The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 01, 1903, Image 2
THE LEDGER.
Thuilovv ?. Carter,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
WIDNVDAT, Al'KII., 1, 1903.
Cracksmen at Wark North as Well
as South.
Springfield, Mass., March 29.?
Safa blowers broko into the big
grocery store of KooJ & Wood
bury in this city tin? morning.
They obtained fci.iiOP anil escaped.
The store is m Main street,
near the heart of the business
sectioD. and the burglary was a
bold ono. Entrance was obtained
by the burglar through an ice
chuto in tho rear. The front koy
holes were found this morning
plugged with wood to prevent the
quick use of keys from the outsido.
The safe door was drilled
and the rest was easy. Every
cont of money in tho store was
tnken.
? Prof. () B Martin, the State
superintendent of education, has
returned from Ilenth Springs,
where he visited the public schools
in tbat wide awuko community.
Prof Martin speaks very highly of
the enterprise of the people of
lleath Springs in school matters.
This, by the way, is the; only
town in the State which has accepted
the offer of the general ed
ucational board and has raised the
$1,500 for the purpose of building
and operating a manual training
school for the pupils ot the
public school. i'he general educational
board will appropriate a
sum e<pial to that contributed to
this purpose by the people of
Heath Springs. Prof. Martin
made un address to the patrons of
the school, and in the meeting of
citi/.sns it was decided to increase
the tax levy for school purposes
front 3 to 4 mills.?The State.
?G. F. Swift, president of
Swift l'acking Co., died in Chica
go Sunday, aged G3 years, leaving
a fortune estimated at tflO,000,000.
Mr. Swift began life
as a common butcher, opening a
small shop in tiis native town
Sandwich, Mass.
-?Two white aien wore convicted
of In g stealing and sent to
chain gang for three months at
Walterboro last week.
Foley's Iloney aud tar contains
no opiates, and will not constipate
like nearly all other cough modi
cines. Refuse substitutes. T.
Eugene Funderburk, druggist.
? A leve* has given away near
Vicksburg and "The Briars", the
old houio ot JelTerson Davis, has
been Hooded.
?Tne U. S. treasury has announced
that it would begin the
refunding of one hundred million
three and four per cent bonds
on April 1st.
? At Greenville last week a
jury rendered a verdict giving a
negro woman ?750. da nages
against the Western Union Telegraph
Co., for failure to deliver a
telegram sent to her informing
c5 r*
her of her *athcr\s death.
?The Supreme Court lias affirmed
the decision < f tin; en ait
court for Inton giving Alfred
.Marsh a verdict for against
the Western I nion Telegraph Co.,
for delay in delivering a message
.
?George Williams, colored
who lives near town in the I>laok-?
jacks, own* a cow that gave hirtli
to three calves last week, liock
Hill Herald.
? Arthur llishop, the shoe
drummer sent to tin- penitentiary
from Charlotte for live years for
killing Thos. Wilson, has heen
put to work in the penitentiary
brickyard.
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Tiic Lancaster Court.
Solicitor Homy Denounces
Growing lOvil- G.m n Mulatto
Inherit His White Father's
l'rmiertvf
Special to News an?l Courier.
Lancaster, March 2S.?Tli
Court of Common I'leas for thi
county has been in session Iter
for the last week and adjourne
to-day. .Judge Dantzlcr preside
for the first time in this conn
ty.
