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THE LEDGER. 'i'liurlow Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. WHDailtDAT, MARCH, 11, 1003. The Claims of the State Against the Federal Government Paid. Yesterday Senator Tillman arrived in the city and called on Gov. Hoyward, bringing with him the money just secured from tho United States government in settlement of tho State's war claims against Uncle Sam. In a letter to the governor the senator outlined the history of these claims and recited his elTorts ex tending over a period of year? in getting them paid, and in circumventing enemies to tho proposal. It was recommended by Senator Tillman that tho legislature pay tlames M. Baker, now working in Washington, but a native of Lowndesville, S. C., $1,000 for his iiiTaluablo work in this case.?The State, 8th inst. Constables 011 Horseback. Special to Charleston l'ost. Columbia, March 6.?Gov. Hey ward deplores the escapade of Constable May in tiring upon a delivery wagon, but is tirm in his declaration that the law must ami shall be enforced. The law forbids an oflicer to tire except at ono accused of felony, ami the violation of the dispensary law is a more misdemeanor. The Governor cannot condone wanton recklessness and this case was directly opposed to the instructions given Howie after the Cnultiold incident. In order to prevent the recur renec of such annoying incidents, the Governor will probably mount some of the constabulary in Charleston and will give orders for wagons to bo followed from the wharfs to their destination. The work of breaking up tho blind tigers will bo kept up even though more strategic means must n O be resorted to. Tho Governor is determined upon this. lie hopes to do it quietly. Gov. Heyward has received a long communicution from Mayor 8myth on the matter and has replied that while it is a deplorable fact that constables tiro upon wagons in the streets of Charleston, yet it is also a mutter of re? grot that wagons transporting contraband liquor can make their trips over these thoroughfares. .Tnubmi Piii-mor ? NT rw? ? I v wwu?ai? Jk M ? LA M VI J (? 11 v' '1 U 1 ' * ado, is Riddled With Bullets Nashville, Tcnn., March 4.? Two deputy sheriffs and a constable had a desperate hnttlo late this afternoon with .Joshua .Farmer, a negro, as a result of which the negro is dead and Constable \V. B. Eason is in the city hospital in a dying condition. The negro was wanted on a charge of as saulling a negro woman with intent to kill and recently had successfully resisted arrest beating an officer over the head with a pistol. Today the officers located Farmer in as house in the west end, anil upon their approach the negro openod fire. A fusilade followed during which Eason was i shot four times through the abdo., men The negro finally ceased firing and the officers found on . I investigation that ho was *hot ten times. He died tonight. I fnsumonia follows a cold but never follows the use of Fo. ley's Honey :in<l Tar. It stops the cough, heals and strengthens tho lungs and affords perfect so. curity from an attack of pneumonia. Refuse Mih-titutes. T. Eugene Funderburk, druggist. The Western Flood. I The Rivers are Slowly Rising I Again and Great Anxiety Prevails. Memphis, Tenn., March 8.? l'lio river, after remaining stationary for two days, began to rise slowly again today. The gauge tonight murks 34 5 feet aud more water is coming. The levees remain intact although a large uvea of low lands south of Memphis is submerged. Crittenden and Lee counties in Arkansas are inundated 1 . - - 1 (mid sonic distress is reported from there, especially among uegro farmers. t he most serious dilliculty the railroads are experiencing from the encroaching '.vatcrs is the delay to schedules, many trains arriving fioui 1 to 2 hours lute. Thousands of pooplo lined the blnil's hero today gazing en the vast expanse of water. Excursion boats were run live miles inland. Cairo, 111.. March 8.?The nV? | server at the weather bureau has sent, out warnings to places south of Cairo to prepare for at least fifty feet of water. Rain fell jesterday and last night over th<* watersheds of the Ohio, Wabash, Tennossco and Cumberland rivers and many places where tlio rivers were falling yesterday they are rising again today. A vast terlitory around and below Cairo is now covered with water and many of the families have been forced to abandon their homes. While there is no immediate danger at Cairo there is danger in the lowlantU between Cairo and Mem phis. The Cairo levees arc expected to stand a stage of 53 feet as they have been raised and strengthened during the few )curs. idie gauge tonight shows 45.