting
Gonzales to open fire.
V
Tilt- (kTons. read an uliirinvit
;Mlll ') il!n: 11, named no 11: .t the
. <:\v>| ?p r I | - 1 > . i him won*
e inlinen ?v ' i(ii /.a > j?r
I.tick :i i S; U : -a; ixg th ? Cniiixlie.s
l.a ! 11. a od in 181>0 t :nt he
* ail prevented Tillman' :idn:
! i the South Can lina C'luh which
L'ivctj the State bull . The atliiluvit
summarized the n wKpapcrs
rltiicks.
Ueplying to Lid 's nfli lavit referring
t?? Tillman's hands in the
side pi "Icets of :i-> ovoreoat, ho
id his over emit tin i i <? atiln
i Is, an . tho c ut was exhibited.
Several of the Slate's nilidavits
declared posiliv. l v that had (lon/.
ilos takvun one- nunc step before
tho shooting, he would have been
shot in the back.
An uiliduvit of O. 1). lilin k was
to the cli'eet that Tillman had
threatened to kill Gonzales.
llesides his counsel and brolhorin-lav,
ox-Judge Buchanan, B. K.
i illnein, dr., son of the Senator,
i; tho only relative of Tillman's at
the hearing.
At 1.35 p. m. at the conclusion
of Solicitor Thurmond's argument
i r the Stale, Chief .Justice Pope
adjourned the hearing until 2.20.
At that hour, Mr. Croft, for the
defense, will conclude the arguments.
IUIL UKFL'SKD.
Colwmliia, Feb. 10.?At 3.50
Justice Popb gave his deoifeioo, refusiu^r
to a.liu'.t "1:11 man to bail.
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I The best No;
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Early Rose,
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f! FUKS11 GARDEN si:
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It? IVl:is )riic Building.
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If It's Meat
WE ^ Ay ? IT.
If l.t's Groceries
m HAVI
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And if you tiro hungrj, oall at
THE
LANCASTER
CAFE
\Y litre wo servo the best meal
that can be found in tho towu for
S?5> cents.
FRESH Fish and Oysters every
Saturday.
Yours to serf?,
PORT Kit & .V MERRY,
Phone 142. Proprietors.
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Sundries
B V I A 1 I
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rnicrii Grown
Allocs: is!
White Bliss, J
Peerless and |
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EI) OF ALG KINDS I
)niiin Sets. J
1050 good Axes left. S
n? in the GROCERY LINE. jj
:korell.
cx< ** - -1XX< -EHSXCE^Xk
ft ft ft ft
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l#>r- and go down to
Portar &
Stephenson's
new furniture store,
i nnd buy you a Hod to sleep on.
They nr? selling everything is
the House Furnishing lino Cheap,
for Cash, or on Time. Eveiy
tiling new and up-to-date.
Qudvertiooments.
iHBUMSML
.Lancaster, S. C.
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