The Court of General Session
was held las' week. The s dieitoi
.J. K. Henry, did oni thing
whicli attracted p ib'ic at I o n t .?:i
He aroso from his seat and si it'
that lie was going to nol pros a
indictment again-t a negro, whet
the evidence might he sutlieiei
for conviction, on the ground th:
the prosecution, had been starlc
with a had motive, (?n the groun
tlii.t it was done to force him t
pay a deht. Mr. Hcnrv nun
tpnle a speech at the tunc, an
said that lie had observed a grow
ing evil, not only in tiiis count;
but in other counties in this oil
cuit, and that was.tlint good 11101
so regarded, wore using tlio critt
inal la v to collect debts, and tin
they were compounding folonic
to tlii< end, and making then
.-elves thereby as guilty as lli
felon.-., against whom they h:i
started prosecution. Mr. Ileni
stated that he believed,that goe
men. in some instances, wet
thoughtlessly <ioin<r tills, and 1
gave warning by public aunouuci
nient that the pursuit *?f this pra?
tice had to be stopped. Mi
Henry is a man of high mor;
character, and cannot bo swerve
from his sen-c of duty in the cot
duct of his <>llice.
A remarkable case was trie
here the other day. A white inn
in I.n .icaster, it is alleged, Minnie
the daughter of a iien'i'n, who wt
born free. It is said that the
were married in isTO and live
together one week and then scj
united. The colored girl upplie
for a divorce in 18 74. the whit
man consenting thereto, an
Judge Mackey in 18 7c, while 1
was oti the Hench, granted thei
a divorce.
It was alleged on the one h.un
nud denied on the other, that
son \\u? the issue of this marriage
And the <jue?tion arose out of lli
fact whether this ton could i
conl I net lake as reniaindorma
of the life ten u t, under a \\ i
dated in 1 >00, and pro'.-atcd i
ls77, d? vising la ad to the allege
futhi r for li e and after his deat
1(1 lli. tilll'Vlvlln' cli!litci?l? 'I'll
ctse is not >et caned. It is novt
and attracts attention. II. 10. A.
Foley's Ki Incy Cure inula
kidneys and bladder right. Don
delay taking. T. Fugene Fin
dcrbnrk, U ruggi.!.
? llev. Dr. lly.iii, a missionur
of the Uiptis' church, has ar.'ivo
in the l'nit< d Stat . from Chin:
and he reports t . u c mn'rv inoi
[io u-. f ' i .1 v t 11 i'ore and ini>
sl?i .a i! i in no ?i ;i;get*.
-Former ex-Cmted State
S n it : l'ri; inr 1 ?t North t'an
liar, lis i e i i() > n > I to th ) -ni
pre .a i e .c i n ?h? Disto :t c
Columbia.
? I >r. ii. ('. Flower, involve
in th n >! i 'mii-. 11 to tin in eu><
has horn ioijie'o i in New Yor
for <;. tnd 1 live y and held in$50
Odo ? ,i 1 * it is -il.'^pil that Flow
cr 1; i-- m'.oU ii $500, <">0.
'Strinoth and vi?jor come <
jiooil jo al, duly d'ocsted. 'Force
u ri ad \ to?soi v.j wheat and hai
Icy food, add - n > liunlon hut 4L?i
tains, nourishes. invigorates."
l ii ehi (1 ia'i >i iaw, t ll ii\
in & I'.itu Carolina on May 1,
said to have a elauso in it th
win give u loopn ?io mroiigb wim
the oi?j<*ct of tiio law can l>o cva<
oa\.
Korman Eider Arrested.
i _ sgfci
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a lie is Saul to llavo Talked Inbultingly
to Women at Like
City, S. C.
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Correspondence of The Ubsot -1
vcr.
e Spartanburg, S. C. March 28. ;
is A special dispatch from Lake
e City, S. ('., say8:
(1 "About 1A> o'clock Thursday
d morning ono or two Mormon eld
i~ ers entered the home of Mr. A.