^ feet. | Louisville, March 9. ?Tho Ohio i rivor registers 28.1 foot in tho canal hero tonight, one-'enth of a foot over the danger line, it is expected that a 80 foot stage, tho highest in two years, will be reached before tho Hood begins to subside. The water is now well up into Fouilh street Tho rise was caused by heavy rain up the river within the past 24 hours. i I Kvausyillc, I ml., March 8.? 1 The river is still rising and stood nearly 42 feet at 10 o'clock to-' night. It is belfeved tho river . I will continue to rise for a week yei. All coals arc delayed. The river hot ween here and OiVenshoro is moro than ten miles, wide. Many towns between Owcnsboro and Cairo aro now tit the mercy of the high water. Pa.Iueah, Ivy., March 8.?The' Ohio river, which is higher than . i ever before since the great tlood of 1884, is still rising tonight, as are the Wabash, Cumberland ,Tennessee and other tributaries, and the situation from here to Cairo is the worst that iris been known for lit \ i ars Cincinnati, March 8.?The Ohio river, winch fell last night below the danger lino of 50 feet, has been using here again today and it is leportcd to be ising at upper points. Rain pi t vailed Ihroughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Western Pennsylvania, so that another Hood is | redicted this week all uiorg the Ohio valley. .Nashville, IVnn., March S ? The Cumberland liver gauge at this p unt tonight marked 40.0, the d i! ger li m bong 4" fe? t. The \v:itor.-* arc still riung hut there has so far been little damage ph ample preparations were made. 0 Rartin Shoots His Brother. Without Warning Fires a Load of Buckshot Into His Shoulder. Charleston, March G. A special to The News and Courier says that yesterday morning near Holly Hill, in Berkeley county, Fred Martin, a young whi'o farmer who lives 18 mile9 away, rode up to the field where his brother was ploughing and without a word of warning fired a load of buckshot into the shoulder of his brother, Joel Martin, killing him instantly. Ho then ouicklv rode off. remarking that his brother hud "only gotten what ho deserved long ago." Fred Mm tin claims that his brother had been criminally intimate with his (Fred's) wife. The Governor's Determination to Enforce the Law Against tho Blind Tigers. Columbia, S. C , March 7. ? Tho dispensary situation in Charleston has given tho governors O P more trouble than at any other point. Governor Hey ward deprecates tho trouble arising from constables firing pistols, but ho is determined that their authority shall bo upheld; ho is determined that tho law shall be enforced in j that city. It was not a question .us to whether it was distasteful 01 ! pleasant, it was simple a question ! as to whethe r or not violators of the law shall be allowed to over ride tho constituted authorities, j He believes that ho wiP bo sus tinned in his etlorta to muko tbe law respected by every self res* peeling law abiding citizens; irrespective of whether they personally favor the law or not. lie state ! that ho would not persecute any section, and will endeavor, as far as possible in currying out the law, to lie mind ful of the conditions that existed. It would bo pructically impossible to free Charleston from all violators of the law, owing to its conditions and surroundings, but that Uo proposed to make viola tors of the luw have a decent respect for tho law. These views he ontertained during tho campaign and had so expressed himself, and has re-iterated them after his election, and had practically repeated them in his inaugural. The governor reiterated his unwillingness to make the law objectionable or to forco unpleasant conditions upon any community. WORKING OVERTIME. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers?Dr. King's New Life Pills. Millions are always at work, night and day, curing Indigestion, Bilious ncss, Constipation, Sick Headache and all stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at Crawford Bros., and J. F. Mackey &, Co., drug store. Iler 1 ltith Birthday. Montgomery, Ala., March 7.? Mrs. Mnrsyllu Keith today celebrated her llCth birthday with religious services at her hc.me. <P Mrs. Keith was born io South Carolina but has been living in Alabama since a child. She has lived in three centuries and has vivid recollections of incidents before the war of 1812. Though in ill health for six years her menino* lire not in the leant impured. She is the mother of 13 children. South Carolina's Claim. Washington, March (> ?The treasury department today issued warrants aggregating $89,137 in favor of the State of South Caio lina, in satisfaction of its claims growing out of the war of 1812. The payment was directed hy the general deficiency act, approved March 3, 1903. I i ' ! The Torch In Kershaw. Vpeciul to N< wb and Courier. Camden, March 7.? Mr. lienj Amnion, who lives in Weal Wtiterec, was in Camden to-day and reported the burning of hi* barn oh Wednesday night, lie lost about one huudied and fifty bush ell of corn and about $125 worth of cotton seed meal and other stuff, besides the buildings, which was valued at $300. There are I strong suspicions that tbo tiro was of incendiary origin. Air. Amnions is one of the best citizons of this county. 11c had no insurance. Isatn James, a colored man, who lives a few miles below, woke up ono morning this week and, to bis amazement, found his stable burned and his horse with it. tie slep so sound that ho was u?t uroused by the tiro, and did not known what, time of night it occurred. C. \V. 13. Special Term Asko.l For. Gov. Hey ward has been requested by the bar ot Barnwell to order a special term of court for that county to bo hold commencing on the fourth Monday in April and continuing for four weeks. The bar requests the naming of lion. J. E. McDonald of Winnsbor:), president of the State Bar associatiou, to preside. ?The State, 7th inst. Stojw the Coiif/h and Works off thii Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets cure a cold in ouo day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. ! James 11. Blount, for twenty year* u member of congress from Georgia, died in Macon yesterday. 1 ?A movement has been inaugurated for the erection of a memorial iu honor of Ilonry Ward JJeecher. ^ ?A train on the Louisville and Nushville railroad was wrecked Sunday in Alabama, destroying the engine, the baggage car and two coaches, and injuring live persons. ?Violence in i s worst form has broken out anew with the strikers in Waterbury, Conn. A policeman was yesterday murdered, a non-union inotorman shot and ether uols of violence committed . ?jSubs^ibe to The Lancaster Ledger. $1.50 per annum Notice. i The County Hoard ofEqualizaj tion composed of the Chairman of ! the Township and Special Hoards of Assessors, will meet on the I fourth Tuesday in March (24 inst) j 1003, at the office of the County | Auditor to equalize the valuations j of personal proporty of the CounI ty, and to hear grievance? and [appeals from the valuations and assessments fixed by the Town' ship and Special Boards of Asses, sors. Respectfully, .1 no A. Cook, Co. Auditor. March, fi, 1903. zmcozlu mora i Disturbances ef strikers aro not I nearly as grave us an individual ; ,i;? i?.. .i-- ' ? ? ' > Miouiiici ?>i iuu system. wverwork, loss of sleep, nervous tension will l>e followed by utter collapse, unless a reliable remedy is im nedintely employed. There's nothing so eflicicnt to cure disorders of tlio Liver or Kidneys as Klectric Hitters. It's a wonderful tonic, and cirective nervine and the greatest all around medicine for run down s\stems. It dispels Net*vousncss, Rheumatism and Neuralgia and expels Malaria genus. Only 50c, and satisfaction guaranteed by Crawford Bros., and d. F. Mackey & Co. Druggist. -? ? Foley's Kidney Cure ' makes kidneys and bladder right. No ICxtension. TLio Statu Tho lime for tho pay mi nt of commutation road tax expired on Mureh 1, but yesterday (Comptroller (iencrai .Jones received tbe following from L. D. Long, 11ensure r of Horry county: i4Can I issue commutation road tux now?" Mr. Jones replied as follows: ''You Lave no authority to re'ceivo commutation road tax. The time for payment expired March 1 1 ?