C. Stewart. The men were out
s in the lie Id at wm-k, no one being
\ in the house but Mr-- Stewart and
. heidaughter. O.i; talked insult- uigly
tu Mrs. Stow.itI ami her
d daughter, causing thorn tu run '
l out of the house wilii fright, the
e young lady jumping out of tho
it window and running across tho
it lielj, screaming for help with the
d Mormon elder chasing her. It
d seems I lie other elder tried to
o stop him. Mr. Floyd, a neighbor
le and others got him un 1 tied him,
d and after he was tied he went in- -dIt.
tho house of a Mr. M d\ nizie
an 1 used insulting ianguage to a Jj .
r? young lady there. Ho fought to
i, a lini.-h and was knocked down in- f
l- to a el ty hole of water by Mr.
it Floyd with u large paddle used in
rs boiling cloth lie brg_e! Mr.
i- Flo} d to J ul i;;... ? and when
io out he looe 1 1 ?\ I again,
id and the 1 at t > u ck him
v down several \ > b ; :o he eon...
t
>i> j <H 1 1 u:r iu
o to I *.'. ( ity w;di l!.c icport, say ,
10 ing V Oh. riiyg'ng hill) to l>
tj- ton u u wanted (1 to ? itch
c- I ho ? ; :i ni w tli y ciime le
r. in with the other. Soon after *
;il they came i ? with the man tlioy ^
"1 had captured, tied and bloody,
l- wet and cohl and shivering liko he
had an ague. An excited crowd
1 soon assembled but nothing rash
i
ni was attempted. Ho did not
>1 to have his wounds dressed, but '
is hogged for some one to do some
iy thing to get him warm. His
d wounds were dressed by Dr. \
) Comtnoy."
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0 To Curt: A (\ t<l in One i mj.
(j 'i'akc Laxative Promo Quinine
rablets. All druggist* refund
ic .,
money if it fails to euro. K. \V. ^
" virove1 signature is on each box 1
'25 c.
i, . t
ft ?Work on the New Philippine
* coins 1 at l*hihiclel|>biu Thur10
d:iy. When the full capacity of 1
ll' the mint i-> attained two millions ! T
n of pi sa-i monthly will ho ma le. ' *
'1 Tho mini al S 111 Franc i -co boyius I
11 similar work next week.
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Laxative l?romo Quinine Tab nu
lets cure a cold in one day. No 101
Cure, No Pay. Prico, 25 c.
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'OMI'LHTE up
Over brought to
usi'y engaged, j
ants, in preparii
WEDNESDAY.
Wednesdi
The public
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isit us oil that c
rill find OUR I
creation of Art
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heir headgear u
natch loss Bonne
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?Our Mr. J. M. Hood is al- i
tys in tho market to purchase j J
lies and cuttle. And don't you
''get it. i
Lancaster Mercantile C<?>.
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s'KW Fl'KNl M'RK STOKK.
tit! i>uy you 11 Fed to sleep on.
'liny tun oiling everything in
lie House Furnishing; line Cheap,
i?r Cash, or on l ime. Kveiy
liin^iiov. and up to (Into.
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Lancaster, S. C.
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if II hJtiifjl
ly, April Is
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,'oclly popular an
[SS JULIA S?M
Northern market;
cave the LAIKil
to-date STOCK <
11 e p v < i <
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this market. An
aided by an able (
iig for our formal
1 )on't forget th
&y9 April Is
is COill)SALLY
lay. We guurun
d I LLLVLRY 1)1
istie BEAUTY i
ies are eautioued
si til thev see MIS
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la (UH! iltlis.
INKING &
'jBMAgs&&:essamaBa
? For >>'2 2b \vc will bend 1 ho
Ledger, Atlanta Constitution and
Ihe Sunny South for one year \U'
md the subscriber go's thico V
;r.osses in ti e $10,000. port re- *'.)l
?r 11
;oipts contest. n
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Foley's Kidney Cure
nakcs kidneys and bladder right. 11
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I SELLS THE VERY BEST GRAD
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st, 1903.
INVITED to
tee that YOU
3PA11TMENT
md LOVELInot
to select
S SIMPSON'S
Mer. Co.
?The Ledger, Atlanta ConstiLion
and Home and Farm or
nthern Cultivator will he sent
r one year, and two estimates
yen in the $10,000. port roipts
contest for $2. Remit with
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