> r* a i You Know What You are Taking I When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the form! ula is plainly printed on every hottie showing that it is simply Iror and Quinino in a tasteless form No Cure. No Pay. 50c. Notice Tho gentlemen appointed iti the townships last summer and given ! Iiooks for the purpose of enrolling the names of the living and ' dead Confederate soldiers will : please return said hooks by Mar. 14th to the clerk of tho court. ' We want a record of all the old soldiers, and ask the gentlemen appointed to please be prompt. Our worthy Lancaster Chapter Dllllffhtpra of t-llO Pn?lfo/lni?in? vv> -? v* biivy VUllltVlUi WV, J will on that day present to each I living soldier a badge. They are ; doing all they can, so let us do our part. Time is fast passing. | Let us have a record. W. G. A. Porter, Co. Chr. on Enrollment. Proverbs " When the butter won't come put a penny in the churn," is an old time dairy proverb. It often seems to work though no one has ever told why. tin .1 - - * w iien moiners are worried because the children do not gain strength and flesh we say give them Scott's Emulsion. It is like the penny in the milk because it "works and because there is something astonishing about it. Scott's Emulsion is simply ! a milk of pure cod liver oil 1 with some hypophosphites especially prepared for delicate stomachs. Children take to it naturally because they like the taste and the remedy takes just as naturally to the children because it is so perfectly adapted to their wants. For all weak and pale and thin children Scott's Emulsion is the most satisfactory treatment. !7:?r.?\ Ill aend you I ".-- ;;1 ; t 1 "* ; <>' > a ' .. , i. .. ; Tree. , . . M!'? ihU pidnre ia t > fli ' i ( a !jL I * c.i tlis -! V. c' bol'.iC u( ! ; > u . V j cz:,77 c: "owns, Cncniisis, \ I to Pea?: St., N. Y. L" . >{ y *' ? * - -J??J s/.\ij/i.oo; t!l ouhks nitKiJ vi \ rr-j i OR < A T \HR1I IN A DAY?TREATMENT FREE. R. It It (It tlur.i(i Jl'ojil Hal in) cuns tic worst and mcst tubboin cases by <1 uii.ina ill. p >ison t>u( <<( lit blood and bones, and building up I be brokeu down const! ution, Ach<?an<: pains in the ho e> in joints h\s*i. lei glands, dropping* in ib ? tnroat, h iw king, spitting or b; I l?r ?th, etc I di-apj ear prom,. !/ami perm .m.M!' y B* H. II cur * whoro er ? j f.r.s Druggists, $1 Tmilm mi of H. i: it sent abs iut?ly fr? o an I j roptdd by writing to it on I If ..in Do. At mil, Oa. Do'Crib n* ?ubi? n I f.v modi cal advice giyen until'cur <1 it Ji puts new color in your skin, and mukes tiie b'o id redder and more nourishing, stopping ail aches and pains. Over 3000 cures liy Ft It. It. UK if Our entire Stock of Winter floods Not at Cost, 1 A., i^ut i\n* uii the Dollar Less Than COST. Our $1&.50 Suits now at $9.50. Our $10.00 Suits now at $7.50. Our $ 5.00 Suits no# at $3.50. Our $ 3.50 Suits now at $2.50. All of our BOY SUITS now at 10c on the Dollar less than they COST us at the Factory. A BIG REDUCTION in Men's and Ladies' Shoes. Don't forget to cull and see us. We don't want to carry over any of our winter goods, therefore this explains why we are selling 10c on the Dollar Less Than Cost. R. Miles* In Riddle Block If It's Meat WE HAVE IT. If It's Groceries WE HAVE THEM. And if you are hungry, call at THE LANCASTER OAFR YVhero wo servo the best meal that canibe found in the town for 25 rents. FUKSll Fish and Oj ators tverj Saturday. Yours to servo, PORTER & \v iEKliY, Phono 142. Proprietors. ? Manauku YVantki>! Trustworthy, either sex. bv ' -J " "V#vww,v Merchandise Company of solid financial standing, to manage Local Representatives who will organize clubs among consumers. 40 per cent raved or our cu&tonu'is. Busims* no experiment hut a proven success. Salary $18.00a week, expenses advanced. Experience unnecessary. Address I). B. Clurkson, Mgr., 354 Dearhorn St., Chicago, 111. 1-24-7. ? Our Mr. .J. M. Hood is al J ways in the ma* ket to purcbaso mules and cattle. And don't you forget it. Lancaster Mercantile C?t \ Foley's Money and Tar tor children,safe,sure. No opiates.